You only live once, or YOLO is a popular thought pattern and expression for young people. It often gets applied to a lot of fun and adventurous things, like partying and binge drinking. I remember it well. From my early teens until my early forties, I binged alcohol regularly. My pattern would be to drink heavily one day and then stop to “rest” for a few days. In my addicted mind, I thought “not drinking every day” meant I was a safe and average drinker.
It turns out that binge drinking, despite many warnings about the dangers, is on the rise. One pandemic drinking study showed that 34.1% of study participants engaged in binge drinking (more than four drinks on one occasion for a woman and more than five drinks for a man),