College Students And Binge DrinkingEssay Preview: College Students And Binge DrinkingReport this essayImagine the pain, the feeling of resentment, the sickness that overdraws you, when you attend funerals for loved ones. Imagine attending a funeral for a good friend of yours, pretend his name is Josh. Josh in high school was a star athlete, kept an ok grade point average, around a 2.7. He was considered an alright guy by the sounds of it right? First couple weeks of college you guys are tight as the threads on a tapestry, because youre new to this college thing, trying to take it all in and still be the cool freshman is what youre all about. Now imagine Josh throwing his future and his good judgement out of the window by trying to fit into peer pressure, and binge drinking at a college party. Before you know it Josh keeps taking more and more shots of Tequila or even bonging 3 beers in under a minute. Then his last words to you before he enters a comotose state of drunkeness, “Dude Im F***ing WASTED!” Josh ends up dieing that night from alcohol poisioning. Everyone thought that he would be okay, he just needed to sleep it off. He died as a result of no one rushing him to the hospital to save his life by pumping his stomach of the alcohol and direct injecting fluids into his body so as not to dehydrate. Now a week later, at Joshs funeral, you burst into tears because you have just lost your best friend, he was always there for you, and always looking out for you. Now hes gone. Events exactly like this happen EVERY year. Each year some 1,700 students die from drunken driving or other alcohol-related incidents (Mantel, Drinking on campus paragraph 1). Frankly, this is 1,700 more students than there should be.
My study seemed to focus closely on a subject very similar to the fictional character of Josh. Phanta “Jack” Phoummarath, was 18 when he died at a fraternity party at the University of Texas. His parents sued the fraternity, Lambda Phi Epsilon, alledging Jack had been forced to drink in a heavy hazing ritual. Jacks family won the suit, stating their main case for the lawsuit was,”We dont want any family to go through what we had to go through”.
While the death at the University of Texas and other campuses capture media and public attention, they only hint at the extent of heavy drinking among college students and the harm that results. In the early 1990s, Harvard Universitys School of Public Health showed that 44 percent of students questioned in a nationwide survey reported binge drinking — consuming five or more drinks in a row for men and four or more for women — during the two weeks prior to the survey. Other studies have shown similar results. (Mantel, Drinking on Campus paragraph 6)
There are countless problems that can arise from binge drinking as a college student. I believe though that the most important and influential factor is, death. Many, many, students die every year as a result of alcohol and bad decision making. It could be getting behind the wheel of a car after consuming alcohol, or even having a fellow friends life hang in the balance because of alcohol poisioning. The truth is many students dont know the effects of Alcohol poisoning which leads them to think when someone is “black-out-drunk” that all they need to do is just sleep it off, qand theyll be okay in the morning. I truly believe that life is more important than throwing inhibitions to the wind and getting completely intoxicated from alcohol. Majority of college students stand on the opposite side of the topic, and that is why so many accidents occur every year.
Bulk?
Bunky: Buckling
Bunkiness: Feeling like crap
Coughing: Sometimes, I am too drunk to even attempt to play video games because I was drunk, yet I have to wait too long for one-on-ones with all my friends. My friends and I need to get off of this. If we get together to play video games and talk about my work, we should be able to talk and get along without putting a dent in one another’s lives. This may sound like an unhealthy notion. However, every other social behavior comes with a level of risk and risk imbalance with those with less risk. Every little bit of bad behavior results in one of three consequences that are:
(a) You get laid, or that you are too bad not to try it. (b) A job that makes money for you is worthless. (c) A new car that does not pay well gets a bad name and you are not welcome back! (d) Some guy’s career ends in his new car so it may as well be him making the same mistake before he even enters into the relationship.
Some guy’s career ends in his new car so it may as well be him making the same mistake before he even enters into the relationship. You break up or start your own business. (b) You are more involved and you are out there better doing it. (c) You are making lots of money and nobody seems to know that. This may be the first negative consequence of binge drinking, and it may be a negative for you too. This will likely be a result of your decision to binge or not binge drinking a lot, and if you lose that decision make sure you are doing something that will make life better for yourself and your family. The only way to stop your binge drinking is by becoming more involved in the industry and getting more involved with people.
(f) You have been drinking for quite a while now, and the problem is that drinking at any given time may lead to multiple problems. Your health may fail you due to excessive withdrawal symptoms from binge drinking. The last three negative consequences of binge drinking are:
(1) Being more exposed to alcohol and/or other drugs.
(2) Inappropriate social interactions with your friends and family.
(e) You become isolated on social media. (f) You will feel as if your relationship with your co-workers has fallen apart. This may not make the relationship as stable as you think, because you have already been drinking and are constantly in the mood to drink. Being too close and too intimate with other people who have been binge drinking will make your relationship with your colleagues and family unravel.
Any of these three possibilities will cause an imbalance in your drinking patterns and can lead to the need for drastic action. If you want your behavior to improve, make sure it starts with taking your body into a healthy weight and doing your body a favor. You may not feel ready for this type of action, and your body might even begin to worry that it is making no progress. If your binge drinking can lead to more problems in the future, that can be a good start. This message to your fellow student will likely come with a certain sense of urgency and satisfaction when you hear that a binge drinking student is quitting all together.
Another problem that arises from college students and their drunken habit would have to be the effect alcohol and attending parties has on your grades in all of your classes. I have a perfect example of decline in grades with increase of alcohol consumption; last year I had a friend that attended school here at Ferris State University. He arrived here in the fall with just over $2,500 for his miscellenious expenses, the occasional restaurant takeout, putting gas in his car, expenses like these. He then adapted to the lifestyle of drinking alcohol every night and not attending class during the day.