This post looks at the second facet that we have grouped under the binge drinking motivator of ‘Relationships’ –  a person’s ability to communicate. Largely going hand in hand with confidence, a young person’s ability (or inability) to communicate their needs and wants is a large reason why someone would choose to drink to excess.

The last few HSM posts have been all about how a person’s perceived external identity translates into dysfunctional drinking behaviour. Within that, I covered advertising, culture and role models. Now we move into one of the other two key contributing factors – relationships. Or more specifically, how a persons ability to attract, build and maintain relationships fits

This blog continues on the series of posts that explores how our sense of external identity translates into dysfunctional drinking behaviour. It shows how our behaviours (including drinking) are replicated through an individual’s networks and subcultures via role modeling. Finally, how a young person can now use social media to both choose and become the role models

There are two key points of reference that a young person draws from their sense of identity from when it comes to drinking behaviour – advertising and role modelling. This post is about that beautifully inspiring yet disgustingly manipulative social metronome – advertising.

The first research component to Hello Sunday Morning is now complete! Wooop! Thank you to all those who volunteered their time in this process, the feedback has been incredible. We have now presented the results of our findings in Canberra last week and in Bundaberg yesterday to very receptive crowds. A big thank you to

I have chosen to bare my soul a little and write about some of the conditioning I have had in my past that has led me personally to drink to excess.  Before I get into this post, I just want to say that writing these next three blogs has been one of the hardest, soul

Social interaction, for me, is like a game of basketball. Every time I step up to a social situation, there is competition, team players and past injuries that all factor into my ultimate success. There are specific intentions and outcomes of every interaction that I shoot for. The goal of this game of life is

FRESH (therefore myself) has been incredibly busy of late. Firstly, I have been invited to give a couple of talks at QUT and University of the Sunshine Coast about Hello Sunday Morning, which has provided me with an opportunity to get up on my soap box and talk about problematic binge drinking. By far the most interactive

       We’ve just got our mammoth ‘Why do we drink?’ qualitative survey results back (thank you to all those who persevered through it!). Out of it all, there was one word that really stuck out consistently through a large number of the responses – confidence.

In Norway, students finish school and embark on an extended binge drinking adventure called “Russetid“.  The aim is to write yourself off as much as you possibly can and then break as many social ‘rules’ as possible in order to score points for doing so.  Italians have the same thing going on. Before the young men head off