A Personal Perspective About the Dangers of Alcohol Abuse

Vivian Baltz, mother of a former UVA student, tells the story of her daughter's untimely death after drinking too much alcohol at a college party. She discusses what parents need to be aware of when their children go off to school — and what to tell children when they start drinking alcohol.

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[edinburghmarc]

a very sad story! but educational in every way.

[forestskog]

@bitcheznhos Your desperation bores me.

[bitcheznhos]

@forestskog But if you get a girl real drunk as a skunk then she let you take down that panty shield, revealing her slices and pipes.

[forestskog]

God this is sad. What a great lady. I grew up partly in France and Belgium. I'm very lucky because the social scene (and I partied a LOT) is very different. Alcohol and even drugs (pot especially) are everywhere, but there is very little culture of giant binge drinking. And the parties are way much more fun like that....e.g. having a bottle of wine with friends and then dancing but getting SLOWLY buzzed. Its BETTER