Blights Plea

Alcoholism comes in various forms. There is your typical alcoholic that drinks every day all day and gets nothing done. There is also the alcoholic who drinks all the time but can hold a steady job. Then there is another type of alcoholic, the binge drinker, which is the most common drinking pattern in colleges. This form of alcoholism has gotten a lot of attention as of late. The reason for the sudden attention is because of the recent deaths and near deaths in college students. Aside from deaths, there are many serious consequences of binge drinking. To help stop the rising death rate and other alcohol related problems, colleges are pushing preventive and treatment measures with limited success to date.
In 1949 when the first thorough study of college drinking was made, undergraduates drank no more than others their age, and college life did not encourage excessive “tippling” (Thompson 63). In 1993 at Rutgers University a young man died at a fraternity initiation party from...