How often do you drink?

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How many days do you drink during the school year?

  • Never

    Votes: 98 35.6%

  • All weekend (Fri AND Sat)

    Votes: 18 6.5%

  • Once on the weekend (Fri OR Sat)

    Votes: 88 32.0%

  • Weekend plus one day (Weekend + Thirsty Thursday?)

    Votes: 48 17.5%

  • 4+ days

    Votes: 23 8.4%
  • Total voters
    275
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Just wondering how often premeds drink during the school year. When I say drink I mean you are getting drunk, not just having one beer or something.
 
Stopped drinking a year ago even though I'm only 20. I like to have clear head.
 
I have never been drunk AFAIK. I always get a really bad headache after a few, is this normal?
 
I bong beers like snooki.
 
inb4 everyone brags about getting "wasted" every night with friends and partying non-stop on weekends, bragging how cool they are. When in reality, they know they are at the bottom of the totem pole when it comes to social life/talking to chicks/etc...
 
I get wasted every night with friends and party non-stop on weekends.

Did I mention that I'm really cool? I'd consider myself to be "at the top of the totem pole" when it comes to talking to chicks and having a social life.
 
Elpenor said:
I get wasted every night with friends and party non-stop on weekends.

Did I mention that I'm really cool? I'd consider myself to be "at the top of the totem pole" when it comes to talking to chicks and having a social life.
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i drink. a lot. but i'm not an alcoholic! i'm a beeraholic...there's a difference... XD

but i don't party ALL the time, even though my school made it into playboy's top 5 party schools in the nation (go pirates!). ALE officers are way too f**king sneaky and i don't need anything else on my record when i apply to medical school.
 
tweek125 said:
i drink. a lot. but i'm not an alcoholic! i'm a beeraholic...there's a difference... XD

but i don't party ALL the time, even though my school made it into playboy's top 5 party schools in the nation (go pirates!). ALE officers are way too f**king sneaky and i don't need anything else on my record when i apply to medical school.
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Not sure where you go to school, but I saw your location. I love Wilmington.

As far as drinking, do you mean intaking alcohol at all. I'll have a beer here and there any day of the week. When school's in I may drink a little heavier once on the weekend.

During Summer, it may be a little more, but not a whole lot.
 
I only drink when there's something going on, but I don't drink to the point where I get drunk; only enough to get a good buzz going on. Sometimes my friends and I will go to the casino for free drinks, too. Can't beat free drinks and trying everything.
 
jm192 said:
Not sure where you go to school, but I saw your location. I love Wilmington.

As far as drinking, do you mean intaking alcohol at all. I'll have a beer here and there any day of the week. When school's in I may drink a little heavier once on the weekend.

During Summer, it may be a little more, but not a whole lot.
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i'm from wilmington but i'm go to ECU, only like an hour and a half away from Wilmy
 
tweek125 said:
i'm from wilmington but i'm go to ECU, only like an hour and a half away from Wilmy
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Awesome! I'm also a huge Tennessee Titans fan. Chris Johnson FTW!!!
 
Never. I don't like alcohol.

JFK90787 said:
I have never been drunk AFAIK. I always get a really bad headache after a few, is this normal?
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Are you asian? A lot of Asians and alcohol don't mix very well due to the absense of aldehyde dehydrogenase.
 
ILikeDrugs said:
Never. I don't like alcohol.


Are you asian? A lot of Asians and alcohol don't mix very well due to the absense of aldehyde dehydrogenase.
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i thought this thread was hilarious and dandy until i saw this. now im freaking out about orgo on my mcat. again:scared:
 
Asian checking in that does like alcohol... Luckily, my alcohol dehydrogenase is working just fine. The worst that happens to me after a night of drinking is blacking out and waking up feeling a little tired. Once I get rehydrated, I'm good to go with zero hangover.
 
latrala2300 said:
i thought this thread was hilarious and dandy until i saw this. now im freaking out about orgo on my mcat. again:scared:
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well it should be a good reminder that if you dehydrogenate a compound you must be oxidizing it, and therefore you would covert alcohols to aldehyde/ketones, which in turn would become carboxyls. 😎
 
I've never really been a partier...not even in high school. Now I have this incredible incentive to avoid it at all costs. I need total, 100% concentration, and for me, that comes with keeping myself focused. I know some people that drink ALL the time and manage a 3.8 but it's just not within the contexts of my personality. To be honest that's just not how I like to relax.
 
edit: I didn't read the first comment -- only looked at the poll. I never get drunk, only enjoy a craft beer or home brew daily.
 
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Elpenor said:
I get wasted every night with friends and party non-stop on weekends.

Did I mention that I'm really cool? I'd consider myself to be "at the top of the totem pole" when it comes to talking to chicks and having a social life.
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... Says the guy with an anime character as his avatar
 
mmmm well last year I was taking some crazy classes so maybe once a week on average. Senior year I have easy classes 2 days a week...and hopefully I get some early acceptances so I'm gonna make my last year coooooooount
 
I get the worst hangovers...

...4+ times a week (roommates who do nothing with their lives but go to bars and have people over are a bad influence)
 
Thursday= a few beers if it's Thirsty Thursdays during baseball season
Thursday= a few mixed drinks at the bar if it's not baseball season, normally at a nightclub

Friday= house party so probably doing a few beer bongs and shots

Saturday= during football season drink at tailgate then party afterwards. If not football season repeat Friday

So all and all I drink alot.

Beer of choice
Bar Beer= house draft if they have it or XX
Night club= bid light
Beer bong= cheapest **** possible
Baseball= bud light
Football tailgate= what ever we get a keg of

Alcohol
Making my own drink= gentelmens jack and whatever else
Ordered drink= rum and coke or long island
 
These poll options are definitely aimed at the younger crowd... I never drink every weekend, and certainly not all weekend...
 
JFK90787 said:
lol no I'm white Irish. I think I'm the only person in my family who can't tolerate alcohol. But I do fairly well in math so maybe I got some of that Asian magic in me
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Wow. You're Irish and you don't tolerate alcohol very well? That's very weird.

(DONT BAN ME FOR THAT, MODS!)
 
Damn can't vote... I do like to drink every now and then (mixed drinks and shots, never beer), but not make myself drunk.
 
Alcoholism runs in (and continuously destroys) the family, so I chose not to get involved with drinking.
 
The love of my life left me for another man, my father is in and out of the hospital and rapidly approaching death, both of my grandparents on one side of the family just died, I have just slightly better than a snowball's chance in Hell of getting into the one medical school on Earth that is actually in a part of the country I like, able to give me the training I need, close to my family, and close to the girl I love so I can have a snowball's chance in hell of trying to get her back... I'm broke, my weight lifting numbers still suck, my car sucks ****, I am 100% congenitally incapable of dealing with direct sunlight and I was born and raised in San Diego, my extended family is a disunified cluster****, and I am REAAAAALLY sorely tempted to play the race card.

Holy jumping ****ing ****balls. Everything sucks, SO bad. The fact that I do not drink nightly to the point of oblivion astounds me, because God knows I want to. Probably the only thing that keeps me from it is when I wake up at 2:00 AM from my nightly panic attack and realize that maybe, just MAYBE, if I study my MCATs like a monster, shadow until my knees give out, try to kill myself with exercise and try to learn to deal with women better, I may perhaps live to see the day when my life does not completely and totally suck donkey balls, and provided that I don't completely strike out with my now-ex-girlfriend, I may one day open my eyes before sunup and be glad that I made it through the night.
 
I'm from Wisconsin...it happens from time to time 🙄
 
VikingLegacy said:
The love of my life left me for another man, my father is in and out of the hospital and rapidly approaching death, both of my grandparents on one side of the family just died, I have just slightly better than a snowball's chance in Hell of getting into the one medical school on Earth that is actually in a part of the country I like, able to give me the training I need, close to my family, and close to the girl I love so I can have a snowball's chance in hell of trying to get her back... I'm broke, my weight lifting numbers still suck, my car sucks ****, I am 100% congenitally incapable of dealing with direct sunlight and I was born and raised in San Diego, my extended family is a disunified cluster****, and I am REAAAAALLY sorely tempted to play the race card.

Holy jumping ****ing ****balls. Everything sucks, SO bad. The fact that I do not drink nightly to the point of oblivion astounds me, because God knows I want to. Probably the only thing that keeps me from it is when I wake up at 2:00 AM from my nightly panic attack and realize that maybe, just MAYBE, if I study my MCATs like a monster, shadow until my knees give out, try to kill myself with exercise and try to learn to deal with women better, I may perhaps live to see the day when my life does not completely and totally suck donkey balls, and provided that I don't completely strike out with my now-ex-girlfriend, I may one day open my eyes before sunup and be glad that I made it through the night.
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Wow--sounds like you have your plate is full! Maybe you should ax the weight room and take up yoga, lol. Remember that no one can do everything or be everything for everyone. Clearly things are sucking but drinking wouldn't make it better anyways. But maybe you'll find an even better school and meet a more incredible girl. Things happen for a reason ya' know. So take a few deep breaths and let yourself be human. And don't forget to breathe. Best of luck to you 🙂
 
i'm not really a fan of the taste of alcohol. it seems to me that it's an acquired taste. and i'm not all that interested in acquiring a taste for it.
 
Electronegative said:
Stopped drinking a year ago even though I'm only 20. I like to have clear head.
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Agreed. Even if it isn't a hangover I just have an overwhelming urge to do nothing after a decent night of drinking. I don't qualify having a beer or two as drinking if it is during/near a meal. To any beer fans, try a Negro Modelo with a steak... Good vibes will ensue.

And for the people that answered 4+ a week, stock up on Four Loko, pretty sure the cheapest way to get schwasty night after night. Disclaimer: buy only one or two cans at a time, if you try to stock up for say a long weekend, the competitive nature inevitably is induced and people start pushing the frontier that is a third can in one sitting.. bad news.
 
alcohol is for noobs and medieval monks.
 
It depended on whether I had an exam coming up. If no exam was looming (i.e. within a week), 2-3 nights sounds about right. If I had an exam coming up, no drinking allowed.

Work hard, play hard.
 
VikingLegacy said:
The love of my life left me for another man, my father is in and out of the hospital and rapidly approaching death, both of my grandparents on one side of the family just died, I have just slightly better than a snowball's chance in Hell of getting into the one medical school on Earth that is actually in a part of the country I like, able to give me the training I need, close to my family, and close to the girl I love so I can have a snowball's chance in hell of trying to get her back... I'm broke, my weight lifting numbers still suck, my car sucks ****, I am 100% congenitally incapable of dealing with direct sunlight and I was born and raised in San Diego, my extended family is a disunified cluster****, and I am REAAAAALLY sorely tempted to play the race card.

Holy jumping ****ing ****balls. Everything sucks, SO bad. The fact that I do not drink nightly to the point of oblivion astounds me, because God knows I want to. Probably the only thing that keeps me from it is when I wake up at 2:00 AM from my nightly panic attack and realize that maybe, just MAYBE, if I study my MCATs like a monster, shadow until my knees give out, try to kill myself with exercise and try to learn to deal with women better, I may perhaps live to see the day when my life does not completely and totally suck donkey balls, and provided that I don't completely strike out with my now-ex-girlfriend, I may one day open my eyes before sunup and be glad that I made it through the night.
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Gotta lose some of that stress, buddy!
 
gettheleadout said:
Just Drugs? 😀
And same here.
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AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAAHA LOVE IT!

I get drunk like twice a month. IDK if that's a lot but on pay day coworkers and I go party at whatever house party is happening. I work at Abercrombie and my coworkers have a sixth sense, and KNOW when they're missing out on some party.
 
david06 said:
Am I the only one who is very surprised how high the "never" percentage is?
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they specifically asked about how often ppl get drunk in the first post. so i'm actually surprised at how high the other results are. i may not drink, but i know people who do every now and then. but not to the point of drunkenness every weekend.
 
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