Listen, it's not uncool of you to want a few quiet hours to study or sleep. If someone who lives in your house or on your floor has a drinking habit that interferes with your life, here's what to do:

Ask other people on your floor if they feel the same way you do about the situation. If you all agree that the drinker needs to be directly confronted with his or her problem, see Intervention 101 on the previous page.

Mention the problem to your housing representative. Request that your meeting be kept confidential (no one has to know who brought the situation to Residential life's attention). Your representative can then intervene as he or she sees fit.

Visit your Office of Student Life and inquire about Wellness Housing or other substance-free housing your school provides. If there isn't any, talk to the Director of Student Life to find out how you might get it implemented. Though you may be the one who has to move because of someone else's bad behavior, you'll be much better off in the long run.

Get involved in groups doing prevention work on campus. Go global with your issue. The more people who get involved the more the message gets out.

If you find that it is unbearable, contact your campus police or other campus authority to report the problem.