"You do not have to be an alcoholic to experience problems with alcohol."

You do not have to be the one drinking the alcohol to find yourself dealing with a problem having to do with alcohol. It could be your friend who has suddenly experienced what it feels like to be free, now that they are in college, and has decided to go crazy with it. ( I have seen this before.) I'm sure a lot of you have seen this before. Trying to find a way to help them is not easy, especially if you are not close (traveling-wise) to them. It can be hard to try to convince them that if they get caught drinking under age, then that would be a bad blip on their record and it might cause them to not be hired at certain places that they might want to work at in the future. I know a lot of kids/teenagers (and some older people) have a really hard time thinking about the consequences of an action before thinking about how much fun it would be to do this action. It could also be a family member that is an alcoholic and therefore effects the family. I have seen how it can effect a person when their parent is an alcoholic. It causes a huge trust issue between the parent and the child and it causes a lack of self-confidence in the child. It is hard to figure out what to say to a person who has had an alcoholic parent, so figuring out a way to help them and guide them into a better life-style while at college is a difficult thing to be able to do.

How can you stay healthy while at college?

I think the obvious answers to this are to eat healthily and to get plenty of sleep so that your immune system stays boosted. Another thing that is always stressed is to wash your hands a lot, which I know a lot of people do, but I still see quite a few people leaving the bathrooms without washing their hands. I think that it is a good idea to take vitamins, because personally I find it hard to try to get all of my vitamins and minerals in by eating all of the foods necessary. I'm not saying that vitamins should substitute for the good foods, but I think they should be taken along with eating healthily. Another thing that is good to do is to hydrate a lot. Drinking a lot of fluids helps to cleanse your body. In other words, don't eat candy corn and drink sprite when you are typing up your blog post like I am...