Partners in Prevention

Social Skills

  • A national survey of college students indicates that alcohol impairment makes it less likely that you will practice “safe sex,” increasing your chances of contracting a sexually transmitted disease such as AIDS.  

  • In addition, the possibility of having an undesirable sexual encounter increases dramatically when you are intoxicated. Approximately 90% of acquaintance rapes involve alcohol.  

  • Losing control of oneself can be embarrassing–throwing up in public does not lead to popularity.  

  • With the loss of inhibitions that comes with alcohol intoxication, you will say or do things you will regret later.

  • People often laugh at drunken behavior, but no one respects a drunk.