Binge-Drinking Students Happier

[Boris Johnson]

[Dylan]

[Boris Johnson]

[Dylan]

Okay 6+ makes more sense.

Alcohol is one of the worst drugs available, as you pointed out.

[eynon81]

my working definition of a true alcoholic is someone who shows up to their court date with a >.04 BAC. I see this regularly in my world.

[Vince]

Drinking is a waste of time. I got over it pretty quickly after about a year in college.

[Hyperion]

I'm not surprised. The definition of binge drinking does encompass basically half of all college students. That said addiction is not something to ridicule just because most people are perceived to have their stuff together. A lot of college graduates suddenly realize that they have a problem afterwards. It depends on your biology and mindset.

There's better drugs out there than alcohol. It's just the most socially acceptable form of altering your mind. Ironically if you do get addicted it's more dangerous and painful than a heroin addiction.

[Sazari]

You guys seem to have some disconnect here. You won't get addicted to alcohol, like an alcoholic, unless you drink large amounts, daily, for like a decade. If you go out most weekends and get trashed with your friends from 18-30, you won't be an alcoholic unless you have SPS genes. I'm sick of these bullshit "warnings" like what you do in college f**k matters. It does not. You can get f**k up 7 days a week in college and you will be fine. There is a reason there is a socially acceptable age to drink a lot and there is a point where it becomes awkward. It's not even close to comparing it to heroin, where you can fall into a serious problem in a month. I know hundreds of people who got f**k up on the reg in college and not one of them is by any definition an alcoholic. I know 1 alcoholic my age and he is a total redneck who has been crushing a 12 pack every night in his garage since like 16. Anglo-American culture is so prudish about this. My entire family in Belgium drinks 3-4 standard drinks a day. Beer at lunch, wine at dinner, maybe a beer in the evening. None of them are alcoholics, none of them are dysfunctional, none of them are addicted. This alcoholism is always a looming danger if you ever drink more than 6 drinks is total bullshit and it's the reason we have such an SPS drinking culture.

[The Comrade]

you can become psychologically addicted to alcohol well before you're physically dependent on it

[Boris Johnson]