Risk Of Binge Drinking. Excessive drinking includes binge drinking, heavy drinking, and any drinking by pregnant women or people younger than age 21. Brewer says binge drinking greatly increases the risk of getting hurt or hurting others due to car crashes, drowning, violence.

Sometimes drink to get drunk. Binge drinking does not necessarily mean that a person is an alcoholic or suffers from severe aud. Brewer says binge drinking greatly increases the risk of getting hurt or hurting others due to car crashes, drowning, violence.