I can count on one hand how many people I know that don’t drink alcohol or have never tried drugs. I can also count on one hand how many people I actually know who think there’s anything wrong with that.
Most teenagers seem spend their weekends getting drunk and mindlessly screwing each other. You want to tackle teen pregnancy, start there! Fumbled, drunk fucks probably make up a good amount of unplanned pregnancies. I don’t think I know any teenagers who designate a sober driver, either. The teenagers who contest that they’re not having sex or driving drunk, the ones who are underage drinking responsibly, they think they’re not doing any harm. How about your bodies? Starting early means more time for damage, woohoo! Parties don’t have to consist of alcohol and recreational drugs to be fun. I’ve had some crazy ass time where you’d think we were all high and drunk!
Adults seem to be drinking an awful lot and what’s the harm in that? Monkey see, monkey do is all. If you drink beer at every meal, your children are going to notice and possibly mimic that behavior. People always use the excuse that if their kids learn it, they can learn it anywhere but all learning begins in the home and it’s also your job to be a good role model.
Everyone I know that has ever been in trouble with the law has a charge involving drugs and/or alcohol. One of my friends is on probation for drinking at a public park, which was purely stupid on her part but after all, alcohol does kill brain cells right? Another is in trouble for a drunken fight in a bar. Another for smoking marijuana under a bridge.
Why do people drink anyway? The taste? Most alcohol tastes horrible and I watch people practically hold their breath just to down it! To get drunk? Are you that boring without assistance? If the ability to do it is in you when you’re drunk, it’s in you when you’re not. Give it a shot (no pun intended). Depression? Alcohol is a depressant. It just makes it worse. Think of it as a magnifying glass for your emotions.
I could ramble on forever about the things young people do these days and whose fault I think it is, but I’ll try to save it for another post.
i aqree 100%.
it seriously buqs me when teens (ha, i’m 17] smoke and drink&think theyre cool. one of my closest friends (16) just started drinkinq at parties&now claims that she “couldn’t go the rest of her life without drinkinq.”
it makes me sick&makes me want to throw the bottles at they’re heads. why not have fun withouth alcohol/ruqs?
By: Nicole on June 18, 2009
at 12:27 am
Hi, was just reading through, thought I’d leave a comment.
I’m 20, I drink (I should clarify the legal drinking age in Australia is 18), I smoke marijuana (not very often), but I have never driven ‘drunk’ or ’stoned’, I haven’t driven after even a sip of alcohol and I think it’s unfair to imply that it is likely that people will drink and drive, it’s an over exageration. I don’t have a designated driver normally, but I do walk to and from venues and of my friends there is not one person who if capable would not be willing to walk or if sober drive someone home who needed it. Most people who drink and most people who smoke marijuana do not harm anyone. I find both very relaxing, in moderation of course.
I don’t deny alcohol is a contributor in a great deal of social problems, but in fights for example, I go out reguarly (partly because I go to a lot of pubs with live, local rock music), I do not fight (I think the idea of fist fighting is quite rediculous really), but a lot of people seem to want to fight me (I’m a guy with long hair, which for whatever reason is quite objectionable to some people) a lot of them are even sober. It all comes down to wanting to prove you are more ‘manly’ or ‘macho’ then everyone else and a surprising amount fight whether they are drunk or sober just as a great deal of people avoid fights whether they are drunk or sober, it is a contributor no doubt, but the biggest contributor is the mindset that you have to be ‘bigger’, ‘braver’, ’stronger’ then anyone else.
Also a depressant is a type of drug that works to slow body functions. It does not mean it makes you depressed. I do however, agree that it is not effective in combating depressed thoughts, and if someone is on certain anti depressants at the time it can be very dangerous.
Wow, I only planned to leave a short comment, sorry about that.
Thanks,
Chris Heggie.
By: Chris on June 28, 2009
at 2:31 am
I still find that you are in the minority. We’ll just agree to disagree.
By: itstiffanyanne on July 24, 2009
at 12:34 pm