Drunk support can be compared to social support. It is a network of mutual emotional support and a coping resource for people when handling stressors during the college years (Vander Ven, 2011). Drunk support has many forms that include nurturing, protection, moral support, counseling, and “backup” when confrontations escalate into violence. Nurturing frequently occurs with female students. An example of such is when a sober female cares for a sick codrinker, and mothers her while she sobers up. Protection typically occurs when you go out drinking with people you can count on and who look after you. Moral support is helping a friend out by holding them and listening to them cry while holding their hair back when they vomit. Backup usually
