Did drinking in college affect your grades negatively?

Hobin

Out of curiosity, what grade did you get for that eloquent speech of yours?

I presume you wrote that while drunk?

As for my opinion... I've had a single beer in my life, and found it disgusting. There are plenty of people who swear it's something you have to 'learn' to like, but I don't really see any reason to. A good wine, on the other hand... But, no, I've never been drunk. I think.

dlgoff

Eloquently speaking, I remember shaking like a leaf. IIRC, the grade was a D.

Ivan Seeking

I heard a great quote today: "I didn't have a problem. I only drank when I was alone or with someone."

ThinkToday

In the day...... we could drink at age 18, and we did....... starting a few years younger. In HS, I survived pass out level drinking on "several" weekends. In college, I survived alcohol poisoning, just under 1 gal whiskey in 20 mins doing "shots" out of a beer mug. In graduate school, I had a drink occasionally, but never drunk. Since school, I drink maybe a case or two in a year. I'll have a couple playing golf, over some steamed crabs, or at the ball game. Older, wiser. I was LUCKY enough to survive the "stupid years". As I think back, getting drunk really wasn't fun. Lord knows vomiting, or worse, dry heaves weren't a good time. Getting together with friends was fun, and that could have happened with or without a drink.

I wouldn't tell some to not drink, but I would suggest an internal check as to how much and why you drink. Hopefully, you too will survive the "stupid years".

Hobin

Where I live, it's legal to drink at 16.

rollcast

One from the great Northern Irish football legend George Best

"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered,"

Jimmy Snyder

I took a course in wine tasting once.

dlgoff

Here's a great quote:

"...too often beer is presented in a context that diminishes the respect it deserves."

It's a grown-up way to say the same I guess.

jim hardy

I recommend this book
http://www.amazon.com/Under-Influenc.../dp/0553274872

Not all people metabolize alcohol via the same chemistry.
Many people dont suffer "blackouts" .


old jim

lisab

But many people wish they did .

redpenguin

I brew beer. I drink beer. Still in the top 10% of my class.