Speaker 1: Cal Poly is in session. Students swarm through campus and
Speaker 1: file in and out of classes. They're thinking about the
Speaker 1: next chapter reading they have tonight, their next class, their
Speaker 1: new dorm, their senior project, how to get to the gym,
Speaker 1: what's for dinner tonight? Where's the nearest bathroom? Kate and
Speaker 1: I know things can get a bit chaotic as a
Speaker 1: student navigating the ins and outs of college life.
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Speaker 2: I'm Kate lopensk a fourth year journalism student.
Speaker 1: And I'm Emma Hughes, a fourth year English student here
Speaker 1: at cal Poly, and.
Speaker 2: We're here to share our tell all guide on how
Speaker 2: to survive and thrive at cal Poly.
Speaker 1: San Luis Obispo. So grab a notebook. You may want
Speaker 1: to write this down.
Speaker 2: Welcome back to another episode of CP one and one.
Speaker 2: Today we wanted to talk about a pivotal accessory to
Speaker 2: the college experience alcohol.
Speaker 1: Whether or not you choose to consume alcohol, you will
Speaker 1: inevitably be in the presence of it in some capacity
Speaker 1: or another while at college.
Speaker 2: With this in mind, it's important to be aware of
Speaker 2: the social etiquette and most importantly, safety tips while drinking.
Speaker 1: That's why Kate and I are going to share our
Speaker 1: own encounters with alcohol and trust me, there's been many,
Speaker 1: while also breaking down tolerance, hangovers, and of course, most importantly,
Speaker 1: some safety tips.
Speaker 2: So to kickstart this episode, we thought it would be fun, well,
Speaker 2: not necessarily fun, but Emma's idea of fun.
Speaker 1: To write thatally fun ironically.
Speaker 2: Fun to read the Office of Student Rights and Responsibility
Speaker 2: Statement on alcohol use, and this just serves as a
Speaker 2: helpful reminder before we dive into the nitty gritty details
Speaker 2: of all that is alcohol.
Speaker 1: The statement is as follows. In an effort to maintain
Speaker 1: a high level of student success and public life health,
Speaker 1: and in accordance with state law, all students are prohibited
Speaker 1: from possession and or consumption of alcohol on campus outside
Speaker 1: of authorized areas. Any student under the age of twenty
Speaker 1: one is strictly prohibited from possession and or consumption of
Speaker 1: alcohol on campus or at off campus university hosted events.
Speaker 1: Student events are not allowed to serve or sell alcohol
Speaker 1: on campus. Thus, university events, meetings, and activities that are
Speaker 1: student club and or student managed are not considered university
Speaker 1: events under this definition unless they are under the direction
Speaker 1: and control of a university host and have an approved permit.
Speaker 2: Okay, take a breath.
Speaker 1: I now that was like a moth. Do you take
Speaker 1: a break.
Speaker 2: I'm going to break this down because yeah, this is
Speaker 2: a big scary statement. So essentially, what this is saying
Speaker 2: is that alcohol is not allowed in any resident halls,
Speaker 2: which are dorms or even apartments that are on campus.
Speaker 2: And even if the resident is able to legally purchase alcohol,
Speaker 2: it's still not allowed because it is campus grounds. So
Speaker 2: quite a mouthful, kind of confusing, but there it is
Speaker 2: all adult.
Speaker 1: But I think if you are twenty one and like
Speaker 1: you're going to a football game, you can buy yourself.
Speaker 2: A beer, yes, but only you can't bring alcohol into
Speaker 2: the events, but only not from vendors there. Yes, so confusing.
Speaker 2: That's why we're doing this episode exactly.
Speaker 1: Now that we've gone over some of the campus rules
Speaker 1: for drinking, let's shift to talk about some neat to
Speaker 1: no information before you actually start drinking. Most importantly, again,
Speaker 1: let's talk about some safety tips. So the first tip
Speaker 1: we really wanted to emphasize here is the buddy rule.
Speaker 1: So you learn this back in preschool, kindergarten. It still
Speaker 1: applies to you in college. So even just when you're
Speaker 1: going to an event with alcohol, it's always good to
Speaker 1: have someone in your back pocket who you can be like, please, like,
Speaker 1: let's watch over each other tonight, whether you're drinking or not,
Speaker 1: just having a friend, especially if it's a sober friend
Speaker 1: who is going to remain sober that night. Just employ
Speaker 1: this buddy rule and make sure you guys look out
Speaker 1: for each other when out and especially when consuming alcohol totally.
Speaker 2: I also like the phrase go together, leave together. Yes,
Speaker 2: if plans end up changing, you need to update each
Speaker 2: other and make sure that each other is safe. But
Speaker 2: like typically you should abide by that.
Speaker 1: I mean shameless plug. Like go check out how to
Speaker 1: Party at Polly one of our other episodes where we
Speaker 1: literally break down the party scene and we talk about
Speaker 1: this buddy system and just knowing like if you go together,
Speaker 1: you leave together, or you at least make like an
Speaker 1: evacuation plan that is safe for all parties involved. Another
Speaker 1: thing we really want to emphasize is just your ability.
Speaker 1: If you are sober, or even if you're not, but
Speaker 1: you're sober enough to recognize that something might be off
Speaker 1: with someone else, it is then your responsibility to intervene.
Speaker 1: Intervene if anything looks off, if anything is you know,
Speaker 1: not as it should be. If someone looks a little
Speaker 1: maybe too intoxicated, too sick, if they seem like they
Speaker 1: are just lost, don't know where they're going, what they're doing,
Speaker 1: and a lot of it is because of an overconsumption,
Speaker 1: maybe of alcohol, intervene. Do what you can to help
Speaker 1: a fellow friend out.
Speaker 2: Okay, And then next let's get into the amnesty rule
Speaker 2: also known as the Good Samaritan policy. So a person
Speaker 2: who dials nine to one one is protected from any
Speaker 2: further disciplinary action. But one of the rules is that
Speaker 2: you cannot abandon the person that you are calling on
Speaker 2: behalf of, or else you will get in trouble. So,
Speaker 2: for example, if you are calling on behalf of someone
Speaker 2: who is underage and you are underage yourself, you will
Speaker 2: not be issued an MIP also known as a minor
Speaker 2: in possession. So this does not mean that the other
Speaker 2: people around you are safe from any repercus this only
Speaker 2: protects the person who calls. However, this only keeps you
Speaker 2: safe from the law and not cal poly disciplinary action.
Speaker 2: So cal POLY states that they would rather have you
Speaker 2: call and report the incident rather than hide it, because
Speaker 2: if you do hide it, then your disciplinety action will
Speaker 2: be a lot.
Speaker 1: Worse and it might still seem like, oh well, then
Speaker 1: why would I call? But it boils down to saving
Speaker 1: a life mm hmmah, even at the risk of like
Speaker 1: a minor, like literally slap on the wrist, like yeah,
Speaker 1: it's not like a person's life is in danger, and
Speaker 1: you if that person died or experienced any sort of
Speaker 1: serious consequences, you know you're gonna live with that for
Speaker 1: the rest of your life because you're posed out across
Speaker 1: the roads of like do I call for the safety
Speaker 1: of my friend or even for the safety of this stranger,
Speaker 1: And it's like you you have to ultimately make that
Speaker 1: decision for yourself. But this is why it's called the
Speaker 1: good Samaritan because because you have to really embody that.
Speaker 2: Also in addition, for further like cal Poly rulings on
Speaker 2: the issue. So in the fine print, it says cal
Speaker 2: POLY will consider the reporting of the incident when determining
Speaker 2: any disciplinary action imposed on the student group or club.
Speaker 2: So essentially making that call will ultimately benefit you rather
Speaker 2: than do anything against you.
Speaker 1: Another thing to keep in mind when drinking, you know,
Speaker 1: not drinking from an open bottle, open container. If you
Speaker 1: go to a party and there's like a punch bowl,
Speaker 1: just essentially no open bottles. Like, don't pick up an
Speaker 1: open bottle and start drinking from it. You don't know
Speaker 1: what's in that bottle. You don't know if anyone spiked it.
Speaker 1: Work on like covering your drinks even when you're like
Speaker 1: dancing or you're talking. Don't set your drinks down if
Speaker 1: they are uncovered where anyone could slip something inside your drink.
Speaker 1: Just take cautionary measures and be aware of your surroundings
Speaker 1: when you are drinking, or do it for your friends
Speaker 1: if you aren't.
Speaker 2: We know that this is all so serious so far,
Speaker 2: but when it comes to college drinking culture, like we
Speaker 2: just have to say it, you know. Yeah, So next,
Speaker 2: let's talk a little bit about hazing. So this is
Speaker 2: still very prominent in cal poly FSL culture. It's often
Speaker 2: used as a way to flex like your toughness and
Speaker 2: the guys are like, Yeah, I was forced to like
Speaker 2: chug a rack of beer and hike up to the
Speaker 2: top of Bishop.
Speaker 1: And it's almost like a testament to like you, like, oh,
Speaker 1: I've overcome this hardship of like doing this really tough
Speaker 1: task and it's like of drinking, like risking your life
Speaker 1: for like nothing.
Speaker 2: Yeah, but let's read the fine print again. So hazing
Speaker 2: is a violation of cal Poly's standards for student conduct
Speaker 2: as well as the California Penal Code Section two four
Speaker 2: five point six. Students who participate in hazing, even if
Speaker 2: only as an observer, may face saying from both the
Speaker 2: university and the criminal justice system. So we know it's
Speaker 2: fun to like carry on a tradition or I don't know,
Speaker 2: be a part of something big, but if you find
Speaker 2: yourself in that situation, just take a step back, reflect,
Speaker 2: realize that it's not a safe situation that you're in,
Speaker 2: and preferably report.
Speaker 1: It when in doubt, just report any situation. Alrighty, now
Speaker 1: that we've covered that.
Speaker 2: We got so serious, But let's get into some fun
Speaker 2: sayings that can help you from vomiting, because that's not
Speaker 2: what you want to have in.
Speaker 1: So some fun little puns we have for you guys today,
Speaker 1: beer or wine before liquor never been sicker. Liquor before beer,
Speaker 1: you're in the clear, and beer before wine will make
Speaker 1: you feel fine. So these are just some fun saying
Speaker 1: that we found on the world wide Web that we
Speaker 1: wanted to share with you.
Speaker 2: They're helpful, Honestly, you don't.
Speaker 1: Have to like abide by these by any means, like
Speaker 1: obviously free will, but just keep these in mind and
Speaker 1: be cognizant of how different alcohols will mix and what
Speaker 1: that will mean for you.
Speaker 2: Absolutely. And then two big ones, making sure that you
Speaker 2: eat food and stay hydrated. Just make sure that you
Speaker 2: have like a really good carb heavy like protein heavy
Speaker 2: meal before like a good like pasta with some like
Speaker 2: I don't know protein in there. Make it fun too,
Speaker 2: like have like a dinner night with your friends and
Speaker 2: then go like go out together. Right. Yeah. I know
Speaker 2: that sometimes people are like, I don't want to eat
Speaker 2: before I drink because then it'll help you get more drunk.
Speaker 2: Honestly that's not even really.
Speaker 1: The case, but it's again disregarding your own safety.
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, And you can still like feel fun and
Speaker 2: have a good time if you eat before.
Speaker 1: Another big one that we really shouldn't have to say,
Speaker 1: but we just want to make sure we touch on it.
Speaker 1: Do not, under any circumstances drink and drive, Do not
Speaker 1: get behind a wheel, Do not operate a vehicle if
Speaker 1: you have had anything to drink.
Speaker 2: And then, like we said before, just like having that
Speaker 2: sober friend, especially just like, yeah, an uber, I don't know,
Speaker 2: if you split it between a bunch of people, maybe
Speaker 2: it'll cost like five bucks max. And like you can
Speaker 2: get the uber to stop at different houses as well,
Speaker 2: so that you're not just having to go to like
Speaker 2: one friend's house or like THEO Forrest comes to worse
Speaker 2: like crash on the couch. It's okay, Yeah, you will
Speaker 2: figure it out in the morning, and it's way better
Speaker 2: than trying to navigate your own way home drunk. Yes, okay,
Speaker 2: So now let's talk a little bit about tolerance, because
Speaker 2: I know that this can be kind of a foggy
Speaker 2: subject sometimes because honestly, you don't know, especially like I said,
Speaker 2: if it's your first time being exposed to alcohol, you
Speaker 2: might not know what your tolerance is and what that
Speaker 2: even means. So let's talk about what that means. So
Speaker 2: Emma did a little bit of internet research for us here,
Speaker 2: And according to Stanford University, alcohol tolerance is a physical
Speaker 2: and mental acclamation to alcohol developed after habitual use. And
Speaker 2: so she beautifully broke this down for me. I'm loving
Speaker 2: you for this. I'm giving you your flowers because you
Speaker 2: deserve this. Yeah. Because of the definition includes the word acclamation,
Speaker 2: your tolerance is subject to change depending on how much
Speaker 2: and how often you drink.
Speaker 1: Yeah, So essentially, the less you drink, the lower your tolerance,
Speaker 1: and the more you drink, the higher your tolerance. How
Speaker 1: we typically determine tolerance in a more conversational manner, like
Speaker 1: even just like when introducing yourself, like at in a
Speaker 1: party or drinking environment. It's typically by classifying ourselves as
Speaker 1: either a lightweight or a heavyweight. So obviously, if you
Speaker 1: are a lightweight, you can't handle as much alcohol and
Speaker 1: therefore don't need to drink as much as a heavyweight
Speaker 1: in order to get drunk.
Speaker 2: And so your tolerance mainly depends on how much alcohol
Speaker 2: you can consume without the full effect of being drunk.
Speaker 1: So this kind of varies depending on the person and
Speaker 1: is impacted by more specific factors like how much food
Speaker 1: you ate that day, how much sleep you got, the
Speaker 1: previous night, what alcohol you were drinking. Again, this goes
Speaker 1: back to like alcohol percentage, are you mixing alcohols, what's
Speaker 1: actually in your drink and things like that.
Speaker 2: Alcohol tolerance is not set in stone and certainly not
Speaker 2: the same for every individual.
Speaker 1: I didn't like have any experience drinking before coming to college,
Speaker 1: and then it was like a slow progression of like, oh,
Speaker 1: I'm a lightweight, and I love to be a lightweight
Speaker 1: because you know, it's just like one and done, and
Speaker 1: like I don't have to worry about it, and so
Speaker 1: my limits less gross, right Yeah, But then it like
Speaker 1: it progresses, like the more that you are drinking and
Speaker 1: partaking in that, the more you are like building that tolerance,
Speaker 1: and the more you will then you know, feel the
Speaker 1: need to drink in order to achieve like whatever level
Speaker 1: of drunkness you are aspiring to.
Speaker 2: While there are tests you can take are breathalyzers that
Speaker 2: will more specifically gauge your tolerance or your drunkness, the
Speaker 2: best way to learn your tolerance is through careful observation.
Speaker 2: Emphasis on the careful, So whether or not you keep
Speaker 2: track of drinks the old fashioned way, like making tallies
Speaker 2: on your arm, which is honestly, such a vibe or
Speaker 2: having a sober friend or a sober monitor to keep
Speaker 2: track of you. There are always ways to learn about
Speaker 2: your tolerance, and remember to do this in a safe manner.
Speaker 1: This is all not to say like go out and
Speaker 1: practice drinking to test your limits. Rather, when you are drinking,
Speaker 1: you need to be aware of how much alcohol you
Speaker 1: are consuming so that you can gauge how many drinks
Speaker 1: it takes you to get drunk with like saying that
Speaker 1: I feel like the tootsy pop owl, who is like
Speaker 1: how many licks does it take to get to the
Speaker 1: center of a totsy pop The owl even like jumps
Speaker 1: the gun eats the whole lollipop in one bite. But
Speaker 1: we don't want to do that.
Speaker 2: So you don't want to make that mistake of where
Speaker 2: you over indulge really quickly because you can't feel the
Speaker 2: effects of your drinks. We've all been there. I mean,
Speaker 2: if there's times that you get a little too excited,
Speaker 2: and I guarantee that those drinks will kick in sooner
Speaker 2: or not and they'll bite you in the butt. But yeah,
Speaker 2: if you chug and drink way too fast, and like
Speaker 2: we were talking about this before, like that moment when
Speaker 2: you're in the bathroom, yes, and you're with like a
Speaker 2: friend or you're by yourself and you're just like in
Speaker 2: there and the room starts spinning and you're like, uh.
Speaker 1: Oh, reality hits you, yeah, the same time that all
Speaker 1: your drinks do, and you're like, not have I done?
Speaker 2: Yeah, let's not glamorize that, Like it's not a fun
Speaker 2: place to be.
Speaker 1: Yeah, especially if you are having the actual spins. It's like,
Speaker 1: get me out of here. But this is why, you know,
Speaker 1: knowing your tolerance is so important. It does take time
Speaker 1: and it does take care. You can't assume your tolerance
Speaker 1: or overestimate your abilities when drinking. So do what you
Speaker 1: need to do, but make sure you're doing it in
Speaker 1: a safe manner.
Speaker 2: All right, Emma, let's play a little game of assumption
Speaker 2: versus reality. So start us off.
Speaker 1: Yes, there is this assumption that drinking more alcohol will
Speaker 1: prolong your feelings of drunk being drunk, and like prolong
Speaker 1: that good feeling of being drunk, like the happy drunk things.
Speaker 2: Saying let's keep the night rolling.
Speaker 1: Yeah, she's like rallying, like, uh, but actually, if you
Speaker 1: are drinking past a point oh five blood alcohol content level,
Speaker 1: it will raise your tolerance to alcohol, and it won't
Speaker 1: actually prolong that good feeling because point oh five scientifically
Speaker 1: is where your peak buzz is going to be. It's
Speaker 1: where you're still like riding that high. You're kind of
Speaker 1: climbing up that mountain. You're reaching that peak, but it
Speaker 1: just might not be the same buzz that it typically
Speaker 1: is if you keep going and you keep drinking and
Speaker 1: you over indulge. So it's better to reach that peak
Speaker 1: and then just let it simmer, you know, have a
Speaker 1: little come down moment. But if you keep drinking and
Speaker 1: over indulge, you're actually not prolonging those happy, good drunk feelings.
Speaker 2: See I didn't know about that at all. And then
Speaker 2: kind of piggybacking off of that point, there is an
Speaker 2: assumption that it's better to be a heavyweight, and this
Speaker 2: is actually false, as we kind of talked about it,
Speaker 2: because being a lightweight is actually way more cost effective, healthier,
Speaker 2: It's just overall better for your mind, body, and soul.
Speaker 2: That's how I feel about it.
Speaker 1: Live, laugh, love, lightweight, I miss it. Take me back.
Speaker 1: We're on our lightweight journey right now. Yeah, absolutely, we're
Speaker 1: getting back to that, going back to like those joyful
Speaker 1: feelings that alcohol can provide. Alcohol is actually a depressant,
Speaker 1: so it can sometimes do more harm than good. You
Speaker 1: also need to keep this in mind if you are
Speaker 1: mixing alcohol with I mean, we've talked about it, mixing
Speaker 1: different alcohols, but also if you are on any type
Speaker 1: of medication, mixing that whatever medication you're on, even birth
Speaker 1: control or even cold medicine, anything like that, if you
Speaker 1: mix it with alcohol, it can totally impact your tolerance
Speaker 1: and it typically makes you feel the effects of alcohol
Speaker 1: to a higher degree, which is so dangerous because you
Speaker 1: have your base level of what you are, like, Oh,
Speaker 1: this is where I'm at, this is how much I
Speaker 1: plan on drinking tonight. But when you factor in any
Speaker 1: medication or anything like that, it's gonna overshoot you and
Speaker 1: it's gonna make you overdose. So just be aware of that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely. So depending on how you tend to spend
Speaker 2: your weekends, it can sometimes feel like alcohol is everywhere,
Speaker 2: and while you're at cal Poly, you'll likely encounter it
Speaker 2: at house parties, frat parties, restaurants, and when you're twenty one,
Speaker 2: the downtown bars.
Speaker 1: One of the worst parts about getting alcohol while out
Speaker 1: are the costs. I mean, this hits home for me.
Speaker 1: I mentioned it. That's why I'm trying to, like impart
Speaker 1: lower my tolerance because drinks can be anywhere from eight
Speaker 1: to twenty dollars. And like, if you're writing that eight
Speaker 1: dollar drink, it's not quality alcohol. It's not gonna taste good,
Speaker 1: it's not gonna feel good going down. It's just gonna be,
Speaker 1: you know, bottom of the barrel.
Speaker 2: It's just a beer, yeah at that point. Yeah. And
Speaker 2: so to help with the costs, we recommend actually investing
Speaker 2: in drinks at home and ingredients that you can have
Speaker 2: at home. Even though ordering drinks at the bar is
Speaker 2: supposed to be fun, it can be really intimidating at first.
Speaker 2: Like I totally remember when I turned twenty one, I
Speaker 2: was going on my phone, like drinks with tequila to
Speaker 2: order it at the bar, drinks with.
Speaker 1: The vodka, And you don't want to be the person
Speaker 1: like staring at like the chalkboard.
Speaker 2: Yeah no, no, no, no, no, comead. I literally remember being
Speaker 2: at your apartment before your bar crawl, looking at my
Speaker 2: phone trying to decide what I was gonna be that night.
Speaker 1: I didn't know.
Speaker 2: But anyways, let's talk about our favorite drink order. So, Emma,
Speaker 2: what do you normally like to get? What's your go to?
Speaker 1: My go to? Honestly, I've been switching it up lately.
Speaker 1: Like I used to like a Madori sour and that
Speaker 1: was fun. It was it was fun. I know. Abby
Speaker 1: just gave me a look young in case you couldn't
Speaker 1: in case you couldn't tell because she's not on camera,
Speaker 1: but she gave me the most like a heinous look.
Speaker 1: But Madori sours like they were my go to first
Speaker 1: because that's what my friends liked. So when I first
Speaker 1: hit the bar scene, it was like that's what they
Speaker 1: were getting. So obviously I bandwagon and just got that too.
Speaker 2: It's all about the bandwagon. You just do what your
Speaker 2: older friends do.
Speaker 1: Literally, now I've gotten like vodka cran like just a
Speaker 1: classic vodka cran. I sometimes do the vodka Red Bull
Speaker 1: just to give me a little pep in my step.
Speaker 2: Also that hurts my stomach just to think about you
Speaker 2: do you girl?
Speaker 1: But okay, Also this is like a crazier hotter take.
Speaker 1: But if you are like hoping for like a one
Speaker 1: hit wonder with your drink. The sister of the AMF
Speaker 1: is the Tokyo Tea scared.
Speaker 2: Oh no, no, no, it's all the MF.
Speaker 1: I was like, oh, don't say it, not THEMF now,
Speaker 1: sister of the AMF. The Tokyo tea. It's not blue,
Speaker 1: it's green, and it tastes better, but it still has
Speaker 1: four liquors in it that will give you to where
Speaker 1: you want to be and you can ride that high
Speaker 1: for the whole night. And it's ten dollars.
Speaker 2: Okay. See yeah, so that's where I like.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and if I'm getting a drink and I'm wanting
Speaker 1: to feel some type of way, I do my one
Speaker 1: and done Tokyo tea. I also just feel cool ordering
Speaker 1: it because Tokyo Tea just rolls off the tongue. Okay.
Speaker 1: But that was me, and that's like my bar life.
Speaker 1: I'm like just all over the place. I kind of
Speaker 1: just pick and choose what I want. But kay, I
Speaker 1: can see that you've planned out some fun little drinks
Speaker 1: for us. I'm assuming you take inspiration from your study of.
Speaker 2: Absolutely Like, I love making my own drinks, So if
Speaker 2: I can just make myself a glassy little cocktail before
Speaker 2: I go, that's what I would preferably do. I love
Speaker 2: an apparall sprints. I love a mohito. I just love
Speaker 2: the experience of the beverage. Like I'm the same way
Speaker 2: with like my morning coffee. I'm not much of an
Speaker 2: energy drink person just because I love like the active
Speaker 2: ritual of making the drink and drinking it. I sound
Speaker 2: so like you're.
Speaker 1: So bougie, but that's not the I love the experience
Speaker 1: of the beverage. I do that's anywhere.
Speaker 2: It makes me feel like less worse about it because
Speaker 2: I had my first four loco experience and like that
Speaker 2: was not fun.
Speaker 1: So I never so I've just got low, but I
Speaker 1: don't go that low.
Speaker 2: No, it was like I made that promise to heat
Speaker 2: or a go when I had to follow up. Yeah,
Speaker 2: so I had to make I had to my bargain.
Speaker 2: But when I'm at the bar, I love a paloma.
Speaker 2: I like my tequila. So a paloma is just tequila
Speaker 2: limon grapefruit juice and like maybe some like club Seta,
Speaker 2: I really like it. And then call me basic. But
Speaker 2: I have recently started getting back into the vodka cram
Speaker 2: with the lime.
Speaker 1: It's good. It's really good. It feels classy, but maybe
Speaker 1: that's just because it's classic and it's not actually classy.
Speaker 1: It's just like, yeah, it's nice and it's always there
Speaker 1: for you.
Speaker 2: Alcohol either, which I like. Yeah, And then if I'm
Speaker 2: not feeling like doing something with a hard liquor, I
Speaker 2: will do a cider. I love a cider. Continuing on
Speaker 2: with this really long episode, let's just talk about like
Speaker 2: the final stage, yes, which is the hangover. And these
Speaker 2: can be an absolute beast to manage. But we have
Speaker 2: some tips for you. And I did a little research
Speaker 2: on Harvard Health because Harvard and so according to them,
Speaker 2: you should drink fluids, take pain relievers. This is this
Speaker 2: is the catch. This is a new one. Don't take
Speaker 2: tail and all because if there is still visual alcohol
Speaker 2: in your system, it's really bad for your liver. So
Speaker 2: lrip my liver. Well, when in doubt, just google that,
Speaker 2: look it up and the internet smart. I probably should
Speaker 2: have done that, but now I always do.
Speaker 1: And then I like, most of the time, no matter
Speaker 1: what it says, I'm just like, and this is what
Speaker 1: I have is so what I'm gonna take. Don't be
Speaker 1: like me, but make sure you are aware of the situation.
Speaker 2: Okay, but anyways, recommendations use ibuprofen or aspirin instead, and
Speaker 2: then also they said to take vitamin B and zinc.
Speaker 2: And I know that you probably might not have supplements
Speaker 2: on hand, because who does. We are twenty one years old.
Speaker 2: I have barely anything. But just eat foods that are
Speaker 2: rich in these products and these supplements, and then again,
Speaker 2: just eat those carb dance foods. Make a ritual out
Speaker 2: of it. Even I'm all about making everything an event,
Speaker 2: as we know by my pregating tactics, like be like, okay, girls,
Speaker 2: we're going out tonight and we're getting breakfast burritos in
Speaker 2: the morning.
Speaker 1: That is the way to do this, totally.
Speaker 2: Yeah, everyone's nodding around you right now, like, yeah, that's.
Speaker 1: How it support. Also, there are things you can do
Speaker 1: to prevent a hangover beforehand, so we've touched on a
Speaker 1: few of them. But like eating that full meal before
Speaker 1: you go out, no matter how much alcohol you are
Speaker 1: planning on consuming, it's just going to act as energy
Speaker 1: for whatever your plans are. But it will also help
Speaker 1: absorb some of that alcohol so you're not feeling it
Speaker 1: the day after.
Speaker 2: I am guilty of ending a night early just because
Speaker 2: I'm hungry. Okay, I will leave the bar, so's I
Speaker 2: could really go for some nick the Greek right now.
Speaker 1: I take pride in that. I take like um, well,
Speaker 1: it comes out of the question would I rather be
Speaker 1: here with a measley drink in my hand or would
Speaker 1: I rather be like at home or you know, at
Speaker 1: a fast food joint eating some lovely food. Also just
Speaker 1: drinking water in between your drinks. So when you are
Speaker 1: at the bars, pacing your yourself, knowing your limits and
Speaker 1: being able to take a step back again, don't drink
Speaker 1: all at once, let it simmer, let those drinks cook
Speaker 1: in your stomach, and drink that water in between any drinks. Then,
Speaker 1: also just drinking in moderation, avoid that binge drinking. So
Speaker 1: regardless of whether or not you're stacking drinks, make sure
Speaker 1: that if you do plan on drinking a lot, you
Speaker 1: separate it out. You don't drink it all at once,
Speaker 1: and you just d don't overdrink, don't over consume your alcohol.
Speaker 1: It will not be fun.
Speaker 2: Mm hm, be smart and so, Emma, I'm curious, do
Speaker 2: you have any other hangover tips that Harvard did not
Speaker 2: lay out.
Speaker 1: For us today? Yeah, I personally have never been that
Speaker 1: down bad after a night out. Like at worst, I
Speaker 1: just lay in my bed. That being said, our lovely
Speaker 1: editor Gabby had a fantastic tip that I wanted to
Speaker 1: share with everyone. So her advice, first and foremost is
Speaker 1: to drink pickle juice and hear us out. Hear us out.
Speaker 1: Alcohol is a blood thinner, hence the hangover. So drinking
Speaker 1: pickle juice either while you're drinking alcohol, so like using
Speaker 1: it as a chaser or anything like that, or even
Speaker 1: just drinking it the day after it will help cure
Speaker 1: your hangover and potentially your anxiety.
Speaker 2: The anxiety. We talked about that before as well.
Speaker 1: But just rely on your pickle juice and you'll be fine.
Speaker 1: You'll be saved.
Speaker 2: I actually, do you want to tell my funny story
Speaker 2: before I get into it. I had such bad like
Speaker 2: anxiety the day after drinking one time that I drove
Speaker 2: myself to Avala Beach and I jumped in the freezing
Speaker 2: cold water at eight am.
Speaker 1: Because eight am, how many hours had passed since you
Speaker 1: like consumed alcohol enough?
Speaker 2: I mean, I I'm.
Speaker 1: Not talking about you drinking and driving, and I'm talking
Speaker 1: about like, did you sleep? Yes?
Speaker 2: I did sleep. I end my nights pretty early. But yeah,
Speaker 2: I yeah, I don't like it, like even if I
Speaker 2: barely drink, I will be anxious the next day. So
Speaker 2: adding on to that, I always try to get some
Speaker 2: fresh air and movement if my body lets me. Emphasis yeah,
Speaker 2: I mean if I'm feeling nauxious or gross the day after,
Speaker 2: like it's fine laying in bed, but I do believe
Speaker 2: in sweating it out, like I can either go to
Speaker 2: the gym ork and walk around my block whatever. All right, now,
Speaker 2: let's get into some other resources that you might find helpful.
Speaker 2: So first of all is Mustangs for Recovery. This is
Speaker 2: for if you need that support group if you are
Speaker 2: struggling with your relationship with alcohol, that is always available.
Speaker 1: There's also anonymous drug and alcohol self assessments that you
Speaker 1: can take if you go to the Health and Will
Speaker 1: being Paige.
Speaker 2: And then there are also Safer presentations. I for one,
Speaker 2: have attempted safer presentations to be an event monitor for
Speaker 2: my sorority functions, so they are actually very informative. I
Speaker 2: learned some stuff I even throw into our talk today.
Speaker 2: So making sure that you follow the campus health and
Speaker 2: Wellbeing Instagram and seeing when those are is always very handy.
Speaker 1: They also make them super fun. I've done ones that
Speaker 1: are like ca who are just like facts of drinking
Speaker 1: and it's purely like informative for you. So they make
Speaker 1: it fun, they make it interactive, and it's like it's
Speaker 1: less about like shaming you like it. They don't shame
Speaker 1: you at all for drinking. They're aware of the college
Speaker 1: environment and they're just there to provide the information that
Speaker 1: you need to be safe. Another great resource that they
Speaker 1: offer through the Health and Wellbeing website is one on
Speaker 1: one consultations or presentations, so you can meet with someone
Speaker 1: to kind of talk about your experiences, or they can
Speaker 1: give you those presentations in person or via zoom and
Speaker 1: do it in a one on one setting where it
Speaker 1: might feel a little easier to ask any potential questions.
Speaker 2: You can also tap into counseling Services and make an
Speaker 2: appointment there for free, confidential and brief individual counseling services.
Speaker 2: And we already talked about that on how to mental health.
Speaker 2: The counseling Services centered, like we absolutely love them and
Speaker 2: you should definitely check that out.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and this one specifically will give you like guidance
Speaker 1: on reducing or eliminating alcohol or drug use based on
Speaker 1: specific goals that you have and just also understanding like academic, emotional,
Speaker 1: and personal issues that involve alcohol. So you can definitely
Speaker 1: cater these sessions to any specific goal that you have
Speaker 1: in mind or issue that you want to address. Obviously,
Speaker 1: for the purposes of this episode, that's the focus on alcohol. Well,
Speaker 1: that's all the time we have for today. One last
Speaker 1: piece of advice, don't rush into drinking if you aren't ready,
Speaker 1: and if you are, make sure you are practicing safe
Speaker 1: drinking habits. We cannot emphasize this enough.
Speaker 2: Cheers to that, Emma, and anyways, we'll be back with
Speaker 2: more tips and tricks next time on CP one on
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Speaker 2: Signing off, I'm Kate Lopenske and.
Speaker 1: I'm Emma Hughes. Thanks for keeping up with all things
Speaker 1: cal Poly