1)  What incident of Koren’s story did you identify with most strongly?

2)  How, other than gender, are you different from Koren?

3)  Koren’s definition of binge drinking is four drinks in a row at least during a span of two weeks. Does this definition agree with your definition? Would you consider this type of drinking to be abuse?

4)  According to the book, three quarters of students have reported bad experiences due to someone else’s drinking. What’s the worst experience you’ve had due to your or someone else’s drinking?

5)  Define “normal” drinking (without using the word social).

6)  Have you ever felt remorse after drinking?

 

7)  When Koren says that drinking when you feel low is like taking speed if you’re feeling jumpy, to what is she referring?

8)  How old was Koren when she experienced her first blackout?

9)  In toto (incovenience, time, money, etc.), how much has this charge cost you?

10) Why does Koren consider intercourse a social act?

11) If fourteen year old Koren were your sister, how would you react to her behavior?

12) What did Koren’s mother think of her underage drinking? How does this compare to your parents’ view?

 

13) Koren implies that a lot of drinking on campus happens because there's nothing to do; she's "bored to tears".  Do you feel this is common?

 

14) Koren's decision to join a sorority was based, in part, on the fact that she would find drinking buddies.  Does Greek life encourage drinking or do hard core drinkers simply group together?

 

15)  Is binge drinking, or drinking of the sort you encounter as an underage person, a phase that one will outgrow?