Alcohol policies at KP

KPMid09
Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:00:07 +0000

Just to touch on what that plebe said about “getting drunk before you come here”…

While that may sound kinda blunt, it has some merit. I know of more than one or two mids in my class (or, were in my class at some point, in one way or another) that never drank in HS, but became the worst drunks when they became “free” from their parent’s/communitie’s grasp.

I’ll be blunt too. It’s unrealistic to think that mids won’t drink. But there are those who drink responisbly (and not in the silly “0-0-1-3” thing), those who don’t drink at all and there are those who are complete morons when it comes to drinking and they get in trouble - frequently. I could name (but won’t) two specific examples of mids I knew who fit that last category and had never drank before coming to KP. You really need to know your limit and unless you have drank before, you won’t know it until it’s too late. I’m not saying to go get wasted every night before you go there, but if you have literally never had a drink in your life, the first time you do, you’ll have no idea what you’re doing. This is one of the reasons that some people are pushing to lower the drinking age - it just makes drunks become drunks at an older age and doesn’t teach responsibility.

Just be smart about it and realize that these days there is little wiggle room with the CG and the new Supt. when it comes to drinking (his reasoning, though, is a little different that the CG’s). However, it is a part of the KP/USMM “culture” that isn’t going away soon. But, like many other things you will be tasked with both at KP and in “real life”, you have to be responsible and know your limits. Time to grow up!