<p>If you don’t drink due to athletics or just because you don’t want to (me), I completely understand. But what most of you fail to see is that drinking does NOT always involve puking everywhere, having a slamming headache the following morning, saying stupid **** to everyone, etc.</p>
<p>All this shows is that none of you “preachers” know how to be responsible, that you can’t do something without taking it to the extreme (either not drinking at all or going all out and screwing up).</p>
<p>Once again, I just prefer not to drink, but I don’t lose respect like most of you for my friends who do drink/party on weekends. I only judge alcoholics and people who can’t control themselves. But there’s nothing wrong with a beer or two if you know how to handle yourself (actually, this shows more maturity than someone who doesn’t drink because they’ll know how to handle themselves come college/age 21).</p>