Pretty much sums up my experience with the stuff. Having an alcoholic parent is no fun.Libra said:I've never had any. I don't drink because of
1) health
2) money
3) wanting to keep my wits about me
4) alcoholic family members
Not much of a social gathering person anyway (never gone out with friends or anything) so I don't mind it at all. Not to mention that I seem to be fairly immune to peer pressure, if high school was any indication
Fair enough. Alcohol only matters to you if you try it. From my experiences it turns most of my friends into assholes and my enemies far worse.anthony87 said:I love how these threads always end up with people who know so much about what alcohol can do to you without having ever touched the stuff...
OT: Yes I drink. I'll generally go out with the friends once or twice every 2-3 weeks and my drink of choice is usually Jack Daniels/Jameson, not big on drinking at home but I've been less against it in recent years.
I keep hearing this, but it isn't correct. Alcohol DOES obviously change behavior. People often have their reasoning impaired when drunk.Kaulen Fuhs said:Then chances are your friends are assholes in the first place. As Katatori mentioned earlier, alcohol in no way modifies behavior; it just strips us of whatever minor inhibition prevent us from acting the way we want.zehydra said:Fair enough. Alcohol only matters to you if you try it. From my experiences it turns most of my friends into assholes and my enemies far worse.anthony87 said:I love how these threads always end up with people who know so much about what alcohol can do to you without having ever touched the stuff...
OT: Yes I drink. I'll generally go out with the friends once or twice every 2-3 weeks and my drink of choice is usually Jack Daniels/Jameson, not big on drinking at home but I've been less against it in recent years.
But NOOOooooooOooo they have to have their fun.
I'm gonna take a stab in the dark and assume you're under 20 years old? You sound just like me a few years ago.Lord Garnaat said:snip
The problem with that idea, is that most people have learned to stop themselves from doing things early in their childhood. It doesn't reflect on who they are if, when they're reduced to the mind of a small child, they act like a complete ass/idiot. The alcohol simply obliterates any learned self-restraint, good or bad, and even that part of you is in fact a part of you.Kaulen Fuhs said:I don't mean to imply that alcohol in no way affects behavior, just that if you're the kind of person who would never bahave a certain way (and I mean you REALLY wouldn't, not just that you say you wouldn't becaus it makes you look good) then no amount of alcohol will change that.zehydra said:I keep hearing this, but it isn't correct. Alcohol DOES obviously change behavior. People often have their reasoning impaired when drunk.Kaulen Fuhs said:Then chances are your friends are assholes in the first place. As Katatori mentioned earlier, alcohol in no way modifies behavior; it just strips us of whatever minor inhibition prevent us from acting the way we want.zehydra said:Fair enough. Alcohol only matters to you if you try it. From my experiences it turns most of my friends into assholes and my enemies far worse.anthony87 said:I love how these threads always end up with people who know so much about what alcohol can do to you without having ever touched the stuff...
OT: Yes I drink. I'll generally go out with the friends once or twice every 2-3 weeks and my drink of choice is usually Jack Daniels/Jameson, not big on drinking at home but I've been less against it in recent years.
But NOOOooooooOooo they have to have their fun.
I'm gonna take a stab in the dark and assume you're under 20 years old? You sound just like me a few years ago.Lord Garnaat said:snip
I suppose I'm really more angry at people that drink heavily than someone that just drinks a beer or two a night.