BInge drinking is only associated peer pressure!

In an article released by the American Psychological Association studies show that college binge drinking significantly moderates after college due to lack of peer pressure. College binge drinking is normally associated with students participating in Greek letter organizations. Binge drinking most often occurs in these such organizations because members that are already prone to heavy drinking create a standard or mold that future members feel that they must follow. A good analogy is “when in Rome, do as the Romans.” Since heavy college drinking is mostly associated with large groups of friends all drinking together, after college when the groups of people are no longer present after college the excessive drinking falls off drastically. The article surveyed 319 students throughout college and for a number of years thereafter. The findings show that college students who joined Greek organizations were no more likely to binge than those who did not join an organization. This helps to further prove the study’s saying that binge drinking only occurs because students think that it is the norm within the Greek houses and because of this perceived norm Greek members are found to drink more heavily during college years than afterwards.