Binge drinking

including uncontrolled drinking and preoccupation with alcohol.” It’s also known as alcohol dependence, and is a very common disease that can last for years or last a lifetime. In the article Substance Abuse and Addiction- Topic Overview, it shows that alcoholism has a large effect on ones everyday life. This is shown much throughout the novel For One More Day by Mitch Albom, when the main character Charley or “Chick” as he is called in the novel gets addicted to alcohol. Charley’s drinking…

needed in order to distinguish between negative and positive trends. In my experience, negative trends tend to be spread much more quickly than the positive trends. Think about how many people you know that have picked up smoking or excessive drinking while amongst their friends. This could be attributed to a number of factors, but the most common reasons are peer pressure, low self-esteem, and public perception. Nobody wants to be seen as the exception to the rule or boring. I think…

Generally, most of these athletes blatantly ignore the factors that are detrimental to achieving the optimal performance they are searching for. Often times, athletes may find themselves with little spare time to go out drinking and partying, but that little time may be spent binge drinking and getting heavenly intoxicated. Overtime, professionals have documented the effects of alcohol and how it adversely effects being on top of you game both mentally and physically. Being on top of your game…

Introduction The purpose for this proposal is to initiate an anti-drinking campaign for Ridick University. It has come to our attention that Ridick University has earned the reputation of a party school with excessive alcohol consumption and underage drinking. As a member of the community, a concerned citizen and a professor at Ridick, an anti-drinking campaign could not come soon enough. Background The reputation of a party school might sound enticing and exciting for future students; however…

adults. It is possibly due to four main drinking motives that are typically occurring during the twenties. According to previous studies, there are strong positive correlations between Drinking motives and alcohol consumption. In addition to that, there’s strong negative correlation between the usage of Protective Behavioral Strategies and alcohol consumption as well. There are many previous studies that have researched and supported their own hypotheses on drinking motives and the effectiveness…

(Heilbronn, Matthews, & Lloyd, 2014). For all levels of socio-economic status, alcohol consumption pattern by sex and economic status shows males have higher rates than females and over years of survey the pattern has remained fairly consistent (AIHW, Drinking patterns in Australia, 2001-2007, 2010). Higher rates of violence in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities can be attributed to alcohol and illicit drug use. The disadvantaged groups in a community are the major sufferers of…

It’s no secret that alcohol and marijuana are the two most commonly used and abused drugs. With alcohol taking the lead and marijuana following very close behind, only one thing stands between the two, legality. But, there’s a truth behind the blind acceptance of alcohol and the eagerness to stigmatize marijuana that many know. Although alcohol is legal and marijuana is not, it would be unwise to assume that it is safer. In fact, despite its legality, according to the CDC, alcohol causes up to…

Studies suggest that drinking among college students stems from several factors including peer pressure and easy access to alcohol, as well as influence by media and perceived social…

will take place resulting in stress and abuse (Bennett, 1997). In addition, the consumption of alcohol and sexual relationship power are correlated strongly. In fact, a study performed by Nkosi, Rich, and Morojele states that, “In addition to SRP, drinking contexts and consumption of alcohol appear to present other dimensions of power imbalances that introduce risky sexual encounters, such as transactional sex, and physical and sexual violence” (Nkosi, Rich, Morojele, 2014). This alone…

Students who drank just to get drunk was up 21%, students who were frequently binge drinking was up 16%, students drinking on ten or more occasions went up 25%, and students getting drunk three or more times within a months period went up 26%. The use of marijuana on a daily basis has doubled and the use of cocaine and heroin has increased by 52%. Ways…