ENC 1101-B3 & B4: Writing for Discovery
The price you pay just trying to be a "kid"
Written by mare on November 12, 2003 - 13:55
on saturday night my boyfriend's fraternity had a semi-formal date function. the theme was "heaven and hell" so we were all dressed up like devils and angels. it was pretty cute. the fraternity had made arrangements to have a chartered bus take us there. on the bus it all began. the alcohol broke out of the bag and everyone started drinking. i wasnt feeling too hot already but i easily succumbed to the massive amounts of peer pressure. unfortunately, we began drinking around 4pm and didnt stop until around midnight when we passed out wherever we could find a few spare inches on the crowded floor. with 138 people in one house we were hardpressed to find a spot to sleep on.

we all had a lot of fun but after a couple of us fell asleep we got sick. it was actually the scariest thing i have ever been through since it started while i was sleeping. even though i know i do it, it still boggles my mind why we drink to the point of passing out or getting sick. it's almost as if we think it will make us look older but then we drink to these extremes. we mix an adult action with our childish immature attitudes. after this past saturday i have made the decision to actually stop drinking. ever since i started drinking i have not been able to have fun without it. but now i want to try and do that. i want to not have to drink to have a good time.
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Alcohol does not equal fun
Posted by cci03 on November 12, 2003 - 14:30.
I know to some this may sound weird, but I first started partying hard (drinking) when I was a sophomore in high school and obviously I got sick every time I drank. I didn't know my limit, but that never stopped me from drinking. I finally learned that I didn't need alcohol in order to have a great time! On homecomings and proms I was always sober and I seemed to have a better time that way.

Now I'm in college and I've been drinking a little bit more than usual again. I've also been getting sick. So sick that I am still hungover from two nights ago. It scares me to think what would have happened had I decided to keep on partying... Sure I was having a good time but I think I would have had a better time if I could have driven my car home, if I didn't get sick at every stop light on the way home, if I didn't have to wake up my big sister to come and pick me up, if I weren't carried into my dorm by my friends while everyone watched!

I support your decision to stop drinking and I hope you can do it! But if you can't keep in mind that there's nothing wrong with drinking moderately...