Drinking culture

Drinking the Memory Away “First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you” (“F. Scott Fitzgerald”). This particular quote by made by Fitzgerald shows the powerful supremacy that alcohol can have over an individual’s body. F. Scott Fitzgerald was notoriously known for his intricate reflection of culture life in the 1920’s and 1930’s. With that being said, Fitzgerald not only wrote stories that reflected general aspects of culture life, but also wrote about his own…

Drinking age should be lowered to the age of 18 There is no taboo subject in America quote like underage drinking. The principal problem is not the age of drinking, but the hidden binge side of it. When it comes to the law, there is always an opinion. A reform should be made about the age of drinking for numerous reasons in my personal viewpoint. In the U.S, at the age of 18, one can legally vote, buy cigarettes, and join the army, to cite a few things. Going against the law, critics recommend…

beliefs, injunctive norms, descriptive norms, alcohol use, alcohol problems, and gender was all examined. The tests used to measure the outcomes were Risk Profile Scale, Drinking Norms Rating Form, single item response of the most common attitude and a Likert response scale, and the College Life Alcohol Salience Scale, Daily Drinking Questionnaire, and the Brief Young Alcohol Consequences…

Furthermore, the minimum drinking age is decided by evaluating the reasons or need to regulate alcohol. Cheadle et al. informs social scientists that early drinking among adolescents elevates the risk for problem drinking in their article because stressors (a factor of adolescent drinking) decrease positive attitudes and increase negative attitudes in the adolescent’s life. The study gathers data from North American Indigenous adolescents to determine the causes of adolescent drinking and how it…

In studies it has been reported that binge drinking is the most enjoyable way of getting drunk among adolescents—often an intended effect and a product of individual choice (Coleman, Cater 2005). Motivations for drinking in this manner can be separated by social facilitation, individual benefits, and social norms and influences (Coleman, et al., 2005). Social facilitation was the…

to binge drinking on college campuses, binge drinking is also a big part of military culture as well, so my SOL post will be more geared towards binge drinking in the military since I’m a vet and can speak on that aspect pretty well. When you apply the sociological concepts of obedience, conformity, and deviance to binge drinking it begins to make sense as to why people engage in this activity. Obedience entails compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchal structure. Binge drinking in the…

much so that they have made the minimum drinking age to twenty-one, the highest minimum drinking age in the world. Alcohol has been used by virtually every culture and continent on earth. According to a study published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, alcohol has been around for at least 6,000 years. Due to the fact that alcohol has been found in almost every continent, and due to the fact that it has been used by a wide variety of cultures that had little to no contact with…

College Life. What is it that we want to acquire by going to college? It is the drinking shown in our music videos. Is it the craze of getting laid. Is it the adventures of living in the dorms. Do we want to expand our social circle. Or are we just here for our baccalaureate degree? All these questions seek answers in the 1995 film “Higher Learning” produced by John Singleton and Paul Hall under the direction of John Singleton in an award winning motion picture. This film takes place at…

well as embarrassing moments. I choose this song as I felt it was an accurate representation of how alcohol is viewed in our society. Most of the time, drinking occurs in a social context, either in a bar with friends or at a party, which is depicted in the song video. Drinking in these situations is considered normal in our society. Plus, drinking while having a good time is a reason why many people y tie alcohol and feeling good together subconsciously, which is probably why many people…

true, I’ve never drunk before.” Sitting in the lifeguard office with some college age coworkers, I let the big secret slip. “Why not, it’s fun? “People get so friendly when drunk. That’s why I love parties.” “Don’t you want to get a feel for drinking before college?” In health class, teachers warned about the peer pressure at parties and painted pictures of big, hulking trouble-makers pressing beer cans in our hands and threatening us if we didn’t chug or circles of friends chanting “Do it,…