Binge eating

The Effects of Alcoholism on College Students Alcoholism is the plural form for the word alcohol. Alcohol is a colorless liquid that is intoxicating, it is considered as wine, beer, and sprints. Alcohol can be found in restaurants, departments, and connivance stores, like Applebee’s, Wal-Mart, and ABC liquor. According to the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) Chicago article, a deadly scene took place at New…

Tobacco has very bad affects on lung function, and other pulmonary functions of the body, yet is still totally legal. Binge drinking of alcohol, common dangerous, and costly to society also totally legal. Marijuana on the other hand has, no impact on lung function, no impact on pulmonary function, and no impact on mortality. Still it is almost always illegal. I am not trying…

Positive Motivational Strategies’ Influence on College Binge Drinking Misuse and abuse of alcohol by college students continues to be a pervasive and ongoing concern resulting in negative consequences to include: driving under the influence arrests, vehicle crashes, sexual (date rape and unprotected sex) and non-sexual assaults, vandalism, minor injuries and health problems, and severe outcomes such as suicide attempts or death. Excessive drinking also affects a student’s academic performance…

the biggest problems we as a society are facing today. We see this as a common activity among college students and sometimes we even encourage it by letting people believe it’s a natural thing for them to do. However, the bigger problem is actually binge drinking because it is “defined as the heavy, episodic use of alcohol” (Wechsler 337). Although many see this as something fun and entertaining, alcohol consumption…

under 21, is extensively violated, with devastating penalties. Educating the public to consume liquor conscientiously prior to turning 21 would extremely improve the public 's wellbeing. At the moment, high school and college kids observe hazardous binge drinking as a rite of passage. The present law, approved within all 50 states in the 1980s, was proposed to reduce the amount of traffic accidents and deaths caused by immature intoxicated drivers. It has accomplished that, but a stronger…

Binge Drinking: Main Cause of Death in U.S. Binge drinking spiked in the mid-to-late 90s (“Making Sense of the Stats on Binge Drinking”), in 2006 alone it cost the United States $223.5 billion (“Fact Sheets - Binge Drinking”). Some people think binge drinking should be defined as anyone who is overly intoxicated which leads to harmful or destructive behaviors (Hanson). Binge drinking among men is more common than among women (“Fact Sheets - Binge Drinking”), but statistics show 23,000 deaths of…

consequences such as long-term or short-term comes from binge drinking. Drinking high doses of alcohol can become poisonous to the body. This action may sometimes result in death from alcohol poisoning. Drinking in this form is highly dangerous, because the blood levels of the human body reach a high peak in a short amount of time (Fundukian & Wilson 138). The short-term health problems occurring from binge drinking are, “A single episode of binge drinking can result in loss of coordination…

also been an argument that restricting teenagers only leads to binge drinking. A reason why people may think the drinking age should be lowered is they believe that someone underage will binge drink because they never know when they will be able to drink again. Binge drinking is when you drink a lot at one time and usually in excess. A study conducted in the United Kingdom showed every country had significantly higher levels of binge drinking then the United States. The only country lower…

Alcohol is the fastest growing substance abuse in young people from the ages of 12 to the age of 21. It is a fact that if you drink and drive you are two times as likely to get into a wreck. People who want the age lowered believe it will cut down the binge drinking. More than 1,800 college students die and a lot more are injured by alcohol because they do not know their limit. If you drink to much you will black out. People who do not want the age lowered believe that lowering the legal…

Drunk, But Not An Alcoholic Often times, there is a misconception that social drinkers are not as irresponsible as alcoholics are, but that has been proven otherwise. It appears that alcoholics and social drinkers have some similarities and differences, however, alcohol use can become very serious if not consumed in moderation. Being aware of how much alcohol is consumed, and when it’s consumed is important to prevent progression to a dependency to alcohol. Alcoholics and Social drinkers do…