Alright, so it isn’t often that I post a completely angry, spur of the moment rant. But I feel like that now. Apparently it’s been getting around that I’m some sort of drunkard, and so are several other people that I’m very good friends with. It really pisses me off to find out that people have made some assumptions about my life which can in no way be based off of any facts whatsoever. So first of all I would like to set the record straight so that if anyone else wants to know exactly what goes on, they’ll realize that any other hearsay that they’ve either heard or have been saying is absolute bullshit.

I have no problem admitting that I choose to drink. In high school I found it to be a much bigger deal and I was clearly against it, as a personal decision. I’ll admit that I made judgments on others that drank, so I can’t say that I’m not being hypocritical. But just like almost every other college student on the planet, my attitudes and feelings toward a lot of different things changed. But that’s not to say that every time that I drink I’m drinking like every other college student. So apparently, contrary to what some people think is popular belief, I have NEVER been drunk to the to point where I can’t remember what happened, NEVER to the point of throwing up, passing out or having any sort of hangover or ill feelings the next day, and NEVER have I put myself in a situation that I have not been completely comfortable with. It also goes without saying that the people that I have drank with, in every case, have been in just as much control as I have been. Although, obviously, people respond differently to alcohol, I’ve never been uncomfortable with how those who I am with have acted. It also goes without saying that I have in no way reached a point where I “cannot have fun” without alcohol, just incase that becomes a rumor about me as well.

So, I guess what I really want to say is that I’d appreciate if you have something to say about my personal decisions, come and talk to me about it, instead of telling other people what you think happens. It’s ridiculously rude to tell other people that I make bad decisions or that I can’t control my drinking, and it pisses me off to hear from someone that they have been told things that are so far from the truth. It also pisses me off to hear that people have apparently said the same things about other people that have made the same decision as I. No one that I know cannot control their drinking, and every time that we do drink it is not as an excuse to get drunk, but instead it is simply a way to sit around, say silly things and have fun. There is a HUGE difference between drinking to get drunk and drinking socially with friends and apparently some people don’t know which side of that I’m on.

I also don’t want it to seem like I’m bitching at people who don’t drink, because I think it’s a completely personal decision and I don’t have anything against not drinking. I’d just appreciate not hearing from other people that I’ve been called some sort of alcoholic, when that is very far the truth. I just thought everyone had gotten over the high school drama and bullshit and grown up a little bit, but I guess not.

Sorry about the language and anger. It won’t happen again too soon.