Party with a Plan REVISE

Stuck drunk without a plan? Never fear, Party with a Plan is here!

Party with a Plan, a workshop, that provides information about drinking alcohol: the positives, the negatives the potential consequences legally and physically. These workshops don't tell the students not to drink; instead if you drink, drink with a plan.

"Student well-being and safety is my goal,"says instructor David Emmert of the Psychology Department, who leads the workshop. "You want to drink...I want it to be a good experience."

In this workshop the instructor starts by asking about the good and bad parts of drinking.

"Drinking is social," says student Myloe Esquirel. "Sometimes people do it to unwind or to celebrate."

After this activity the instructor linked the class to a game the helps one figure out your BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) in various situations. It helped explain the effects that different quantities of alcohol have on different people in regards to their weight, gender and other outside influences on drinking. The website can be accessed here. From here he moved on to what seemed to be the crux of the presentation: sexual assault.

“90 percent of on campus sexual assaults are alcohol related," Emmert says. "Nine people reported sexual assault on campus, eight of which were alcohol related. It is one of the most unreported crimes.”

Sexual assault is a huge problem on all college campuses. According to the American Association of University Women, 20-25 percent of women are sexually abused in college and of that 95 percent don’t report their attacks. To read more on the issue you can read it here.

Emmert concluded his presentation by lecturing on signs of alcohol poisoning and some protective strategies while drinking. He gave the ABCDE’s of drinking (awake, breathing, cold and clammy, do not leave alone and emergency) that help someone know some of the signs of alcohol poisoning and what to do about it.

Some protective strategies included counting and measuring ones alcohol consumption, pacing and spacing beforehand, designated drivers, avoid drinking games, and many more. To find out more on the topic go to one of David’s Party with a Plan workshops.