What Are the Short Term Consequences of Heavy Drinking?
The largest single health risk from binge drinking is alcohol poisoning and/or fatal overdose. Alcohol sedates the brain and can lead to very low blood pressure and decreased or absent respiration, which can lead to death. Binge alcohol use can also cause a person to pass out, vomit and then choke on their vomit; which can also lead to death. Drinking alcohol in large quantities, quickly (drinking games seem especially dangerous) leads to hundreds of senseless tragedies per year, often involving young and inexperienced drinkers.
