Alcohólicos Anónimos lleva su testimonio a dos centros de Rota

4th year of Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO) students from IES Astaroth and Nuestra Señora del Rosario school have taken part in awareness-raising sessions on alcohol. The activity is part of the commemoration of World No Alcohol Day, which is celebrated on Sunday, November 15, and was organised by the municipal Department of Social Services within the Municipal Educational Offer. The sessions included members of Alcoholics Anonymous, who recounted their experiences in the first person and talked with the young people about the real consequences of this addiction. The aim, according to the City Council, is for students to have tools to make decisions "freely, critically and consciously" regarding a socially normalised substance, and to warn of the physical, psychological and social risks of consumption at early ages. The activity was completed with the distribution of posters for World No Alcohol Day under the slogan "Si consumes, te consumes. Más vida, más conciencia. Toma el control, elige tu futuro, vive sin alcohol", a campaign backed by the Junta de Andalucía and the Ministry of Consumer Affairs. The municipal delegate for Social Services, Laura Almisas, attended the talks and stated that "it is essential to equip young people with pedagogical and emotional skills before they are exposed to risk situations". Almisas thanked Alcoholics Anonymous for their involvement and noted that their presence helps make visible "how alcoholism is a silent disease" that affects consumers and their families.