<p>Personally, it’s up to the individual. I would never condone drinking in high school, but that doesn’t mean I can’t stop others from doing it. If kids want to go out and get trashed every so often, there’s nothing I can do about it.</p>
<p>Ugh. Drinking never intrigued me. I don’t get what’s fun about it, but if I seriously go to Wisconsin, I think the peer pressure will be too strong. :(</p>
<p>As long as you know your limits and don’t do anything stupid such as drive drunk, it’s fine. (In my opinion anyways.) My dad lets us experience alcohol at home and I have gone to parties with my parents where we’ve all been drinking, so it’s not a huge deal to me. I don’t have this crazy urge to go out and get trashed every weekend. Plus, I know that I’m a huge lightweight, and anything more than one drink will have me stumbling, lawl.</p>
<p>You guys need to lighten up and have a beer.</p>
<p>Okay im going to be very honest.</p>
<p>I DRINK ALOT! But I have never even tried drugs or cigarettes. It’s disgusting and a bad habit. But when I drink I’m either at house parties and I stay the night or i’m at a college and stay with my friends. For instance every single night since last friday I’ve been at parties till atleast 1:30 in the morning. One till 7am I didn’t even step foot near a car. </p>
<p>But you also have to understand I only party during the summer time. I have sports from September till atleast May. I do training and stuff for sports over the summer but it doesn’t count. When you do sports we are asked to sign stuff saying we don’t won’t drink or do drugs during the season. And I don’t. Except for the exception of during basketball on New Years eve.</p>
<p>Also drinking to get drunk is ridiculous. One night I’m not gonna lie it was during lacrosse season and I got really drunk. I don’t know what I was thinking. But to be honest I blacked out. The last thing I remember is filling up a water bottle full of vodka and having some shots of tequila. The rest of the night is literally a black hole. I remember nothing what so ever. I was at a mini party. But I was with people I trusted with my life. But i’m never getting drunk like that again. The next day I woke up and was told I was convulsing on the floor and wouldn’t stop. I was puking all over. I had about 5 differnt outfit changes that night apparently from puking all over my clothes. My cousin even had to kick me to roll over so I wouldn’t choke on my puke. I could of died. The next day was not fun, I went shopping with some friends and I felt very warm and dizzy all day. I felt like I was gonna faint. I’m honestly telling the truth when I say I remember none of that happening. Not to mention I ended up on a wall of shame at a college in Georgia. I never want that to happen again. It was embarrasing and not needed. I didn’t mean to get drunk, it just happened. Being drunk isn’t fun. The next night I went to a party and only drank beer. All of that was poor judgment on my part.</p>
<p>Well, I drink. I never get drunk though. I space my drinks throughout the night and really never even get close to being drunk or buzzed usually.</p>
<p>The thing I do hate, however, is this “holier than thou” attitude people have when I say I drink. I’m not getting wasted or anything and it really doesn’t make me a horrible person for having one or two drinks…</p>
<p>^ I despise that attitude, as well.</p>
<p>A lot of my friends drink. They aren’t messy drunks; they have small parties, listen to indie music, and drink and smoke pot. As far as people go, they’re some of the smartest, sweetest, most accepting people I know. The fact that some of my friends drink says absolutely nothing about who they are.</p>
<p>Drinking, in small amounts, does feel good. I’ve had champagne at family parties before, only small amounts, so I felt “light” and happy. As an experience, it was actually mildly enjoyable. I just don’t think I’m going to be drinking too much.</p>
<p>td;lr - Responsible alcohol consumption doesn’t say anything about your character.</p>
<p>Be careful to you guys who drink. One thing my dad told me about addictions, “If you get to the point where you tell yourself, ‘I could stop if I wanted to’, then it’s already too late.”</p>
<p>^ You know, there’s nothing wrong with drinking until you get buzzed… or even wasted. Again, the key is moderation… if you’re getting wasted every night, you’re probably doing it wrong.</p>
<p>People have definitely displayed a “holier than thou” attitude to me… I guess it’s getting more common nowadays. Usually, such behavior is enough basis to end or preclude any preexisting or potential “friendship” with such individual. Life’s to short to spend it with people who think they’re better than you.</p>
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Give me a break.</p>
<p>hate those people too</p>
<p>in my area, the only way to interact with people at night is through drinking parties. so, there is not much choice, you have to drink if you want friends. even a majority of the AP students get wasted. and they’re still going to great schools like Cal tech, UPenn, vassar, NYU, and BU so CC kids should lighten up.</p>