Binge Drinking under Symbolic Interactionism Perspective.
The rates of binge drinking among college students is nearly double the rates for high school students, which may indicate that the college environment encourages high risk drinking. Many students view heavy drinking as a rite of passage that everyone must go through in life and be looked at as being “cool. Young adults aged 18-22 enrolled full-time in a college were more likely than their.
Alcoholism. Alcoholism, also known as alcohol abuse disorder, is a widespread issue that is estimated to have affected over 200 million people, according to the World Health Organization in a 2010 statement. Alcoholism is a deadly and difficult disease heavily weighted with serious health and mental problems. Being that alcohol abuse is common and impacts a variety of people regardless of age.
Binge Drinking is a problem that is present in most, if not all colleges and universities. A late night of partying and drinking may sound safe at first, but the effects of such heavy drinking are dangerous. The consequences are often glanced at, but are not considered when the bottle takes over. College students who drink many drinks within a small period of time, often overlook what can.
Binge drinking has different effects on different people. If your alcohol use is causing problems for you at work, at home, in social situations, or at school, it’s a problem.
Binge drinking and pregnancy. When a pregnant woman drinks alcohol, so does her baby. This is because alcohol crosses from the mother’s blood to her unborn baby’s blood. The risks to the unborn baby increase the more the mother drinks, so binge drinking is especially harmful.
The fact is, binge drinking is a dangerous pattern of consuming alcohol. It is directly associated with dangerous activities and behaviors, including drunk driving. There is also a long list of health problems associated with binge drinking. Binge drinking can also lead to a number of legal problems. Drunk driving is just the most obvious.
The rate of drinking of binge and heavy drinkers was nearly one half or 48 percent at the time of physical abuse incident (cited in Hutchison, 1999). Alcoholism and Child Abuse Research estimates reveal that more than 1 million children in the US are involved in some form of abuse or neglect every year (Widom, 1993 cited in Widom, 2001). Child abuse has been associated with alcohol use and.