Is getting drunk overrated? Options

[Spectatrix]

I don't see the point in getting drunk. I got drunk once and didn't think much of it... getting buzzed felt good, but getting to the point of "drunk" just kinda felt meh. I mean, you gradually lose control of your inhibitions (sometimes a good thing, admittedly) and motor functions and you often end up feeling like crap in the morning, even if you DIDN'T do something you regret.

Discuss.

[prefix]

I don't need any research to tell me that pot makes you lazy. Everyone I know that smokes pot, which is pretty much everyone is a lazy ass. It takes them a couple of hours to do anything. They have to like sit around and think about doing something for like 20 minutes, then start doing it.

[Rocky]

I don't need any research to tell me that pot makes you lazy. Everyone I know that smokes pot, which is pretty much everyone is a lazy ass. It takes them a couple of hours to do anything. They have to like sit around and think about doing something for like 20 minutes, then start doing it.

But to believe it across the board ?


I have friends who do nothing but get high these days. They are zombies, staring into space, speaking slowly, and waiting for the next chance to get high. It's ridiculous for how "harmless" we perceive pot to be. You'd expect that kind of zombification from a "harder" drug.


But also, there are plenty of people I've known who smoke regularly and they aren't burnouts.


Drugs have different effects on people. Not everybody sits on the couch and watches Aqua Teen Hunger Force after lighting up.


It's people's personal responsibility (or lack thereof) that dictates if they continue to use something that hurts them, or makes them useless etc.

[impala454]

But to believe it across the board ?
I have friends who do nothing but get high these days. They are zombies, staring into space, speaking slowly, and waiting for the next chance to get high. It's ridiculous for how "harmless" we perceive pot to be. You'd expect that kind of zombification from a "harder" drug.
But also, there are plenty of people I've known who smoke regularly and they aren't burnouts.
Drugs have different effects on people. Not everybody sits on the couch and watches Aqua Teen Hunger Force after lighting up.
It's people's personal responsibility (or lack thereof) that dictates if they continue to use something that hurts them, or makes them useless etc.

same thing with anything else too... cigarettes, i've seen 90 year old men that smoke that have smoked since they were 12 and have no problems. food, i've seen a guy that was a beanpole and his primary meals were ice cream and bacon that he fried in his microwave every day.

the interesting part is, this doesn't really hold true for alcohol. even if you can "hold" your liquor well, you will still get drunk at one point and your liver still gets shot from large quantities at once.

so yeah, while choice is part of the equation, so is your body (at least until they figure out how to change that )