Underage drinking

[Number 81]

Since the law in america is that you need to be 21 to drink, does that mean in College it is wrong to drink at a party?

 

[Davidnic]

Since the law in america is that you need to be 21 to drink, does that mean in College it is wrong to drink at a party?

I would say yes it is wrong to drink at a party if you are under 21.

 

[RoseofLima]

yes.

 

[wmc1982]

yep

 

[Kasia]

I would say it is wrong to drink at a college party even if you're over 21, because the point of drinking at college parties is to get drunk. And our faith tells us that drinking to an excess (as well as eating to an excess, or indulging ourselves in anything to an excess, also known as glutony) is wrong. If you were to drink just a little bit to "loosen up" I'd say it's okay if it wasn't for the fact that others there would be drunk. I'm going into my 4th year at college right now and I went to a couple of these parties in my day (although i don't go anymore), and let me tell you, there's nothing glamorous about getting drunk with a bunch of people. Nothing good ever comes out of these things, but there is always a possibility that something horrible could happen.

Long story short, you shouldn't waste your time with these sorts of things.

 

[HisKid1973]

I would say it is wrong to drink at a college party even if you're over 21, because the point of drinking at college parties is to get drunk. And our faith tells us that drinking to an excess (as well as eating to an excess, or indulging ourselves in anything to an excess, also known as glutony) is wrong. If you were to drink just a little bit to "loosen up" I'd say it's okay if it wasn't for the fact that others there would be drunk. I'm going into my 4th year at college right now and I went to a couple of these parties in my day (although i don't go anymore), and let me tell you, there's nothing glamorous about getting drunk with a bunch of people. Nothing good ever comes out of these things, but there is always a possibility that something horrible could happen.
Long story short, you shouldn't waste your time with these sorts of things.

Wow. Good advice from somone so young..Personally, I have never drank and have no intrest in it.. I know too many people who medicate with it for stress...I have been at work with people who did in the past, it is scary..Honestly in my 55 years, I have never been around any positive benifits of alcohol consumption..It has been divorce,confusion death, family problems ect..pax..kim

 

[Cosmic Charlie]

I would never, ever, endorse under-aged drinking, excessive partying and behavior that would make a libertine blush in college.


But it worked for me.

 

[Nautica]

Underage drinking is breaking a law.

 

[Febe]

In Sweden, the age for buying alcohol is 20 - but at 18 You can have it in a restaurant...
So from 18 it is allright to drink it, but not too much (You can't get it if You're drunk)...
So I think that a glass of wine is okey when You're 18, but a bit to early at 16...
Drinking too much is never okey - not for anyone 18, not for me either...
But then, I compare with the rules in my country.

 

[Da_Funkey_Gibbon]

ooo, something else for my priest to tell me not to worry about in confession.

 

[Sonfest Rocker]

over here i think rules are
18-leagly
16- when in the home
i have been having small drinks at parties for 3 or so yrs now

 

[aigiqinf]

I don't think you should drink before 21 and I don't think God would want you to get drunk, espeacialy at college

 

[Da_Funkey_Gibbon]

True true, drinking at these parties would probably lead to bad things.

I don't think it's illegal to drink under 18 here in the UK, just to purchase it. Not sure about America.

 

[Sonfest Rocker]

I don't think you should drink before 21 and I don't think God would want you to get drunk, espeacialy at college

yes in america by all means
but here in australia the law is 18
so i think its ok to drink after u have reached the legal age in your own country
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[Sonfest Rocker]

at partys it is ok to drink maybe one or two but the thing is not over doing it and not getting drunk

 

[Da_Funkey_Gibbon]

at partys it is ok to drink maybe one or two but the thing is not over doing it and not getting drunk

exactamundo

Trouble is at these parties is that when the booze is flowing those two drinks can sometimes make you loose your inhibitions and you end up just getting completely drunk.

 

[Sonfest Rocker]

exactamundo

Trouble is at these parties is that when the booze is flowing those two drinks can sometimes make you loose your inhibitions and you end up just getting completely drunk.

i have been to partys before i gave up drinking
and i had a whole carton sitting in frount of me with a relitive saying go ahead
i only had two
its having the ability to say NO

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[Da_Funkey_Gibbon]

i have been to partys before i gave up drinking
and i had a whole carton sitting in frount of me with a relitive saying go ahead
i only had two
its having the ability to say NO

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Yeah, some have it, some don't I suppose. :o

 

[Sonfest Rocker]

Yeah, some have it, some don't I suppose. :o

we all have it some ppl just dont use it
i have said no to cigeretts and to certian drinks and apart from one party where i planed to have a few drinks i have only had one or to
every one can say no
ppl just choose not to

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[Da_Funkey_Gibbon]

Says little Miss "I was only borrowing his MP3 player"