Timeless Tips: Guard Your Growth

Protect your brain so you can keep learning and growing. Choose not to drink underage.

Right now, your brain is working hard behind the scenes. It’s rapidly forming new connections between neurons, and your prefrontal cortex —the part responsible for decision-making and impulse control—is still developing. In fact, your brain won’t stop growing until your mid-twenties. Until then, you have a unique ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.

But alcohol can interfere with that process. Drinking underage can disrupt both the structure (how your brain looks) and function (how it works), putting your growth at risk.