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QUESTION & ANSWER10/01/2002 Loads of beer 
Question: Hello, I am a student at the university and I drink a lot of beer. Every day I drink an average of 20 glasses of beer, only on weekdays. At the weekend I (usually) take a break from drinking and also when I am preparing for examinations and during the examination period, in total three times two months’ time, I don’t drink alcohol. I am not intending to continue this drinking pattern after my studies, but most probably I will keep drinking lots of beer for three up to four years. Anyhow, the beer does not have any influence on my study results. I am not the only one on campus that drinks that much beer. I guess there are some 500 other students that have the same drinking pattern than I have.Am I an alcoholic? Does my excessive drinking behaviour jeopardize my future health? Ben and XB from LLN Answer: An average of 20 glasses of beer per day is obviously way too much, even including the breaks in the weekends and when preparation for examinations and during examination periods. Your health can be damaged in two different ways. First of all an acute intoxication is not to be ruled out in case of such high quantities. An acute alcohol intoxication can happen when the alcohol content in our blood is high. It all starts with difficulties when focussing, disturbance of one’s equilibrium and co-ordination and in some cases of very high alcohol content it can lead to alcoholic coma (loss of consciousness). Secondly there is a real risk such excessive drinking behaviour will gradually turn into alcohol dependence and alcoholism. The risk of turning into an alcoholic also depends upon other aspects, which we can not judge from a distance. However, we do strongly advise you not to wait until you have completed your studies to change your drinking behaviour. In our opinion the best thing to do now is to look for help straight away so as not to jeopardize your future health. Go and inquire at the students’ council on the campus where you can get some help. We can only tell you that professor Rousseau (psychiatrist) of the Louvain-la-Neuve University does a lot of work concerning alcohol problems. MF and Dr Stan Ansoms, chairman VAD www.vad.be | |
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