Are you drinking to get drunk?

Is your drinking affecting your work or upsetting your partner/family/friends/school?

Are you drinking more heavily and more often?

If you answered “YES” to any one of the above questions…you are considered “at risk” for becoming a binge drinker.

 

Read the following facts to help you realize that binge drinking and its effects can happened to anyone.

 

To contact us:

Address:

802 Laurel Street

Fort Collins, CO

80521

Phone

303-619-4150

Email:

bbabbitt@holly.colostate.edu

Binge Drinking

-Alcohol is the number one youth drug problem, killing more than all other drugs combined.  (Grunbaum, et, al, 2002) 

-People who begin to drink before age 15 are four times more likely to develop alcohol dependence than those who wait until age 21.  (Grant, 1998)

-In 2001, 41% of frequent binge drinkers had unplanned sex and 21 % had unsafe sex as a result of their drinking in the past year.  (Cooper, 2002)

Many of us have at least heard of the term “binge drinking.”  But many of us rarely look at our own lives to see if we ourselves are binge drinkers.  Take the following 3 question quiz to see if you are at risk...