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Thursday, March 03, 2011
Personally I love going out with my friends. Because I live in the lively city of Hong Kong where going out is somewhat of an event. I had never been to a club before I moved here and if I’m being honest, I had never thought I would until the legal age. But when my friends first introduced me to the nightlife here, I was completely sold. Not because of the limitless alcohol available (especially on ladies night) but because of the atmosphere. It’s the one night where I can genuinely escape my life at school and at home, let it all out and just have fun!
Now I don’t drink. Well… not anymore. I used too. But after one particularly nasty night, I realized that I could have fun without the alcohol. Best thing about that? I’ll still be able to remember everything the morning after.
The night that really turned me off alcohol was New Years. It was the best night. I remember everything, especially what and how much I drank. But what I remember most is the look on my boyfriends face when he took me home. Now he doesn’t drink alcohol. In fact he has never taken a sip, pledges that he never will and I have always respected him for that. He has never minded me drinking. But this one night seemed a little different. He explained to me that he was worried. Not because of how much I drank but because he was leaving for university soon and felt that leaving me with my friends would make me vulnerable. He believed that because all of my friends got as drunk as I did, no one would be able to look after me if it got to the point where I needed help. I took in what he said and genuinely thought it through. And he was right. It wasn’t safe. Having a bunch of drunken teenage kids wandering around the streets, not one of them sober, would leave us all at risk. A risk I was not willing to take. So just like that, I stopped. It wasn’t a hard decision because I knew it was a right one.
Now I’m not saying that everyone should stop drinking alcohol! I mean, to each his own but for me, I don’t need it and frankly I don’t want it. Yes, I still go out and I still have fun. And yes, without alcohol. But now my kind of successful night includes great music, awful dancing and few bottles of… water.
- Laura
Category: Underage Drinking
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