2009-12-20, 01:00 PM
Khoi Wrote:To sum up everything, drinking is not necessary in able to have a good time. Here's my opinion on it, if you want to have a good time in a different way, yes, perhaps try drinking. I wouldn't say it'll always be better, but it's fun for me when I play Super Smash Brothers Melee, Halo, Dead or Alive, and ... [insert more games here]! Especially with good friends, it can be great. With random strangers, you might end up getting yourself in deep sh't for all I know. You don't need alcohol to cope with anything. It's not required. Hell, some people look down upon you for drinking, while others will glorify you for it. It's up to you.
This.
All in all, drinking is fun if it's done right (with people, in moderation, etc.), but, as Khoi said, is not necessary in having a good time. The mental feelings you experience while drinking are great to essentially say "fuck it" to the world and problems you may have in life, which is why a lot of people drink, but again, such a euphoria can occur through other means.
One such avenue I've found is substance-free clubbing, like you mentioned in your first post. Clubbing is a really, really awesome to let everything go as well because all you focus on is the beat of the music and keeping your body in time with whomever you're dancing. It's probably a bit easier/more enjoyable for people who are musically attuned, but popular music nowadays (and techno in general) is all created in a simple 4/4 beat that anyone who can count can follow pretty readily. To experience the euphoria of clubbing at it's best, you have to imagine yourself letting go of everything and existing solely within the music. It sounds cheesy, but when you're "one with the beat" or your body is "in sync with the rhythm," your mind is essentially numbed to all other external signals, creating a pseudo-inebriated state that isn't detrimental to your health like dumping ethanol on your liver.
tl;dr: Go clubbing. It's awesome, and a fantastic place to escape and experience mental euphoria without killing your liver/neurons with ethanol.