Alcoholic
You may have noticed my username has a double meaning, Yes i love my jeep as the word would indicate but i am also an alcoholic. Yes thats right, i think everyone sees alcoholism as a bad thing when it really shouldn't be viewed in that light ALL the time. There's two different categories of alcoholics in my book, there are functioning alcoholics and dysfunctional alcoholics. I would classify myself as a functioning alcoholic, i mean sure i may drink everyday, but i still lead a productive (well somewhat) life. I do most everything i need to do and it is only on rare occasions that i miss out on something cause i was drunk or passed out. I don't drink cause i am addicted, i drink because i have nothing better to do; i drink cause i'm bored. When i have something to actually do, i don't drink, i went home for a weekend and didn't drink, because i had stuff to do. I come from a long line of alcoholics, and we do what we do and do it damn well. I also think my alcoholism is instigated by the environrent of ECU, Greenville is a town where the water flows like beer, and thats not a typo. Here we go to parties and stand within 10 yards of the keg and hold a cup while talking to people. Almost every other school i have visited has like an unspoken social standard for there to be dancing taking place. Plus theres the fact that i don't have any work to do at all ever, so i have a huge mount of free time on my hands. On the other side of thew spectrum there are dysfunctional alcoholics, they can't do anything but get drunk and physically can't do anything without being drunk. thats where all the trouble begins. and another thing that pisses me off, the textbook definition of "bing drinking is "consuming 5 or more drinks on one occasion more than once every 30 days. I know people who define that as a monday, people who define that as a weekend, people who define it as foot ball season, and people who define that as college. So to all you who warn me about getting myself into trouble, i duly note your concern, but trust me, it'll be ok, and i promise, i'll be careful. I'm not afraid to say it, i don't think it should be embarrassing; My name is Andrew, and i am an alcoholic :)