You think the Four Basic Food Groups are Caffeine, Nicotine, Alcohol, and Women. School interfering with your drinking. The shrubbery's drunk too, from frequent watering. Although women drink less than men on average, they are catching up. Students who live in a fraternity or sorority house are the heaviest drinkers by far.
Most kids learn to drink during their high school years.
In general, the heaviest drinking occurs between the ages of 18 and 24. According to the Harvard study, students who binge frequently experience many more drinking-related problems than those who do not binge or who binge less often. Binge drinking and its associated hazards have become so interwoven into college life that students, friends, residence advisors and faculty can easily miss early signs that students, friends, residence advisors and faculty can easily miss early signs that a student may need help controlling his or her drinking. As students drink more heavily, their academic achievement, on average, declines. When they drink heavily, students place themselves at greater risk of a variety of health and safety crises.