hey was theo problem with getnign drunkw you thinkg its a bad ahitng but i dunnow ithow you feel with the garden. then asudden driving a cary with you know?!.. buttt seehow i fel is thatoh wehn you drink yits fun okay yunow?
0-tim
Funny this thread is here today. After last night, I have sworn to NEVER get that drunk EVER again. Lets just say I spent the majority of today nursing a doozy of a hangover and cleaning up bodily fluids.
As for why, because it makes you forget all the bad stuff in your life, and it makes the good stuff seem even better. People become prettier. You become a better dancer. Or at least that’s how it seems. For me, I have a really high tolerance, so I’m fine at three or four drinks, but around 6 or 7 I suddenly start feeling it. At 8 or 9…well, I don’t want to talk about that.
It’s the same as any other drug. You do it because at the time, the benefits seem to outweigh the consequences. (Of course, on Sunday afternoon, after having spent your morning cleaning up puke, the benefits disappear.)
Never Again.
Ya know, mikey, for someone who says they don’t like going to bars, or drinking in general, you sure claim to have an awful lot of stories from drunks. Where you findin’ all these old sots, and why do you spend so much time listening to their stories?
Why do people drink? Because it intensifies your personality!
…But what if you’re an asshole?
To reply to unclebeer, I have just one sentance to let you know where my knowledge comes from…
I’m in the Navy…
enuff said…
Actually, I find it quite entertaining when I’m buzzin’ pretty good. Although, I sometimes have an awesome time when I am the driver. It’s fun to sit back and watch all the drunks when yer most of the way out of the bag.
Well, damn, I guess I have a good time either way! It’s a win-win situation!!
Tripler
A drunk, and I ain’t changing. I like my beer.
I see people asking what’s the fun in getting so trashed you blackout and/or get sick. Well there is no fun in that, it’s that plain simple. Of course, if you can’t remember, it doesn’t matter it wasn’t fun, so you do it again. Or at least that’s the way some people work. I’ve blacked out before from a head injury eight years ago, and to this day still want to have those few minutes back. I would rather have been unconcious then not remembering what went on.
But alcohol is not the primary cause here. You must keep in mind that it’s the person, not the object. Problems with alcohol come from people who don’t have enough self control, either normally or after having alcohol. I often want to compare alcohol to a gun. In the hands of a responsible person, it can provide some recreational fun (target shooting, hunting.) But in the wrong hands, it causes suffering, pain, and death.
Another factor here is the age/maturity factor. When I was a teenager or in my early twenties, I thought the only kind of fun we could have was in a bar. Wow, was I wrong. When I visit a nightclub now, I want to leave after about 10 minutes. I had to go through it to outgrow it; some people are born knowing that drinking to excess isn’t a good idea, and other people never learn that (and don’t want to). That’s what makes the world interesting, n’est ce pas?
…and Marijuana is still illegal…
::sigh::
(Sorry, I had to say it.)
Buov, as a fellow RPI student for way too goddam long (I’ve been here just over 4 and a half years, yeah, I’m an idiot), I shudder to think what this place would be like without alcohol. Also, to think of what my life would be like without alcohol. Don’t worry, I haven’t thrown up on all that many people.
As for myself, I like to drink. I like to drink to the point of being very drunk. When I get drunk, I am not (by all accounts) an asshole, unless you try to cut me off. Then I can get pretty demanding. Otherwise, I’m generally a pretty damn amusing guy. I’ve known people that don’t drink that have encouraged me to get drunk for their own amusement. Usually, I’m more than happy to oblige.
Oh, and as a midshipman, I’ve had some experience with the stories from people in the Navy. Wow. College frat boys like me got nothing on them.
[Homer]
"Here’s to alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of mankind’s problems.
[/Homer]
I am pro alcohol - within the reasonable limits of social life, of course.
The people posting in this thread did not really emphasized one point, except Tripler who said “I like my beer.”, that you can actually LIKE the taste of your drink!
I do, thats why I drink, and I do have a high level of acceptance, so hey I can really drink!
Tee consequences?? Well, I have been through pretty much all of them - lost my licence for 3 months, puked in all kinds of unacceptable places, been carried home unconscious, full days of hangover - except for some physiological reason I do not know, I don’t blackout. I am either fully conscious, or passed-out!
And with my not so low level of experience I say it’s enjoyable, it’s tasty, and if you can handle it…Just go on drinking!
Cheers!!!
PS: Sex after a lot of alcohol is too much work!!
Better idea to get laid before going out to do some serious drinking!!!
I think the worst part about drinking, for me at least, is keeping certain friends and parents from knowing about it. I don’t drink all that often, and typically I won’t have that much when I do. If one of my friends DID find out about it and asked me to stop I would. I think friends are way more important to me than the enjoyable but spurious benefits of alcohol.