<p>Hi!
So I'm currently a college freshmen. I never drank in high school and began drinking a few weekends into college. I went to parties sober to see how I liked the atmosphere and eventually decided to try it. I kinda got on a bad path of going out Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights...and drinking a fair amount. I'm a lightweight so it doesn't take much to get me really drunk...I'm feeling pretty tipsy after 3 and drunk after 4 or 5...
Here is the issue: when I get drunk, I can't shut up. I just talk and talk and talk. Sometimes I ask everyone in sight for relationship advice or am way to graphic about the physical part of my relationship with my boyfriend. Sometimes I say I wanna break up with him....not good because I really don't want to. Most of the time (if I'm not with my bf) I am with close friends so it's okay, but I'm going to be going out with people I don't know quite as well pretty soon and I don't wanna freak them out.
I'm not sure what I should do. I still want to be able to drink, but I don't wanna say all this stuff. Should I just not drink as much? Or is there anything else I can do?</p>
<p>Don’t drink as much. Limit yourself to one or two, that way if it’s stronger then usual you’ll get tipsy. But you don’t go over.</p>
<p>However, I’m assuming you drink because you like to get drunk, not because you like the taste of alcohol, In which case, just don’t drink.</p>
<p>I disagree with the idea that if you drink to get drunk then you’re an alcoholic. If you drink to get drunk you’re just a teenager - everyone at that age drinks to get drunk at parties. If you’re drinking to get drunk ALONE then you might have a bit of a problem. But I drink to get drunk at parties, for sure, but if I’m going to a bar then I just drink to enjoy the taste of a good beer.</p>
<p>But you sound like a pretty inexperienced drunk. I dated a girl who did the same thing as you when she was drunk (then she made out with the girls she was getting relationship advice from) and she was such a lightweight. I think that phase - when getting drunk is so exciting that you love everyone in the whole world - passes after some experience and time drinking.</p>
<p>If you are a girl then I’m not surprised that you are drunk after 4 or 5 drinks. Don’t drink to get drunk, drink to loosen up, for you that might mean 1 or 2 drinks. You will be better able to control the excessive and inappropriate talking if you aren’t drunk.</p>
<p>It’s more of an easing process for a lot of people. Cut back to one or two drinks a night, learn to control yourself at that point then slowly increase.
You don’t have a drinking problem, but you might be heading towards the obnoxious person at the party problem.</p>
<p>What kind of logic is that, “if you drink to get drunk you are a teenager. Everyone does it”</p>
<p>So if everyone does it it’s cool to do?</p>
<p>Easy answer, don’t drink. If you can’t deal with the consequences then don’t drink. That easy.</p>
<p>What kind of logic is cutting a quote in half and then criticizing the result?</p>
<p>And yeah, that is actually the definition of cool.</p>
<p>2 things: 1) MLDWoody is a ■■■■■ who will never be invited to a party anyways so I don’t see why he’s bothering to chime in and 2) I agree with Gina. And being the obnoxious person at a party is worse for a college student - someone who is tying to learn as much about social situations and networking as from her classes - than having a drinking problem.</p>
<p>The only time I have a drinking problem is when I spill it.</p>
<p>…my feelings are hurt… </p>
<p>I didn’t know what I post here can have an effect on my social life and parties!</p>
<p>how will I ever get drunk now!!!</p>