A new survey in the United Kingdom has found that almost two-thirds of young women admit to drinking so much that they woke up the next morning with virtually no memory of events of the night before.
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The 2003 Freedom Years survey of 1,000 women age 18-28 polled across the UK, conducted by Company magazine, reported that 66 percent of young women who responded had experienced waking up the next day with almost no recollection of what happened the night before -- a phenomenon sometimes known as "blackout drinking." In 2001, only 42 percent reported having blackouts.
According to Ananova the survey also found:
- 60 percent admitted to drinking 21 units of alcohol in one or two weekend sessions, rather than throughout the week as recommended. (A unit of alcohol is 10 ml of pure alcohol; a pint of lager beer contains about 2 units).
- 29 percent said they had lost items during a bout of drinking -- keys, money and other valuables -- up from 20 percent in 2001.
- 50 percent said they had experienced waking up at home and not having any idea how they got there, up from 33 percent.
- 10 percent admitted that they had been escorted home by a total stranger.
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Yes I black out all the time. I don’t like drinking anymore because I make a fool out of myself. I dance in the street like a nut and then the naxt day I feel bad and crazy. My black out are back.I hate my drinking and I want to stop.
My brother drink and he think I can still drink and go out to club,but I can’t because I do the same things very time. Like going home dancing in the street or side walk or walking the street for more to drinks or feeling like killing myself because I drink again. And what so crazy is you can get beer,wine or any drink you want at any market store or beer store.And the city and police make money off your pain of being drunk. Hospital make lost of money and Insurance company clean up making money off of people being drunk.People are being play and use by drinking beer,wine are whatever they are selling.You are not having a good time in jail or killing someone driving drunk or fighting with love one are sick and acting out and feeling sad because you don’t know how to stop drinking.You are the only one that will pay for the drink the city got you hook on and until someone say stop selling this beer,wine,to people because it make peoples crazy,sick,kill,go to jail and lot more bad thing that can go on.The city you stay in can stop selling this pain in the can or bottle.I wish I never drink and it hurt to know my friends and family think I’m crazy.
I watch people on TV dies from drugs and drinking this year and the beer and wine company are still going strong selling fool in the can and bottle. Why should I be in a group or go to AA meeting are still be drinking. Stop the beer and wine company and you want need AA meetting because people will be free of drinking for good. Stop the drinking Company and we can be free from black out,jail,hospital,acting out,driving drunk,fighting,and other bad things. People are sick of being sick of drinking and not being happy and having fun with there friends and family because of drinking. That all I talk about now is how I got drunk and make a fool out of myself.My time is all about the drink now.I will stop drinking,I will be strong,I will stop and I will be happy again.I sick and I will get better and I will never give up.I can’t take this anymore.
I’m a weekend alcoholic in the U.S.