<p>Easily amused much, cavalier?</p>
<p>Mostly I don't have the problem of people worrying if I'm having fun or not (although a lot of the times it appears that they assume I won't and therefore don't bother inviting me). I just get people pestering me about why. "Why don't you drink? What's wrong with drinking? Is it a religous thing? Why don't you try it? It's fun! Why why why?" Etc.</p>
<p>"no, how about, don't condemn those who don't drink, like they are missing out on something."</p>
<p>I do not condemn people who do not drink. I only said that I dislike those who have never drank before, yet think they know everything about alcohol and look down on others who use it. What really gets me is the pompous 'holier-than-thou' view that most of the people project.</p>
<p>To those of you who think that those of us who havent had or have had very little alcohol before are some how speaking on something we know nothing about, your wrong!!!! You are full of **** and I will tell you why. I dont need to experience something to know that its not for me. Do you need to get shot to know that it hurts? Do you need to kill someone to know that youll probably go to jail for the rest of your life? No you dont. Its called children common *<strong><em>ing sense!!!! And yes I HAVE had alcohol but not to the point (as someone mentioned before) that I cant remember my own name!! And believe me being around a bunch of drunk people is totally NOT fun!!! I dont need to get *</em></strong>faced in order to really experience alcohol. Its just not for me. Period.</p>
<p>People having a "holier-than-thou" attitude shouldn't bother you in the slightest unless you feel they actually have a legitimate reason to.</p>
<p>I don't drink. I don't have a problem with those who do. I would, however, prefer to be around the people who do drink when they aren't drinking. I like to have fun, but I'd prefer to remember that fun later.</p>
<p>Don't Drink ! Don't Smoke !</p>
<p>And doing Engineering !</p>
<p>This forum has the stiffest people ever on it. I am a high school student and I both have drank before and plan on drinking in college. It is just something that people need to experince in life. There is no reason for you to not do it unless you have some kind of medical condition or religious reason that prevents you from doing it. All of these people who think that one drink is going to kill them are insane and drinking and driving, while bad, does not have anything to do with just drinking socialy and responsibly. I agree with a post earlier about how many great memories are created while drunk. I have had some of the best times with my drunken friends. So loosen up and have a beer. It really won't kill you to have fun in college. Carpe Diem and remember you only live once so have dun while it lasts.</p>
<p>I didnt drink before i came to college, but now i do and its a lot of fun. there is no other time in your life when you will be surrounded by so many people who drink and have fun. drinking doesn't necessarily mean getting trashed all the time, having a beer or two isn't gonna kill you or make you a worse person. </p>
<p>i dont see why everyone has a problem with drinking. don't knock it before trying it out. how can you say it isn't for you if you haven't actually done it? who knows, you might actually have some fun in college.</p>
<p>I don't drink. It is not for any religious reasons, and I'm pretty sure I am as healthy as any healthy person. It is just my personal belief that one can always have fun without having to drink. Quite the contrary, I don't find it fun at all being drunk or being surrounded by drunk people (again, it is just my personal opinion, no need to attack me for this). For those who do drink however, more power for them.</p>
<p>Asbereth has the right attitude. If you don't want to than don't. But the only thing is the amount of people that will try to get you to. It's not that they don't respect your decision. They just know they are happier or maybe they think it will make you more comfortable. In other words it's usually just trying to be nice, no hard feelings either way. At least you won't have people still talking about you 2 weeks later for doing something you don't remember and would never do sober. Ugh. Sometimes drinking sucks. But in moderation I've found it helps me cope with things. That's my perspective.</p>
<p>So wait, equine, you say that you consider morals to be a "human thing" (still unclear about that) like "You shall not kill, etc" yet you say assisted suicide of the elderly is not a moral issue...but aren't elderly people "a human thing" and aren't you, tecnically speaking, killing them? They may want to die, but still killing is killing and demeans the worth of older people, who in my book have as much right to live as you or me. Can depressed people who are in extreme emotional pain kill themselves? How bout poor people? They suffer, and go hungry...maybe they should die too? I don't see your logic...I'm sorry, I'm a bit slow...maybe I should be killed too?</p>
<p>i don't really drink, at least not seriously. In my eyes sure it can't really hurt you very permanently, and the long term effects arn't seen until after decades of abuse.</p>
<p>However, it is still a poison, so for myself, moderation is somthing taken to heart. I'm fine drinking a few beers or doing a few shots, and i've most certainly done more. Had a hangover once, decided that particular level wasn't warrented any more after that. </p>
<p>I live a good mile above sea level, so that may effect some part of it, but in all honesty, even around here cannabis is considered less illegal and safer. And yes, where I live (Denver) carrying under 2oz of it (if you're over 21 ... so pretty much of drinking age) is perfectly legal. You have no hangovers, no sickness, and honestly it isn't an all out depressant, as is alcohol. Also, yes its fat soluble so someone could theoretically overdose, but i'll bet you'd have to try pretty damn hard to do so. And no, it not (as far as i've looked into it) addictive or dangerous, somthing that can't be said for alcohol.</p>
<p>Yeah, kinda backward from what i've been reading, but i have a certain aversion to alcohol because I don't like to feel crappy the day after.</p>
<p>Sorry for the longish post.</p>
<p>cmu2010</p>
<p>Alchohol is fun until you throw up and pass out. I know from experience. Not doing that again. And not eating much might of had something to do with it? yes?</p>
<p>Edit-Then i got caught by my parents. What a night.</p>
<p>i don't drink and i'm a freshman. i'm not sure i know any freshman who doesn't drink either. it's just not for me.</p>
<p>I don't drink, a fair amount of my friends do. As people have said, it's just not for me. I don't care if other people drink, just leave me out of it. :)</p>
<p>I've only had a sip of wine - hated it. I don't want to drink but I'm afraid at being outcast when I go to college later this year..</p>
<p>I don't condemn the people who drink, but I do condemn the habit. Like smoking cigarettes, it will ultimately destroy some part of your body whether you like it or not. Whether you admit that drinking more than once a week, more than twice a month, hurts your body or not, it DOES. You may not regret it now but you will. My grandma, who is 58, drank an smoked pot, and did all kinds of partying when she was young. The only thing she never did was coke, acid, or angel dust. Unitl she was thirty she did this. At 30, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She survived, but her original breasts did not. Her body suffered much more(she told me her doctors told her this) since she was a heavy drinker and a heavy cigarette smoker. She now has neuropathy in her legs(some of her nerves have died or become damaged), she developed glaucoma, she has fibermaialgia(the spelling may be incorrect, but it is a condition in which your nerves often register pain with no real cause), and she is diabetic. I don't know if she had these previously, but I do know her liver doesn't work well at all, and that she refuses to give up smoking 1-2 packs of cigs a day. Her lungs are likely shot to hell.
My point is that my grandma begged me not to drink or smoke because she told me I would regret it when I got older. She is in horrible shape. She can barely walk, she uses scooters at the store and she is in constant, never ending pain.
I don't codemn you that drink or smoke. I just wish you would consider the worst case scenarios for everything that you do. What if one night while partying, you have one too many drinks and die from alcohol poisoning? What will your family do? Your friends? Your significant other(if this applies)?
I know that this was super long and all, but PLEASE I implore you to PLEASE THINK OF THE CONSEQUENCES before you go on a drinking or smoking(anything) binge. Think of those who love you and would miss you if you were gone.</p>
<p>I don't drink (but thats high school)</p>
<p>In college I might be open to a little ua drinking here and there but I have no intention to over do it
A little moderation</p>
<p>I'm 17, from Philly PA. I've never drank, never want to. People around me get high and drunk all the time. How do I keep from caving in? Simple, I just walk away when my friends start drinkin and druggin. If they're really your friends, they'll understand. If they don't, then they're potheads. And a person who doesn't want to drink or do drugs shouldn't be around potheads. Exercise control of yourself and ignore what others around you do. You'll be better off in the long run.</p>
<p>If most of you take college to be the same as high school think again. Many of you probably hate the high school drinkers. I did I lost many of my friends because I refused. They weren't the best friends anyways. But you still feel left out. In college people are cooler about it because they realize that peer pressure in high school because where I go many of the kids I met never drank in high school or didn't drink a lot. So they understand better if you don't want to drink. More than the high school crowd.</p>