Cannot remember how you even got home?
I think that with the exception of perhaps one or two people, we can all say that we have all been there at some point in our lives!!!
Binge drinking is on the increase. Skipping school to drink 5 litre bottles of cheap cider which works out about 50p a litre is age old! This has been going on for years and is traditional I think! What is more shocking though, is although we expect it to always be youths that binge drink...we are wrong! Research shows that the main culprits are people in their late twenties and above.
Out and about, social drinking can lead you to having had 10 bottles of drink plus without even realising it. There is so much choice available in shops and bars now that there is somethin
g alcoholic for everybodys taste. In supermarkets, there are offers on drinks which encourage you to buy more. We have booze supermarkets with mega deals for those that buy a crate rather than a four pack of beer. Is it any wonder that people are binge drinking?
g alcoholic for everybodys taste. In supermarkets, there are offers on drinks which encourage you to buy more. We have booze supermarkets with mega deals for those that buy a crate rather than a four pack of beer. Is it any wonder that people are binge drinking? Alco-pops come in loads of lovely eye catching colours. Not only tempting you to buy them but appealing to kids too with their bright colours. Even tax increases on alcohol every year and the threat of pints costing £4 a pint in the not to distant future do not put people off drinking.
So what can be done? NOTHING is the answer. It is up to the individual to educate themselves and realise the danger that binge drinking is putting them in. There is a huge risk of liver damage, as well as the risk of having your drink spiked. When you are drunk you may forget where you are, relax into a crowd and let your vulnerability go. But, there are people waiting for you to do this and you are putting yourself at great risk of being sexually assaulted, mugged, abducted or worse, murdered. Your awareness of risk vanishes with every drink. The best thing you can try to do when going out drinking is to be aware of what you are drinking, keep drinks away from the risk of being spiked, always stay close to the people you are out with, and try to save money back for a taxi home.
The government are allowing binge drinking because they are coining it in with all of the extra revenue that the tax on alcohol brings. They allow this through allowing pubs 24 hour opening licenses.
The police are overworked through binge drinkers, and have to deal with the fall out and abuse that drunkards cause every night at kicking out time.
The implementation of alcohol fee areas in towns and cities is a great idea. On the spot fines will put some drinkers off drinking in these areas which can only make the streets safer. Although I like a drink every now and then, and have been there done that with binge drinking in the past, I hate to see a drunk staggering towards you in broad daylight with a can in their hand. It is nerve-wracking and uncomfortable. I also find that the number of chavs walking the streets with a can in their hand in the day is alarming. Why are they not at work? I'm glad that our taxes are paying their benefits to allow them to walk the streets drinking all day! They obviously have way too much time and money on their hands!
What are your thoughts on binge drinking?
The following link will show you the legal amounts of alcohol that you can have in your system.
I have also put a picture on this page of a diseased liver. This is a liver which has suffered abuse through alcohol, and it has legions all over it! Not pretty, but the good news is, the liver is one organ that can repair itself, so there is hope yet! (As long as you don't let it get to far gone!..Think what happened to George Best through drinking)
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