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Make a plan 

• Make sure you all have each other's cell numbers.
• Commit to not ditching someone if they have too much to drink and/or become difficult.
• Make sure you drink with people who will take care of you if you drink too much.
• Stay with the same group of friends the entire night and make sure everyone gets home safely.
• Check-in with friends if the plan you all made for the night needs to change or is falling apart.
• Agree to discourage someone from doing something embarrassing or dangerous.
• Share location with each other on an app like Find Friends or Glympse.
• Agree on a way to communicate and regroup if people get separated.
• Have a code word, sign, or text emoji that means, "get me out of this situation."
• If something goes wrong during the night, talk about what happened later and try to make a better plan for future nights.

Why checking in matters

• Making a commitment to check-in with the group prevents some members of the group from making decisions without the input of others.
• This decreases the likelihood that someone will have to rely on less known friends or strangers to get home, which can create risk for something bad happening.

Commit to follow-up

If something goes wrong during the night, talk about what happened at a later time and try to make a better plan for future nights.

• Talk about how people should approach problems with each other.
  • Avoid coming across as judgmental or demanding.
  • Simply “warning” people or telling people they are wrong isn’t helpful.
  • Approach people with empathy to talk about why the plan was important in the first place. This can be a challenge if people have had too much to drink, but you can be direct yet supportive at the same time.
• We can’t always anticipate when something might go wrong. If something bad happens, switch into support mode and avoid blaming people.