I don't know about you guys but most of my social outings involve large amounts of alcohol. Whenever it is someone's birthday they are targeted with extreme peer pressure. The goal of my friends seems to be: make the person take as many shots as possible so they pass out, puke, and get kicked out of the club. Then my friends write things on their face with permanent marker.
My last 2 bdays I have ended up passed out and puked in my sleep. I believe I was very close to death from alcohol poisoning both times.
I don't know if I have a skewed view but a lot 20 somethings in the San Francisco bay area seem to do a lot of binge drinking. I personally used to black out at least once a week, sometimes even driving and not remembering anything. One quote I will never forget is one morning I woke up at my house and didn't remember the night before. I asked my roommate "Dude, how did we get back last night?" His response: "Dude you drove us all back! You said you were fine!"
I now have much better control over my drinking and I limit myself to 4 drinks if I go out and one if I want a drink with dinner.
I Don't really know where I was going with this post just wanted to share.
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