Binge Drinking

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A Deep Look at Binge Drinking
I don’t kid myself one bit when I consider my drinking habits. I will be the first to admit that I do drink a lot of alcohol. Why do I do it? Well the answer is simple; I have a great time when I am drunk. I have a great time even if I drink myself to oblivion. I know that might sound a little strange, but to be honest, I get relatively mild hangovers no matter how much I drink. It may be a curse in disguise, but that really, is up to me. You could say that I have an antiutilitarian view of leisure, which means I am very laid back about my leisure time and my leisure time doesn’t always have to serve a purpose, but that is not entirely true. I balance that view with the social instrument view of leisure. I often go through periods of time, or phases, where my body is the most important thing to me and I take extra good care of it. My biggest problem seems to be consistency.
The first time I ever got myself drunk I was 15 years old and I almost killed myself. I drank a water bottle full of vodka in a very short amount of time. My best friend had to call my dad to have him pick me up because I had passed out and wouldn’t wake up. The next morning I woke up to a very pissed off father who made sure that felt hung over, which I absolutely did. I drank that vodka to see what it would be like to get drunk. After that experience, I didn’t like getting drunk at all. Until of course, I got drunk for the second time. I decided to give it another try a few months later, this time at a high school party. I only had two beers and I was on top of the world. I was talking to people I had never talked to before, and had a great time doing it. There was no reason not to drink, at least in my head at that time.
Here at Chico, there is alcohol everywhere, especially around social crowds. Chico is known all over the nation as being a party school. That makes it really hard to get away fr...