With local bars and clubs throwing drink offers at students it can be hard to resist but try to drink in moderation. Look out for your friends and generally for one another, as the majority of you are in a new and fairly unfamiliar environment and the idea that you’re suddenly responsible for yourselves can take a while to sink in.

Some of us can drink a shed load whole others can just about manage an Alco pop, which is fine; it doesn’t make you a better person because you drank every spirit off the top shelf in a bar. Realistically we know that student culture has a lot of drink involved, however this message of drinking in moderation will continue to stick. Don’t feel pressured into drinking more than you know you can take, know your limits and make sure that you stay safe.

Alcohol also plays a large role in safety issues; drinking and driving drinking and unwanted sex/pregnancy/STI’s, drinking and violence and drinking and injuries. If you make low risk choices about alcohol they can have an impact on how safe you stay.

For more information on the effects of binge drinking go to the following site http://alcoholism.about.com/od/binge/