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Thoughts on Binge Drinking

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Caller
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Poland8075 Posts
March 02 2008 03:49 GMT
#1
Being the teenager under a helicopter parent household, the incentives for me to drink look something like this.

In favor of drinking:
Peer Pressure (which in my school is not very high)
Makes me look cool (but that's a dumb excuse because I could always do the reverse reasoning, i.e. i'm so cool i don't need to drink)
Possibly get chicks (although I could probably do that anyways if I got off my lazy ass)

Against drinking:
Parents will kill me
Alcohol will kill me
Alcohol will almost kill me, then parents will kill me
Don't want to sleep with at least 1 in 4 girls in my school due to various diseases, i.e. mono/herpes/it's just disgusting

As one can clearly see, the incentives for me to drink are pretty negative.

However, for a more normal teenager, this is what it looks like:

Positives are the same

Negatives:
...?

Now, I really would like to know what motivates people to binge drink. Because I do not do it myself, and the only reason I go to drinking parties is to laugh at just how retarded people get/to call 911 to help people/to call 911 because I'm a dick, I have been (un)fortunately unacquainted with C2H5OH.

Tell me, what motivates you and/or your friends to binge drink? Replies from people above the drinking age are okay too, but I would like to have mostly an underage perspective.

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ilovejonn
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Canada2548 Posts
March 02 2008 03:52 GMT
#2
For them to get "smashed" and look mature and cool. Just for the heck of it.
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Luddite
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States2315 Posts
March 02 2008 04:03 GMT
#3
Here's what it it's like for me (although I'm 21 now, but it's always been like this)
Positives:
It's usually fun.
Negatives:
It's occasionally not fun.

Since you sound like you've never tried it, you probably wouldn't know why it's fun.
Can't believe I'm still here playing this same game
useLess
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States4781 Posts
March 02 2008 04:13 GMT
#4
Looks like youre drinking for all the wrong reasons, you rebel you. I know a few who binge drink, but they do it because it makes parties and things more fun. More uninhibition = more relaxing good time.
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Caller
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Poland8075 Posts
March 02 2008 04:16 GMT
#5
I have no problem with drinking at parties.

I do have a problem with people binge drinking and throwing up everywhere.

One of my friends had to spend 2 hours cleaning up his friend in the bathroom because the room was literally covered in vomit. This was at a concert about 4 hours from his house.
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Fen
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Australia1848 Posts
March 02 2008 04:20 GMT
#6
Well it depends on the interpretation of binge drinking. Some equate binge drinking to drinking until you throw up. Others just equate it to drinking heavily.

As far as the throwing up, yeah its stupid.

As far as just drinking a lot, Its fun. Everyone is more friendly and uninhibited and you do stupid but fun things.
Falcynn
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3597 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-03-02 04:40:42
March 02 2008 04:39 GMT
#7
I could understand how drinking makes things alot more fun due to the lower inhibitions and whatnot, but I'll never understand all the people who drink so much they blackout and don't remember anything...and then brag about how they blacked out to all their friends. Then again that's probably just a teenager thing.
TheFoReveRwaR
Profile Blog Joined May 2006
United States10657 Posts
March 02 2008 04:52 GMT
#8
On March 02 2008 13:20 Fen wrote:
Well it depends on the interpretation of binge drinking. Some equate binge drinking to drinking until you throw up. Others just equate it to drinking heavily.

As far as the throwing up, yeah its stupid.

As far as just drinking a lot, Its fun. Everyone is more friendly and uninhibited and you do stupid but fun things.

Agreed. Throwing up is stupid and a waste of alcohol;)

But getting drunk is fun, you just have to know your limit and be smart enough to maintain it even when intoxicated.
Being healthy, it has been said, really consists of having the same disease as everybody else.
decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20063 Posts
March 02 2008 05:24 GMT
#9
well binge drinking is usually just retarded, waste of alcohol, time, pain, etc. Normal drinking pros >>> cons in most cases
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Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
March 02 2008 05:32 GMT
#10
One of my friends had to spend 2 hours cleaning up his friend in the bathroom because the room was literally covered in vomit. This was at a concert about 4 hours from his house.

Your friend is a vagina.

Tell me, what motivates you and/or your friends to binge drink?

I don't know what you mean by binge drink. I drink to get drunk. I get drunk because it's relaxing, and for about 4 hours all my anxiety floats away (which is nice when you have a lot of things to worry about). I never vomit from drinking, and I don't have hangovers. I don't drink to impress anyone, or to get chicks (first of all, the girl has to drink, second, you're a scumbag if you take advantage of a drunk girl).

I doubt my parents care, alcohol will not kill me unless I want it to (honestly, I know exactly how much to drink, and even if I over-drank, the chances of not having anyone willing to call an ambulance and pump my stomach is low unless I purposely isolate myself from society). I'm not going to catch a disease from a girl because that's not the type of girl I'm interested in, even when drunk

There's only one thing to be scared about with alcohol: If you think you're the type of person who will abuse it. Alcohol is recreation, and should never come before anything you have to do in real life. Alcohol shouldn't be used to run away from problems indefinitely. I think a couple hours away from your worries is okay, but after that you just have to deal with them. Of course if you have a weak liver, you shouldn't drink either, but you'd know that just from doctor's orders.

Anyway, I hope that educates you a little Maybe there are 14 year olds who drink to look cool, but the rest of the world knows everyone drinks (ie there's nothing impressive about it), so clearly they're doing it for the feeling it gives them. So go ahead and be straight edge if you want, but don't look down on people who aren't.
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micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24718 Posts
March 02 2008 06:02 GMT
#11
When I drink I don't have a good time, so I don't do it. Always been that way.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-03-02 07:28:07
March 02 2008 07:25 GMT
#12
On March 02 2008 14:32 PsycHOTemplar wrote:
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One of my friends had to spend 2 hours cleaning up his friend in the bathroom because the room was literally covered in vomit. This was at a concert about 4 hours from his house.

Your friend is a vagina.

Show nested quote +
Tell me, what motivates you and/or your friends to binge drink?

I don't know what you mean by binge drink. I drink to get drunk. I get drunk because it's relaxing, and for about 4 hours all my anxiety floats away (which is nice when you have a lot of things to worry about). I never vomit from drinking, and I don't have hangovers. I don't drink to impress anyone, or to get chicks (first of all, the girl has to drink, second, you're a scumbag if you take advantage of a drunk girl).
Trying to run away from problems/anxiety is always a good idea!

I doubt my parents care, alcohol will not kill me unless I want it to (honestly, I know exactly how much to drink, and even if I over-drank, the chances of not having anyone willing to call an ambulance and pump my stomach is low unless I purposely isolate myself from society). I'm not going to catch a disease from a girl because that's not the type of girl I'm interested in, even when drunk
People who are drunk do stupid shit and get themselves hurt all the time. If you're a mellow drunk, fine, but most binge drinkers aren't. They're idiots when they're not drunk and they're creative, fearless idiots when they are.

There's only one thing to be scared about with alcohol: If you think you're the type of person who will abuse it. Alcohol is recreation, and should never come before anything you have to do in real life. Alcohol shouldn't be used to run away from problems indefinitely. I think a couple hours away from your worries is okay, but after that you just have to deal with them. Of course if you have a weak liver, you shouldn't drink either, but you'd know that just from doctor's orders.
Addictive substance.

Anyway, I hope that educates you a little Maybe there are 14 year olds who drink to look cool, but the rest of the world knows everyone drinks (ie there's nothing impressive about it), so clearly they're doing it for the feeling it gives them. So go ahead and be straight edge if you want, but don't look down on people who aren't.

There are 22 year olds who drink to look cool. I take it you've never actually seen a room chant chug while someone takes hits from a beer bong. And using "they're doing it for the feeling it gives them" is absolutely moronic justification. If you don't see why, then you're a moron, and I don't mind looking down on you.
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MiniRoman
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
Canada3953 Posts
March 02 2008 08:04 GMT
#13
It's fun to drink. It's fun to get hammered. If you think drinking makes you cool though or you drink to escape anxiety and social disorders than drinking probably isn't for you. Pretty much everyone drinks so it doesn't make you special in anyway. Do it because you want to. Don't do it if it's not your thing. Try it if your unsure, nothing bad will happen.
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infinity21 *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada6683 Posts
March 02 2008 08:54 GMT
#14
I only drink to get buzzed. It helps me relax and I get more talkative and stuff. I'm against getting completely smashed because you hardly remember anything and that's no fun. But if you get nicely buzzed, it's pretty sweet. Like hell, I'm buzzed now lol. Me and my floormate just finished watching two seasons of Dexter... friggin' awesome TV series.
Don't drink to get chicks.. picking up smashed chicks is no fun. But alcohol's not gonna kill you either if you take it easy. Don't be a retard and drink a shitload if you haven't drank before.
I'm underage but I'm in university so there's nothing holding me back (except for my don, I guess). Anyways, you should try drinking some. You're gonna do it eventually. As long as you're not an idiot about it, it shouldn't be a problem.
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