Tag: drinking

Grog and Travel have long gone together about as naturally as the other G&T. From beachside beers in Thailand to crowded pub crawls in Prague, alcohol makes an appearance in almost every holiday plan. And to some degree, throwing back a few beers at the hostel bar really can seem like the perfect formula for

Written by Jazz Rowland “Hey, I booked us 4 tickets to Randwick Races for Melbourne Cup! I shotgun being the scantily clad female with vomit in my hair.” This was the text message I sent to a friend a week ago. In reality this is far from the truth. Up until recently I could drink

Most government and media don’t understand why young people drink so much. Everyone keeps speculating but the reality is they have no idea what it takes for a young person to NOT binge drink. For a young person to shift their established drinking behaviour is a choice they also make subconsciously to accept the following…

My roommate Simon, just finished a 3 month sobriety stit last night. The final night fell on his birthday so we had a double celebration on our hands. So what do we do when we have a double celebration???… LAZERFORCE!!!! It was a very good night and what was really cool was Simon invited a

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