Well, beer drinkers - it's a Monday night and I have no new beers in the fridge that I haven't posted on already - so you get a rant instead. It's related to beer - the evils of BINGE DRINKING!!!
Unless you've been under a rock for the last 5-10 years, you've seen, heard, or had thrown in your face statistics of a rising problem of BINGE DRINKING on our college campuses here in the great U S of A. It seems that 18-22 yr olds, really tear it up on weekends - and sometimes weekdays by drinking (say it ain't so) more than 5 (for men - 4 for women) drinks in a day and/or sitting.
And the media says this is a bad thing for college students and the future of our great country! Well, I've got news for them. Since I've started this blog (in March) I've made 13 blog entries and I had completed - or was in the process of - binge drinking on over half of them. Ack! I'm the Devil! I'm Lucifer! I'm bringing this country down! But I am no longer a college student.
Come on Media-Men/Women! This is not a social crisis!!! There are reasons to drink multiple drinks in a sitting - social gatherings like St. Paddy's Day and the invention of the Carbomb for one. Myself and multiple Thirty-something embibers of brew enjoyed at least 3 Carbombs on Saturday. Each carbomb has a shot of Bailey's & a pint o' Guiness - which means that those drinks alone brought us to binging!
It's part of coming of age, not coming apart. I recall needing to blow off steam after exams in college, and consuming shots of Mezcal til the room went trapazoidal!!! There are many things that need to be changed at our colleges and universities - binge drinking (as defined by 4/5 or more drinks in a sitting) is not one of them.
It's after 5 somewhere, and you don't have class 'til tomorrow afternoon. Lick it, slam it, suck it! or get the keg tapped and see how many beers you can bong without puking!
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