Guest Author - Lisa Angelettie M.S.W.

In colleges all across America, young women are increasingly taking part in ritualistic alcoholic binge-drinking parties. What use to be something only "frat boys" took part in is becoming more and more a part of a university life. Even in the UK, girls as young as 13 and 14 years old are taking part of binge-drinking right along with the boys at local parties and the numbers are rising.

Unfortunately binge-drinking does not just make the participant look down right silly - it can get a lot worse. There has been an increase in hospital admissions of girls with mental health and behavioral problems due to alcohol consumption.

Alcohol acts as a depressant in the body. Unfortunately, it is the vice of choice for many girls and women because it is legal, inexpensive, and associated with many positive factors (look at how Sex and the City made the cosmopolitan drink popular); and many decide to mask sadness, anxiety and a myriad of other emotions with its numbing effect.

The trick is on them. Alcohol does not make the mind feel better as wanted. It might make you forget everything you did, but while you are doing it - it can make you aggressive, sad, desperate, depressed and anxious.

Binge drinking is not good for the state of your mental health. Talk about it with your friends, family, and children.

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Lisa Angelettie is an author, counselor, & coach on mental health, relationship, and other life issues for women. You can also visit her at http://www.girlshrink.com Please visit us for more discussion on this topic in the mental health forum to talk about it further. Don't forget to subscribe to our newsletter for topics in the news, new articles, website & book reviews, and other useful mental health resources. Subscribe below.