For many students, college means a tremendous change in one's life. In some cases, it means not living home anymore and calling a new unfamiliar place home for eight months. This newfound freedom often results in some risky behavior. One huge problem with campus life is binge drinking. Its effects harm the student as well as his peers around him, thus posing a threat to himself and everyone around him. Unfortunately, many students do not think about alcohols negative effects on the body. These students only think about "fitting in" and looking "cool", so they drink alcohol. Students have traditionally avoided discussing the reasons for binge drinking. It's high time some new light is shed on this subject.
The first question to be answered would have to be, who binges? Surprisingly it is reported that "44% of U.S. college students engage in binge drinking, and students more likely to binge drink are white, age 23 or younger, and are residents of a fraternity or sorority. High school binge drinkers are three times more likely to binge in college." Over half the binge drinkers admitted to frequent binge drinking (binging three or more times in a two-week period).
There are many reasons why college students involve themselves in binge drinking, some more obvious than others. One of the most frequent answers to why they binged was to get drunk. Out of thirty people I surveyed twenty-one said that getting drunk was their main reason for binge drinking. Looking closely at this statement it could mean that they need alcohol to lower their inhibitions and to lessen their senses to be able to have a good time. Alcohol is their easy way out of "being shy" and keeping to themselves at parties and social gatherings. Alcohol quickly transforms them into the "life of the party." By drinking heavily, they are trying to dull their senses so they can easily talk to others or do something that they normally would not do in a right state of mind.
This something is "binge" drinking. ... This binge is where you drink as much as possible just to get drunk. ... Binge drinking has been around forever. ... This is why binge drinking can be very dangerous. ... Binge drinking affects both sexes the same way. ...
Binge Drinking is a increasing problem around the country recently. ... In order to be considered binge drinking a person needs to have 5 of more drinks in a certain time period. ( "Binge Drinking On" pars. 1) Binge drinking affects many people at many different ages. ... There are many different people who binge drink. ... Student who binge drink have many excuses of why they binge drink. ... They either don't drink or drink but do not binge." ...
A topic I feel needs to be addressed, especially on college campuses is binge drinking. ... That is my hypothesis on the level of binge drinking here at ISU. I hope to explore how many students are actually binge drinking. ... Even though men are more likely to drink with 50% of college men binging in a 2 week period women are chasing the gap with 39% of college women binging Because binge drinking can lead to other outside factors and problems. ... Binge drinking also effects those around them who may not even be directly involved with the drinking. ...
Binge drinking has become a large problem on college campuses nationwide. ... Does Tulane University's campus drinking age support and encourage binge drinking? Binge drinking, for males, is defined as five or more drinks in a row. ... Binge drinking goes far beyond Tulane University. ... A lot of adults also participate in binge drinking themselves. ...
Binge drinking has become a large problem on college campuses nationwide. ... Does Tulane University's campus drinking age support and encourage binge drinking? Binge drinking, for males, is defined as five or more drinks in a row. ... Binge drinking goes far beyond Tulane University. ... A lot of adults also participate in binge drinking themselves. ...
Binge drinking, everybody does it in college! ... Henry Wechsler of Harvard University.( Hanson, Binge Drinking) Binge drinking is described as an extended period of time in which a person repeatedly become intoxicated, usually two days, and gives up his or her usual activities and obligations in order to become intoxicated. ... Other researches say that binge can be defined as having one or more drinks over the course of an evening of eating and socializing. ... (Hanson, Binge Drinking) Since some cases of bingeing are misinterpreted, most surveys are not showing what they are really meanin...
Eighty-seven percent of college students say they have been victimized by binge-drinking friends, roommates or neighbors. ... Binge drinking, also known as "drinking heavily", can be defined as consuming a large quantity of alcohol over a short amount of time with the intentions of becoming drunk. Many people associate binge drinking with "the four Vs"-violence, vandalism, vomit and victims. ... What else can our school do to stop binge drinking? ... They have defined the problem of binge drinking well, and we are all aware of the changes attempting to be made. ...
Subject: A college student named Ben, and his experience with binge drinking Title: Drinking Without Thinking Source: From the Real Life section of Prevention Magazine What is the main idea of this article? The main idea of this article is how a college student named Ben had a bad experience with binge drinking. It showed the unfortunate things that can happen to those who binge drink. ... Brief summary: In this article, Ben, a normal college student, decided to start binge drinking. ... He was accepted in a fraternity, and decided to binge drink to impress his fraternity br...
Surgeon General has set a national health goal geared to cut the amount of college binge drinking in half by 2010 (Wechsler). ... Potter shares what she believes to be the main causes of student binge drinking. ... Potter's 12-steps have the potential to decrease binge drinking, however some aspects of her plan are unrealistic. ... In such cases, self-reflection would not be effective in decreasing a students' binge drinking. ... This way, colleges are not enabling students to binge drink consistently from Thursday to Sunday. ...
