Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Alcohol at 18
When you are little your parents always tell you not to hang out with the wrong crowd because you will start doing what they do or people will get the wrong impression of you. Well, I hang out with the wrong crowd. I have since high school and probably always will. But hanging out with the "wrong crowd" that does drugs and drinks doesn't make you a bad person; it shows me what not to do, plus I help them stay out of trouble. With saying this I know about drinking at a younger age than the legal twenty-one year old age limit and will admit (even to an employer) that I have tried alcohol and I'm not twenty-one, but I am happy to say that I did not like what I tried and just don't have the "want to" to try anything again. When it comes to lower the drinking age to eighteen, I highly disagree. You are an adult at eighteen and can make decisions for yourself, but you are still a teenager in the sense that most of your decisions are based off your emotions. I know a lot of eighteen year old are very mature for their age, but when you look at that age population as a whole then you notice that a lot of them are still stupid and immature. I feel with this being said that if you as an eighteen year old can't make decisions without thinking logically being sober; then you probably don't need to drink on top of that. I have seen my friends do stupid things while drinking and they can drink legally. Therefore I feel that an eighteen year old should not be able to drink until they are eighteen. Plus if the eighteen year old is mature enough then they could wait 3 years and wouldn't complain.
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I agree with you about the immature people drinking. They shouldn't be drinking if they are still ruled by their emotions.
ReplyDeleteSome good thoughts here, Kayla. It's admirable that you are staying true to your own values despite the actions of some of those around you, but do be careful--it is possible to live your own life completely on the up-and-up and still find yourself dealing with collateral damage. (My apologies if I'm sounding too maternal here! :-) )
ReplyDeleteDon't feel bad Dr. Vaneman, I have mama bear syndrome so I understand completely.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you. I especially like the last comment you made that a mature eighteen year old could wait three years to drink without complaining. It makes sense that if a person that age realizes that alcohol should be enjoyed sparingly and is not an excuse to completely lose control, he or she could wait a few years to partake in that freedom. I do not think they would have a desire to get ridiculously drunk.
ReplyDeleteI like you points. Your views are similar to mine, and I used to hang out with the wrong crowd too. I definitely "sobered up" to the fact that alcohol is awful.
ReplyDeleteReading your blog Kayle suprissed me, but not in a bad way. I have been told by my friends that If I hang out with others that drink, smoke,etc that I will soon start participating in such things, but I believe that it is up to me whether or not I can be around that. If I am not strong enough in my beliefs to hang out with others who may think differently than myself, that I am the one with the problem.
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