Short Term Effects Of Binge Drinking

"I work out five days a week in the gym lifting weight & doing cardio. I watch what I eat, but I binge drink pretty much every weekend. Is the drinking that bad, or am I doing enough "good stuff" to offset the drinking?"

Binge drinking is one of the worst social behaviours as it starts at a young age and that is where the obsession starts, as an Australia study shows that 2,00 kids that have a sip of alcohol when they are young due to their parents. This can lead to future binge drinking by the time they are 15 to 16 years old. It has been estimated that 2,643 Australians die due to binge drinking each year. Some of the effects of binge drinking can cause are a loss of control of brain function, less aware of your surroundings as well as loss of your tolerance levels so they drink more and more. This is why binge drinking is an unsafe social behaviour.

Over a long time binge drinking can damage the liver and other organs. Car crashes, drunk driving arrests, sexual assaults, and injuries. For many their goal is to black out. Blacking out is when you just shut down into a hard sleep and can’t remember anything. Drinking too much alcohol can make you have alcohol poison and get really sick. You may even die or suffer health problems for the rest of your life.

Many risks and hazards can be caused from the use of alcohol. Binge drinking is extremely

For my research project I decided to look at binge drinking in teens. Binge drinking interested me because so many teenagers drink alcohol when they go out and don’t know what consequences it has on the body. Binge drinking is the consumption of an unreasonable amount of alcohol in a short period of time. I have chosen to research ‘What are the psychological and physiological effects of binge drinking in teens?’. I chose this question because I wanted to inform myself and other teens on the effects of binge drinking. The research methods used throughout my research were internet articles and a survey.

Apart from being the most common form of excessive alcohol consumption, binge drinking is defined as a blood alcohol level of .08 g/dL usually achieved by consuming 5 or more drinks for men and 4 or more drinks for women within two hours (CDC, 2016). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, binge drinking is associated with many health problems. Some of the top health problems include unintentional injuries such as car crashes, falls, burns, and drowning (CDC, 2015). Others include

Alcohol affects the brain for a short-term– but repeated drinking may have an impact down the road, especially as a person’s brains grow and develop (NIDA, 2016). When a person is under the influence, he or she may feel their bodies having less aware of their surroundings. A person also may feel very relaxed and perform risky behavior, without even realizing. Long- term effects of alcoholism can cause a person to have trouble processing, learning, or a dependence on

The United States has one of the highest legal drinking ages among the developed world, and the entire world overall (McCardell). Yet underage drinking is still prevalent in American drinking culture, and typically indicates an instance of binge drinking and often results in dangerous activity (Hingson, Zha, and Weitzman). Supporters of the current federal policy on the drinking age would suggest that drinking under 21 results in these instances of irresponsible drinking by default. Other developed countries in Europe have lower drinking ages and trends that would suggest otherwise (Rooney). The legal drinking age in the United States should be lowered to at least 18 years old to ensure a safer drinking environment for young people and to

In the United States, as in most of the rest of the world, the age of majority is 18. Unlike most of the rest of the world, however, there is in this country one glaring exception: drinking. Although our laws acknowledge that at age 18 young adults possess sufficient maturity and judgment to operate a motor vehicle, serve in the military, perform jury duty or sign a contract, those same laws deny 18-year-olds the right to purchase, possess or consume alcohol.

Alcohol abuse can also cause short-term effects to the body. Although there are many different short-term effects, the most common happens to be a hangover which is a “group of symptoms experienced by a person after a heavy consumption of alcohol” (Alcoholic 1). Symptoms of a hangover often consist of nausea, fatigue, thirst, headache, diarrhea, and sensitivity to light and noise. The severity of a hangover depends on several factors; these factors include the amount of alcohol consumed, the level of hydration in the body at the time of alcohol consumption, and disease. Although hangovers are the most common short-term effect, blackouts are also a short-term result of alcohol abuse. Consuming large amounts of alcohol can lead to temporary amnesia where the person is unable to recall events that occurred after he or she began drinking. Unfortunately, blackouts can lead to serious repercussions, especially if the person is engaged in sexual activity during that time. Blackouts are much more common among social drinkers than previously assumed and should be viewed as a potential consequence of acute intoxication regardless of age (National 1). Drinkers who experience blackouts typically drink too much and too quickly, which causes their blood alcohol levels to rise very rapidly. Typically, college students are at risk for experiencing a blackout, as an alarming number of college students engage in binge drinking. Even though these short-term effects do not seem as bad as the

Alcohol abuse is a pattern of drinking that results in harm to one’s health, interpersonal relationships, or ability to work. In 2013, it was reclassified as alcohol use disorder (alcoholism) along with alcohol dependence. Binge drinking is another form of alcohol abuse. The NIAAA defines binge drinking as a pattern of drinking that brings blood alcohol concentration (BAC) levels to 0.08 g/dL. This typically occurs after consuming more than five drinks for men and four drinks for women within two hours. Binge drinking can increase the chances of vandalism, fights, violent behaviors, injuries, drunk driving, trouble with police, negative health, social, economic, or legal consequences to occur. Binge drinking is also associated with neurocognitive deficits of frontal lobe processing and impaired working memory as well as delayed auditory and verbal memory deficits. The chances of becoming dependent on alcohol are increased greatly in men who have 15 or more drinks each week or women who have 12 or more drinks each week. This is known as alcohol dependency.

Three 10 minute lessons were put together for the Forest Lake SHS students in years 7 and 8. These lessons were taught to three different classes and data was gathered at the end. The purpose of these lessons was to implement a strategy that would reduce the lack of knowledge on binge drinking in the younger years of high school. The aim of this strategy is to acknowledge the inequity of lack of education about binge drinking from younger students and educate them through lessons. Each of the three lessons consisted of questions that the students had to answer which required students to think about what they thought binge drinking is, what are the effects of binge drinking, and what are ways to reduce the risks. At the end of each lesson, feedback

Some Short-term effects include hangovers, loss of memory , and blackouts. Long-term effects associated with heavy drinking include heart problems, brain damage, even more serious memory loss , cirrhosis of the liver and cancer. Heavy drinkers markedly increase their chances of dying from, homicide, suicide and car accidents. Although men are much more likely than women to develop alcoholism, a women 's

Also memory loss and later depression of the nervous system, like tranquilisers. Alcohol absorption and it effect to the liver is metabolised every hour of feeling intoxication

It is unfortunate that in today’s society binge drinking is considered the new normal. Alcohol is advertised in almost every social media, and it is used to show how a stressed mother unwinds after a stressful day, or a group of friends celebrating or enjoying themselves. This consistent advertisement largely affects college students and people aging 26 and older (JAMA). Due to these societal pressures and the resulting addictions, binge drinking has a detrimental effect on the health and control of one’s