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COLLEGE SUCCESS TIPS
Facts About Drug & Alcohol Abuse
Know Your Limits. If you feel like you have had enough, do not let anyone else pressure you into drinking more than you feel comfortable drinking. They might be trying to get you to lower your inhibitions, or to make themselves feel better about drinking another drink. Either way, they don’t have your best interests in mind.
Assert Your Independence. You should never feel bad about turning down someone who offers you drugs or alcohol. If you are worried that they might think less of you, don’t. The truth is that they will probably respect you more for sticking up for yourself and asserting your independence.
Studies show that one student’s alcohol abuse affects, on average, up to five other people. Here are just a few examples:
College Students Encounter Problems When Others Drink Too Much
60.5% had study or sleep interrupted
53.6% had to take care of a drunken student
29.3% had been insulted or humiliated
experienced an unwanted sexual advance (women)
20.1%
18.6% had a serious argument or quarrel 13.6% had property damaged
9.5% had been pushed, hit, or assaulted
had been a victim of sexual assault or date rape (women)
Source: “College Binge Drinking in the 1990s: A Continuing Problem. Results of the Harvard School of Public Health 1999 College Alcohol Study.” Journal of American College Health, 48 (March 2000): 208.
1.3%
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