Binge drinking in Singapore
Causes and Effects of Binge Drinking
1) Introduction
What is binge drinking? Binge drinking means a large amount of alcohol consumed in a short period of time. The purpose of this research paper is to highlight the issue of binge drinking on the rise among the youths. It will also explain the causes, such as peer pressure and stress, and the effects, long and short term health issues and alcohol related harms(Health Promotion Board, 2012). This paper will also provide some suggested solutions for binge drinking.
2) Causes
2.1) Peer Pressure
Peer pressure can be a positive thing at times such as for encouraging people to do their best. On the other hand, it can also end with confusing a teenager’s mindset on what is right and what is wrong. As DrinkWise Australia (2012) states, peer pressure can influence teens to do something they might not do. Everyone likes to be apart of something, and due to this, some teenagers resort to binge drinking with their peers to get ‘accepted’.
2.2) Stress
Stress also causes teens to resort to binge drinking. Drinking alcohol after a long and tiring day would do more bad than relax you(Drinkaware, 2013). Some teenagers look at alcohol as a way to feel ‘high’ and relieve stress, this can resort to binge drinking. Sometimes the stress can come from the stress the teenagers receive from school or work. For example, large amount of work given with little time to complete, or nearing the exam or audit period. Stress can also come from relationship problems.
3) Effects
Alcohol can cause some short term and long termed health problems. For short term issues, when too much alcohol is consumed, the person’s reflexes are affected which includes breathing and pharyngeal reflex, which is also known as the gag reflex, which helps prevent choking. As for long term issues, it does damage to the kidney’s function in keeping the body’s fluid clean and when the kidney fails, it will cause development of a fatty liver, which leads to
1) Introduction
What is binge drinking? Binge drinking means a large amount of alcohol consumed in a short period of time. The purpose of this research paper is to highlight the issue of binge drinking on the rise among the youths. It will also explain the causes, such as peer pressure and stress, and the effects, long and short term health issues and alcohol related harms(Health Promotion Board, 2012). This paper will also provide some suggested solutions for binge drinking.
2) Causes
2.1) Peer Pressure
Peer pressure can be a positive thing at times such as for encouraging people to do their best. On the other hand, it can also end with confusing a teenager’s mindset on what is right and what is wrong. As DrinkWise Australia (2012) states, peer pressure can influence teens to do something they might not do. Everyone likes to be apart of something, and due to this, some teenagers resort to binge drinking with their peers to get ‘accepted’.
2.2) Stress
Stress also causes teens to resort to binge drinking. Drinking alcohol after a long and tiring day would do more bad than relax you(Drinkaware, 2013). Some teenagers look at alcohol as a way to feel ‘high’ and relieve stress, this can resort to binge drinking. Sometimes the stress can come from the stress the teenagers receive from school or work. For example, large amount of work given with little time to complete, or nearing the exam or audit period. Stress can also come from relationship problems.
3) Effects
Alcohol can cause some short term and long termed health problems. For short term issues, when too much alcohol is consumed, the person’s reflexes are affected which includes breathing and pharyngeal reflex, which is also known as the gag reflex, which helps prevent choking. As for long term issues, it does damage to the kidney’s function in keeping the body’s fluid clean and when the kidney fails, it will cause development of a fatty liver, which leads to