Self Help

Binge Drinking

• FOR MALES - A Binge Drinker is defined as someone who  drinks FIVE or more drinks in a row during a two week period.
  

• FOR FEMALES - A Binge Drinker is defined as someone who  drinks FOUR or more drinks in a row during a two week period.
  

Binge Drinkers are more than 4 times as likely to experience the following than students who use alcohol, but who drink moderately:

• Nausea
• Lower GPA
• Missed Classes
• Behind in Work
• Unplanned/Unwanted/Unprotected Sex
• Arguments/Fights
• Discipline/Legal Difficulties
• Driving Under the Influence
• Accidents
• Regrets About Drunken Behavior

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