Post by gregory on Aug 18, 2007 14:00:15 GMT -5
Don't feel obligated to drink in college. I found that there is a correlation between "people who get trashed every weekend" and "people who flunk out of school in the first year of college." While I'm a moderate drinker now, at 30, I didn't drink at all until the end of my last year of college and didn't actually get drunk until I was out of college. I never understood the obsession, so I didn't see any reason. While I enjoy my beer, wine, and occasional mixed drinks, and while I even get legitimately drunk a few times a year, I still don't understand why people make such a big deal out of the experience.
It's an acquired taste. In moderation, it can produce a pleasant buzz. In excess, it has about the effects of food poisoning with the added entertainment of having to run to the bathroom while dizzy and the misery of a terrible headache the next morning. In general, my favorite acquired taste is coffee - a buzz that makes me think more quickly instead of more slowly, and you only get mild hangover symptoms even if you overindulge to fairly ludicrous levels.
It's an acquired taste. In moderation, it can produce a pleasant buzz. In excess, it has about the effects of food poisoning with the added entertainment of having to run to the bathroom while dizzy and the misery of a terrible headache the next morning. In general, my favorite acquired taste is coffee - a buzz that makes me think more quickly instead of more slowly, and you only get mild hangover symptoms even if you overindulge to fairly ludicrous levels.