what is wrong with drinking as an escape?

Guyomar
Wed, 02 May 2007 05:49:16 +0000

I’m amazed people are trying to justify drinking as an escape.

“For you to really damage your liver, it’s usually like 30-35 years of hard, continuous heavy drinking, we’re talking at least a 6 pack or more 5 nights a week. Trust me, I’m in medical school. And yes, of course there are people who do that (usually it’s a lot more than a 6 pack though), but 4 years of hard partying in undergrad does not end up causing any real long term effects.”

bigredpremed, just because you’re in med. school doesn’t mean that you’re right about all health-related matters. My dad’s a doctor, and through him, I’ve met many other qualified doctors who are useless at what they do. So don’t expect me to be impressed by the fact that you’re in med. school. Do you think those people who drink heavily for 4 years stop just like that when they finish their course? And how productive were they during that time? They probably barely scraped by in their classes, if at all.

To me, that’s just a waste of time and money. I don’t think that anyone should drink to ‘escape’, no matter how bad their problems are. It doesn’t solve their difficulties - it just makes everything worse.