Fancy a drink? Or ten?
Binge drinking is a British phenomenon, which is spreading to
France... The "aim" of binge drinking ("alcool
défonce") is to drink as much alcohol as possible as
quickly as possible. It is essentially prevalent among adolescents
and young adults. Consequences can be serious: violence, accidents,
coma...
A survey shows that 44%
of boys and 34% of girls aged 17 say they have consumed five drinks
during a party. 4,5% of boys and 1,2% of girls say they have even
drunk ten or more drinks during a party...
I think this phenomenon
is becoming a major scourge; if we do nothing to help the victims,
they may become alcoholics and risk wasting their lives...
We think that this bad and dangerous behavior (to want to be drunk at every event when there is alchool) should be moderated. In France drinking with friends or family to celebrate something is part of French culture, but some young people overindulge in practicing "binge drinking". Indeed they need to be drunk to be at ease with others at a party, but don't think about the negative consequences of this conduct.
ReplyDeleteAn instructive article, that prevents us from taking part to this type of behaviour. Everyone is to be concerned by this phenomon and we sincerely believe that informing young people about the problems linked to alcohol or even drugs should be a major cause for everybody.
ReplyDeleteMichael, Nicolas, Antoine.
Sainte-Marie.