What's the point of drinking, the point of being DRUNK?!

[sapphi_snake]

BMaker11 said:

sapphi_snake said:

BMaker11 said:

Jesus changed the very thing we need to live (water) into alcohol. If that guy does it, I say it's fair game.

But seriously, when you graduate high school and go to college, you'll see why people drink

I graduated high school, and I'm currently in college. I still have yet to see understand why people drink, other than sheer stupidity, and social pressure.

To each his own. I have many friends who don't drink, and we're as cool together as ever. 

For those of us who do drink, or at least those like myself, we'll drink at parties or small get togethers to loosen up and come outside of our little personal bubbles. We don't *need* to drink to be social, it's just an...instigator of socialization most of the time. Now, sometimes we'll say "hey I'm getting blackout tonight", and that is just for sheer stupidity, I admit, but most of the time, when we drink it's by choice, not by pressure. Not every time I go to a party, I think to myself "I need to drink", but by the same token, it does add to the fun. 

Now people like my last roommate...I don't know why they drink. This guy would drink all the time for no reason. He could just get done running a marathon, and could be completely parched, and instead of getting water, he'd grab a beer. He drank when he studied for finals a couple weeks ago. Those are the kinds that will grow into problem drinkers later in life.

But regards to myself and my particular circle of friends, we don't drink because we're pressured into it. We're adults and can make our own decision. We just *want* to be in that state of mind. You wouldn't go to a bar and just drink water, would you?

Social pressure and conditioning.