Binge eating

getting any better, no matter the age limit. Anyone who has an intense desire to drink will find a way to access alcohol, no matter their age. A combination of certain emotions and an addictive personality will result in alcoholism. Most people begin to binge drink when they are unhappy with themselves, or something they may have chosen to do in their past. This drinking culture is plaguing people everywhere and altering the environment of a college education. From this article I learned that…

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a prevalent problem in today’s society. It is characterized by an addiction or dependence to alcohol that causes harm for the individual and those around them(Halter, 2014). One of the forms of treatments for AUD is attending Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). This group aims to help people suffering from AUD by helping them get sober using a 12 step model (Halter, 2014). The goal of this paper is to gain insight on the AA program and to better understand people suffering…

peer pressure associated with college organizations and groups such as fraternities, sororities, and sports teams (White and Hingson 201+). White and Hingson propose that binge drinking is one of the most harmful activities in college life due to the side effects that come from this activity (201). Students who participate in binge drinking are more likely to have negative consequences such as lower grades, atrocious attitudes, harmful injuries, and unplanned pregnancies (White and Hingson…

Sigmund Freud thesis analysis on anxiety explains the reason why individuals seek a drink to help calm their anxiety. “ That lovely, secure time might last have been at Mom’s breast. It has been downhill ever since. In this case, use of the mouth (eating, smoking, drinking) is chosen to ease stressful situations (kinney, J pg.6).” For instance, those individuals who are considered to be socially awkward are often told to consume alcohol to ease their edginess. However, biological research on…

Substance-induced disorders is defined as “syndromes and consequences produced as a result of recurrent ingestion, they consist of intoxication, withdrawal, and a series of substance-induced mental disturbances (Lyons, 2014, p322). Alcoholism is a complex individual and social disorder which cuts across many areas. It is effected by the fields of medicine, physiology, psychology, social welfare, religion, penology, education, politics, and economics. All the different fields have a different…

In the past few years there have been numerous alcohol related injuries and deaths in Australia due to “king hits” or “coward punches”. This has resulted in a misconception that alcohol is the sole problem for this violence. Australia does not have a significant problem of alcohol related violence; Australia has a problem with violence. While there are studies out there that state that alcohol is the problem, there are also several more in depth studies that state that the issue is more complex…

rape, domestic violence, or assault are more likely. Which we are seeing all of these incidents occurring at college campus' or frat or sorority parties, all of these events obviously involving underage drinking, or young adults abusing alcohol and binge drinking. Not only…

In the United States, millions of people, ranging from teenagers, adults, and elderlies, practice the infamous habit of drinking alcohol. Since all the fifty states passed a law raising the legal minimum drinking age to twenty-one, many of the U.S. demographics have invested tremendous effort into lowering it down to the age of eighteen. Decades has passed and still the debate about drinking age continuous to be one of the most controversial subject in the twenty first century. Numerous worried…

The parental participants drank more alcohol after interacting with deviant children than normal children. If both Pelham’s study and Hussong’s study are analyzed or even performed together, then the results may show a correlation between a parent’s lifetime diagnosis of alcoholism and their child’s deviant behavior. A parent may have previously suffered from a drinking problem, but maybe gave it up once they had their child. So does the child become more deviant as a consequence of their lack…

In this day and age advertisements are everywhere social media, television, radio and billboards, promoting everything from Weight-Loss programs, Alcoholic Beverages to my newest favorite WeedMaps (an app that allows you to find dispensaries and doctors). It is said that advertisements for alcohol has increased by 400% in the last 40 years. This type of aggressive promotion has ensure that audiences of all ages are being reached. How people view alcohol and its effects, influence their drinking…