What is the appeal of drinking your ass off til you're drunk as a skunk?

[vi edit]

A lot of people (especially the drinking newbies) don't quite realize how much they have drank, or their rate of their drinking. This is one of the evils of mixed drinks. You can slam a kamikaze down in a minute or two and be ready for another one a few minutes later. Within an hour, you can down 4 or 5 of them, and then WHAM! You're freaking toasted off of your ass. By this point you don't quite have the judgement to say no when your friends keep handing you one after another. And after 6 or 7 of them, you stumble your way across campus, vomit in water fountain, knock over a garbage can or twelve, try unlocking the wrong door...on the wrong floor, and then passout in your roomates bed.

To make a long story short - mixed drinks are bad for people with low tolerence/low judgement. This applies for most college students who just started drinking in college. Mixed drinks and hard alchol like shots, can just fsck you up in no time flat.

I've found that it is very, very difficult for somebody who has a decent alcohol judgement to get trashed off of beer if they didn't want to.

I haven't touched hard alchol for almost a year and a half now. The drinks just tasted too good, went down to easy, and fscked you up too fast. Just didn't want to put myself in that situation any more.

That is the beauty of beer. You can buy a six pack, sit back in a chair, watch a game or pop in a movie, and enjoy it with your friends/family. Once that six pack is gone - you're done. Or, if I just have a hankering for the taste of beer, I can grab a 40oz and pour a couple glasses and be done.

As far as why I drink, basically it makes me cheerful. I'm not obnoxious get when get drunk, nor am I cranky or depressed. I'm just generally very pleasant to be around when I've had two or three beers in me. Some of my best times in college were when my friends and I would grab a couple of cases of beer and get the the 'ol lan fired up. Man, quaking when you were buzzed was a blast. Another fun thing to while buzzing is to go bowling. My scores actually went up when I drank

Anymore though, almost any alchol doesn't really seem that appealing. I drink in social situations, such as when I go out to eat with my friends and family, but I don't come home from work and have two or three like I used to.

Many will outgrow it, some won't. I will be one of the last people to tell you "Don't drink because it's evil!" But, I will be one of the first people to tell you to figure out what your limit is, and then learn to stop there. It'll save you from many a hang overs, and awkward feelings when your friends tell you the next day that you were humping cars in the parking lot last night.

I have more or less totally curbed my alcohol consumption because of health reasons, not because I was addicted, or it was destroying my career/family life. Unfortunately, many people don't have this sort of self control or will power

For those who do drink...a lot...be careful.

 

[vi edit]

btw - beer IS an aquired taste

 

[snow patrol]

How can you not like beer?

 

[vi edit]

Snow Patrol, beers all I drink anymore. But it took many a beer to actually "enjoy" the taste

From my experience, most people don't really care for the taste of beer the first time they taste it...you have to aquire it

 

[rmblam]

I see nothing fun about hugging a toilet and getting a face that smells like ass. Howshabout a kiss babie! You'll be a 2 pump chump if you can get it up.

A good buzz can be fun when enjoying time with friends and family at a party, picnic, etc. But you need to know your limit.

When we are young we seem to think it is cool to drink ourselves into oblivion. Most of us have done it and I don't think anyone can come up with a POSITIVE reason as to why we should. I can only think of NEGATIVE reasons as some were mentioned.

"yeah it is cool to get wasted" ??? That is idiotic.

Keep it under control; you'll have a better time and you won't have to use a lot of cologne to cover up that ass face. Hell, people might even respect you when the night is over.

I can't seem to remember the people simply hanging out at some of the parties when I was in school. I do, however, remember the girl taken away in an ambulance. I also remember two friends that were killed in accidents after this type of "cool" behavior.

I just hate that nasty ass feeling you get the next day from lack of sleep, dehydration, and GI turmoil.


A fragment of my 0.02

 

[Killbat]

I've never had a drink (17), and I don't plan to ever. I get a sick feeling whenever my best friend tells me how drunk he got over the weekend.

 

[CinderElmo]

I have no truck with people getting loaded, but why do those fscker's feel the need to get behind the wheel and "try to make it home?"

And why are people willing to go out and PROTEST anything that limits their ability to drink and then drive (like the big Hoo-Ha over .08 alcohol limits). Why is it a god given right to drink alcohol?

Our society is a bunch of wussies and we baby those MF'er who were "just out to have a good time and had a little too much to drink"...lets give them a slap on the wrist for a DWI. I say if you are stupid enough to get behind the wheel then you should lose the right to drive (say for 5 years!).

The only reason I bring this up is because I can understand the "glamor" of having cool stories about how you threw up over the weekend or were "with some girl I didn't even know" but please tell us you walked home afterward or passed out in the school commons naked or something. For god's sake don't drive "to sober up."

Ok sorry for the rant, some things just get to me.

 

[ChrichtonsGirl]

I don't get it either, but then again, I don't drink because I can't metabolize alcohol and it makes me really sick. I spent a lot of time in college amused by my drunk friends though. There's nothing quite as funny as a naked drunk guy running down the street at 4 in the morning, singing at the top of his lungs, then collapsing in a pile of his own vomit and urine, only to wake up in an alley somewhere, still naked except for the girls underwear on his head. What fun. I'd much rather keep my money and dignity.

 

[Stark]

Brandon,

You sound like your head is screwed on straight. I never drank in high school either, and still rarely do.

Half of my family are alcoholics, and going to AA meetings with my dad when I was a kid was enough to show me that getting wasted is nothing to brag about.

 

[apoppin]

I used to drink rather heavily (living in Ireland from ages 18-21 may have had something to do with it). However, I don't drink at all any more and I can't really remember what it's appeal was (other than the taste of beer which I used to like).

The tase doesn't explain the excess, however. Perhaps it was just being part of a drinking group; perhaps the alcohol 'buzz'. Remembering back, the alcohol 'high' was best after one drink (perhaps two after tolerance was developed). However, it is very short and I remember drinking more and more all evening to recapture that elusive 'high' (which was impossible).

 

[sd]

I used to drunk for no reason other than being out in a social setting. Over the years I've owned up to the fact that I'm a puker. Now, I'll go out and drink, but its only a few. Puking is zero on the fun scale.

 

[Nutcase99]

I dunno what the appeal is, it's never appealed me so I have never even drunk.

 

[NFS4]

Even when I drank during that short period of time at beach grad, it wasn't much. I had some Rum, vodka, and some Aftershock. I pretty much I only drank b/c my pals had been trying to get me to drink for the past 4 years and I refused--but I finally gave in. And even then, I only did so once we got back to our condo and not at the parties we went to, b/c I was doing the driving.

But after I realized that 1) it didn't taste all that great to me and 2) seeing my friend puke up a 1/3 of a bottle of Vodka; I saw the light that alcohol isn't for me.

 

[Viper22]

I think I agree with a lot of the comments here.....If im out somewhere i might have a beer or 2 which will not affect me at all. If im in my house or at a friends house for a party i might drink more. Ive been buzzed a few times and it is nice every once and a while but not often. Helps relax you and all.

Ive been Piss drunk one time in my life which was about 2 weeks ago. I was at home and had Half a bottle of wine with a friend of mine and then switched to Absolut (Vodka) and Hawaiin Punch. After 3 of those i was gone then the puking ensued. Never again will i get that drunk....it sucked...was hunched over the toilet for about 2 1/2 hours etc. then had a hangover the next day till about 5pm.

In Moderation alcohol is ok, a drink with friends every once and a while is ok with me. But getting piss drunk is just dumb in by book.

Viper22

 

[thebestMAX]

You can look at any girl and go HHMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM>

 

[Wedesdo]

I can only say this:

DOWN WITH ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND DRUGS!!!

You know, the origional reason why all primates (yes, monkeys and apes do seek out alchohl) was because alcohol was found primarily in fermented fruits, and fermented fruits contain a lot of sugar, which is a good food source. Therefore, we evolved to be able to like alcohol.

 

[reitz]

vi-edit probably summed it up best.

NFS4, most people do not intentionally get themselves completely wasted (my roommate is a notable exception-last week had put down half a case of beer in less than two hours). There are a lot of factors that can affect how drunk a person gets: strength of the drinks, time in which they are consumed, amount of food a person has eaten and the time since he did, lack of sleep, etc. If a person is not careful, he'll wind up getting more intoxicated than he had planned and his judgement suffers. That's the point where he decides to just drink and drink and drink.

I've done it myself, and I was ashamed of myself the next day because of it. I've learned to be more responsible (most of the time ) and control meself so that I do not get to that point. A person really has to know his limits.

 

[Soybomb]

I still havent found any drinks I really like the taste of, thats just one reason why I dont!

Beer......*shudder*.....like horse urine.....I would imagine at least

 

[NFS4]

Yeah, beer is just gross! Ack

 

[Mday]

i'll be 21 in a few months, i can get him beer.
















but it's not like i will...

 

[Mday]

oh, i don't even drink.

 

[Dameon]

soybomb, come to Texas and get a good, well-made top shelf margarita.
Ugh... I am still a sucker for them at 23. Maybe I'm just a born texan. I also love a good round of tequila shots every now and then.
Of course, I am 6'2", 200lbs. and have been taking a few back for 4 years now... so my tolerance is rather high.

Signs you are going to hurt after drinking:
1) What you're drinking was server out of a trashcan.
(Trashcan punch = guaranteed hangover. Essentially koolaid mix and every hard liqour people brought mixed together.)
2) You lost count of how many drinks you've had.
3) Jello-shots are not a girls best friend.
4) If it's your bachelor party, and the guys keep buying you drinks.
5) You are asked to leave due to drunken / disorderly conduct.

 

[ArMs]

Ummmmm....it's good for you! No...wait...

 

[toph99]

i don't see the appeal in it either. never have gotten drunk, might never. whatever floats you board

 

[Mucman]

NFS4, I totally agree with you! I was just at a party where everyone was drinking and it was just a clown show! The more my friends drink, the more I realise I don't want to. I have never had an intelligent conversation with a drunk. I am 20 and all my roomates are 30+, I see them go to the pub every weekend and I see how stupid it makes them look; another inspiration for being sober. What really bugs me is when people can't believe that I'n not drinking! They say things like 'How are you going to have any fun?'. If people would appreciate the power of ones imagination and intellect, you can have fun without having to get pissed.

Technically I do drink because I love wine and a glass of Southern Comfort, but I never have more than 2 or 3 drinks. When people ask if I drink I say no, because I know they are asking 'do you get drunk?'. I drink to enjoy the mood and the flavour, not to wreck myself.

I realise that the flow of this post is awful so I am gonna stop now.