Waychel said:
I've never been drunk and don't expect to be. I don't see what the appeal is; making an idiot of yourself? I already do that well enough on my own without alcoholic beverages, thank you. =PpP
Drinking to get drunk is kind of dumb...but as already noted, drinking moderately enough to get a good buzz is a lot of fun. If you ever want to experiment with drinking, start slowly, give your body time to adjust, and do it with people you know well. I think that experience might change your mind a bit.
I think I've already shared some of my drinking experiences before, but here's one I might not have mentioned. I went with a couple of friends to a Halloween party some years ago, and I had brought a six-pack of beer and a 375 mL bottle of Southern Comfort with me. (I normally HATE Southern Comfort, but a buddy of mine had talked me into buying one of the smaller bottles since he was getting one too.) In typical dumbass fashion, I had eaten a light dinner, so I had a strong buzz going after knocking back a couple of beers.
One of my friends -- the Southern Comfort guy -- had played football for our high school, and we ran into some ex-players from our rival school at the party who recognized him. Trash-talking ensued, complete with jockeying for position over the two or three really good-looking girls at the party that we had been chatting up, but things were still pretty cordial...at least, until one of them called us "pussy drinkers." (Slight aside: Someone needs to do some research into teenage psychology, since guys of a certain age will literally do ANYTHING if you call them a pussy. If we ever need soldiers to fight Unnecessary War of American Conquest #whatever, all you have to do is hand out machine guns to the local high school and call them all pussies. But anyway...back to the story.) My friend and I shot each other a look, took out the bottles of Southern Comfort, and proceeded to drink the ENTIRE BOTTLE in one chug.
Well, that shut up the next-town-over jock contingent, and we proceeded with our mission of talking the costumes off the girls. Sadly, about 30 minutes after that, I had crossed over from drunken eloquence to being downright sloppy, and that was that. Remember, guys -- if you're too drunk to seal the deal, YOU'RE TOO DRUNK, PERIOD. I wish someone could have carried around a poster with that message when I was in my early 20s...sheesh.
(By the way -- Macam, you are the MAN. That's one hell of a story.)