AS many of our youth get ready to go out of the nest and off to the "grown-up" world of college, a reminder of the dangers of drinking games and overindulgence would be appropriate. I pirated this article from my zoomtown start-up screen. Quarters, shot-a-minute, thumper, beer pong, drink your age on your birthday all intended to have fun can turn deadly with peer pressure. "Know when to say when" / "drink responsibly".

 

Drinking games prove deadly to college students

Monday, July 7, 2008 5:23 PM EDT

The Associated Press

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press Writer

 

 

WINONA, Minn. (AP) — On the morning after the house party on Johnson Street, Jenna Foellmi and several other twentysomethings lay sprawled on the beds and couches. When a friend reached over to wake her, Foellmi was cold to the touch.

 

The friend's screams woke up the others still asleep in the house.

Link to rest of article....http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/07/ap/national/main4238599.shtml

Edited July 8, 200818 yr by STRIKE3
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Not to make light of the risks involved, but those games are all extremely fun.

This is going to happen whether you have drinking games or not.

This was my favorite game in college but I hate to hear this story!

Not to make light of the risks involved, but those games are all extremely fun.

 

Yup. It's all about keeping the portions and number of games small. I just don't understand so many of the guys and girls I've worked with that play until they get sick. The next morning everyone is like "I'm not going to drink for a while" and then they do it again two nights later, and always regret it. It gets to a point where it's not fun anymore to even be around that.

 

Seriously, drinking RESPONSIBLY actually DOES increase the overall level of fun.

Scary stuff & far too common.

 

And I agree that these games are a blast.

Really sad to hear, and still scary to think of how easily kids let this happen to themselves.

Scary stuff & far too common.

 

And I agree that these games are a blast.

 

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Habib, Nobiz, and I are playing right now.

Not what I expected when I entered this thread.

The advice I always tell my kids before they go out; beer is your friend and shots and hard liquor are the enemy.

Not to make light of the risks involved, but those games are all extremely fun.

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This is going to happen whether you have drinking games or not.

 

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The advice I always tell my kids before they go out; beer is your friend and shots and hard liquor are the enemy.

So you're condoning hangovers?

 

Just kidding....

Wow...such a sad story....my wife's best friend died in his sleep in Panama City in 1997, we were supposed to be hanging with him that day, but couldn't get a hold of him.

As harsh as it may seem, people dying from alcohol consumption is from mere lack of self-control. While very sad, this definitely could have been prevented, and I don't think you can blame it on the game.