Why Do Teens Drink Excessive Amounts of Alcohol?

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The discussion centers around the curiosity and concerns of a 14-year-old regarding peer drinking behaviors. Participants express that many young people drink excessively, often driven by peer pressure and a desire to appear "cool." They highlight that drinking large amounts of alcohol is not about quenching thirst, as alcohol is a diuretic and can lead to dehydration. Instead, it is often about the intoxicating effects and social bragging rights. Several contributors emphasize the dangers of underage drinking, including the risk of addiction and negative impacts on health and academic performance. They advise against succumbing to peer pressure and suggest that young people should be educated about responsible drinking. The conversation also touches on the cultural aspects of drinking, with some noting that early exposure to alcohol can lead to irresponsible behavior in adulthood. Overall, the thread stresses the importance of making informed choices and understanding the potential consequences of alcohol consumption.
  • #51
I kind of agree with TR345, but drinking won't solve the matters at hand.
 
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  • #52
TR345 said:
There are some circumstances in which it would be abnormal to not have the blues at least once a month.

?....maybe if your on your period.
 
  • #53
Good joke, but that wasn't what I meant. I just mean that every time someone has the blues it isn't because they have some kind of psychological problem like you imply. There are perfectly good reasons for people to depressed.
 
  • #54
Cyrus said:
?....maybe if your on your period.

Hahahaha, WOW...who would have ever thought that would come from you :biggrin:
 
  • #55
TR345 said:
Good joke, but that wasn't what I meant. I just mean that every time someone has the blues it isn't because they have some kind of psychological problem like you imply. There are perfectly good reasons for people to depressed.

Whats your bloody point, man!?


Too much? Tap tap tap...this thing on? Erruuuuuuuuuuu.

Yes, but if they get depressed every single month, sometin' ant right.
 
  • #56
I think in a certain crowd, with people you know and are comfortable with, its ok to get a bit buzzed, but beyond that, its pretty stupid.
 
  • #57
I was at the bar tonight, and I saw a very pretty girl with a nice dress wOoOoObly and fell over KUNK almost hit the back of her head because my friend standing next to me, and her friends had to catch her.

....yeah, I hate drunk people. Period.


Last week there was a drunk girl screaming "DONT DO DRUGGGGGGGGGGGGSSSSSSS" to everyone that walked past her, and cars driving past her.

"She's a keeper!" :rolleyes:

I no longer like girls that drink, any of them. I just can't stand watching it anymore. It gets old real fast.
 
  • #58
_Muddy_ said:
Whenever someone says they drank like 10 glasses of wine or 6 beers i alway think "geez they must have been thirsty" because no one would drink that volume of water/coke at one time.

Haha, you are my hero. I wish I had that kind of sense when I was 14.
 
  • #59
Mk said:
Whatever they may think, it's not cool to come to school sleepy, drunk, high, or with a hangover. In fact, maybe being sleepy, drunk, high, or hungover isn't cool at all.

Ha ha, ha...the stoners at my school get stoned, under the BLEACHERS INSIDE the gym.
 
  • #60
Cyrus said:
I no longer like girls that drink, any of them. I just can't stand watching it anymore. It gets old real fast.

ugh. I know what you mean.

I don't know if it's like this where you live, but, while most of my guy friends have at least slowed down their drug/alcohol consumption since leaving high-school— for some reason most of the girls I know just get worse with time!

I am sick of drunk girls. maybe it's my town? I don't know. but it's all I see.

What is it with girls now a days that they just get progressively... well they are just freaking train-wrecks, to be honest. It's so hard to meet interesting, level-headed girls. at least where I live (then again, this is Hamilton, Ontario: the armpit of Canada).

I mean... the overall idiot/not-idiot ratio in males is about the same as in females, but I'm talking about a specific subset of idiot: the drunken-idiot— which, at least from my observations, is about 70% female dominated past the age of 20.

Either way, seeing as I've no interesting in french-kissing men, dumb drunken guys don't bother me nearly as much— so maybe they just fly under my radar.

It's such a turn off when I try to talk to a girl and she can't string a freaking cohesive sentence together... or is "*mumblemumble* omg! like, *mumble*" actually a growing dialect whose poetic subtleties elude me?

If girls at bars aren't bad enough, there is always the god-awful club scene, which my friends always try and convince me is fun. I've been. Twice. Performing my own brit-milah sounds like more fun.

no. I don't want to "grind." I just met you.

call me old-fashioned, but a stranger sticking her beer/cooler/cigarette-tasting tongue in my mouth while Soulja Boy yells inane rhymes over a repetitive beat whose bass is a decibel from puncturing my right lung is not my idea of sexy.

I'm just glad I'm moving this fall and getting the hell out of this town.

/rant
 
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  • #61
moe darklight said:
ugh. I know what you mean.

I don't know if it's like this where you live, but, while most of my guy friends have at least slowed down their drug/alcohol consumption since leaving high-school— for some reason most of the girls I know just get worse with time!

I am sick of drunk girls. maybe it's my town? I don't know. but it's all I see.

What is it with girls now a days that they just get progressively... well they are just freaking train-wrecks, to be honest. It's so hard to meet interesting, level-headed girls. at least where I live (then again, this is Hamilton, Ontario: the armpit of Canada).

I mean... the overall idiot/not-idiot ratio in males is about the same as in females, but I'm talking about a specific subset of idiot: the drunken-idiot— which, at least from my observations, is about 70% female dominated past the age of 20.

Either way, seeing as I've no interesting in french-kissing men, dumb drunken guys don't bother me nearly as much— so maybe they just fly under my radar.

It's such a turn off when I try to talk to a girl and she can't string a freaking cohesive sentence together... or is "*mumblemumble* omg! like, *mumble*" actually a growing dialect whose poetic subtleties elude me?

If girls at bars aren't bad enough, there is always the god-awful club scene, which my friends always try and convince me is fun. I've been. Twice. Performing my own brit-milah sounds like more fun.

no. I don't want to "grind." I just met you.

call me old-fashioned, but a stranger sticking her beer/cooler/cigarette-tasting tongue in my mouth while Soulja Boy yells inane rhymes over a repetitive beat whose bass is a decibel from puncturing my right lung is not my idea of sexy.

I'm just glad I'm moving this fall and getting the hell out of this town.

/rant

:smile: Hey Soulja Boy its youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. Now walk it out. WALK WALK WALK WALK WALK IT OUT. I hate that song.
 
  • #62
Hey, Soulja Boy, is pretty good, don't be hatin' :biggrin: It's nice and uplifting...You know you like it :biggrin:
 
  • #63
YAAA TRICK YAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

uhhh
 
  • #64
Wow, Cyrus is now denouncing that song, when before he defended it adamantly...I'm not getting into this..
 
  • #65
moe darklight said:
Performing my own brit-milah sounds like more fun.

I love it! I'm going to put that under the favorite quotes thread now.
 
  • #66
These people proboaly need the drink because they use it as and excuse to be cool. either that or they can't handle life and need it to escape from reality
 
  • #67
if your going to drink, do it in moderation because like edward said its never fun waking up in your own puke. also don't give into peer pressure, it can be dangerous when people listen and follow blindly as we have seen from world war 2.
 
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