<p>did any of you drinkers either did not drink or hated drinking in high school ??
If decided to drink in college but not in college, do you feel like it was a good choice ??</p>
<p>I had the opposite, I used to love drinking but since I have tried the kind of alcohol served at college parties and seen what other people do when they drink too much, I am not as big a fan anymore of drinking (for the former reason) or going to parties where there is a lot of alcohol (for the latter)</p>
<p>I never touched alcohol before college, but I do occasionally go to parties/drink now. I guess its just part of the college experience to try new things...in moderation of course. ;-)</p>
<p>i hated alcohol before and i still hate it. it just doesn't taste good...bleh. I've never been drunk, tipsy or none of that junk (something about maintaining a clear head and sense of reasoning keeps me from ever doing such a thing) and have had beer, wines, and hard liquers(sp).....found all of it yucky. It just don't taste good. I used to like wine coolers when i was in high school but even those got to where I could no longer handle the taste. I keep trying to like alcohol and it just don't work. Guess I ain't built for it...which is nice because my dad has issues with drinking too much.</p>
<p>I don't have any personal experiences to share since I'm still in HS, but my mom's friend has a daughter who is pretty "wild".......she says that since her daughter partied her way through HS, she "got it out of her system" and her social life isn't as..err...."intense" as it was a few years ago.</p>
<p>From what I've heard, it seems like drinking is more common fresh/soph. years, then kind of dies down as you find other means of entertainment as a junior/senior in college.</p>
<p>^^^
Completely wrong...the drinking doesn't die down...the excessive partying at the expense of academics dies down.</p>
<p>hehe, its funny how someone earlier on posted they hate drinking in college now because they see people getting sick and doing stupid ****, which they didnt see in high school. A friend of mine now drinks because in college she sees much less of that than she did in high school. And in high school she always ended up being the person to take care of really drunk people since she was never that wasted.</p>
<p>I never drank at all in high school, but I do occasionally now...never more than tipsy though. Hey, I got stuck at party school (UD), had to at least try it.</p>
<p>Drank in high school and drink now. Probably just more.</p>
<p>ive heard that college parties are diff than hs parties in the sense that at high school parties people are just like drinking rum and coke and cans of beer and getting drunk versus at college parties where all there basically is is a keg of a ****load of beer that people just try to drink as much as possible of</p>
<p>verification?</p>
<p>that's basically true. there's always a beer keg, but some parties have a pseudo bar, and others might have a huge water cooler for other drinks.</p>
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If decided to drink in college but not in college, do you feel like it was a good choice ??
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<p>I hated the idea of it in high school and never did it. And I did decide to try out drinking a little so far and I would say it wasn't a good or bad choice. Just something to try out if you haven't yet. I don't see the point in doing all the time but don't see the point in hating it either.</p>
<p>I loved drinking in high school. I loved to party. Now im boring hah. 18 is the legal age here so that could have something to do with it. At 22 its all a bit old. </p>
<p>I have some friends (who i am very jealous of) who can party all weekend/some weeknights and still be ok to study/class. I cant handle it so I may drink once a month now. Alot of people on this board talk about peer pressure but all in all i have found as long as you are not a prude people dont really care if you drink or take drugs or not. If people did care then why would you want to hang out with them anyway...</p>
<p>Post from my webblog way back when during freshman year: "Weekends have been great for my soul. I have finally discovered the reason I was so against drinking: I just associated it with the bastards in my hometown. I had a bet with my cousin and all since I was little but I really think it was the group that my best friend started hanging out with senior year to drink. I hated them all pretty much. He started to choose drinking too much, thereby making me hate drinking. It doesn't really matter anymore. And I have moved on from the town that I hate so much. Now, I still don't love drinking but it was the perfect kind of drunk..."</p>
<p>I decided actually to make a list. I listed the pros and cons and when I couldn't make any of my cons work anymore: only dumbasses that did it, blah blah, barely remember what they were. They did work anymore. None of them fit me. What did I have to drink to in high school? Whoo just finished ummmm some homework. In college? I just finished a 40 page lab report. I want to black-the-****-out!! haha I don't but I have real problems now. Not just "well there's nothing else to do" there is but sometimes it just becomes okay. I mean I gained really close friends that all did it. I made sure it was the right decision and a good one to make that didn't cause and detriment to my academic life. My grades actually went up.</p>
<p>Last semester I barely drank. It's not a big deal. It will be but you'll get over it if you do decide it's okay. The sooner the better really. And about what the previous poster said I'm going to repeat it. As long as you aren't a dick to people who are drinking (making fun of them, deriding them) they won't care. They're just having fun (not just doing it because there's nothing else to do) and you can't deride someone for having a good time, it's not your place to tell them how they can. If the cops tell them that's another story and that's their own problem... But again just if you don't want to don't but if you do then don't deprive yourself based on "morals" because if you want to do it and don't find any problems with it, then your "morals" have obviously changed. Took me a while to realize that "moral" policies can change in different situations and I'm a happier person for having done so.</p>
<p>^^^ I concur. That's why some kids whose parents shun drinking go CRAZY when they get to highschool. That's not good. Moderation is key for everything, so that you are responsible. I have no interest in drinking, but I don't have anything against people that do it responsibly. Just getting smashed every weekend is retarded.</p>
<p>I never drank in high school, never have yet in college, and never plan to ever. Antwaan Randle El of the Steelers has the same philosophy.</p>
<p>Alcohol...it's not a cool thing to do...</p>
<p>I didn't really drink in high school at parties, I just had an occasional glass of wine in my home, and I don't think anyone could say there's anything wrong with that. I was never absolutely morally against it either, nor did I particularly desire to drink that much. I don't really understand people who are absolutely against it, nor do I approve of people who drink every weekend and get absolutely wasted just for the sake of getting wasted.</p>
<p>Now I go to a few parties every now and then a drink a little bit, get a little tipsy and maybe a little drunk. But I know my limits, and I stop myself from drinking too much and doing anything stupid. It's not a question of being cool or not, I hate how people simplify why people drink to such an argument. Sure, some people do it for that reason, and I don't like those people much either.</p>
<p>But drinking a few beers doesn't really hurt anyone. You become a little less socially inhibited, you become a little more talkative. It doesn't change who I am, just my mood a little bit.</p>
<p>I hang out with friends who don't drink and I have a good time, and I hang out with guys who do drink, and I have a good time with them also. I don't really feel the need to moralize to such a great degree, and I don't judge ANYONE based on whether they drink or not. You're not a prude if you don't drink, and you're not a cool guy necessarily just because you do drink.</p>
<p>I went to some frat last night and I drank a few beers, but there were people there who didn't drink as well, and everyone got alone just fine. No one really cares if you do or don't, and I think there are some myths regarding peer pressure and alcohol to that extent. Maybe so in high school where the social scene was so artificial, but in college atleast I have found that it's not going to define your social status.</p>
<p>did any of you drinkers either did not drink or hated drinking in high school ??
If decided to drink in college but not in college, do you feel like it was a good choice ??</p>
<p>----hey i never drank at all in hs ever. when i went to college i went in with an open attitude about drinking- my main thing was i wanted to make a lot of friends and get good grades. i started drinking at college first of all just to see what its like- you cant knock something until you try it! i had fun drinking with my friends so we drink on the weekends like thursday & friday mostly. i think it was a good choice because it enabled me to go to parties and meet new people- i felt way awkward at parties being sober. its a fun way to socialize. and i got all A's my first semester. don't worry too much though i didnt drink til like the end of october cuz i was nervous and all about trying it lol! email me with any other ?S!</p>