Star Letter: Alcohol joys?
Flora’s feature kind of misses the point of drinks awareness campaigns. Certainly no campaign I’ve ever seen preaches complete abstinance from alcohol, and I’ve always been of the personal opinion that getting a little drunk is rather fun (and conductive to relationships/one-nightstands!).
What I do object to is this constant need to go even further - many students, once they are obviously drunk, don’t stop there! If you’re already drunk, how much more drunk do you really need to get? Do you need to keep going back to the bar again and again? Does it really improve your night if you’re now so drunk you can’t function normally at all?
I agree with Flora that alcohol can equal fun, but there’s still needs to be a limit, a point at which you are going too far - and many students are guilty of doing this. Another problem is that students do this several times a week, not just once or twice. This style of binge-drinking is a new phenomenon and we’re yet to see what this generation’s health is going to be like when they reach 30. IF they reach 30…
Talk about the fun of drinking if you wish, but don’t gloss over the
effects of extreme binge-drinking.
Neil Barnes
SU Welfare Officer
