Perhaps it started in her second year of university, when her friends locked her in her room to keep her from drinking even more or long before that when she climbed into a pool fully clothed at fifteen years old. Maybe it started on that day in January when Savanna Roering was walking the dogs … Continue reading
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The thin line between a night out and binge drinking
By Jessica Trappe “How much alcohol is in this?” asks Amber* as she looks at the drink in her hand. “7.5%! No ways! I’m halfway done with this and I’m not even tipsy,” she says to the five of us huddled in her small bachelor flat. This is a typical Wednesday night and we are ‘pre-drinking’. The music … Continue reading