Drinking to Excess
College Binge Drinking Binge drinking is commonly defined as having five or more drinks for a male and 4 or more drinks for a female. ... This only helps out when you are socially drinking, which is defined simply as not drinking to get drunk. ... Time and body mass also play a major role in binge drinking If you were to take have more than 5 drinks within an hour, then you would feel more intoxicated than you would if you were to have the same number of drinks in a larger amount of time. ... Binge drinking is very common amongst college students, and affects them in many different many ways. In a survey conducted online on several colleges’ campuses 42% of students reported regularly binge drinking.