by Melanie Dunn
Picture this: you have had a very rough week at work, it’s the weekend and your best friend has decided to hit the town for her birthday. How does your night pan out?
Situations like this can often result in binge drinking and this has become a big problem for today’s youth and the people who have to deal with it.
Although everyone is capable of binge drinking, it is mostly the 16-25 age group that we should be concerned about.
The serious health issues associated with this practice are not enough to put people off bingeing, and these days we are hearing too many stories of people of all ages binge drinking, so we have to question why this is.
People may feel the need to binge because they don’t drink during the week, so they think that they are making up for lost time.
Special occasions like birthdays or New Year can also bring out the worst in peoples’ drinking habits - they think that because it’s a special occasion they have to drink and peer pressure may be involved too.
Another reason people may binge is because of funds – these days, it is more or less expected that you have pre-drinks first so that you a) aren’t sober when you get to the club, or b) don’t have to spend your money on overpriced drinks when you’re out.
A sad, but common reason for excessive drinking is because you need to drown your sorrows, which I think is the worst reason for bingeing because it only makes you forget your situation for the night but the problems are still there the next morning.
I really don’t see the appeal in getting so hammered that you can’t remember what happened the previous night, let alone feeling so terrible the next morning.
It doesn’t say much about your self-control or how much you respect your body if you are tripping over your feet or having to rush to the toilet to bring up your last cocktail.
I think that this is the thing we should be teaching youths – how to control their intake, not stop it all together because otherwise we would be fighting a losing battle.
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