Alcohol

Not Everybody Drinks

Whatever your reason(s) not to drink, choose what’s right for you. 当别人注意到你玩得很开心，没有喝酒带来的负面影响时, it’s likely that you’ll empower others to make their own choices as well. 

Who says you need alcohol to have fun? 以下是一些不喝酒也能参与进来、结识新朋友、享受美好时光的方法.

• Join a student organization
• Take a class at UNH Campus Recreation
• Attend events at the MUB hosted by student organizations and UNH. For more events, visit Wildcat Link for events
• Ask your RA to organize a themed party or hall event
• Attend a UNH Athletics game
• Make dinner with friends
• Watch your favorite tv shows or movies
• Enjoy your free time and do something for yourself
• Go for a walk in College Woods

Some of the top reasons students choose not to drink include:

• It’s illegal if you are under 21
• Avoiding getting into trouble for underage drinking
• The desire to stay safe and in control
• Religious or moral reasons
• Previous negative experiences with alcohol
• Health-related reasons
• Family history of substance use disorders
• Personal recovery from alcohol or other drug use

Tips to Refuse a Drink 

• "Thanks, but no thanks." You can be polite, but you still aren’t interested. It just isn’t something you’re into.
• Say "no," plainly and firmly. 在某些情况下，不经过争论和解释就直接说“不”是最好的回应. Just make sure your “no” is a strong and determined one.
• Make a joke. Sometimes humor is the best way to respond to a situation, as it can lighten a serious mood. It can also divert attention away from you and onto something else.
• Give a reason why it’s a bad idea. 也许你不想喝酒，因为你知道有人正在与酗酒作斗争，你可以看到饮酒是如何影响他们的生活的. Backing up your refusal with evidence gives it more power.
• Make an excuse why you can’t. Maybe you have something else to do that will interfere. Or you have to be somewhere at a specific time. Say it and stick to it.
• Suggest an alternative activity. 很多学生最终做了他们不想做的事情，因为他们没有其他选择，他们感到无聊. By thinking of something better to do, you’re offering everyone an “out.” You just might be surprised who might take you up on it.
• Ignore the suggestion. Pretend you didn’t hear it, and change the topic to something else. Act like you don’t think the idea was even worth discussing.
• Repeat yourself if necessary. Sometimes it takes more than once, on more than one occasion. Just because someone asks more than once, that doesn’t mean you have to cave.
• Leave the situation. If you don’t like where things are headed, you can take off. It might seem risky, but with you leading the way, others who really don’t want to do it either just may follow you.
• Strength in numbers. Make a pact with your friends to stick with your decision. 通常，知道你的朋友会支持你，会让你在自信的时候感觉更自在. Sometimes “we” feels stronger than “I”.

Count Your Drinks Accurately

Pay attention to serving sizes. For mixed drinks, use a shot glass to measure alcohol whenever possible. Without measurements, mixed drinks can have more than 1 standard serving of alcohol, which may lead to greater intoxication. Avoid drinking punches or drinking out of a liquor bottle. Shots of alcohol are absorbed rapidly into the body. This may lead to dangerous levels of intoxication and impaired judgment very quickly. 

Use this Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) Calculator to estimate how much alcohol is in your bloodstream after a certain amount of alcohol.
 

Standard Drinks

有些人认为他们可以比其他种类的酒喝更多的啤酒，因为他们认为啤酒的酒精含量更低. That’s not necessarily true. It’s the total amount of alcohol in a serving that counts. Knowing what a standard drink is, and our limit of standard drinks, allows us to stay within recommended health guidelines. Standard drinks consist of the following:

• 12 ounces of regular beer, which is usually about 5% alcohol 
  • Keep in mind that craft beers now often come in 16 oz. cans with higher alcohol percentages
• 5 ounces of wine, which is typically about 12% alcohol
• 1.5 ounces of distilled spirits, which is about 40% alcohol

Standard Drink Sizes (PDF Download)

The Line of Decline

More isn't always better. If you choose to drink, 坚持每小时喝一杯标准饮料可以帮助你避免许多学生认为他们在喝酒时经历的负面后果.

Rethinking Drinking Calculators
(e.g., drink size calculator, alcohol spending calculator)

According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, "for women, 低风险饮酒的定义是每天饮酒不超过3杯，每周饮酒不超过7杯. For men, it is defined as no more than 4 drinks on any single day and no more than 14 drinks per week." For more information on moderate versus binge drinking, visit the NIAAA website. 

If you choose to consume alcohol, 遵循低风险饮酒策略可以预防与饮酒有关的许多危害. Some low risk drinking strategies include:

• Knowing standard drink sizes
• Measuring out standard drinks
• Setting a drink limit and sticking to it
• Eating before and during drinking
• Spacing out drinks to one per hour
• Having a plan and sticking to it (Where am I going? Who am I going with? How am I getting home?)
• Alternating alcohol with non-alcoholic beverages such as water or soda
• Hanging out with friends who don’t drink as often or as much
• Pouring your own drinks so you know exactly how much alcohol they contain
• Avoiding leaving drinks unattended
• Avoiding “pre-gaming," drinking games, or taking shots so that you don’t drink too quickly
• Avoiding mixing alcohol with energy drinks, drugs, non-prescription medications, prescriptions, or illicit drugs
• 考虑你的情绪——当我们兴奋或沮丧时，我们可能不会考虑我们喝酒的速度
   

Alcohol overdose, also referred to as alcohol poisoning, 当某人饮酒过量时，是否会发生严重且可能危及生命的事件.

Call for help if you see these signs:

• Someone has vomited (may happen while passed out or sleeping)
• Slurred speech or difficulty speaking
• Pale or blue appearance
• Cold or clammy skin
• Unconscious or unresponsive
• Shallow or irregular breathing

Remember, you may not know when the person started/stopped drinking, what they have been drinking, how fast they drank, if they are under the influence of other drugs (prescription, non-prescription medications or illegal drugs), 或者他们是否有任何健康状况可能会改变酒精对他们身体和行为的影响.

How to help while you wait for 911:

• Do not leave the person alone. Wait with them until help arrives.
• Monitor their breathing
• If they are vomiting, help prevent choking by keeping them upright or, if they are lying down, turn their body to one side with knees bent and ensure their head is also turned to the side
• Do not move them unless they are in immediate danger
• Do not try to sober them up with cold showers, food, or drinks
• Talk in a calm manner. Don’t laugh, ridicule, argue with or provoke the person

Medical Amnesty

当一名学生代表另一名学生向急救人员或UNH工作人员寻求帮助时，因为使用酒精引起的情况, 提供援助的学生和需要医疗照顾的学生都可以选择申请医疗大赦. For more information.

Source: Adapted from RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) article Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault

What is drug-facilitated sexual assault?

当使用酒精或毒品损害个人同意性活动的能力时，就发生了由毒品促成的性侵犯. 这些物质使犯罪者更容易实施性侵犯，因为它们降低了抑制性, reduce a person’s ability to resist, and can prevent them from remembering details of the assault. Drugs and alcohol can cause diminished capacity, a legal term that varies in definition from state to state.

你可能听说过“约会强奸药”这个词，指的是犯罪者用来实施性侵犯的物质, such as “roofies.” Alcohol is the most common substance used to perpetrate drug-facilitated sexual assault. Drug-facilitated sexual assault can happen to anyone, by anyone, whether the perpetrator is an intimate partner, stranger, or someone you’ve known for a while.
 

How it happens

毒品引发的性侵犯主要有两种发生方式:1)犯罪者利用某人自愿使用毒品或酒精, 2)行为人在受害人知情或不知情的情况下故意强迫受害人吸毒或酗酒.

你可能首先想到的毒品引发的性侵犯类型是犯罪者将毒品放入某人的饮料中. Though many survivors have experienced this, for many young people, especially on college campuses, drug-facilitated sexual assault can take a variety of forms.
 

Drug-facilitated sexual assault can look like:

• 强迫或施压某人超越他们的舒适区，摄入更多的毒品、酒精或其他他们不习惯的物质.
• 忽视或拒绝帮助那些说自己喝了太多酒或有不良毒品经历并需要帮助的人.
• 主动与喝醉酒的人发生性接触，而且不太可能抗拒.
• 拒绝告诉别人他们的饮料里有什么，或者他们正在服用的药物的剂量.

A perpetrator may intentionally drug someone, 导致一种更容易操纵环境并实施攻击的情况. Perpetrators use a variety of substances to incapacitate a victim.

Commonly used substances:

• Alcohol is the most commonly used substance in drug-facilitated sexual assault.
• Prescription drugs like sleep aids, anxiety medication, muscle relaxers, and tranquilizers may also be used by perpetrators.
• Street drugs, like GHB, rohypnol (“roofies”), ecstasy, and ketamine can be added to drinks without changing the color, flavor, or odor of the beverage.
   

It is not your fault.

Many survivors have strong feelings of self-blame after drug-facilitated sexual assault. 他们可能觉得自己选择喝酒或吸毒使自己处于危险的境地，从而导致了袭击. It’s important to remember that if a sexual assault occurs under these circumstances, it is still not your fault. When you choose to use drugs or alcohol, you are not choosing to be sexually assaulted. The blame for this crime falls ONLY on the perpetrator.
 

Where do I go for help?

UNH SHARPP is a free and confidential resource for UNH faculty, staff, and students who have been impacted by interpersonal violence (sexual assault, relationship abuse, stalking, and sexual harassment), regardless of whether that experienced happened during their time at UNH or not.
 

Getting Help

• 24/7 support is a phone call away
  • UNH SHARPP Helpline: (603) 862-7233
  • The National Sexual Assault Hotline: (800) 656-4673
• Online chat: online.rainn.org
• Español: rainn.org/es
• For more information go to RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization.

New Hampshire State Law

If you are under 21, it is illegal to:

• Have alcohol in your personal possession (externally or internally)
• Misrepresent your age for the purpose of obtaining alcohol
• Drive or ride in a car with alcoholic beverages except when accompanied by a parent, guardian, spouse or someone 21 years of age, or older
• Be intoxicated by consumption of an alcoholic beverage

It is illegal for anyone to:

• Manufacture, sell, possess, or use a falsified ID
• Purchase alcohol for a minor or someone who is intoxicated
• Sell or give away alcohol to a minor or individual who is intoxicated
• Drive while under the influence of alcohol

For more information, please visit the New Hampshire State Statues for Alcoholic Beverages: NH State Statues for Alcoholic Beverages

UNH Rules and Regulations

UNH is committed to establishing and maintaining an environment that supports health, safety, and academic success. The unlawful possession, use, 禁止在大学校园内或在大学主办的活动期间分发非法药物和酒精. Students found to be in violation may be subject to:

• Arrest and conviction under the applicable criminal laws of local municipalities, the State of NH or the United States. A conviction can result in sanctions including probation, fines, and imprisonment.
• Discipline in accordance with the procedures of the Student Conduct System. Discipline may include disciplinary probation, loss of scholarship, loss of study abroad opportunity, termination of housing or dismissal from the University.

For more information, please visit the UNH Students Rights, Rules and Responsibilities: UNH Student Code of Conduct 

We offer individual sessions with Educator/Counselors, Nancy Bushinsky, MSW, LICSW and Tess Kucera, MPH, CHES. 

Meet one-on-one with an ANOD Educator/Counselor to:

• Learn more about how substance use affects your well-being
• Have a non-judgmental conversation about your use
• Learn strategies to support your wellness goals regarding substance use
• Learn how to talk to or support friends you may be concerned about
• Learn about community resources
• Learn more about substance use at UNH

Appointments

• All visits are confidential 
• 这项服务对所有UNH学生开放，并且对已经支付学费的全日制学生免费提供.
• Make an appointment online or by calling (603) 862-3823.

If you are concerned about your alcohol use, this anonymous online alcohol use screening takes only a few minutes and consists of a series of questions. After completing the screening, you will receive referrals, resources, and more information.

If you or a friend need help with alcohol, nicotine or other drug concerns, please visit our How to Help a Friend page and/or make an appointment to talk with a Wellness Educator/Counselor. Appointments are confidential. 

对于学生的家长/家庭成员，并在UNH寻找与酒精有关的更多信息/资源:

• How to Talk to Your Student about Alcohol and Other Drug Use

We provide education and counseling to students who have been referred/mandated by Community Standards or legal court systems for alcohol and/or other drug violations.

LEARN MORE

SOS康复社区组织的使命是通过在康复的各个阶段为人们提供安全的空间和基于同伴的支持，减少与成瘾障碍相关的耻辱和伤害. Located in Dover, NH at 4 Broadway or Rochester, NH at 63 S. Main St , SOS offers peer support groups, telephone and text support services.

• SOS Recovery
• 1-603-841-2350
• Virtual Meetings: http://straffordrecovery.org/virtual-meetings/

• NH Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
• NH-AA Hotline (800) 593-3333

“Narcotics Anonymous” does not refer to any particular drug or group of drugs. NA's program focuses on addiction, the obsessive-compulsive behavior, and recovery from it, not a specific drug. The only requirement for membership is the desire to stop using. 

• Granite State NA

戒毒所/戒毒所为正在处理他人吸毒问题的个人提供支持. This could be a family member, friend or loved one. 

• Al-Anon/Alateen