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more about #bingedrinking JPGorgon: Can I just say to everyone who plans on posting (more) comments long the lines of "blah blah blah I never drink" or "Wow, she's so selfish" Just. Don... more » pesematology: Her comment about drinking with one kidney reveals a profound misunderstanding of the pharmacokinetics of alcohol. more » o-line: I enjoyed this episode because it showed that you do not have to be older to be an alcoholic, whereas many of the alcoholics in the series are older a... more » Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin): Though it's terrible when people leave treatment, I'm at least heartened when family and friends keep the bottom line. The worst endings are when the... more » amowls: I'm in College. Usually I don't get drunk at parties because I'm not a huge fan of beer. When I do get drunk, I'm never retardedly drunk. I've never b... more » Kitty: It's frustrating to see people who are so selfish and caught up in themselves that they don't realize how many others they are hurting with their acti... more » Adah: If you went by my drinking habits in college, you'd call me an alcoholic. But now, I've calmed down, and drink a couple of times a week, and two to t... more » annebreal: I'm not sure who was giving the survey, but every year in college we had some company handing out pens and tshirts for a quick survey about alcohol us... more » tinybubbles: another thought (perhaps obvious) - all of these addicts have something going on in their personal life - abuse, death, unresolved MAJOR issues. I th... more » boxspelunker: THIS IS MY COLLEGE. Not literally. Well, maybe. We are one of the top binge-drinking schools in the nation. The reservations near us push that num... more » SarsDoesntSave: I am always struck by the attitude that because it's college, it's ok to drink to excess. It's not like graduating flips some magic switch that makes... more » LostTurntable: When I was in college I never drank, most of my friends never drank. In fact MOST college students don't get shitfaced every weekend. But you don't he... more » Seize: I can't tell you how easy it is to slip into destructive drinking while at college. While I am safe and happy today, I will never forget the pain and ... more » msAnthrope: I am so fascinated how people choose their addiction, in the sense that some people will choose alcohol; others cigarettes; illegal drugs; prescriptio... more » morninggloria: This was much harder to watch than that one episode of Intervention about the chocoholic. more » Ms. Take: It's seeing people like this that makes me so angry when so many college students brag or joke about being an alcoholic. Excessive alcohol consumptio... more » RodetheTrolleywithStanwyck: First of all: Did that say seven liters of vodka? Second: I can't watch the clips from my corner of the sweatshop. How is she still enrolled in schoo... more » MagentaOpel: I am a recovering alcoholic at 28, so I know from denial. But I never, ever, drank my own vomit. I wouldn't drink a beer with ash in it. There's le... more » Mary McCarthyite: Watching Jennifer chug those drinks in the clips reminded me of Malcolm Lowry's book Under the Volcano. Has anyone read the book and/or seen the mov... more » Gnatalby: I thought that they waited for you to sober up before doing your intervention? At least that's what the interventionist at Christopher Moltasanti's i... more » -
#bootandrally
Intervention: The Difference Between Binge Drinking And Alcoholism
Last night on Intervention, the show's subject, a college student named Jennifer, explained that college kids who get wasted aren't necessarily alcoholics. The 22-year-old then went on to reveal that she drinks her own vomit if there's booze in it. More » -
#invinoestveritas
If You Can't Beat 'Em: British Girls' Schools Introduce Wine-Tastings
Maybe it wasn't until we read this headline that we really appreciated the scope of the British teen binge-drinking problem: "Wine-tasting club is the toast of top independent girls' school." Oh, and heard that the "critical thinking" teacher started it. More » -
#leftovers
Suspect Arrested In Serial Killings; Clintons Bet $1,000 That Chelsea Wouldn't Wed
• Antwan Maurice Pittman, 31, has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Taraha Shenice Nicholson, one of the five women police suspect were murdered by a serial killer in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. More » -
#noshitstudies
War & Peat: Women's Drinking On The Rise In Britain
New research shows that alcohol makes drinkers' minds wander, and, because they're drunk, they're not aware of it. Undeterred by this shocking discovery, Brits are boozing more than ever. More » -
