5 in 2 is a binge-drinking prevention program that focuses on bringing awareness to the potential consequences of binge drinking. Binge drinking is defined as a pattern of drinking that brings someone’s blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to 0.08 or higher. Binge drinking occurs when:

• Those assigned male at birth consume 5 or more standard drinks in 2 hours or less
• Those assigned female at birth consume 4 or more standard drinks in 2 hours or less

Drinking any amount of alcohol can be harmful, but crossing over into binge drinking increases the risk of acute harm, such as blackouts and overdoses. Because of the impairments caused by high levels of alcohol in the body, binge drinking also increases the likelihood of other potentially deadly consequences, such as falls, burns, car crashes, drownings, and other unintentional injuries. Long term, a pattern of binge drinking could lead to chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, stroke, heart disease, and liver disease; cancer of the breast, mouth, throat, esophagus, liver, and colon; memory and learning problems; and alcohol use disorders.