Alcohol

Alcohol as never really made sense to me. First off, I don't like its taste. Second of all, I've seen countless number of people make decisions they later regret and/or throw up repeatedly and feel sick the next day.

In high school I enjoyed drinking at parties because it made me feel more relaxed around girls. However, this never helped me get any girls in high school anyway!!!

I pretty much stopped drinking the night I met Sheena. She can probably count the number of times she's seen me drink on one hand.

The hardest part about not drinking that I've found is the social aspect. I now feel comfortable going to a bar and ordering bottled water or sparkling water. I think it will be difficult for me at business meetings when everybody else is drinking, but I haven't really encountered it yet. And I wouldn't be against drinking a tiny bit.

John Sexton, the president of NYU, has never even sipped alcohol once so this gives me hope that there's ways to get around it.

To me, it feels like the greatest benefit of alcohol is the buzzed feeling. My pesonal feeling is that I'd rather find ways of getting positive feelings that don't cost money, don't have negative health effects, and don't make me need more and more of it to feel its positive effects. Although, I do have to admit that it is difficult to get relaxed quickly in social situations without it, although it is theoretically possible.