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:
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.
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
20.1%
experienced an unwanted sexual
advance (women)
18.6%
had a serious argument or quarrel
13.6%
had property damaged
9.5%
had been pushed, hit, or assaulted
1.3%
had been a victim of sexual assault
or date rape (women)
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