2008 Woodie Awards
Enough double takes!
Marie Daghlian
Issue date: 10/11/06 Section: Opinion
Two shots do me in. Well, not totally, but I'm high, smiling, and saying things that I would think twice about in other circumstances. I can still walk and function, but wouldn't trust myself to drive. My kids think I'm a lightweight because two shots are more than enough to make me happy.
My liquor of choice is tequila. I like it straight, on the rocks with some salt around the rim of the glass, or my favorite way-as a margarita.
My kids like car bombs-a shot of whiskey in a glass of Guinness drunk in one swallow. It's not the bomb for me. I'm definitely a sipper. I like the feel of the liquor in my mouth. Beer is something else. I do like some beers, but it is definitely an acquired habit. I still don't understand why anyone would want to drink beer after beer. I guess it's a cheap high, but at what cost? A beer belly or tire around my middle? Feeling full all the time? That's what happens, usually slowly enough that you keep thinking you'll be able to reverse it until you give up and just accept that you look middle-aged, and you are just 25.
Okay, so I'm getting carried away, but I find the rise in alcohol consumption among young people quite frightening. I don't understand the current desire to drink until you vomit, and until you can't remember if the guy with you had sex with you or not. Equally puzzling is drinking until you can't stand up and your friends have to take care of you until you sober up; or drinking until you are wasted.
Wasted? I never thought that was something to aspire to. In my day we got high. We wanted to feel more and experience more.
Hammered? Why would you want to feel knocked down? Are things so bad that this is what you think is fun?
What's the point of doing something that you can't remember the next day? I know it was fun while you were doing it. But trust me, if it was fun, you would want to remember what it was so you could share the experience with your friends.
Does a person need a license to do embarrassing things, because that is usually what drunk people do-things they would be to embarrassed to do under normal circumstances?
I know that a lot of people drink to make it easier to relate to the opposite sex. You feel less uptight. A little alcohol definitely greases the wheel, but we all know that too much, and Peter can't perform.
It's something to think about as we get farther into the semester and the work keeps piling on. On the one hand, you can relieve tension and just drink enough to get a buzz, or you can go out and get stinking drunk. Both ways work for forgetting your troubles for the moment, but one is much easier to get over than the other. Think about it.
My liquor of choice is tequila. I like it straight, on the rocks with some salt around the rim of the glass, or my favorite way-as a margarita.
My kids like car bombs-a shot of whiskey in a glass of Guinness drunk in one swallow. It's not the bomb for me. I'm definitely a sipper. I like the feel of the liquor in my mouth. Beer is something else. I do like some beers, but it is definitely an acquired habit. I still don't understand why anyone would want to drink beer after beer. I guess it's a cheap high, but at what cost? A beer belly or tire around my middle? Feeling full all the time? That's what happens, usually slowly enough that you keep thinking you'll be able to reverse it until you give up and just accept that you look middle-aged, and you are just 25.
Okay, so I'm getting carried away, but I find the rise in alcohol consumption among young people quite frightening. I don't understand the current desire to drink until you vomit, and until you can't remember if the guy with you had sex with you or not. Equally puzzling is drinking until you can't stand up and your friends have to take care of you until you sober up; or drinking until you are wasted.
Wasted? I never thought that was something to aspire to. In my day we got high. We wanted to feel more and experience more.
Hammered? Why would you want to feel knocked down? Are things so bad that this is what you think is fun?
What's the point of doing something that you can't remember the next day? I know it was fun while you were doing it. But trust me, if it was fun, you would want to remember what it was so you could share the experience with your friends.
Does a person need a license to do embarrassing things, because that is usually what drunk people do-things they would be to embarrassed to do under normal circumstances?
I know that a lot of people drink to make it easier to relate to the opposite sex. You feel less uptight. A little alcohol definitely greases the wheel, but we all know that too much, and Peter can't perform.
It's something to think about as we get farther into the semester and the work keeps piling on. On the one hand, you can relieve tension and just drink enough to get a buzz, or you can go out and get stinking drunk. Both ways work for forgetting your troubles for the moment, but one is much easier to get over than the other. Think about it.