As the new semester begins, colleges and universities nationwide are faced with new students who are new to their campus as well as their policies, including those related to alcohol consumption.
“Binge drinking isn’t a new challenge for colleges, it’s just one that is renewed every semester with a new set of students,” begins a spokesperson for Mountainside
Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center. “And, while the challenge is renewed, the approach to combat the challenge must also be renewed. Previously, many colleges relied on self-restraint as a primary line of defense for underage and binge drinking. Now, many of those same universities are enacting policies that will severely limit the exposure of underage students to alcohol. For example, Princeton University is one of a growing number of colleges that has banned freshmen from joining fraternities and sororities, hoping to curb the incidence of alcohol-related problems. In addition, other universities have stepped up their campaigns to encourage all undergraduates to live on-campus. Any small change toward the goal of decreasing underage college drinking, as well as binge drinking, is a step in the right direction, and continued persistence toward these goals will result in positive outcomes.”
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism defines binge drinking as “a pattern of drinking that brings a person’s blood alcohol concentration to 0.08 grams percent or more.” That generally happens when females consume four or more drinks within a two-hour span and men consume five or more drinks within a two-hour span.
Mountainside Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center wholeheartedly supports the decision of colleges and universities that enact policies to prevent underage and binge drinking among their students. In addition, Mountainside has a comprehensive intervention program for those students who have, unwittingly, fallen into alcohol consumption patterns that have led to abuse.
Mountainside Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center is a modern drug rehab facility that is skilled in serving a variety of clients with various addictions and in varying stages of their addiction. The caring, compassionate team is made up of licensed and certified social workers and counselors who have extensive experience and specialty in the addiction treatment field. In addition, the staff includes a Nurse Practitioner, as well as a Registered Nurse, both of whom also have specializations and experience within the field of addiction treatment and alcohol rehab.
Mountainside also provides services for those individuals who come to them with dual diagnoses and require the services of a Psychiatrist to help conquer the unique challenges that dual diagnosis brings.
For the past 13 years, Mountainside has established itself as an innovator within the addiction treatment field, and the treatment modalities Mountainside utilizes are regarded as among the most cutting-edge approaches in helping individuals to get, and to remain, sober. As a result of their unique, innovative approaches to addiction treatment, Mountainside has become the model for the addiction treatment field.
The program, along with its professional addiction treatment team, have earned national recognition and resulted in Mountainside being invited to Washington by the White House to meet with the White House Drug Czar, John P. Walters, for an in-depth meeting on what makes its program so successful. These accolades did not go unnoticed within the addiction treatment field and resulted in the adoption by many throughout the country of a more holistic approach to drug addiction treatment.
If you or someone you love is addicted to drugs or alcohol, or if you have any questions, please contact Mountainside
Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center for a confidential inquiry at 800-762-5433.
