Alcohol

Alcoholic Support Groups:

• Alano Club of St. Joseph
  401 S. 11^th Street
  St. Joseph, MO
  816-364-9179
  Open meetings are held at noon Monday through Saturday, at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, and at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday.
  Closed meetings are at 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday except for Thursday.
• 510 Group (Non-Smoking)
  3410 Ashland Avenue
  St. Joseph, MO
  Open meetings are held at noon Monday through Friday.
  Closed meetings are held at noon Saturday.
• Alcoholics Anonymous for Women – Sober Skirts (Non-Smoking)
  Huffman Methodist Church Enrichment Center
  28th and Sacramento
  St. Joseph, MO
  Open meetings are held at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday. Women only.
  Closed meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesdays. Women only.
• Accent on Sobriety (Non-smoking)
  404 South 8th Street
  St. Joseph, MO
  (816-279-5767)
  Meetings are held at noon and 7:00 p.m. on Sunday through Friday and at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.
• Sobriety and Beyond
  2210 South Belt Highway
  St. Joseph, MO
  Open meetings are held at 5 p.m. on Sunday.
  Closed meetings are held at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday and at 8:00 p.m. on Friday.
• Savannah Bootstraps (Non-smoking)
  511 W. Market Street
  Savannah, MO
  Closed meeting and handicapped accessible.
  Meetings are held at 8 p.m. on Monday, Thursday and Saturdays at the First Christian Church. Thursdays and the first Saturday of the month are the only open meetings.
• Platte City Solutions Group
  230 Main Street
  Platte City, MO
  816-858-3117
  Meetings are held at the following times in the afternoon:
  Monday 12:00, 6:00, 8:00
  Tuesday 12:00,6:00, 8:00
  Wednesday 6:00, 8:00
  Thursday 12:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00
  Friday 12:00, 6:00, 8:00
  Saturday 10:00, 8:00
• Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting Guide
  • Closed meetings are for alcoholics/addicts only.  Open meetings are for everyone.
  • Find more meetings and times at: Sober.com
• MACRO (Missouri Alliance of Collegiate Recovery Organizations) Additional Resources

Risks of College Drinking

• Nationally
  • Approximately 1,800 college students die from alcohol-related unintentional injuries (including motor vehicle crashes) each year.
  • About 696,000 students are assaulted by another student who has been drinking.
  • Approximately 97,000 students report experiencing alcohol-related sexual assault.
  • About 1 in 4 students report academic consequences from drinking (missed class, performing poorly on exams/papers, lower grades overall.
  • About 20% of college students nationwide meet the criteria for an alcohol use disorder.
• In Missouri
  • Approximately 25% of Missouri college students meet criteria for binge drinking (4+ drinks in 2 hours for women, 5+ drinks in 2 hours for men) in the past 2 weeks, and 33% meet criteria for binge drinking in the past 30 days.
  • 12% of Missouri college students report being forced, pressured, or coerced into consuming more alcohol than they wanted at least once in the past year.
  • 66% percent of Missouri college students who are under the age of 21 report drinking in the past year and 23% meet criteria for binge drinking in the past two weeks.
  • 16% of Missouri college students report driving after consuming alcohol in the past year.

Risks of common binge drinking of College students

• Sobering Statistics:
  • According to the Core Institute, an organization that surveys college drinking practices, 300,000 of today’s college students will eventually die of alcohol-related causes such as drunk driving accidents, cirrhosis of the liver, various cancers and heart disease.
  • Almost one-third of college students admit to having missed at least one class because of their alcohol or drug use, and nearly one-quarter of students report bombing a test or project because of the aftereffects of drinking or doing drugs.