Poll: Drinking and social acceptance.

[Yokomitsu]

During the last few years, society has evolved so people are all seem to be drinking, when you go to a party now if your not drinking your the odd one out, so being myself gave into peer pressure and now i am an occasional drinker also nothing to huge just the odd couple here and there at parties and sometimes vodka.

 

[Cowabungaa]

Drinking SHOULDN'T be a part of social acceptance, but it IS.

Seconded. I find it a shame that young, beautifull girls feel the need to get wasted because it's so cool. Then they wake up and feel the need to do a pregnancy test, *sighs* (seen this happen, twice)

 

[dangerousdave_42]

well figure I will throw my two cents in I had never had a drop of alcohol until shortly after I turned 23 mainly I just did not because my mom was never a fan and it was just ingrained into my upbringing. I will be honest now that I have tried it I will readily admit to enjoying the experience even if the only enjoyable tasting alcohol I have tried is in the form of the so called "*****" drinks like mikes hard lemonade and Smirnoff ice. Whiskey in particular I am starting to avoid because I find the taste miserable and it tends to come back up. Now I do have a roommate who does not drink but I am not going to force him to its his body and his life he can run it the way he likes.

 

[SmartIdiot]

Apparently drinking is a good way to relax a bit and make social interaction less... shall we say, rigid? I say apparently because I find it impossible to relax at the best of times. Not in a bad way, I just won't shut up or stop being annoying, hitting a frying pan with a ladel at 4 in the morning at my friends flat (ok so it is a bad way). However, there are so many codes and faux pas' to social interaction that one feels compelled to ask... who honestly gives a fuck?

You can either drink and act like a jackass, the likelihood is most of your friends will also be so wasted and won't remember anyway. Or you can be sober and act like a jackass, most of your friends won't remember anyway. Or you can do your
thing... but most of your friends won't remember anyway. You see the pattern emerging here? It's either that or all your drunk friends will take pictures and videos and show you the next day.

Failing that... what is it that prevents people from removing their inhibitions in a fun atmosphere without alcohol or otherwise?

 

[zirnitra]

being drunk just feels really good. and if you don't you just miss out on that part of life. I mean yeah you can feel really good with out drinking but I've never had as much fun as I have when drunk or on some other narcotic. I mean here in the uk we have a population of 61 million of which 5 million don't drink. so it's obviously enjoyable.

You've just summed it up pretty nicely.

"The things I do aren't fun so I use a chemical to make them more fun!"

I actually.... you know... try to find fun things to do.

What were talking about is basically giving yourself temporary brain damage to make the boring time you're having more fun!

fun things like...drinking? You can still do lots of things drunk as you can sober and they're much more enjoyable drunk. it produces euphoria and removes anxiety making things better. And everything you do is damaging. for example adrenalin pumped activity's(which is another chemical by the way, the only reason anything is enjoyable is because of one chemical or another) could lead a weakened immune system or CHD in the long run.

 

[Darkintent]

lol Im a social drinker tbf and i have to drink at a pace cause i got a suckage stomach condition
Ive just learned to say piss off when people call me a wuss for drinking slow
We will see whos laughing when your being sick on the back of the Taxi drivers head! MUHAHAHAHA

 

[disguise]

I generally don't drink, except on special occasions. My friends and I have a good arrangement going on where they don't hassle me for not drinking and back me up when others do that and in return I give them a lift home.

 

[jimBOFH]

being drunk just feels really good. and if you don't you just miss out on that part of life. I mean yeah you can feel really good with out drinking but I've never had as much fun as I have when drunk or on some other narcotic. I mean here in the uk we have a population of 61 million of which 5 million don't drink. so it's obviously enjoyable.

You've just summed it up pretty nicely.

"The things I do aren't fun so I use a chemical to make them more fun!"

I actually.... you know... try to find fun things to do.

What were talking about is basically giving yourself temporary brain damage to make the boring time you're having more fun!

Most people who like drinking would also classify it as a fun thing to do

 

[NoNameMcgee]

I dont drink for a couple of reasons..

All the booze i've tried has tasted horrible (this is the main reason.) It all seems to be way too strong. I've never tried wine before, not sure if I'll like that, but if I do ever try it and I like it i'll drink it on special occasions etc.

Even if there is an alcoholic drink out there that tastes absolutely DEEE-LISH, there is no doubt in my mind that it wont compare to my very favourite drink to have when I go out (and any other time too) a nice, cold, glass of coke. *drools*

I hate the idea of being drunk. I know you don't nessesarily have to get drunk, but just the idea that what i'm drinking is affecting my mind and personality slowly is very weird to me and not something I want to do. I have no idea why people want to get drunk and do stupid things that they regret, and then feel terrible in the morning. Its something I have never been able to understand.

What I do know, is that I love to be around drunk people because they make me laugh a LOT. =P But getting drunk myself, no thankyou. I like being the sober one.

I don't understand how people are pressured into it either. All the friends i've ever had have drunk, but i've never felt the need to drink just because everyone else is doing it, and its never made anyone like me less just because I have soda when we go out, that's rediculous!!

 

[Zephirius]

I don't drink. Don't like the taste of it nor the cost of it. Though the taste is the deciding factor. I think I've had two Bacardi Breezers and a glass of half-n-half beer and 7Up. The beer was too bitter and the breezers were good, but only as good as regular soda, and I don't even drink that much.

Besides, being drunk would be bad. I have too many secrets.

 

[Duck Sandwich]

I've been around a few of my friends who have had more than a few drinks. They tend to rant a lot. I find their tirades to be entertaining, and I often contribute with a tirade of my own, despite being sober. At special occasions, such as a prom, or wedding, I'll have a drink or two, nothing more.

The whole getting wasted and losing control thing doesn't appeal to me. I'm always afraid that if I drink too much, I'll end up doing something stupid that I'll regret.

 

[thomasronan]

hey, as long as your not one of these *look at me I'm not drinking because I have principles* types (which it doesn't sound as if you are) then go for it and well dont for being able to do it. I never casually drink, and only tend to get drunk at big parties.