Whether you are ripping shots of Fireball Whiskey at Mad River on a Friday night or curled up on your couch watching the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” with a glass of rose in your hand, each student finds time to fit in their drinks. According to the National Institute of on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, “About four out of five college students drink alcohol.”
In this day and age, college students drink several times throughout the week. Each night can even be made into a night of drinking adding an adjective before the day like Tequila Tuesday or Wino Wednesday. The weekend is a given come Thursday night, the words “Thirsty Thursday” come into play and it is pretty much game over.
Teachers should just know that come Friday most hazy-eyed students at 10 a.m. inhaling a bacon, egg and cheese like they have never seen food before are definitely hungover. Most lectures are going in one ear and out another because the only thing that student has on their mind is climbing right back into bed. This goes until checking their TD bank account and shaking their head saying, “I knew it was not going to be good.”
How much is too much though? Was it the binge drinking before going to the bar, at the bar or after the bar late night? Here is where things start to get blurry. This is where the “mom” of the group is getting a text or call to clarify a few things that happened the night before. It is always good to remember if “mom” had not have been there you might not be waking up where you did this morning.
The buddy system is another plan of attack when embarking on a night of binge drinking. Whether its screaming “BUDDY” at the bar trying to find your other half or writing “please return to Cabrini College,” one of these is bound to work.
When asking a class of sophomores “If they drink on campus” and getting a unanimous response of no’s, anyone reading this knows that is a lie. Among college students under the age of 21, 82 percent report using alcohol within the past year and 69 percent report using alcohol within the last 30 days, according to Alcohol 101 Plus.
Whether you are a freshman or a sophomore the pre-game is where this all begins. Most times the excitement of feeling free and letting loose gets the best of us all. That first shot of Fireball goes down rough and warms you up a little but everyone knows that is the hardest part. It is not until the fifth, sixth or seventh shot when realizing you are walking into Landmark with your fake ID hoping to get into the bar.
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