Control

[asterroc]

A couple of my students recently have asked me ... well, they said, "you know what it's like to drink a lot, you were a college student." And my answer was no, I don't know what it's like. "C'mon, you have to have drunk." "Yeah right, of course you drank." And no, I didn't. I didn't really drink anything until grad school, and even to this day the most I've had in a night is three. I think I've done this on three separate occasions, and one time I really thought I was going to puke and fall over with just that little.

So the question is why not? And reading through some literature on binge drinking, I figured it out. There is exactly one thing in the world that I can control: Myself. I am not willing to give that up.

Comments

[l0stmyrel1g10n.livejournal.com]

i've noticed that after a drink [in Antigua where it's legal!] i tend to loosen up a bit. but never as much as when i'm completely sober and legitimately having fun, such as hanging out with CTYer-like people. my feeling is, if alcohol is necessary for you to have fun, then what you're doing doesn't really count as fun.