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kjb runner

353 posts since
Aug 18, 2006

Aug 20, 2006 10:03 PM

drinking

Does anyone drink here? I never have. I'm kinda curious as to how it is... but all my friends always bug me to try it and I never do, I feel like such a loser because now 99% of my friends go out and drink (my best friend doesnt) and I end up staying home on a friday or saturday night then working. What should I do, try it once? Everyone is like "What, you don't drink". Even every kid on my cross country team. One of them is an alcoholic, I'm convinced. He throws up every practice and it's all he talks about. He was our best runner last year.

ToddDubya

212 posts since
Jan 26, 2006

1. Aug 20, 2006 10:13 PM

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Re: drinking

I assume from the forum that you're in highschool. Drinking does not make you cool. It doesn't make you a fast runner, it doesn't make you a better person. Drinking in highschool is not really a good idea. Some of the worst rationale I've heard/used myself is that you want to be prepared for college. If you find your threshold in HS you won't make an *** of yourself in college. WRONG, you're just more likely to end up in the hospital in college.

Phew, sorry for the rant. I think you're doing the right thing by not drinking. It may seem like fun, but drinking at an age when your body is not fully developed physically/mentally to handle it is a slippery slope to walk.

kjb runner

353 posts since
Aug 18, 2006

2. Dec 24, 2007 11:18 PM

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Re: drinking

quote:<HR>Originally posted by ToddDubya:
I assume from the forum that you're in highschool. Drinking does not make you cool. It doesn't make you a fast runner, it doesn't make you a better person. Drinking in highschool is not really a good idea. Some of the worst rationale I've heard/used myself is that you want to be prepared for college. If you find your threshold in HS you won't make an *** of yourself in college. WRONG, you're just more likely to end up in the hospital in college.

Phew, sorry for the rant. I think you're doing the right thing by not drinking. It may seem like fun, but drinking at an age when your body is not fully developed physically/mentally to handle it is a slippery slope to walk.<HR>

Oh, I was talking about soda. Sorry, forgot to mention that.

just kidding, but yes I'm 17 and in high school.

http://This message has been edited by kjb runner (edited Aug-20-2006).

alexanderthegr8042

1,229 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

3. Aug 20, 2006 10:31 PM

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Re: drinking

Here's the way it went in high school. We would drink maybe twice a year (aside from family occassions). It would be after our provincial champs for XC and then for Track. And no one wants to go to college a heavyweight drinker. It's horrible when you have no money and it takes $30 worth of booze to get you drunk. Save it for college it'll be more fun.

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kjb runner

353 posts since
Aug 18, 2006

4. Aug 20, 2006 10:34 PM

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Re: drinking

quote:<HR>Originally posted by alexanderthegr8:
Here's the way it went in high school. We would drink maybe twice a year (aside from family occassions). It would be after our provincial champs for XC and then for Track. And no one wants to go to college a heavyweight drinker. It's horrible when you have no money and it takes >0 worth of booze to get you drunk. Save it for college it'll be more fun.

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Ok sweet. My friend is like making me go to her house next tuesday.. talk about peer pressure. I guess i'll try it. Gonna have to find a way to explain it to my parents, though. Maybe ill just sleep over. Season hasn't started yet, and I have to skip the workout wednesday due to some school stuff. I don't want to go to college a TOTAL noob that's never sipped alcohol before. My mom is hardcore strict about that ****.

newenglandfan08

462 posts since
Apr 23, 2006

5. Aug 21, 2006 7:15 AM

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Re: drinking

every parent is

kjb runner

353 posts since
Aug 18, 2006

6. Aug 21, 2006 7:26 AM

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Re: drinking

quote:<HR>Originally posted by newenglandfan08:
every parent is <HR>

no, I know plenty of them that don't care at all. Pretty stupid if you ask me.

Bugs34

615 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

7. Aug 21, 2006 7:40 AM

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Re: drinking

Take it from an old woman; it's a waiste of resources. Spend your time finding out what you enjoy, and working towards your goals. I know in High School there is pressure to drink, but all the little things that make you not so cool in H.S. make you very interesting as an adult; running, music, hobbies, etc... drinking is not really one of them. Yes, even as an adult there is still social drinkers. We have a keg at work, and every Thursday the same group sits there drinking. When I'm on my death bed will I wish I spent more time at the keg? I think not!

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SoFarGone

552 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

8. Dec 24, 2007 11:18 PM

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Re: drinking

quote:<HR>Originally posted by newenglandfan08:
every parent is <HR>

Actually, my parents aren't "hardcore strict" about drinking at all. Sure, they expect me to make the "right" decision at a party and choose not to drink, but they don't shove it down my throat. As I've gotten older (I'm 16 now) they've taught me to understand and "respect" alcohol, and that there are times when social drinking can be fun and acceptable.

At family dinners and such they'll offer me a few sips or a very small glass of wine, and I taste it, and it's nothing special and in fact grosses me out (I know you guys are gonna jump on me for that one). I suppose I've never really had enough to get the "real" effect of alcohol. The point is, my parents have taught me to be responsible about alcohol, instead of simply telling me "NO!". I think that in itself is what keeps me from wanting to go out with friends and get smashed because I don't feel any need to go behind their backs or get revenge, etc.

And kjb, don't think you need to go out and get wasted just because your "friends" want you to. That's a pretty lame excuse for starting a life-changing and potentially threatening habit. If you need an excuse, just be cool about it. Tell them that drinking f-cks up your races. It's not like anyone can dispute that because every runner reacts differently to alcohol.

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Cully092

372 posts since
Jul 4, 2002

9. Aug 21, 2006 10:28 AM

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Re: drinking

Just dont do it, theyll get over it. They wont stop being your friend just because you chose not to drink. Ive been to a few parties where I didnt drink asked a few times to drink but didnt, and that was it. Next day no one questioned it, its not really a big deal. I never drank iin hs and never saw a reason to. At first I did feel weird going to a party and not drinking but it wasnt like everyone was looking at me and whispering "why isnt he drinking" Besides Im willing to guess your probably not going like the taste your first time...anyways.

Although it could be a different atmoshphere, HS from college and different attitudes towards drinking. But if you do end up drinking... just dont get trashed since Im guessing if your friends will pressure you into drinking they might screw with you if you blackout...

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skiinwatts

17 posts since
Jul 27, 2006

10. Aug 21, 2006 10:35 AM

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Re: drinking

When I don't want to drink and don't want to get pressured, I just fill a cup with soda. No one really pays attention to what's in the cup, and no one pressures me to drink either.

DanTheRunner

112 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

11. Aug 21, 2006 1:03 PM

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Re: drinking

KJB,
After you make you decision about whether or not you're gunna drink, (im hoping its a no), youll realize who you're true friends are. If they respect you for not drinking, then you should still be friends with them, but why waste a friendship in someone who will only keep pressuring you to drink?

Thats how I feel.

Dan ( a sophmore)

and no, i dont drink

MileRunnerDD

183 posts since
Apr 22, 2006

12. Aug 21, 2006 7:15 PM

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Re: drinking

You get nothing good from drinking.

Jeez, isn't this like that excate sceinario you get in health class when you learn about drinking?

Lot's of people die from too much drinking, or drinking and driving. People with lives, and futures, that had one drink and couldn't stop. You should only drink when your parents or responsible adults are around, when you're the legal age. There are new studies that show drinking before your body is completely physicially devolped makes you lose brain cells, or something along those lines. C'mon, don't be stupid.

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Crazy1004

1,039 posts since
Jan 29, 2006

13. Aug 21, 2006 10:12 PM

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Re: drinking

yeah drink when your parent are around. don't drink and drive. don't have to much

yeah or you could be like me and just not drink. Never touched a droop of it in my life. I don't evan wash my parent wine glasses.

I can't decide which is more evil. Beer and wine or gas.

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the kenyan

1,166 posts since
Aug 15, 2007

14. Aug 21, 2006 10:27 PM

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Re: drinking

just dont be stupid. You decide what stupid means to you. and I want a 500 word essay by tomorrow morning.....

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