Answer me this question… What does drinking do for you? It makes you feel good? And then what. Some people drink just because they’re going through a hard time in their life and they want an “Escape”. So they go out and get drunk, have fun, and then wake up the next morning with a hangover, now feeling even worse than they did the day before because now… they’re not only depressed, they’re sick too. There’s nothing positive that comes out of drinking. You get that high of feeling invincible and happy for a while… and then you wake up sick, throwing up, and with a pounding headache. Alcohol ruins your body, and so many teenagers think it’s so cool to drink. I don’t get what about it makes you cool.
I used to drink. My first time drunk was at one of the high school football games. I decided to drink that night because I was having a hard time with my ex boyfriend and I wanted an escape for the night. I drank enough to get drunk but not sick. I’ll admit, I had a good night but so many things went wrong after that due to the fact of me drinking. After the football game, there was a dance at the school. My friend took care of me and made sure that no guys tried to take advantage of me, but as soon as we got into the dance I got separated from him. I ended up dancing with three guys that I still don’t know who they are to this day, and also my friend, leading him to think I liked him. I didn’t really drink again until a couple months ago with my current boyfriend. I guess I was in one of those “I want to look cool” moods because I drank a lot more than I knew I could handle. After 3 shots, I knew I was drunk. But I continued to take 2 or 3 more (I was so drunk that I don’t remember how many I exactly took) until I was to the point I was numb and lost in my own world. At the end of the night before I went home, I ended up in the bathroom throwing up. I remember feeling so embarrassed because my boyfriend was holding my hair back. Then, to top it all off, due to my stupidity and drunkenness, I had my boyfriend’s friend – WHO WAS ALSO DRUNK (and high) – drive me home. Little did I know, my mom was driving behind us and caught me drunk. I was grounded for 7 solid weeks and I wasn’t allowed to date my boyfriend.
Just from this experience, I don’t want to drink anymore. A lot of people thought it was because I was caught that I don’t want to drink anymore. Or because of the fact that my mom tried to make me break up with my boyfriend. It made me realize a lot and it frustrates me when my friends tell me that they want to drink because it’s cool and they like it. But whenever I called them with the question, “What do you get from drinking?” they can never answer me. So really, tell me… what part of consuming alcohol makes you cool? Because it definitely did not make me cool. But I’m guessing that it is just because there’s something wrong with me and I’m not like every one else? Hah – I don’t know, I just laugh at people who keep thinking it’s cool. In a few years, we’ll see where they end up and where the people who chose to not drink end up. Then we’ll see who’s “cool”.
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Nicholas Aden
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moderation....
I'm straight edge that meansI don't drink, smoke, or do drugs. I have tried alochol once and I've taken a hit off a cigarette. Both disgusting. I hate to say, and no offense, but you're a bit hypocritcal here. You say you can't see why people drink, yet you've tried on two seperate occassions and both ended with bad decisions. I agree with the people that say you don't drink because you were caught. I doubt that, if you weren't caught, you would have stopped. You would have continued to make harmful decisions to your body and life. I'm thankful your mother caught you and grounded you. I believe you've learned a lesson and THAT is why you've decided to not drink. However, I'm ever so glad you've decided to abstain from alcohol. I hope you choose to stay away from other harmful poisons.
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Doesn't sXe mean you also abstain from any type of sex?
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What's the worst that could happen, apart from all of us being flattened or fried or whatever bombs do? [Rudy Steiner from The Book Thief]
Dear,
nut- to- the- P,
I am going to assume that you are a teenager like most of us blogging. Well throughout life you will begin to see there are lines that divide us all, one being that of drugs and booze.Now some forbid it and others love it. But it's my personal belief that you should learn which one of those you are. I think this experience has justtaught you that you don't like alchohol to begin with. That's great, it kills brain cells anyway!
Glutenously yours,
Pasta Rasta
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Nicholas Aden
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I see nothing wrong with someone drinking, as long as it doesn't harm other people. If someone I was very close with drank to solve emotional problems, I would definitely sit down and confront them, but other than that, the problems of other people aren't my business.
No judgment passed because I know many who have only had this type of experience, but I would like you to consider that you have yet to develop responsible drinking habits. What you sound like is an emotional drinker, which is like an emotional eater and anything done in a negative emotional state is guaranteed to not make you cool.
No you don't have to drink to be cool, but drinking only makes you uncool if you are not smart about it. Getting drunk is not cool because you become the laughing stock (unless no one else can remember what you did, but that is whole different set of issues). Those of us who have learned to drink socially and responsibly do not typically have the kind of problems you listed above (although everyone is different and should learn their own personal limits). Personally, I have never woken up sick with a headache, depressed, unhappy about the night before, nor has driving under the influence even been an option.
Everything in moderation.
you know, some people really do think that drinking is their escape and they truly believe that it is the cool thing to do (teens that is).
But it really wrecks the lives of people in high school, not only that, but it is illegal.
It brings lies, deceit, and danger.
It is never good for those who are underage and only doing it to fit in.