Getting Wasted

[Penny_Lane]

""I don't get hangovers""

neither do i ! we are so lucky

 

[sister_maynard]

I just don't want to experiment. The idea of watching others get sloshed and dancing on tables sounds more fun than doing it myself.

 

[Tenka]

Without enough alcohol I wouldn't have the impressive collection of mailboxes, street signs and unexplained bruises I have today.

 

[Skaloop]

Without enough alcohol I wouldn't have the impressive collection of mailboxes, street signs and unexplained bruises I have today.

Heh, if it weren't for alcohol and drinking to excess, I never would have met my wife! So gettin' wasted certainly does have its up side...

 

[hernyaccent]

I get wasted because it's fun.

 

[Robbie_James_Francis]

From my experience, most young people drink not because it's 'adult' or 'cool' or because of peer pressure, but simply because it's fun. My friends and I do not drink when we go out unless we want to for ourselves. I get drunk because it's fun, and you can have a good laugh with some mates. Staggering around singing at 2 in the morning is something you can thoroughly enjoy at the time and then laugh about later. Good times all round.

I don't like getting so drunk that I'm sick, which I've done a few times in the last couple of years. But that's not something I do on purpose, it depends on what I drink and how quickly.

The choice between drink and MJ is a tough one...I'd say that we have two hands for a reason, so why not both?

 

[Mling]

I drink occasionally, but I have trouble finishing even one glass of wine. I can only think of two times that I really "felt" any effect. The first hardly counts because I was already exhausted, so the glass of wine with Thanksgiving dinner was just enough to poke me over the line into "about to lose consciousness."
The other time I didn't realize how much I had had because the people I was with would top off my glass when I wan't looking.

That time, the feeling really bothered me, and I have no desire to experience it again. Had anything unexpected or dangerous happened, I would not have had all my faculties at my disposal, and I find that disturbing and uncomfortable, not to mention irresponsible.

 

[SallyNow]

Drinking = ok in moderation. People get smashed because, while drinking, it's tough to decide on how much is TOO much, until after it's too late. It's that simple I think.

The two times I drank too much without realizing it was when I was drinking kinds of punch/mixed drinks and they turned out to have a lot more alcohol than I thought they did. I got to the laughing-at-the-seat-cushions-and-then-crying-when-they-laugh-back point. Mind you, I was in a safe place with friends, and we had made a pact to go home together no matter what, and they kept me from doing anything too stupid both times, thankfully!

But otherwise, I drink in moderation, and always am able to make a choice... do I want to drink slowly throughout the night in moderation, or do I want to get sloshed? Do I want to drink at all? I think a lot of people just get to the point where they think, "do I want to get sloshed or not" and they decide they do. It can be fun to a bit drunk, but it does reach a point where it's "remember that time I spent most of the party in the bathroom..." and that's not fun, and it's hard to watch, and it's kind of sad to have to help hold a friend's hair back and get them water because they drank way too much.

Some younger drinkers do get drunk without knowing when to stop... and once you're quite drunk, it's very easy to get to the vomiting point. And things like weight loss, medication, etc can effect how much a drink effects a person... so sometimes people do get drunk without wanting too.

 

[united4Peace]

A cousin of mine came home (the home of my parents, where I am staying while they extend my home) last night and was drinking on the porch with his friends, his senior exams were over and he was partying.

I woke up at 4am and went to start my routine, throughout the night I heard noise, fighting, vomiting, sex etc.....and I looked at the women that came with these boys and I felt pity for their fathers. The way they were behaving was just very animalistic.

anyway I got my cousin up at 4am with me (I am the elder, he must listen to me), and I made him do some gardening like weeding our plantation with a cane knife to help him sweat out all the alcohol, he vomitted all over the place, and was whinging and whining, but I made him finish his jobs (which is his daily job anyway) before my father woke for inspection.

I just cant understand why there is a need for people to get wasted (drunk)...so why do you get wasted? What good is it?

People drink because at the time its fun...
Some do go overboard and then regret it in the AM.

I noticed you felt sorry for the young womens fathers...why not the young men's fathers or mothers?

What about the young women's mothers or the young women themselves? and what if the young women didnt have fathers, why then are you feeling sorry for their fathers in the first place?
Maybe Im taking that the wrong way and I do apologize if so.
I remember my husband had told me a few times of having put a few young wasted ladies into taxi cabs that he had seen at the bar back in his drinking days who were getting hit on by some drunken slob.
Saved both the girl and guy from something they may regret in the AM.
Point being...it bothers me that us women get judged harsher than men....
sorry.

 

[Vylo]

Getting "wasted" to the point of blacking out, vomiting, hangovers, etc. is not fun.

Knowing your limit is a good thing.

 

[sister_maynard]

I don't wiegh much and tend to have small meals, so all the alcohol would go straight to my brain and I'd likely spend the night vomiting before anything fun happened.

 

[Vylo]

I don't wiegh much and tend to have small meals, so all the alcohol would go straight to my brain and I'd likely spend the night vomiting before anything fun happened.

Your weight doesn't matter. You simply drink less alcohol then someone of greater weight. Drinking on an empty stomach will indeed get you drunk faster and increase the chances of going overboard. It is best to eat if you drink. (mmmm burgers and beer )

 

[Ravn]

The relaese that alcohol can give a person.

"A drunk person never lies" the loss of inhibition/ control is an amazing feeling. To loose oneself is a liberating feeling. (never do this in town or a place that is not safe) I love feeling the world spin and my legs tremble simply because being incontrol of ones self all of the time is sooooo boring. This world is full of stress so we have to relieve it.

Making your hung over cousin work good idea . . . If you cant handle the hang over dont drink the drink.
every thing has a payoff