Abusing alcohol is a wide spread term, not many people even know what a drink is. One 4 oz. glass of wine, 1.5 oz. of 80 proof liquor, and one 12 oz. beer are technically classified as a standard drink (Colliers Encyclopedia). On campus though students say they are drinking 16 oz. beers called tall boys, 40 oz. beers called forties (interview 1, 2, 4). Alcoholism does not depend on age or race (Oneter). What is alcoholism? Alcoholism: An addiction to excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages (Webster Dictionary). But what is excessive drinking? That is based on a community standard, what is socially acceptable to the people your around. In the eyes of st

Abusing alcohol is a wide spread term, not many people even know what a drink is. One 4 oz. glass of wine, 1.5 oz. of 80 proof liquor, and one 12 oz. beer are technically classified as a standard drink (Colliers Encyclopedia). On campus though students say they are drinking 16 oz. beers called tall boys, 40 oz. beers called forties (interview 1, 2, 4).

“Each year thousands of freshmen come to WSU with newfound freedom. With Pullman being such a small town and the weather so bad in the winter and fall, many students take up drinking and other bad influences to occupy their time. While this is the typical image that most people think of when talking about WSU, it is not really true anymore. More and more lately, the programs that WSU officials are putting in place seem to really be working (In the Media).” This statement is the new media that WSU has been trying to get out, making itself look more and more like it is not a party school, and it has there is no drinking problem at WSU, or at least no more than other schools. Alcoholism does not depend on age or race (Oneter). However from the students interviewed they all agreed that WSU is a party school, they drink to do what is socially acceptable here, have fun, forget about problems, and because they like the way it makes them feel. The mass majority of the people they know have drinking habits similar or worse than their own, and say they do not agree with the new statement that WSU has programs that seem to really be working (Interviews 1, 2, 4, 7).

Alcoholism is not drinking because you want to; it’s drinking because you have to (Encyclopedia of Psychology). Brian was asked if he drinks 6 times a week because he wants to and he had this to say. “I think that most people drink because they like the way that it makes them feel, and its not a normal feeling its like a messed up numb feeling, well for me I think about it like I drink because I want to get back to normal. I don’t drink to feel funny, I drink to feel normal.” I read him the statement from the Encyclopedia of Psychology and asked if he believed he was an alcoholic. “Hell yeah I’m an alcoholic.” Then he was asked why he didn’t stop if he thought he was an alcoholic he said, “I don’t know.”

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