The objective of this study is to bring awareness amongst college student of the correlations of how binge drinking have an affect on health issues and academic failure amongst colleges in the U.S. during freshmen year. The high-risk period of binge drinking for college students is during the first six weeks of their freshmen year (NIAA,2015). Many of these students fall into peer pressure and begin drinking soon after the first day of class. Alcohol use is commonly viewed as the ‘college experience’ that students want to participate in. Nearly every college student has been impacted by alcohol use during his or her academic career. Alcohol- related problems begin to arise when individual drinks excessively and put their health and other at risk. There are many consequences that are associated with binge drinking, which are Several consequences are associated with heavy drinking, which are academic failure and health issues. Meanwhile, a student not being aware that drinking may lead to survivor situations causes many to not speak up because they are fearful of what may be said when seeking help for health issues or academic failure while attending college.
