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This guide is one in a series of resources meant to guide promotion of a comprehensive approach to psychoactive substance use within post-secondary institution communities.

Ancient Wisdom

Eubulus, a Greek playwright, summed up the beneficial and harmful effects of alcohol use:

“Three bowls only do I serve for the temperate: one for health, which they empty first; the second for love and pleasure; and the third for sleep. When this bowl is drunk up, wise guests go home. The fourth bowl is ours no longer, but belongs to violence; the fifth to uproar; the sixth to drunken revel; the seventh to black eyes; the eighth is the policeman’s; the ninth belongs to biliousness; and the tenth to madness and hurling the furniture.”

Why?

>>> ensures alcohol is an for fun times with friends and family instead of a during highs and lows of life

>>> lowers risk

of cancer &

other diseases

and conditions

"Not too much, not too often,

and only in safe contexts."

Low-risk drinking messages can be offered through a variety of campus settings.

Campus health-related web pages and printed materials variously disseminated on campus can help spread the word.

All these efforts must be situated within a

aimed at promoting a positive campus culture.

Mixed messages will undermine the plausibility of messaging around moderation.

1. Guidelines for Promoting Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking:

http://www.ccsa.ca/Eng/topics/alcohol/drinking-guidelines/Pages/default.aspx

2. Alcohol Reality Check:

http://carbc.ca/AlcoholRealityCheck/tabid/263/ctl/Adult/mid/837/g/1/a/4/l/0/Default.aspx

See the positive difference you make on your campus!

Other Guides Include:

  • Lower-risk cannabis use on campus
  • Social norms initiatives on campus
  • Managing BAC on campus
  • Non-medical use of pharmaceuticals

Low Risk Alcohol Use on Campus:

These resources recognize:

  • the reality of use
  • the complex range of influences on use and non-use
  • the need for appropriate language
  • the importance of a collective approach
  • a socio - ecological perspective

A Useful Balanced Messaging Grid?

proportion of campus consumers

adopting low-risk drinking rather

than more hazardous patterns of use

a healthier and safer campus environment

rewarding

fun

positive

enjoyable

relaxing

Alcohol use

can be a experience

rather than ending up

unpleasant

unwelcome

(& possibly damaging)

For Discussion:

  • What things need to be kept in mind to achieve appropriate balance?
  • What are issues and challenges we need to wrestle with?
  • What are we seeking to accomplish and trying to avoid?
  • Is some other question in this connection more pressing for you?

Purpose of the Guide:

Positive change can be made by combining interconnected initiatives that address various factors of influence on drinking

Questions to be Explored:

To encourage post-secondary institutions to:

reflect

  • on how they can foster a healthier campus climate around alcohol

support

  • salutary patterns of alcohol use by

commending low-risk drinking to campus

members

  • Why focus on low-risk drinking?
  • What can be learned from our common experience of alcohol?
  • What type of messaging should be shared?
  • How can low-risk drinking be promoted on campus?
  • What support tools are available?

develop

  • specific tools to promote a moderate approach to use of alcohol

Why focus on low-risk drinking on campus?

Balancing Our Thinking

Around Drinking

What can be learned from our common experience of alcohol?

What type of messaging should be shared?

Communities have used it in

Alcohol has been used in various human societies for at least

10,000 years

celebrations and ceremonies

Individuals have used it (with differing degrees of success or failure) to:

enhance their mood

Wise Words

The Global Perspective

foster fun times with friends

relax

overcome social inhibitions

Guidelines to help drinkers balance potential benefits with a consideration of the potential harms are not new.

relieve physical pain

cope with personal disappointments

Not Too Often

Not Too Much

The Stupid Drink

For young adults under 25, this means a limit of:

  • 2 drinks for women per drinking occasion
  • 3 drinks for men per drinking occasion
  • No more than 2 drinks over a 3-hour period

Increased quantity does not spell enhanced quality; instead, "less can be more."

Reduce the risk of alcohol related harms, such as injuries from falling, fighting, etc.

http://www.responsibility.org/sites/default/files/files/SyracuseUniversity.pdf

  • Young women: no more than 10 drinks on a weekly basis
  • Young men: no more than 15 drinks on a weekly basis
  • Some days in the week should be 100% alcohol free

acquaintance

"friend"

Only in Safe Contexts

FAVORABLE DRINKING CONDITIONS...

  • with people you can trust
  • in situations where you can relax freely
  • when you're able to plan your drinking and transportation
  • in venues that provide a positive environment

RISKY DRINKING INCLUDES...

  • Parties/ gatherings with a lot of alcohol and seemingly no rules:

>> no one monitoring drinking levels

>> people playing drinking games

>> there are more strangers than friends around

>> unsupervised initiation events

NEVER DRINK WHILE...

  • Driving or operating other equipment
  • Playing sports
  • Making important life decisions
  • You are responsible for the safety of others

Measuring Drinks

A standard drink is:

=

142 ml/ 5 oz. wine @ 12%

=

341 ml/ 12 oz. beer @ 5%

=

43ml/ 1.5 oz. @ 40%

Not sure if you are pouring a standard drink? Take the bartender challenge:

http://www.deflatetheelephant.com/home-bartending-challenge.html

KEEP IT SOCIAL

http://www.keepitsocial.ca/

How can low-risk drinking be promoted on campus?

Possible Next Steps

http://educalcool.qc.ca/en/a-propos-de-nous/publicite/moderation-by-the-numbers-2-3-4-0/#.VCR0jth0zIU

Familiarize yourself with Canada's low-risk drinking guidelines

Check out the available tools and samples to support implementation

consistent, multifaceted strategy

Share your ideas with other campus professionals, students, faculty and community members

Reflect further together on how these ideas might best be applied in your setting

The Importance of Language

Substance Use vs. Abuse

What support tools are available for campuses?

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