Drunkorexia

When drunkorexia made headlines in October last year, it wasn’t quite the “alarming new trend” like they said. A University of Missouri study discovered that 16% of students, mostly women, were engaged in binge drinking and starvation at the same time—they figured that by getting blitzed and not eating, they could stay thin and save money (which they could spend on getting more blitzed).  

But drunkorexia has been around a while. Lindsay Lohan is going to be 26 this year. The New York Times was on it in 2008, and Tyra was all up in it in 2009. To some extent, it’s what college girls have always done, especially in the Midwest in the winter, when there’s nothing better to do because it’s as cold as tits out there.

And while the condition is serious, let’s not forget some of the other frightening new “fusion cuisine” disorders that face our nation’s youth.  Drunkolimia  is the worrisome habit of drinking until you throw up (also known as “drinking”). DrunkoDIY involves wielding a hammer while three sheets to the wind.  And then there’s drunkorrhea which involves drinking until you need to change your pants.