What Is Binge Drinking?
Simply put, binge drinking is drinking to get drunk - a self-destructive and unrestrained drinking bout.
During the drinking binge the heavily intoxicated drinker ignores responsibilities, squanders money, and engages in all manner of harmful behaviours that may well bring them into contact with the police or emergency services.
Binge drinking is now a problem in many western countries, even though individual countries have different tolerance levels of binge drinkers.
In the United States, binge drinking is the consuming of four or more drinks by a woman, or five or more drinks by a man on an occasion.
In the United Kingdom, binge drinking is commonly defined as consuming 11 or more drinks on an occasion. This is more than double what is considered binge drinking in the USA - yet binge drinking in the United Kingdom is now so serious; the British Government is about to bring in measures to tackle the problem.
Whats the problem?
Binge drinking is irresponsible; heavy drinking that often comes under the disguise of fun and games. Binge drinking is terribly dangerous to the drinker and to the people around them.
Risks to the binge drinker include:
Missing work
Damaging property
Engaging in unplanned sexual activity
Not using protection when having sex
Driving a car after drinking
Getting into trouble with the police
Getting hurt or injured
Alcohol poisoning - a severe and potentially fatal physical reaction to an alcohol overdose.
Risks to people around binge drinkers:
Having leisure time or sleep interrupted
Being insulted or humiliated
Having a serious argument
Having property damaged
Being pushed, hit or assaulted
Experiencing an unwanted sexual advances or assault
Why do they do it?
To get drunk
Status associated with drinking
Culture of alcohol consumption
Peer pressure
Stress
Do you have a binge-drinking problem?
Do you recognise either of these harmful and destructive behaviours in your own life?
Are you drinking more heavily and more often?
Are you drinking to "get drunk"
Is your drinking affecting your work or upsetting your partner or family?
What to do?
Luckily, theres an effective solution to binge drinking - Hypnotherapy and NLP.
We all tend to be miss-programmed by negative input in some way and neuro-linguistic programming reprograms the mind for a positive outcome.
Hypnotherapy puts the mind in a state that will accept the NLP re-programming more readily, so NLP and hypnotherapy combined are a very effective combination.
By using a combination of hypnotherapy and NLP, you can re-program your binge drinking behaviour in a few hours.
You can stop binge drinking by re-programming your brain - you can get a trained hypnotherapist to do this, or you can do-it-yourself by using a self-help download.
Either way the result is the same - to change your usual self-destructive "drink to get drunk" activities to a pleasant "have a few drinks and have a good time".
Its a matter of self-control, and there are neuro-linguistic and hypnotherapy techniques that create a sequence of thinking that get the brain to move from the thought of drinking to excess to the thought of just having a moderate amount of drinks and enjoying yourself.
Visit our website to learn how hypnotherapy can stop your binge drinking, as well as assisting with many other problems, such as stopping smoking, losing weight and building your self-confidence.
To learn more about alcohol abuse hypnotherapy visit the HypnoSpot web site:
http://www.HypnoSpot.co.uk
5 Steps To Responsible Drinking Habits
If you personally make the choice that you are going to drink alcohol, whether on a regular basis or occasionally, you need to be sure that you always drink responsibly. There are a variety of different habits that you need to get into if you are going to drink in a responsible manner. Remember that you will be held responsible for your actions, wh...
Fighting Stress Without Using Alcohol: Part Two
In Part One of this series we explained some of the consequences of the combination of too much stress and alcohol misuse.In this part of the series we will give you ways to fight stress without using alcohol.Since a mixture of too much stress and the overuse of alcohol can cause physical and emotional problems we need to find other ways to deal wi...
Three Ways to Combat Wine Headaches
Lots of things in life give us a headache. Does wine need to be one of them?Not everyone finds that drinking wine gives them a headache. But if you are one of the ones who do, you may wonder why.Actually there is quite a lot of argument about why some people get headaches after drinking wine. Some people insist that headaches are caused by the s...
Dallas (Season 4) DVD Review
Nominated for 18 Emmys and 15 Golden Globes in its thirteen season run, Dallas is the epitome of the prime-time drama/soap opera genre. Premiering in 1978 as a five part mini-series, the show combines the usual sex and innuendo of classic afternoon soap operas with the freewheeling adventure of Texas wildcats and filthy rich capitalist oil barons. ...
Should You Drink Red Wine?
You definitely should consider drinking red wine if you drink alcohol. Considering the health benefits of red wine and how enjoyable the experience can be, I think that red wine is the logical choice for the drinker.Let us begin by looking at the health benefits of red wine. To understand these benefits requires a short explanation: Red wines are a...
Cannabis Vodka - A Brand New Vodka With A Cannabis Kick
It was only a matter of time before someone came up with the idea of mixing vodka with cannabis. This drink is the newest trend that can be found in bars and clubs across Europe and originated in the Czech republic. People over the years have enjoyed mixing the stems and seeds of the cannabis plant with many different recipes including brownies and...
Association Between Wine and Mortality
Many of the respected studies on population prove that consuming alcohol such as wine, beer or spirits in moderation is been related with an increased life expectancy. Researchers report that even though considerable decreases in mortality risk for regular drinkers could be attributed to lessen danger or heart disease, this factor alone not complet...