Drinking Games
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Definition
Drinking games are social activities with rules that explicitly include the consumption of a beverage (usually alcoholic). One form for these games is the drinking contest, where the quantity or speed of consumption is the criteria for winning. Another is form of game has the consumption a consequence of some performance of skill or random chance. Drinking games are often associated with informal parties of usually young people intent on heavy drinking. Drinking contests may occur in a drinking establishment, however. An apparently new trend is sponsored drinking games at bars and clubs in the U.S.1
Prevalence
Drinking Games often occur at parties or party-like settings such as "kickbacks" or any other social occurrences. They are very popular among high school and college students, as well as young adults. Drinking games encourages binge-drinking, ultimately to get drunk faster. Although, are many types drinking games with varying outcomes. Some include: speed games, thinking games, "loser buys" games, coordination games, card games, and etc. Drinking games can be looked at as a way to bond with friends, meet new people, or simply to just have fun with the people around you. Drinking games can be dangerous at times because participants often are too focused on the game itself, and not realizing their amounts of consumptions. 1
Prevention Strategies
If you are trying to avoid excessive drinking by such drinking games, there are many ways to prevent yourself from being involved. You can say you are the designated driver, leave the room when you see people trying to get a game together, simply insist that you are not interested, staying firm resisting from pressure, or simply removing yourself from such an atmosphere with drinking. As for prevention of a game, it is inevitable that they will still occur so it is useless to try to prevent a game from occurring. It is just smarter to just remove yourself from this event, rather than being disrespectful to the people around you.
References
- New York Times. As young adults drink to win, marketers join in. October 16, 2005.
- Drinking Games. May 9, 2007.
