Question

Your best friend from high school has come to spend the weekend visiting you at college. while you are at a party, you notice that he has drank at least seven or eight beers in the past couple of hours. what is this behavior?

Answer 1

The complete question includes these choices: a.binge drinking, b. social drinking, c. alcohol abuse, d. alcohol dependence. The correct answer is a. binge drinking. It would be considered social drinking only if it's done in moderation and self-control, stopping before getting drunk (7 beers are an excessive amount to stay sober); it is not a case of alcohol abuse or dependence, because we're talking about a one time incident (in this context).