RantyRantRant
Okay people, seriously, what the fuck is with the excesses of substance abuse in college? I don't mean the normal indulgence of a couple beers or a joint, I mean the serious, hardcore, no-holds-barred bingeing I see going on every night. Tonight makes the fifth time since school started that I've seen someone pass out from drinking too much. Granted, it may have been exacerbated by the fact that it was 3 AM, but she still shouldn't have been mixing her alcohol like that. Beer or vodka or a mixed drink, dear, not all three.
And then her boyfriend (who, I might add, left to smoke something that may or may not have been a cigarette), has the balls to try to accuse us of not paying attention to her? I beg to differ, monkey boy. Here's how it really happened:
Enter: Girl (G) and Boyfriend (BF)
G and BF: "Hey, can we watch this movie?"
Me (Me) and Rachel (R): "Sure, go ahead."
G and BF put in movie and pull out a bottle of vodka and a big water bottle full of soda, begin indulging, becoming more and more drunk. BF pulls out a joint and they split it between them.
Me and R: Don't care, we're sub free but not militant about it.
Friend of BF (FofBF): Joins G and BF, they all share two beers.
BF and FofBF: Get up and go outside to smoke
G: Sneezes a couple times, looks like she's falling asleep
Me and R: "You okay?"
G: "Yeah."
Me and R: "Want to lie down, or some water or something?"
G: "Nah, I'm OK"
Me and R: "OK" Keep an eye on her and continue watching movie
G: Falls asleep, starts snoring. Just so you know: People who are in a danger zone don't snore. Learned it from grade school health class.
BF and FofBF: Come back in after half an hour or so
BF: Tries to wake up G
G: Is slow to wake up. Perhaps because it's 3 in the fucking morning and she was already tired when you left?
FofBF: Points to bottle "Did she drink any more of that?"
Me and R: "Nope."
BF: "Dude, she totally did, it was here" points to a level "when we left and now it's here" points to a lower level
Me and R: "Um, she really didn't, and we didn't, so there's no way it's at any different level."
FofBF: "Dude, don't worry about it."
Me: "Um, yeah, a minute before you left you were expounding to me the fashion virtues of DJ Keoki, who is apparently in this movie, in a drunken slur, so I really don't think you're the authority on where the level in the bottle was."
G: Wakes up "Whuh?"
BF: "OMG are you ok?"
G: "Lemme sleep."
BF: "No, you gotta wake up"
Etc. At this point the movie was over anyway, so R and I left. Luckily, FofBF was slightly less fucked up than BF and started to investigate whether calling an EMT for G was a good idea. Plus, who wouldn't be slow to wake up after drinking as much as she did and falling asleep on the couch? But yeah, this scene is pretty commonplace around here.
I guess the point of this rant is, why would you do that to your body? It's not healthy, and you'll just feel like shit afterwards, and the long-term consequences are well known. It's just not worth it. I know that there's the whole social thing, but seriously, if all you do when you're with your "friends" is substance abuse, it's time to look for some new friends. There are other things to do that you'll remember in the morning.
And then her boyfriend (who, I might add, left to smoke something that may or may not have been a cigarette), has the balls to try to accuse us of not paying attention to her? I beg to differ, monkey boy. Here's how it really happened:
Enter: Girl (G) and Boyfriend (BF)
G and BF: "Hey, can we watch this movie?"
Me (Me) and Rachel (R): "Sure, go ahead."
G and BF put in movie and pull out a bottle of vodka and a big water bottle full of soda, begin indulging, becoming more and more drunk. BF pulls out a joint and they split it between them.
Me and R: Don't care, we're sub free but not militant about it.
Friend of BF (FofBF): Joins G and BF, they all share two beers.
BF and FofBF: Get up and go outside to smoke
G: Sneezes a couple times, looks like she's falling asleep
Me and R: "You okay?"
G: "Yeah."
Me and R: "Want to lie down, or some water or something?"
G: "Nah, I'm OK"
Me and R: "OK" Keep an eye on her and continue watching movie
G: Falls asleep, starts snoring. Just so you know: People who are in a danger zone don't snore. Learned it from grade school health class.
BF and FofBF: Come back in after half an hour or so
BF: Tries to wake up G
G: Is slow to wake up. Perhaps because it's 3 in the fucking morning and she was already tired when you left?
FofBF: Points to bottle "Did she drink any more of that?"
Me and R: "Nope."
BF: "Dude, she totally did, it was here" points to a level "when we left and now it's here" points to a lower level
Me and R: "Um, she really didn't, and we didn't, so there's no way it's at any different level."
FofBF: "Dude, don't worry about it."
Me: "Um, yeah, a minute before you left you were expounding to me the fashion virtues of DJ Keoki, who is apparently in this movie, in a drunken slur, so I really don't think you're the authority on where the level in the bottle was."
G: Wakes up "Whuh?"
BF: "OMG are you ok?"
G: "Lemme sleep."
BF: "No, you gotta wake up"
Etc. At this point the movie was over anyway, so R and I left. Luckily, FofBF was slightly less fucked up than BF and started to investigate whether calling an EMT for G was a good idea. Plus, who wouldn't be slow to wake up after drinking as much as she did and falling asleep on the couch? But yeah, this scene is pretty commonplace around here.
I guess the point of this rant is, why would you do that to your body? It's not healthy, and you'll just feel like shit afterwards, and the long-term consequences are well known. It's just not worth it. I know that there's the whole social thing, but seriously, if all you do when you're with your "friends" is substance abuse, it's time to look for some new friends. There are other things to do that you'll remember in the morning.