“Remember that time in college when we got so wasted and woke up the next morning on the football field?”
Have you ever told a story like this? Or maybe your friends have talked about their “wild times” from getting blackout drunk. Stories like these are normalized, but the circumstances around them are more dangerous than people think.
When does drinking to that extent become a “problem?” Is this simply a “phase” that someone outgrows? Even if it is a phase, does that make it somehow safer or lower the risks?
Drinking to an extent, such as the story above, is known as binge drinking. Here in Texas, 1 in 6 adults report that they binge drink at least once a month. Our team at San Antonio Recovery Center has seen the lasting impact that binge drinking has on families and individuals alike. Today, we’re going to highlight the dangers of binge drinking and answer many of the common questions we get about how it works and what it does to the body.
