I am going into my senior year in college and have never drank period. I like being different I guess, but I have a good old time watching idiots puke and act like complete idiots. I cannot figure out why someone would want to hung over and puking everywhere.

I didn’t drink until I was 19. Once I started, I realized I had been missing out on the time of my life. I went through my partying/going out phase from 19-21 and now I’m done. I don’t regret it. It was amazing. I met some awesome people and I came out of my shell. I thought I was confident before, but once I let loose and allowed myself to experience crazy college life I found my fun, stress free side! I’m not encouraging you to drink, but I will say don’t judge those that do. I made that mistake early in my college career. If you decide its time for you to try it then go for. Be free and don’t worry about judgements/stereotypes or the consequences. You only live once and it is worth trying the things you want to try. Good luck!

Yes you are missing out on a whole lot! Listen, you decide whether or not you drink. It’s really up to you and you’re not missing out. But there’s something that everyone in Europe and most of the Caribbean learn growing up that kids here don’t learn which makes them go crazy for alcohol when they go to college without parents supervision. My family call it social drinking ethics and morales. My mom was really tough on me but she would let me taste stuff like homemade liquor or champagne. In fact it became tradition to have a glass of champagne on my birthday since I was 8 years old. One thing that my uncles did was go wine tasting with their kids. No swallowing of course but at the end of the day they’d pick a good wine and cut it with some water and give to the kids. You’d think we’re lying but none of us sneaked to steal alcohole because we knew what it was. By 18 we learned our limits and that was it.

If you want to drink while in college, don’t be a dumbass like so many kids I’ve seen. Don’t go bench drinking or beer-ponging all night. Learn your limits and pace yourself. Want to drink beer? Then have a can or bottle every hour if you feel ok. If you’re drinking a pint make it 1.5 to 2 hrs. But again, only you will know what it feels like. Drinking should never go over “being buzzed” to the point you’re sick and throwing up. Oh and don’t be an idiotic college kid. Try new things. Go wine tasting (nice wine, grapes, crackers and cheese… always a fun day for me).

I hope this helps and don’t drink and drive! NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU HAD TO DRINK!

Yes. You are missing out on getting blotto, barfing all over yourself, waking up with an horrendous hangover, headache and generally feeling rotten all over. Your clothes will stink, your breath will stink, and you will stink. If you’re really lucky, you will get to spend the night in jail and wind up with a hefty fine for driving while impaired (a la Paris Hilton).

There’s a good chance you will have alienated some of your friends, because people who get drunk lose their sense of discretion and say some pretty stupid things to people they should treat with more respect.

If you figure you can’t live without any of that, then go ahead and get blotto.

If, on the other hand, it doesn’t sound all that appealing, then continue on as you are.

You are not missing very much. Most college students try drinking because it is the first chance away from home to try out new things, not necessarily because they want to drink for its sake alone. Some students do fall into the trap that drinking can spring on people and it becomes a crutch of sorts for any number of things. Personally, I tried it and got over it pretty quickly as hangovers are just not that much fun.

It’s kind of tradition at colleges for drinking but after being hit by a drunk when I was 9 I wouldn’t exactly recommend drinking at all. I also belong to an organization that strictly prohibits drinking before the legal age of drinking in the country in which you reside so I wouldn’t promote it either in that sense.

No reason to start now. till of direction you think of you’re able to savour the hangovers, loss of a reliable pastime from ingesting too lots, dropping your place because you drank up the invoice money, etc. After it starts off sluggish, and for way too many progresses into some thing you will possibly no longer have the skill to regulate. believe me you’re actually not lacking something.

Oh, yes, you’re missing out on hangovers and losing control of yourself and doing things you’d never do sober. You’re also missing out on breaking the law in most states, and doing things you’ll regret for the rest of your life, and things that have a permanent affect on your life. Be glad, stand strong. Make the right kind of friends, those who will support you and stand with you.

You are not missing anything! I always say that if I need a drink to have a good time, I probably am not really having a good time.

Yeah hangovers, stupid mistakes, and not being able to have fun w/o alcohol. Really if you do it in moderation it is a blast, but you just have to make sure like everything in life that you control it.