Binge Drinking - Is it a bad thing?
Now I know for a lot of us, if you're at college or you're on spring break right now and people are like 'wooo' in the background
and all that chaos, you've been introduced to binge drinking in one form or another.
But I am kind of here to talk about it as a whole and what we do when we are around people who are
or if we worry that maybe we are doing this.
Now I don't always think binge drinking is a bad thing, and I know that a lot of people are going to, you know, be upset about that
But the main reason is, that there are usually two things going on, or one of two things going on.
We are just new to college or we are in highschool and it's the first time we have ever been around alcohol
and people are maybe doing shots and people are having all sorts of different kinds of drinks and we dont know
and there is a lot of pressure and we end up drinking too much because we don't even know how, how much is too much
or what is enough, we have no gauge.
And we are binge drinking. We're experimenting.
I call that, like the experimental phase, and that's okay I feel like for a lot of people, that's very normal
Does that mean you're an alcoholic? No. Does it mean you have a problem? Not necessarily at all.
It is just a part in a time in our life, we're experimenting with alcohol, we're trying to figure out "do we like it?"
"what's it like?" "how much does it take for me to get drunk?" "do I like being drunk?"
all the things that I know people never talk about but it's important that we understand that there is a time in our lives
when we experiment with things, we try different things, not everybody's going to drink or do any of the things but when some of us do, it's our time
but then there is the second type, there is a second reason. When people drink to forget
or they drink to deal or they drink because they're stressed or they drink because they have had a really shitty day
and that's when I start to worry. Now I know I, I will go out with my friends to celebrate like when I passed my first exam
we went out, 'yay' we cheered and we had a drink. 'Did I get drunk?' No. 'Did people get like wasted and black out?' No.
But you can go out to celebrate, I am more worried when you drink for problems and issues in your life
and you're drinking to cope.
Just when I talk about all other things, like eating disorders, self harm, we're doing it as a coping skill
and I would encourage you, if you find yourself doing this sitting at home drinking because you don't want to deal with it
please seek professional help. There are so many ways to help out there
that not only just AA and all the things that we always hear about but getting help sooner rather than later can make
the outcome that much greater. And the things that we're looking for is obviously if we have to drink more than we
used to to get drunk or if when we don't drink we feel really ill like we have really bad hangovers that last for days
because we're having what we call 'withdrawal.'
So please be aware of these signs and symptoms and please seek help if you're worried about it and you think that maybe, you might have a problem
There's no shame in getting help, that's why I am putting out these videos, right?
And if any of you have experiences with this and you would like to share what's worked for you
and what's helped. I know AA is a great thing, and sponsorship is wonderful.
But leave your comments below, let me know what's worked for you. Share with each other how you can help
and what things can help because we're never alone, I know a lot of us think that
"well, i'm embarrassed, if i'm drinking a lot people are going to judge me, and they're going to think that..." No.
That's what my whole channel's about so if you're looking for a great community you can hop on
katimorton.com and find out more from other people, what's helped them, and how they're working, and what's working...
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