<p>Oh, I’m sure it’s fun to drink, I just prefer to not risk doing something that I’ll regret. And I also happen to have a family history of alcoholism.</p>
<p>onamatapia - Alcohol is a drug, people take drugs for all the same reasons, primarily to alter their reality and emotions. I know you might not agree with that but I’m surprised you don’t understand it. That is in terms of getting drunk.</p>
<p>Just have a couple of drinks, you’re not going to steal a car or have sex with someone you will regret after two drinks, that way you can find out for yourself what it is like rather than being judgemental without experience.</p>
<p>Don’t listen to anyone who says you can’t have a party without alcohol. I have been to (and hosted) plenty of parties where alcohol is either not at all present or not central to the party (i.e. some people are drinking, but not nearly everyone and not to excess). Dinner parties, potlucks…we had one party where we baked pizzas. I know my friend is hosting a pie-making party this weekend that will probably also involve alcohol but not to excess. You can also have game parties…Munchkin, Apples to Apples, Mario Party (the original, on my N64), to name a few that I’ve done recently.</p>
<p>I also don’t see a point to drinking beer because it tastes gross to me. I like good-tasting drinks like Bailey’s Irish Cream in Diet Root Beer (in regular root beer it curdles too quickly) and Long Island Iced Teas. I didn’t drink at all until I turned 21, and I don’t regret it.</p>
<p>@djamieson: What I don’t understand is why a perfectly normal person would want to alter their reality/emotions. I could understand a person suffering from depression wanting to do that, but that’s what anti-depressants are for. But I’m perfectly fine with my reality.</p>
<p>Also, I never said I wasn’t willing to have a couple drinks, I only said I don’t want to get drunk.</p>
<p>@chandi: Wow, what college do you go to?</p>
<p>LMAO i don’t know whether this is true or not…but aren’t frat parties usually sketchy?</p>
<p>^ If by sketchy, you mean awesome, then yes, yes they are.</p>
<p>I prefer frat parties to clubbing. Well in Australia our frat parties may be a bit different, but clubs suck. Loud music so you can’t talk to the person next to you, grinding with randoms on the dancefloor in the dark, it’s the least personal thing ever. At least at the frat parties here there is light and you can have conversations with people. Plus BYO beer > buying beer at a club ($15 a drink, that is what is wrong with capitalism).</p>
<p>I’ve tried out clubbing once, I hated it! I’ve been to a couple of house parties so far which are so much fun…but I haven’t partied in a frat house YET. Maybe when halloween rolls around i will? lol. And true! Who doesn’t love free beer? haha </p>
<p>Im still new to drinking…i hate the taste of beer! Ive been told that it’s simply an acquired taste …Is it wrong if I prefer drinking hard liquor ( eg vodka, bacardi, captain) with chasers?</p>
<p>What about B’day parties…even they r parties besides frat parties …</p>
<p>Onamatapia, I like getting drunk for a lot of reasons. For starters it makes me MUCH more social. I’m a happy, if a bit stupid, drunk. I’ll talk to basically anybody. Hell one of my housemates and I had a great conversation last night because we were both a little buzzed. If it wasn’t for the fact that it’s illegal and dangerous to one’s health I’d drink all the time just because it makes me a more outgoing person. Once you pass buzzed and get into tipsy or drunk territory then the world just seems like one big fun circus and you don’t have a care in the world. It makes me forget, at least for a little bit, all the things I worry about. </p>
<p>Yeah, I probably shouldn’t do it considering my grandpa on my dad’s side was an alcoholic, but I just love it. Best legal drug ever.</p>
<p>e: I will say I also love having just one really, really, really good tasting beer.</p>
<p>I will note that the realities experienced by people on drugs (including alcohol) are quite a bit better than sober reality. That’s why people do it.</p>
<p>Of course, not everyone handles drugs the same way. Like I said, I’m a happy drunk. Some people get mad and boisterous. Some get sad (I only do if I was feeling really sad before getting drunk).</p>
<p>I go to the University of South Florida. There isn’t all that much Greek activity here, and Tampa has plenty of things to do for pretty much all kinds of people. I imagine you could find parties like the ones I mentioned at pretty much any school, just they usually tend to not welcome complete strangers- friends of friends are usually fine, though.</p>
<p>@Rio: Again, I’m sure getting drunk is fun. But why in the world would you take the huge risk of doing something stupid that you could regret?</p>
<p>@Rox: I guess I sorta understand why they do it, but as I said to Rio, why in the world would you take the huge risk of doing something stupid that you could regret?</p>
<p>Onamatapia…part of drinking responsibly as an adult is knowing your limits/when to stop. Yes, the chances of something bad happening when drunk are greater than when sober, but many people drink without these things happening to them, because they are smart and responsible. </p>
<p>Making sure that you have a way to get home/not driving and drinking, having people around you that will look out for you, and pacing yourself are all part of drinking responsibly. If you don’t feel that you can do these things, then choose to continue to be sober. There’s nothing wrong with it. However, don’t assume that because people choose to get drunk that something is automatically wrong with them.</p>
<p>I don’t understand the allure of drinking and losing control of your body. <em>My friend</em> did vodka shots at a buddy’s house the other night and <em>he</em> felt like sh-t afterwards. <em>He</em> probably isn’t going to take shots of of vodka mixed with orange juice from a water bottle anymore, if <em>he</em> ever drinks again, that is.</p>
<p>I think <em>my friend</em> will stick to Jarritos and Snapple next time.</p>
<p>It didn’t help that the “party” consisted of seven dudes sitting around a pile of burnt pizzas watching Men in Black. No amount of alcohol could have made that night fun. Lol</p>
<p>I have yet to do something stupid (like, really stupid) after drinking.</p>
<p>If you dont’ understand or like it, then don’t do it…it’s that simple…</p>
<p>It depends on your definition of stupid and how much you care about that “risk.”. I’ve never done anything that I thought was ridiculously terrible, and I have gotten extremely drunk before. I’ve maybe hooked up with people I shouldn’t and thrown up a lot (not at the same time thankfully :)), but it’s not something that bothers me to this day. Stuff like that is rare though. I’ll sometimes say stupid things to people, but I drink with my friends, they know I’m drunk, and it’s just an amusing story for the next morning. Something I “regret” usually falls in the lines of “oh, I shouldn’t have done that, hahaha” and not “I WISH I HADN’T DONE THAT STUPID THING, IT HAS EFFECTS ON THE REST OF MY LIFE.”</p>
<p>I also never drive drunk (I have no car nor do I know anyone who does) and to me that’s really the main thing I would be worrying about in terms of stupid things done while drunk. Usually the “stupid things” (except drinking and driving) are little things that don’t really matter.</p>
<p>@RoxSox: What about unportected sex? or doing something really embarassing that people take videos of and continually make fun of you for? Those things could have a very big impact on your life, and are likely very common things to do when you’re drunk I would think.</p>
<p>@Dreburden: Drinking responsibly is an oxymoron (well, getting drunk responsibly is, at least), because when you’re drunk and you’re not drinking straight, I just don’t see how anyone could have any responsibility whatsoever.</p>
<p>LAN parties FTW.</p>
<p>Don’t worry if you do not want to attend a typical party. Just make some friends in the physical science and engineering departments of your school. The parties they typically throw tend to not be “fratty”.</p>