What Young People Need to Know About Binge-Drinking

<p>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 &ldquo;rest&rdquo; for a few days. In my addicted mind, I thought &ldquo;not drinking every day&rdquo; meant I was a safe and average drinker.</p> <p>It turns out that binge drinking, despite many warnings about the dangers, is on the rise. One pandemic drinking study showed that&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7763183/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">34.1% of study participants&nbsp;</a>engaged in binge drinking (more than four drinks on one occasion for a woman and more than five drinks for a man),&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/in-fitness-and-in-health/what-young-people-need-to-know-about-binge-drinking-cda171f6930f"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>