Happy without a drink

[anniezz]

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Research indicates college students can have as good a time at a party when they don’t drink. At the Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island, Lori Scott-Sheldon looked at data on 19 studies involving more than 1,400 college students. Her study found students were less likely to drink alcohol when their beliefs about the positive effects of drinking were challenged.<br>
So Scott-Sheldon says:
“Being aware that it isn’t the alcohol that causes the outcomes, but the positive expectancies associated with alcohol, triggered by the social setting, may help you limit or avoid drinking.”
She says you also can list what you expect from alcohol and create arguments against the expectancies.

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[ThisMortalSoil]

<p>I generally hate party settings if I don’t know a lot of people there. Alcohol gets me way more comfortable and way more talkative. Now, if it’s a party with people I know then I don’t need much to drink at all.</p>

<p><3 the devil’s mouthwash</p>

[PRiNCESSMAHiNA]

<p>^That’s me. I’m generally uncomfortable around new people, especially in a party setting. If I’ve had alcohol (enough to get me a little buzzed, not drunk), I can actually hold a conversation with eye contact and everything.</p>

[system]

<p>+1 to the above. It’s not really that I can’t converse with people, I just can’t make myself have fun with people I don’t know well. I’m always able to limit myself, it’s one of my abilities I’m glad to have.</p>

[YonderMountain]

<p>Turns out, being the only clear-thinking person in a room full of highly suggestible people can be quite amusing.</p>