ODU And Out Drinking You

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Being a college student means they work hard, but party even harder. The students of ODU really understand this concept. Most people think ODU stands for Old Dominion University, but it really means Out Drink You. That’s why the topic up for discussion today is self- control and adverse “drinking” consequences. Does low self- control affects someone’s judgment more than being under the influence of alcohol?

The article discuss how most people do research on the adverse consequences of alcohol such as problems with your health, work, ETC… and how alcohol caused these problems. The researchers who did that research were not wrong, but they should have looked at things from a different point of view. Barbara Costello, Bradley Anderson, and Michael

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