Do you drink alcohol?
Yes, I have drank. Underage, and don't care. Not a hardcore drinker though.
Is it a bad thing to drink alcohol?
I wouldn't necessarily call it bad. I'll go ahead and play the card, God created man to have some fun. I will say, that whoever gets themselves so drunk to the point of being sick, is an all-time dumb person, as is the person who drinks and drives, or drinks and just raises general chaos. See, I drink to be social. I've been sick before (most likely caused by motion sickness), and it isn't fun. People get sick and say they're having a good time. (Bill Cosby covered this.) I don't understand how spending up to an hour at the toilet puking your guts out is at all fun. I can understand being young and getting drunk to the point of being sick, you're new, and don't know how much you can take. I'm a lightweight. A few drinks will buzz me, and I'll say I'm good for the rest of the night. But at the same time, I don't always wish to be the buzzkill, and will engage in drinking card games (No binge drinking). I don't consider it a bad thing, you just need to be responsible.
What would your opinion be on someone who gets drunk every night?
Stupid. I don't care how good a reason you have, it's plain dumb. Waste money killing yourself. Dumb.
Because you like the taste, because you want to experience the effects?
Okay, I'll go ahead and be honest, I cannot drink straight alcohol. It tastes like s***. I hate cheap domestic beer (except Mikes Hard Lemonade. That's very tasty and decent). And I hate drinking straight shots of Vodka, Rum, Whiskey, whatever. I need to have a mixer. I'll pour one or two shots of vodka, or rum into certain soda or juices, and I will be fine. It's a very tasty drink. As for the effects, sometimes it's fun to be drunk, I'll admit it! Not puke-drunk, but fun drunk! First time I got REALLY drunk, my pals told me to go force religion on one of my pals and we all had a good time with it! We were a little loud, yeah, but we weren't raising hell or anything. I will say if I have had too much, then puking is not fun at all, as I said above. First time I got puke drunk, I spent up to an hour, literally shaking, and puking at my friends toilet. I have been careful with alcohol ever since, but we think now that I get sick mainly riding in a car. As the only two times I have been puke drunk, were after riding in a car.
What's your opinion on people that refuse to drink alcohol at all?
I respect ALL people. It's a choice to drink alcohol. My pals started drinking way before me. I held out on drinking until the age of 18, which my pals were kinda surprised at. If one does not wish to drink, I might say, "I'd at least try something," But I'm not gonna force it. My friends didn't force me into it, and the only reason I started was because they bought three bottles of Forties, one for each of them, and one didn't want it, so I finally said, "I'll try it."
How often do you drink?
Not that often. I am not one to drink often because, yes I am still underage, (One year to go) and don't need the cops busting me for having a good time. I still think it's BS that I can get married, die for my country, smoke, and do all this other crud, but can't take a simple drink.
To those that do drink alcohol, do you only do so in the company of others as a social thing, or do you usually drink alone?
I NEVER drink alone. I never smoke alone. I never do anything like that alone. I have to be social, it's why I started in the first place. I don't see the point in drinking alone. I want to have fun when I drink, and friends provide fun.
What's your opinion on the laws about alcohol? Do you think they're too strict, too lax?
As I said above, I think it's BS I can get married, die for my country, vote, smoke and do al this other crud, and not be able to take a simple drink. Can't possess it, buy it, or drink it. Probably because the country wants a possible valued soldier to die on the field of battle, and not die in a gutter drowning in his own vomit.
I will say, be careful when trying alcohol for the first time. It can be a fun experience, but just as dangerous all together. I have mentioned I have been puke drunk due to riding in a car. We are smart and have sober drivers. I say it's an experience one won't forget when it is their first time, and I have funny stories of my first time drinking, but as I said, be careful. VERY careful.
