Well see when you get drunk, your emotions and feelings are controled by the neurotransmitters in your brain otherwise known as brain chemicals. It raises and lowers them. It can make you feel different ways like more relaxed. People say it's fun because they're either addicted to it or like being irrisponsible and going out with friends and getting wasted

I've seen a lot of testimony that apparently is based on the assumption that you can control how much you take, and even what you do when you take it. Not much, if any, mention is made of the destruction that results from drinking in excess. I think this may be because of the age of most of those who have posted.

You don’t want to end up like me, homeless, dazed, and confused! Oh, I got out of it, after twelve years of struggling with alcoholism, mental illness, including family issues. Maybe a trip to the career and jobs office will sober you up. Get ready for when you become graduated. Don’t wait until your senior year to start finding out what you really want to do. I’ve posted this before, under a different title. I am thinking that it’s time for me to share my experience so you can have more to think about as you begin your path toward self-destruction. It can be a slow and arduous path, not showing its treachery until you are very well along on its meandering.

Drinking, for most people, consists of a social skill enhancer. I know because it used to be that way for me. Routine: go out, get trashed, meet people who are equally trashed. Most of the social interactions people have while out would never have occured if it wasn't for a little bit of alcohol. In my case, I don't do it anymore... I don't need alcohol to overcome my shyness because I've taken care of that aspect in my life and I became totally shameless. But I do enjoy a drink every now and then for relaxation purposes.

Now, to touch the statement earlier that says people drink to "fix" problems, that alcohol wears off eventually and the problems are still there are completely correct. But saying it's the same with drugs is incorrect to a certain extent. Ecstacy (widely known club drug) provides euphoria for the duration of the trip. And it's true it wears off eventually. But it provides a different type of mood enhancement called afterglow. Afterglow is a wondeful feeling similar to the one provided right after having sex AND it's possible that it lasts a lifetime. So some drugs, although they won't eliminate your problems, WILL give you a fresh and more positive look on your problems and make you feel better down the line.