Binge Drinking: The consumption of an excessive amount of alcohol in a short period of time. If you’re a a typical college student, you love to go out and party. Whether it’s hitting up a fraternity house, going to the local college bar or just hanging around with some friends-getting drunk is the goal. I was a wild child my freshman year, you could find me at every house party with a cup of jungle juice or at Happy Hour with a pitcher of beer in my hand. Like most students my age, I would have a few nights that got out of hand, but for the most part I believed I had a handle on my partying. Unfortunately, what I realized was binge-drinking was destroying me more than I realized. Binge-drinking turned me into a sloppy, reckless person who wasn’t fully in control of herself. I slowly saw myself
