Drinking: And How Witt Makes You Realize That You Need It

Okay. So maybe that title isn't completely accurate. But that really is what it's felt like to be a student here at Witt.

Before college, I have absolutely no interest in drinking. My parents always had wine with dinner on weekends, and they had a pretty decent store of liquor in the house that I was never denied access to. Then again, I never actually "broke into it" for some rowdy late night whisky drinking either. So coming to Witt, I had absolutely no plans to become a hardy or frequent drinker. And so this day, that has stayed true.

I'm a junior now, and I can honestly say that I've never been black-out "drunk". I've gotten "tipsy" and "fun" but never to the point where I've passed out. I've never even had a hang-over. And honestly, I'm not really interested in getting one either.

I understand that this is college and that partying is something that alot of people spend a good 4 days out of their week doing. But personally, I don't see the point of doing it that often. It just gets boring and repetative in my opinion. Why do something so often and run into the ground as opposed to doing it more sparingly and actually getting the chance to remember the night past 10pm?

Maybe I'm the minority here. Maybe I'm just missing out on this thing that everyone seems to think is so necessary. But unless not-getting smashed every weekend is going to kill me, I don't think I'll be doing it any time soon.

-Fran