Put simply, binge drinking means drinking just to get drunk--an unrestrained and self-destructive drinking bout.

A seriously intoxicated individual engaging in an episode of binge drinking will shirk obligations, waste money, and take part in many other types of harmful activities, which may potentially bring him or her into contact with emergency services or police.

Binge drinking is a world wide problem, even though different countries have different attitudes on the subject. In United States binge drinking means the number of drinks consumed by a person on a particular occasion i.e, woman having four or more drinks or man having five or more drinks.

Having 11 or more drinks in one sitting is how the United Kingdom defines binge drinking. The binge drinking rate in the United Kingdom is more than double that according to US standards, and the British government is actually becoming involved the problem.

What is the matter?

Often disguised as recreation, binge drinking, or heavy drinking, is irresponsible Binge drinkers are a danger to themselves and their entire community.

Risks to the binge drinker include:

Driving a car after drinking, Missing work, Getting hurt or injured, Not using protection when having sex, Engaging in unplanned sexual activity, Getting into trouble with the police, Alcohol poisoning; a severe and potentially fatal physical reaction to an alcohol overdose, Damaging property

Risks to people around binge drinkers:

Having property damaged, Experiencing an unwanted sexual advances or assault, Having a serious argument, Having leisure time or sleep interrupted

Why do people do it?:

To get drunk, Peer pressure, Stress

Do you have a binge-drinking problem? Do you recognise any of these harmful and destructive behaviours in your own life:

Are you drinking to get drunk, Are you drinking more heavily and more often?, Is your drinking affecting your work or upsetting your partner or family?

What can be done?

The use of Hypnotherapy and NLP can be effective in lessening binge drinking. Negative input is a common thing programmed into most people but it can be controlled and turned into something positive. Since hypnotherapy alters the state of a person's mind so that they are able to accept NLP re-programming more easily, NLP and hypnotherapy are a highly effective combined treatment.

Binge drinking habit can be changed by following a combination of hypnotherapy and NLP for a few hours There are many ways to stop binge drinking, it is up to you to find which way works for you. The result is the same either way: changing your self-destructive "drinking to get drunk" pastimes to the more pleasant "having a few drinks and having a nice time."

It's a matter of self-control, and there are neuro-linguistic and hypnotherapy techniques that create a sequence of thinking that get the brain to move from the

thought of drinking to excess to the thought of just having a moderate amount of drinks and enjoying yourself.