<p>I'm a freshman and virtually every other freshman I know drinks. It doesn't matter if they're a regular partyer, if they're hardcore let's-drink-AND-get-stoned, if they're Miss Study-Obsessed-Nerd on the weekdays, if they're Sunday-School-Teacher on Sundays etc.-- EVERYONE of all types drink, and VERY often to a "Can't-See-Straight-I'm-Puking--In-the-Toilet-Bowl-But-I-Sure-As-Hell-Don't-Regret-It-Or-Care" extent.</p>
<p>Except I don't. It will sound lame, but I have issues with drinking. I don't find it attractive or appealing at all. I wont get on anyone's as* for drinking-- unless its especially dangerous-- so don't worry. This isn't a moral diatribe or the b!tching of a sober loser.</p>
<p>I just want to know-- I can't be the only one, right? Does anyone here (especially freshmen) not drink either-- because of personal, moral, religious, health etc reasons?</p>
<p>I rarely drink. As in rarely, I mean a glass of wine once a month if that. I'm not into the whole "Can't-See-Straight-I'm-Puking--In-the-Toilet-Bowl-But-I-Sure-As-Hell-Don't-Regret-It-Or-Care" thing, as you obviously aren't. Trust me, you're not alone. It may seem like it, but you're not :) </p>
<p>I just don't think that part of the college experience for me involves puking my brains out. I'm not a fan of throwing up (I can't imagine anyone who really is) so I don't want to do anything that's going to bring that on. For some people, that lifestyle is a rite of passage and what people have thought for years that that is what college was: a nonstop "Spring Break" like fest of drinking, drinking, and more drinking. But it's just not for me.</p>
<p>Me neither. Alcoholic beverages make me... puke. But then again, no one in my family drinks. To deal with peers: whenever anyone tries to convince me to do so, I roll my eyes at them instead of letting THEM get the better of me. A holier than thou attitude if you know what I mean. It's gotten me ahead so far, and they're usually too ****-faced to care.</p>
<p>I rarely drink. Last time I even touched alcohol was before I got caught early last semester. And even before that I only drank maybe 4 times max. Although my 21st is coming soon, so things might change a tiny bit, but I still won't do it often. Never been my kind of thing.</p>
<p>i am a hs senior and i do not plan to underage drink at all and not too often after 21. i hope to find others who have same principles at whatever school i go to.</p>
<p>I drink, but I know plenty of people who don't drink. It doesn't seem to be a big deal for them.</p>
<p>meteu, what's wrong with underage drinking? why's it different when you're 21? it's not morally wrong at any point, unless, in my opinion, you drink to the point where you're puking your brains out...</p>
<p>/I was drinking legally before entering university. Yay for civilized drinking age, and civilized drinking. You can't have foie gras with just water...
//I don't drink coffee though. Go figure.
///fark.com-style abuse of slashes</p>
<p>I've never had alcohol, and I probably won't. Alcohol smells strange (to me), and it probably tastes like it smells. I'm very funny about what I drink- I don't drink soft drinks, coffee, or orange juice either. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>EDIT: Am I the only one who finds the OP's CC name amusing in reference to the thread topic? :p</p>
<p>Nope. I don't drink either. Call me cliche but it ruins your liver. Later on in life I'll probably have a glass of wine with my dinner twice a week or something like that but hen, vodka, beer, etc. are not my thing. If you really feel pressured at a party or something, take a beer, dump it somewhere, then walk around with an empty can. If they ask you what can that is, say its your fifth and you hold your liquor well.</p>
<p>Don't worry, I know lots of people who don't drink at college. Most of them tend to be girls...especially those in the pharmacy program and nursing program. Don't know why its like that. But universities usually provide lots of alcohol free programs and game nights and such on friday and saturday nights for those who don't party. </p>
<p>And of course its fun to go to parties sometime and be the only sober one there, to record everything on your digital camera and blackmail all your friends the next day...</p>
<p>I came into this world on Tues Sept 2, '86, at 28.5 weeks in, a full three months early, with mild cerebral palsy on my left side. (Aside from a brace on my left leg, I live a normal life, can walk and drive.) As such, I'm skinny (5' 5" and 105 lbs) so I have enough issues to comprehrend with already; my sense of balance is just one of them. Don't want to complicate it any further.</p>
<p>It's also against my moral, personal, and religious beliefs.</p>
<p>I'll have a big test when I hit 21, though, because I anticipate being pressured to drink that whole weekend (the birthday in question falls on a Sunday in 2007).</p>
<p>I guess different people have different moral standards and different interpretations of "the law." I don't see drinking as immoral at ANY age, although I do see excess drinking as immoral.</p>
<p>not everything that is illegal is immoral. I think there needs to be a clearer line between the two. I mean, it's different for everyone, but I consider morals to be a human thing (don't kill, don't steal, be truthful, etc), while laws (some of which come from morals) are a government thing. </p>
<p>In many parts of europe drinking has no age because they do not see it as being immoral. I do not see drinking as being immoral. I do not see doing (most) drugs as being immoral. I do not see assisted suicide of elderly or terminally ill as being immoral. These are all illegal things, but morality is not determined by a vote or state legislator. And these are also all my personal beliefs. </p>
<p>I drink until I'm friendly, if I'm at a party and have a need to be social. I will smoke pot occasionally, as it is really relaxing, has no calories, and doesn't make me sick.</p>
<p>What you put in or not put in your own body (as well as what you want taken out of your body) should be your own business.</p>
<p>how is excess drinking immoral? its the intentions behind it that can be.. not the drinking itself. guns dont kill people, people kill people. :)</p>