There are lots of factors that people forget about when they go out on the lash. For example your health, your skin, or simply acting like a drunken mess and more than likely embarrassing yourself which most people don't seem to care about at the time! (I'm sure many of you can relate to this, even if you don't want to admit it!!)
Iv uploaded a few images below to emphasize the extreme binge drinking that is surrounding our streets more often than most people would like!
The question is, why do people do it?
Heres a few questions to think about.... please let me know your thoughts!
Does it make you feel good?
Do you do it because alcohol is so cheap and available these days?
Does it relax you and make you feel at ease in certain situations?
Do you have a better night when your drunk?
Do you feel under pressure to get drunk because its what everyone else is doing?
Do you prefer the way that you act towards other people when your drunk?
Do you wonder if you ever make a fool out of yourself when binge drinking?
Do you regret the night before the morning after?
Is it worth the hangover!?
In answer to your questions for myself I would say at the time it makes me feel good as it's a false and pleasant sense of reality where you loose you inhibitions and just enjoy yourself but I would defiantly say more often then not I do regret the night before the morning after !
ReplyDeleteThis doesn't seem to stop me as the fun I have on the night and the pictures I find myself with far outweigh the embracement of whatever I may or may not have been up to.
With students I think a lot of it is because they have found this new freedom away from home and there parents, also drinking makes people more confident and as most students are thrown in at the deep end with a bunch of people they have never even met before they find they are much more outgoing and find it easier to socialise the small subject of a student loan helps too !
I think the long and short of it is alcohol like a lot of mood enhancing drugs does exactly that enhances your mood, makes you feel happy and confident so it makes sense that if it can do all those things people will want to do it more and more and in some cases to excess.
Liquor stores, bars, and alcoholic beverage companies make drinking seem attractive and fun. It's easy for a high school student to get caught up in a social scene with lots of peer pressure. Inevitably, one of the biggest areas of peer pressure is drinking.
ReplyDeleteOther reasons why people drink include:
They're curious — they want to know what it's like to drink alcohol.
They believe that it will make them feel good, not realizing it could just as easily make them sick and hung-over.
They may look at alcohol as a way to reduce stress, even though it can end up creating more stress.
They want to feel older.