Bindge Drinking

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An Example of binge drinking is the story of Scott Krueger. Scott was

a freshman at MIT and was living in a fraternity house. His story begins on

were to call back. He replied, “If you are upset later we’ll be here drinking.”

This worried Katie, her brother had not been drinking long, and never was a

big drinker. She warned him to be careful but he insisted, “the class has

to drink a collective amount” Little did he know that 7 hours later he would

be laying in critical condition on his deathbed.

Now that you have heard the story of Scott Krueger lets take a look at

what alcohol does to your body. To start you off alcohol in the body is

measured in BAC (Blood Alcohol Content), which is measured in milligrams

of alcohol per 100 milligrams of blood, or milligrams percent. For example, a

BAC of .10 means that one tenth of 1%(or 1/1000) of your total blood

content is alcohol. This means that a blood alcohol of .05 and below may give

you a mellow buzz; a BAC on .50 and higher could be deadly. BAC also

the night of September 26th, 1997. That night he was on the phone with his

sister Katie discussing a recent injury she sustained. Scott offered her advice

such as “forget about it” and “Go out and have some fun.” She was

reluctant and asked Scott if he would be home the rest of the night if she

depends largely on two things: body size (the larger you are, the more blood

you have to dilute the alcohol) and how much you drink at one time (the

faster you drink, the higher your BAC, since the body has less time to dilute

the alcohol.)
Binge drinking does not only affect your body, it is can also affect

your education. Now here are a few facts for you to ponder over. Nearly half

of all collage students are binge drinkers, almost 4% of all college students

drink alcohol daily and the biggest one of all is on America’s college

campu...