'There needs to be more awareness about the quantities being consumed by young women and the damage it's causing their health. 
University of Manchester researchers based their study on the drinking habits of more than 200 girls aged between 16 and 24. All were patients at a sexual health clinic in the South-East. 

Drinking during happy hours made alcohol affordable for the women in the survey. Other tactics included buying cheap alcohol from shops through special deals or getting men to pay for their drinks. 

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Women binge drinking a week's alcohol in one night

Some young women are consuming more than a week's worth of alcohol units in a night, it emerged today, with one woman even claiming to have drunk 50 units in one night - the equivalent of seven bottles of wine.

And those who start drinking as young as 13 are more likely to become alcoholics, research also reveals.

The findings provide a shocking snapshot of how drinking is out of control among teenagers.

They also show that government surveys are seriously underestimating the scale of alcohol abuse.

Shocking snapshot: Some young women are drinking more than a week's worth of alcohol units in just one night

More than a third were as young as 13 when they began drinking and three quarters drank five or more units on a typical night out but a significant minority drank more during one night than the 14-unit weekly limit. 

This is significantly higher than the Health Survey for England report last year which found that fewer than 10 per cent of women drank six or more units on a heavy drinking night

The survey revealed nearly a third had passed out or vomited during the last month through alcohol consumption. 

Report author Valerie McMunn said there was a direct link between the age of the first drink and excessive alcohol consumption. She also warned that doctors were failing to pick on the warning signs such as stomach complaints. 

Ms McMunn said: 'The younger girls in the sample, the ones closest to age 16, were the ones who had started drinking earlier. 

'We know young women lack confidence, and that the first one or two drinks at the start of an evening work for them, enabling them to relax and talk to people. 

'The trouble is that for many of them, they just don't seem able then to stop.'

Anecdotal evidence showed that alcohol affected the behaviour of the young women in a dramatic way. 

Drinking wine and beer led to them taking more risks such as walking home alone, getting into a stranger's car or falling asleep on pavements en route home. 

Only one in five respondents admitted worrying about their drinking and its negative effects on their health. 

Yet a fifth expressed concern about the amount their parents drank.