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Alcoholism can be defined as compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcohol despite its negative effects on the drinker's health, relationships, and social standing. Compulsions are psychological acts that the actor feels driven to perform, so, in that case, can the student lifestyle of binge-drinking be explained as alcoholism? I’m sure many people, even those who say that they’re not going to drink on a night out, get to a point where they feel driven to drink. Maybe it started out as peer pressure, but maybe has that grown. Has it become learned behavior to drink on a night out? Are our minds now conditioned to crave alcohol when we hit the town?
I am not tee-total and I have never claimed to be; however I rarely drink, and I hardly ever allow myself to get to a point where I lose control due to alcohol. I don’t think many people at university can make the same claims. Over this Freshers’ Week I have spent a lot of time with the same people and have been out with them most nights. On those events I have seen the same people drinking excessive amounts every single night. Not only does this mean they have an inability to remember the night before, but they also do certain things they would not usually do – things which they may regret. Some of these people claim they need the alcohol to have fun – I’m sure we’ve all heard people say the words, ‘I need a drink’. If this is true, then can these people be defined as having a problem? If these people rely on alcohol to have a good time then will they one day rely on it to relax or get to lectures, or even to get out of bed?
I can only hope that the alcohol addictions will start to die down once we have graduated from university, once we’re older, wiser and settled into life.
Yet I fear that some of the people who rely on alcohol now will continue this pattern in later life. I can only hope they find a way out now – having had two members of my family die of alcoholism, I would not wish it on anyone.
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