Every chapter of Party.0 starts with a student asking, “How can I throw sober parties at my school?” Now that Justin from UW Stevens Point has asked that question… we’re moving forward. Check out our first experience at UWSP and what’s happened so far.
Author: Jake White
Jake White is a national youth speaker on the topics of drug prevention, alcohol awareness, cannabis education. He is the founder of the Party.0 sober party movement for college students and has created numerous resources for schools including restorative programs, prevention curriculum, and bystander intervention games. Apart from being an alcohol awareness speaker for colleges, he also helps show middle school and high school students they can fit in, make friends and have fun without using drugs or alcohol through his engaging presentations and prevention curriculum.
The U.S. News and World Report cited a recent study that found 1 in 6 female college freshmen are being raped while under the influence of drugs and alcohol. But these studies don’t bring us any closer to solving this issue… so let’s talk about where, and how, we can stop this.
Speaking at Ripon High School
Party.0 is now exploring a collaboration with Rise Together, a group of speakers who talk about drugs, addiction and the social stigmas that go along with it. This brought me to Ripon High School to speak about partying sober on Tuesday.
People love a good smile 🙂 See? In fact, recent studies show that people with nice teeth are perceived as more successful, trustworthy, smart and attractive. And if you’ve ever been to the dentist, you know how expensive it can be to clean a dirty mouth. So when you get some grief for partying sober, […]
Halloween Party in De Pere!
Costume contest, free Toppers pizza, live DJ, dancing, stump, high quality H2O and a hashtag… #BringYoFriendsNotYoBooze. Check out Becca and Maria’s video-recap of their sober Halloween Party from last weekend!
Party Interview With Family Force 5
With nicknames like Crouton, Nadaddy, Hollywood, Fatty and Chap Stique… you can tell Family Force 5 has tons of fun whether they are on or off-stage. We were lucky enough to catch them along their tour at Lifest – a Christian music festival in Oshkosh, WI. Check out this interview with Family Force 5 to […]
Demi Vigren entered Ball State with a decision. She wasn’t going to drink alcohol. But she didn’t realize how BIG this decision was in college.
Ben Yeager started getting drunk before he entered high school. He found himself to be more social that way and enjoyed the attention. Before graduating high school he was blacking out frequently and had already crashed his Mom’s new Denali while driving drunk. As if he wasn’t going hard enough, he saw the next step […]
“WHERE ALL THE SOBER PEOPLE AT?!” How do you make friends with people (not just in college, but anywhere) if all they seem to do is drink, and you don’t want to? Here’s how I went from having zero friends who didn’t drink (and feeling pretty alone), to having hundreds of friends who have fun […]
Johann Hari gave a TED Talk in London, England about drug addiction. After traveling over 30,000 miles to study addiction, he found that the way we understand and treat addiction is all wrong. Watch his TED Talk here and get a recap of his main points.
Three Ways to Say “No” To a Drink
I hate saying the word “no.” It just doesn’t feel good! But when you’re out with friends and you don’t feel like drinking, how do you turn down a drink politely? Being good at this can make your time with friends more enjoyable for you, and for them. So let’s look at three ways to […]
MURDERER – Why Alcohol Burns Your Throat!
We’ve probably all seen this in a movie: A couple is running through the woods. They’re being chased by “the bad guys.” OH NO! One of them falls and is injured. Although they don’t have a first aid kit, they do have a bottle of liquor. One of them takes off their shirt and rips it […]