With all of these reasons, as well as the experience of those around me, i cannot get myself to ignore these compelling reasons to not drink. When someone offers me a drink, i can only picture my friends and their actions after that drink...i never want to get there, i never want to lose myself so much that i act on things that i have no control over, i never want to wake up the next morning wondering what did i do last night...and why should i? Why is it so odd that i do not drink? whenever i tell somebody they look at me as those I'm the odd one, that because i want to keep my morals and standards, this is a bad thing, I'm sorry that i don't want to act the way i do during the day, then pull a Hyde and become someone else at night... hypocrisy is not something i aspire to obtain. i hope no offences were taken, but i stand for what i believe in, no matter if i stand alone...
"The way to gain a good reputation, is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear" ~Socrates
Socrates also said "A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true."
ReplyDeleteYou seem to believe alcohol is a sin and that whoever drinks is an immoral person. The truth is that Christianity has absolutely nothing against drinking, so I don't know where you get this conception from.
Your main concern seems to be with excessive drinking.. Keep in mind though that excessive drinking differs from responsible drinking and that most people drink responsibly.
It doesn't seem fair that you judge a topic without having a sufficient understanding of it.
Most college students drink to relieve stress and use it as an aid to social interaction. Our culture has a sort of stigma which makes it difficult to start a conversation with a stranger. Having a drink or two helps the shyer of us meet new friends. I don't see anything wrong with that.
~Maciej