SPECIAL MESSAGE REGARDING COVID-19: In light of the current coronavirus pandemic, it is especially important this fall for college students to take the necessary measures to protect their health and well-being, particularly if schools have resumed in-person or hybrid classes.
Especially now, students and college administrators need to understand the risks associated with alcohol use. For more information, please see the blog post from NIAAA Director George F. Koob, Ph.D., about alcohol misuse among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Drinking Life
The Drinking Life Book
In his memoir, A Drinking Life (1994), American journalist and author Pete Hamill focuses on his childhood and early life, tracing the roots of his alcoholism and its development up to 1972, when Hamill quit drinking for good. They believe that their drinking only impacts themselves, that they deserve to drink because of their hard work or stress, and that if life appears 'put together' on the outside that they are.