Liquor stores, bars, and alcoholic beverage companies make drinking seem attractive and fun. It’s easy for anyone to get caught up in a social scene with lots of peer pressure. Inevitably, one of the biggest areas of peer pressure, especially among teenagers is drinking.
Many people, especially the youth, don’t normally think about the negative side of drinking. Although they think about the consequences of getting drunk, not too much attention is given to the possibility of being hung-over or throwing up. Some people do not know that excessive drinking can lead to loss of concentration, memory lapses, mood changes, and other problems that could affect their day-to-day life. Even with all the public health warnings, there is still a significant portion of the population that would ignore the more serious and longer-lasting risks of alchohol abuse.
When it comes to heavy drinking, the phrase binge drinking comes to mind. The phrase was originally used to refer to heavy drinking that lasted for several days. Nowadays, the meaning of binge drinking has drastically changed. To most people, binge drinking brings to mind self-destruction and unrestrained...