ALCOHOL EDUCATION
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Decide what you want from drinking alcohol.
- Think about the pros and cons (short and long term) for moderating you use versus maintaining the status quo.
- Also consider what you absolutely want to avoid when you drink.
Set drinking limits.
- What's your upper limit on the number of drinks you consume per week?
- At what point do you decide you've had enough (consider a BAL limit)?
- What's the maximum number of days for drinking you will choose to give yourself?
- Use standard guidelines to determine what constitutes one drink: 1 ¼ ounces of 80-proof spirits; 4 ounces of wine; 10 ounces of beer with 5% alcohol (ice beer and many microbrews); 12 ounces of beer with 4% alcohol (standard beer).
Count your drinks and monitor your drinking behavior.
- Try it! Most people are surprised by what they learn when they actually count how much they drink.
- Simply observe your behavior - this is like standing outside yourself and watching how your are acting when you are drinking.
Alter how and what you drink.
- Switch to drinks that contain less alcohol (e.g., light beers).
- Slow down your pace of drinking.
- Space drinks further apart.
- Alternate drinking nonalcoholic beverages with alcoholic drinks.
Manage your drinking in the moment.
- Stay awake and on top of how you drink and what you're drinking when you're at a party.
- Choose what's right for you.
Source: Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS): A Harm Reduction Approach.
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