The Benefits Of Binge Drinking

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The biggest problem with this alcohol abuse is the way the kids consume it. Binge drinking is the biggest worry with this high alcohol consumption. Binge drinking is consuming high quantities of alcohol in a short period of time. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol Consumption 4 out of 5 college students drink alcohol, about half of those who do engage in binge drinking. There are many bad results that happen when students do consume alcohol at such a high rate on their own body and those around them. Not only do these students decrease their inhibitions, but their ability to make smart decisions also decreases quite a bit. Some of the many problems these students face is death, assault, sexual abuse, self-injuries, health problems and academic problems.

“According to the CDC, about 90% of all teen alcohol consumption occurs in the form of Binge Drinking, which experts say peaks at the age of nineteen.” (qtd by Listfield). Binge Drinking is the consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol in a short period of time. The author, Emily Listfield, defines that the standard alcohol consumption over a two hour period is considered to be four beers for women and five beers for men. This has become a great distraction for college students nationwide and a major dilemma on college campuses. Nearly two hundred thousand students visit emergency rooms each year due to the abuse of alcohol, and more than one thousand seven hundred students die. In the article “ The Underage Drinking Epidemic”, Listfield identifies the problems that underage drinking can cause, the dangers that could happen, and four solutions on what parents can do to keep their kids from binge drinking.

In today’s society, especially with young adults, binge drinking is prevalent. In both high school and colleges, students are drinking underage and binge drinking. This issue is becoming a serious problem that is affecting young people. It is becoming normal for students to drink underage in schools with no repercussions. It is known that crimes are more likely to happen with the intake of alcohol and that it can bring about unsafe situations. Binge drinking is causing problems not only in the individual’s life, but also in schools and in society.

Research has proven that those under the age of twenty one are more likely to be heavy or binge drinkers and more specifically, twenty two percent of all students under the age of twenty one are binge drinkers. There are many beliefs on what is to blame for the irresponsible drinking habits of these teenagers. One popular belief is that because they’re not drinking with other adults or experienced drinkers they are not being guided into the proper direction to being responsible drinkers. However, the main reason is the lack of education on the topic. D.A.R.E. ® is a program executed through local Police Stations that does a Drug Abuse Resistance Education program for a large array of age groups. The program teaches the students about the decisions they have to make in the future and the harms of drugs and alcohol and they teach students in the elementary, middle, and high schools all across the nation. The problem with this program is that they only present their education program once through the course of every student’s public school experience.

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.

The first unit of the curriculum consists of the basics of binge drinking such as addressing what alcohol misuse is and what is considered a standard drink. Distinguishing what regular drinking is from problematic drinking will also be taught in this unit. The following unit addresses the negative consequences associated with alcohol misuse. The long term and short term consequences will be discussed in the section. Drinking norms, beliefs, and attitudes will be the following unit, individuals will learn to differentiate between common alcohol myths and facts. In addition, individuals will interpret current binge drinking trends. The fourth unit of the curriculum consists of skill-based strategies, where individuals will be able to assemble a resource list for alcohol abuse and learn how to respond to an alcohol related emergency. The last unit that will be covered in the curriculum is healthy living practices. From this unit, individuals will learn safe sex practices, healthy eating habits, and stress reduction

Thesis: The binge-drinking-related problems in campus can be inherently solved by building up proper drinking belief from family education.

So far sixty universities have implemented this program for their students. Student engagement in this program is high. Their record shows that between the period of March 15 and April 26, 2009, nearly 100 Stony Brook students were trained but there is no formal evaluation about the knowledge and skills gained by students about binge drinking and its consequences on body. The purpose of doing this evaluation is to study the impact of RWB on students knowledge, skills and confidence to intervene in the times when every seconds

In 2008, a National Institutes of Health Survey counted a total of 1.3 million children from the ages of twelve to seventeen that have experienced alcohol abuse just within the last year, and a total of 2.3 million young adults from the ages of twelve to twenty who have drunk five or more times within a single occasion. “At age twelve, 11 percent of boys and 9 percent of girls have commenced drinking, and 1 percent of them are classified as binge and heavy users. By age fourteen, the numbers are 31 and 33 percent use, respectively, and 6 percent of them are binge and heavy users. At age eighteen years, 73 percent have commenced drinking, 42 percent have used alcohol in the past month, and 39 percent are heavy users,” (Sherwood, 2012, p.1). However, the most common group in which abuses the use of alcohol is the college age. In 2007 alone, over 1800 college students were killed due to alcohol-related accidents, along

One of my youth pastors told the teens at church on a Wednesday night, “Don’t start a habit in your younger years that is going to control the way you live your adult years .” Whenever I heard this statement, I thought of teens binge drinking in college. College drinking has become a major issue for people under the age of twenty- one. Binge drinking becomes addicting, especially for people under the age of twenty-one. Understanding the problem and consequences of binge drinking will help to show that lowering the drinking age will not help the problem.

Binge drinking is the topic I have chosen for sixth form students because it is the age where students have come of age to drink legally and buy alcohol which may make them feel like they are old enough to drink excessively as they may believe it is expected of them at that age, since not only does society expects sixth form students to drink they are also expected by friends to socialise with them by going out to clubs and pubs. Students

Another reason why I resort to binge drinking is due to financial concerns, and college. Working weekends at a barbershop and attending college is stressful due when trying to make a living cutting hair. Being a female barber, men assume that I do not know how to cut men's hair. I constantly have to prove to people with my hair-cutting skills. In the summertime, the barbershop is slow while the Fresno State students return home for their summer vacation. Most of the clients that are regulars at the barbershop I work at are usually Fresno State students. In fact, I have a few clients though I need to build up a steady clientele that gets a haircut weekly. However, trying to manage my time with college, work, and homework can be challenging.

Binge or excessive drinking is the most serious problem affecting social life, health, and education on college campuses today. Binge or excessive drinking by college students has become a social phenomena in which college students do not acknowledge the health risks that are involved with their excessive drinking habits. Furthermore college students do not know enough about alcohol in general and what exactly it does to the body or they do not pay attention to the information given to them. There needs to be a complete saturation on the campus and surrounding areas, including businesses and the media, expressing how excessive drinking is not attractive and not socially

I have made a decision. For 30 days I would live a sober life; free from alcohol of any type.