Empirical evidence has shown that alcohol abuse may negatively affect to certain cognitive functions. The aim of this paper was to analyze the relationship between alcohol consumption and certain cognitive abilities (memory, perception and reasoning) in university students. Two questionnaires were used to assess the young women addictive profile and to assess several the subjects' performance on tasks involving cognitive skills. A total of 100 women between 18 and 25 years, divided into two groups following the WHO criteria was involved in the study: consumers at risk (n = 31) and low-risk users (n = 69). In terms of results, on the one hand, the consumers at risk group showed a more severe pattern of consumption in terms of substance, frequency of consumption and rates of fulfill criteria for abuse. Furthermore, in terms of cognitive abilities significant differences between groups in abstract reasoning and perception were found. The results show trends of how alcohol abuse might affect cognitive functioning in young women. Future studies could deepen the deficit and bring light into the improvement of preventive and therapeutic techniques in this field.