In 1999, 3rd Millennium Classrooms launched the first online alcohol education course. 25 years later, our prevention and intervention courses have been used by over 4,000,000 people across the country.
Our prevention course, Alcohol Wise, utilizes the evidence-based eCHECKUP TO GO brief intervention, proven to reduce high-risk drinking behavior. This online course is short, but effective and uses motivational interviewing to provide personalized feedback. Our cost-effective program reduces negative consequences of drinking and when implemented effectively, Alcohol Wise changes campus culture, educates students about the harmful effects of alcohol, raises retention rates, and acts as a prevention tool for future alcohol-related violations.
Learning outcomes of Alcohol Wise include:
- Calculate general BAC levels and explore factors affecting BAC
- Clarify personal choices about his or her drinking habits, attitudes, and behavior and how it affects peers
- Describe how alcohol can affect academic progress and social behavior
- Identify high-risk and low-risk drinking patterns
- Refute common misconceptions about drinking norms
- Know how to access campus resources
- Identify personal risk factors for drinking and alcohol dependence
- Understand the dangers of drinking and driving
- Learn ways to take care of self and others in environments where drinking is present
- Develop protective behaviors for drinking
Under the Influence alcohol intervention is geared toward individuals with high-risk drinking or alcohol violations, such as underage drinking, driving under the influence, or public intoxication. The course includes multiple lessons addressing alcohol’s effects on health, drinking and driving, state-specific laws, and alcohol/prescription interactions.
Learning outcomes of Under the Influence include:
- Develop a personal profile to examine personal drinking habits, family influences, and reasons for drinking
- Review what they do and don’t like about alcohol and its effects
- Look at reasons why they drink and expectations they have about drinking
- Challenge perceptions of peer use of alcohol
- Examine how their alcohol use affects themselves and others
- Develop practical steps to make a change about their drinking habits
- Understand what a standard drink is and how long it takes to process it
- Examine their drinking habits on a weekly, daily, and hourly basis
- Discuss alcohol absorption and metabolism
- Understand BAC and the different factors that do and don’t influence it
- Examine the downsides of alcohol use in their life
- Understand the “Expectancy Effect”
- Look at legal and personal consequences of dangerous drinking habits
- Discuss their likelihood of developing alcohol dependence and/or other alcohol problems
- Discuss dangers of drinking and driving
- Understand the sexual risks associated with heavy drinking
- Explore the physical effects of alcohol
- Reflect on how much money they spend on alcohol and other financial impacts drinking may have
- Discuss dangers behind alcohol poisoning, symptoms, and how to help
- Discuss dangers of alcohol and substance interaction
- Discuss commonly endorsed strategies for drinking reduction and decide which ones work best for them
- Reflect on how much time they spend drinking
Learn healthy ways to respond to peer pressure
