Prime for Life: Campus

Sessions will be held in Conference Room A, 3rd floor, University Health Center

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
I agree and understand the following: I Must attend ALL four sessions in sequence. I MAY NOT MISS ANY SESSION. Must be on time to each session. LATECOMERS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED INTO THE SESSION, WILL HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR THE NEXT AVAILABLE PRIME FOR LIFE CLASS, AND WILL BE CHARGED FOR THE CLASS. Must not leave early. Must pass a written test in Session Four with an 85% or above score to receive my certificate of completion. Must bring a pencil/pen for class work and note taking. Must not bring cell phones into any session. Must remove all hats and caps during all sessions.		Summer 2008 - 3:00-5:30 pm May 13, 15, 20, 22 (TR) July 15, 17, 22, 24 (TR) Fall 2008 - 5:00-7:30 pm September 8, 10, 15, 17 (MW) October 14, 16, 21, 23 (TR) November 10, 12, 17, 19 (MW) Spring 2009 - 5:00-7:30 pm January 13, 15, 20, 22 (TR) February 9, 11, 16, 18 (MW) March 17, 19, 24, 26 (TR) April 13, 15, 20, 22 (MW)

Prime For Life: Campus

In 1986-87, the University of Georgia was chosen as a pilot site for this national program, developed by the Prevention Research Institute in Lexington, Kentucky. We have continued to offer these workshops several times a year.

Prime for Life: Campus is based on the idea that to prevent alcohol problems, students need more than advice to "drink responsibly" or "drink moderately." Because high-risk drinking choices are more dangerous than most of us want to accept, precise information about low-risk drinking choices is crucial.

Prime for Life: Campus is research based and provides the knowledge and skills necessary to empower students to make low-risk choices. This unique program works because it gives the kind of information people need. The five-step process:
· Teaches people how to estimate their own biological risk
· Provides a range of research-based, low-risk guidelines that reduce the risk of alcohol or drug-related health or impairment problems at any point in life.

This workshop is a ten hour program presented in four 2.5 hour sessions to help students discover their low-risk drinking guideline based on individual responses to alcohol and inherited biological factors. It is designed to help students and professionals understand the Lifestyle Risk Reduction Model for alcohol/drug prevention and intervention. The risk reduction information is sequential, which makes it essential to attend the entire program.

First Session:
· Explores commonly held views about alcohol problems.
· Provides research-based information that either validates or invalidates these views.
· Explains how the interaction between biology and choices influences the outcome of
lifestyle-related health problems.

Second Session:
· Describes individual factors that increase the risk of impairment problems.
· Explores social and psychological influences on a person's choices.
· Identifies specific quantity and frequency guidelines for alcohol consumption and
other drug use based on an individual's genetic risk.

Third Session:
· Examines behaviors, characteristics, and typical outcomes of the drinking continuum,
from experimental use to alcoholism.
· Explores various ways to live with low-risk choices in a high-risk environment.

Fourth Session:
· Encourages students to explore the costs and benefits of high-risk drinking choices.
· Examines the relationships among choices, outcomes, and values.
· Assesses students' readiness to make low-risk choices.
· Concludes with a comprehensive test.