This research consists of an intervention study to evaluate expressive writing as a brief intervention in reducing drinking and improving psychological well-being among college students. Participation in the study involves completion of a screening assessment, a baseline assessment, the intervention procedure, post-intervention assessment, and follow-up assessments at 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-months. Heavy drinking college students (N = 600) will be randomly assigned to one of six conditions based on the 2 (alcohol vs. distress topics) × 2 (guilt vs. no guilt focus) + 1 (neutral control) + 1 (personalized normative feedback) design. Before completing the baseline survey, students will be randomly assigned to one of six study conditions, five of which involve writing during three sessions over the course of one month. Specifically, participants will be assigned to write about a heavy drinking event, a heavy drinking event that elicited guilt, a distressing event, a distressing event that elicited guilt, or their first day of college (neutral control condition).