Binge drinking is an unhealthy pattern of behavior. It causes damage to those who partake. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binge_drinking#Cause http://en.wikipedi

Binge drinking is an unhealthy pattern of behavior. It causes damage to those who partake. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binge_drinking#Cause http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binge_drinking#Cause "I forget my problems (41%)" 41% only tracks the number of people who admit this to themselves. If there is a systematic problem of alcohol abuse and uncontrolled excess, we have to ask what is so horrible in the life of a programmer that so many of them would prefer to forget themselves entirely? Of course I don't really know if there is a legitimate binge drinking problem, or if people are just loud and drunk. I'm not usually at these conferences.