Why do college students drink so much? :(

siiigh
Sat, 19 Feb 2011 02:22:40 +0000

Ok…I’ve been thinking alot and alot about this, and I just decided to post it since I cannot get it out of my head and I cannot fall asleep…:(

So the day before yesterday, I coincidentally found a facebook page of a “friend” I used to know…I lost contact with her after high school, and I was really surprised to see how much she has changed…with alcohol that is…

She posted pictures of whiskey, which were lined up like a bar setting, that she have collected in her dorm room over the semester…
I was really shocked to see this because back when I knew her, she was such a tomboy who only talked about stuff like soccer, school, etc. Now she has turned into some girl I would never even recognize–someone who drinks for amusement…

Then as if that wasn’t surprising enough, I found the facebook page of a guy I used to like in her friends list, who was always shy and had straight A’s, a “good” kid (didn’t wear huge glasses or anything though lol), with pictures of him drinking too much in college…
NEVER in my life seen the color RED on someone’s face–I never knew that was even possible! I don’t know what happened in high school, but just with the grades he achieved thru middle school, I really thought that he was going to go to an Ivy league, rather than a party school (he probably knew what he was getting himself into though)…but now he goes to parties and drinks on every occasion and raises money to drink with his friends…which was so shocking…

Anyway, I’m just really shocked as to how people can change SO MUCH. I mean, first of all, why do people even drink and why do they feel the need to drink? I just do not understand…I guess some people drink because others do and to socialize but why can’t you do all that without drinking? Is it that impossible to socialize with others without drinking? I’m not making a generalization because everybody is different, but I see so many people who have pictures of people drinking on facebook as if they are so proud of that act and it’s just… ***

I’m also a college student who tries to ignore students’ drinking in order to not disturb the peace that lies within accepting differences of students with different beliefs, but sometimes I just wonder and really want to ask people a simple question–WHY?

I’m just really shocked right now especially because this is in regards to people I “thought” I knew that’s all…