<p>Drinking is a personal choice. You can or you can't, but it's up to you, not me. I do not drink, but that does not me that I automatically segregate myself from everyone who does. It doesn't make me better then them, or them better then me. Not all non-drinkers are condecending and moralistic. At the same time, not all drinkers don't care if you chose not to drink.</p>
<p>Drinking in moderation is definitely possible, but unfortunately some people go too far. A guy at my school recently drove his car off a cliff and flipped it 25 times on the way down while coming home drunk from a party. Amazingly, he's fine. Call me moralistic if you want, but drinking and driving is idiotic. Not only can you kill yourself, you can kill others. If you do decide to drink, please do so responsibly.</p>
<p>I don't think it's "moralistic" to say that drinking and driving is idiotic...i think that falls under the "common sense" category. I think the moralistic thing only comes under judging those who get smashed, or even those who drink. That's where this conflict between drinkers and non-drinkers seems to generally focus.</p>
<p>Haha, our health class unit on drinking pretty much consisted of our teacher telling us how to drink...don't "sleep off" your drunkness in your car before going home if the keys are in the car - technically they can get you for a DUI. If you need to call someone for a ride, call your best friend's mother, because then you won't get totally killed that night, but you will still be safe. Make sure to eat when you are drinking, it prevents all the alcohol from going straight to your bloodstream...etc.</p>
<p>Ahhh, I love our health class. They've given up on telling us not to drink, and just tell us how to do it right.</p>
<p>But if you eat when you are drinking you have to drink more. So your best bet is to not eat and to drink slowly, that way you get buzzed quickly and it lasts longer.</p>
<p>I don't think it was right to say that it's wrong to be "moralistic" about drinking. You just have morals, you have standards. What's wrong with abiding by them? I think it was better to say that everyone has different morals...</p>
<p>But whatever. I'm totally chill with people drinking. It would be crossing the line if someone called me something like a prude that I wasn't drinking and people were pressuring me. That's lame.</p>
<p>And I'm all for drinking in moderation. I just don't like how people act like dumbasses when they're shtfaced and say really rude, inappropriate things. Oh well, they're drunk. I should've known.</p>
<p>Dude, you can drink in moderation or w/e you want to call it if you want to. We're not stopping you.</p>
<p>However...if you're under 21... there's a law that is. I'm just not willing to give up everything I've busted my ass for because of one "moderately" drunken night that became public. I'll have plenty of that WHEN I'm legal.</p>
<p>My parents have let me drink in moderation since I was 3 or 4, granted I was raised like how my parents were in Italy, and drinking wine is considered normal for all ages pretty much. It taught me to know what was considered good or excessive.</p>
<p>I could care less if someone doesn't want to drink, the problem I have is when they think they're better than me for chosing differently. I want to drink, it's none of your business and it's not your risk. I have friends who don't drink, and friends who drink, it's just how it goes.</p>
<p>/has a case of bud light in fridge
//on #2 right now</p>
<p>I drink regurally and some people do look down on me. I think that's unfair, it's not affecting their lives, so why is it their business? If I want to have fun, let me.</p>
<p>Way to revive this thread; there's lots of things I want to respond to but I guess I need to wait till someone reposts them cuz I doubt the ppl from 3/2006 are still checking it out. Meh</p>
<p>Never really had to deal with peer pressure. It's just a general impression I got from some people and how they talked about drinking. How most people on campus had fake IDs and such. I got the impression that people who didn't drink were in the minority.</p>
<p>In any case, I don't care if other people choose to drink, and I wasn't really aware of the drinking dynamics until now. I guess this is a two-way street.</p>
<p>The only way I'll be annoyed if someone I know drinks is if they do stupid stuff like drive, etc. If you're going to put someone else's life in jeopardy for the sake of your "fun time", that's not fair at all.</p>
<p>I love that people think the stereotypical AP student doens't drink. Most of the smartest kids at my school drink (a lot) and do pot. Either the administration doesn know, or they just don't care. </p>
<p>I personally don't for a huge number of reasons. First, I would never want to put myself in the situation where I can't protect myself. Second, I get crazy and all with orange soda (normally Tropicana) and I don't need alcohol to make me look like I'm drunk. (I'm really sensitive to sugar). Third, at my school it is seen as something to be part of the "in" crowd and that you are only cool if you do it, and I don't want to promote that ideal. Plus, most (not all) of them are jerks and I have no desire to be friends with them. </p>
<p>I do have to say, some of my good friends do drink ("just socially" as they say, whatever that means), and I don't judge them about it, I just wouldn't make the same choice. I actually only know about 4 people at my school who don't drink (in my classes and my best friends), so most of my friends/classmates do drink, but we are still able to talk andhave fun and I just don't comment on that part of their lives. Finally, I have an addictive personality (soda, chocolate, scrapbooking, etc) and I'd rather not get addicted to something that would lead me down the wrong road. </p>
<p>For me, I don't need alcohol to have fun or loosen up. Just give me orange soda or sparkling grape juice =). I prefer to remember my memories instead of being like "wait, what happened last night?" And for me, I know that is how it would be, just because of my reaction to foods and drinks.</p>
<p>Random question: Is it true that being drunk is like losing a night of sleep?</p>
<p>I've personally never drank/done drugs (and don't know where I could get alcohol if I wanted it), but people often ask me if I'm drunk/high. So I suppose I just naturally act drunk at times. Or something.</p>