Drinking Game Dangers

Just about anything can be more fun when you make a game out of it, and drinking is no exception. Most anyone who enjoys a drink, has a favorite drinking game. From flip cup to beer bong, drinking games make a competition out of your alcohol. However, as much fun as they can be, they can also be quite dangerous. Many competitors have suffered serious injuries, and even fatalities, due to the following drinking game dangers. Check these out so next time you’re at a party, you can be safe.

Drinking Game Dangers: Avoiding Issue or Injury 

What’s In Your Drink?

One of the biggest drinking game dangers comes from not knowing what’s in your cup. When you start to play a game, someone normally provides you with a drink to play. Since you didn’t pour it, you don’t really know what’s in it. For instance, they could have poured more alcohol than you intended to drink. When you don’t know how much alcohol is in your drink, you may become far more intoxicated than you planned. In addition, drugged drinks are more prevalent in an atmosphere such as this. For these reasons, it’s best to always pour your own drink. Even when playing a drinking game. 

How Much Did You Drink?

The amount of alcohol you consume, and the rate at which you drink, can also contribute to potential dangers. Obviously, drinking games require that you drink. If you play several games, you’ll probably consume a great deal of alcohol in a short time. In addition, when you’re playing, you’re not keeping up with how many drink you’ve had. Therefore, you can end up drinking a large amount of alcohol. Not to mention, you’ll do so in a relatively short amount of time. By drinking too much, too quickly, you won’t allow your body time to process the alcohol. This can lead to serious conditions, such as alcohol poisoning.

Cranky Competition

Last on the list of drinking game dangers, is that you don’t always know who you’re playing with or against. More importantly, you don’t know how they play when they begin drinking. Alcohol can often change people’s moods and some people become angry when drinking. An angry drinker may not take too well to the rules of the game, the competition, or losing. Before you know it, you mind find yourself in a fight.

In short, drinking games can be lots of fun. However, they can also present serious dangers. Not knowing what you’re drinking, how much you’ve had, or how quickly you drink it, can be cause for trouble.

Post-DUI Decisions: Lifestyle Improvement 

After receiving a DUI, you often begin to reevaluate changes that you need to make in your life. Maybe you want to start drinking less, drinking smarter, or taking time to do other things. No matter what changes you feel necessary, you will likely make some post-DUI decisions regarding your lifestyle… 

Post-DUI Decisions: Lifestyle Improvement 

Evaluate the root of your issue

You made a bad decision, but that doesn’t mean you can’t grow from it. Start by reconsidering how, and with whom, you spend your time. Maybe your bad decision was entirely your own. Or, maybe your decision came as the result of peer pressured drinking, or something of the like. When considering your habits, consider what leads to you indulging in them. 

Spend more time with your good influences 

If the crowd you spend time with makes you want to drink heavily, or make bad decisions— consider altering that crowd. Spend more time with family, close friends, or sober companions. Spend time with those who uplift you, and encourage you to make the right choices. When it comes to post-DUI decisions, limiting, or even increasing, the people around you can be a really positive change. 

Establish new habits 

When your typical Friday night is driving across town, drinks at the bar, driving back home, or heading out to go dance somewhere— a DUI can be quite jarring. You no longer have a license, meaning maybe you can’t get across town, or to see your friends, quite as easily. Therefore, you might find yourself developing new routines. No matter if it’s by necessity, or by choice— new hobbies can be exciting. Whether you take up yoga, painting, riding, running, or a sport— it can be nice to change your routines every now and then.

While your DUI was not ideal, it can lead to a lot of positive change

We often get so caught in our routines and habits that we don’t consider how positive shaking things up can be. So, take this inherently negative thing, and make the best of it. We wish you luck in your DUI case, and the aftermath of it. Furthermore, extend our condolences, and offer our services, during this difficult time. 

High-Functioning Alcoholism: Am I Abusing Alcohol? 

Alcoholism, and alcohol abuse, comes in many different forms. Therefore, the way it looks for you, might not be the same as someone you know. However, you might be using that person as your measure of “I’m not doing too bad”. Alcoholism isn’t a one-trick pony. Instead, it changes to fit your lifestyle, and the way in which you rely on alcohol. High-functioning alcoholism is a form of alcohol abuse that often gets overlooked due to the fact that you’re still performing the duties and requirements of your day, and maybe even thriving in them. However, this is a problem that needs fixing, sooner rather than later… 

High-Functioning Alcoholism: Am I Abusing Alcohol? 

Drinking is often revered as a social activity, and a way to cut loose with friends. We all might have a glass of wine by ourselves during our favorite TV show on Tuesday. But, it’s that second, third, and fourth glass after a tough day that begins to prove problematic. Everyone uses alcohol in a different way, but when you’re using it as a means of ‘taking the edge off’, it begins to play a different role… 

Using alcohol to cope 

If you have a tough day in the office, or receive bad news, and reach for the bottle— then you might be using alcohol in a way that can easily become dependent. Think about when you want a drink: is it a craving? Are you facing stress? Anger? Sadness? Or, do you simply enjoy having a glass of wine with dinner every now and then? According to the American Psychological Association (APA), drinking once or twice a week is completely fine. In fact, in that frequency, you’re considered to have your drinking ‘under control’. However, many more people than you’d think indulge quite a bit more than this standard. 

Trying to reach a desired result 

One of the telltale signs that you have a habit, which is progressing, is if you’re looking for a certain feeling, and you’re drinking more to get to that point. It used to be two glasses, but now it’s three— then four, and so forth… The most telling sign of alcoholism, in any severity, is drinking more over time to reach the same result.

Alcoholism looks different on everyone

The key thing to remember, if you’re wondering about your addiction, is to understand that there’s no one-size-fits-all when it comes to alcoholism. Furthermore, high-functioning alcoholism can be pretty difficult to catch on to for the people around you. Therefore, it’s up to you to make the distinction, and work to better it. We wish you luck as you work towards a better you, and urge you to make the consideration before it affects some other area of your life.