How not to get drunk
I came across the blog of a local guy who is attempting to curb his drinking. Entitled How Not to Get Drunk, he poses his drinking dilemma as a scientific problem - how to go out in NYC and enjoy oneself while imbibing, but not suffer the consequences of being overly drunk or hung over. He has a detailed list of levels of drunkenness and hangover levels (anything over level five, and “you living foul homey”). Heh. But the thing that made me really stop and think was what he wrote in the “About Me” section of his blog (emphasis in bold is mine):
…Living in New York City in an adult world means drinking or ostracism … but too much drinking ironically ALSO would lead to such –whether from others or self-imposed due to level 10 hangovers …
Really? Do you really have to drink when you’re out and about in the city or face ostracism from your friends? I do enjoy having a few drinks with my friends, but I regularly spend time with people who don’t drink and none of the drinkers give them any grief for it. He describes several scenarios in his blog where he is trying new drinking techniques and gets hassled by his friends for drinking more slowly than them. Is this really reality in NYC nightlife? Or is this just an example of recently graduated frat boys acting like… well, frat boys?
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Kathleen, I think it is a frat boy thing… I love to go out to get a few beers, and always have fun, but am long past the age of going out needing to get drunk. Being only 25, I think I am more the minority here… It is very juvenile and childish, I think, and I always manage to have a good time without the need to be drunk.
And if it happens that I end up drunk or hung over the next morning, I won’t bitch about it or even tell anyone about it because I think it is embarrassing… I am SOOOO suck of people bragging about how drunk they got. It isn’t impressive, and it makes them sound kind of lame, in my view. Drink if you want, or don’t, but nobody is impressed either way. I write about it often at my blog (see post #2 at http://www.knowanoah.com/?p=24)
Judging by your past posts, I think you and I have a lot of commonality when it comes to frat boys who refuse to grow up. They’re the worst!