I think that depends very much on the kind of people with whom you hang out. There are people who need alcohol to open up. On the other hand there are people who have no problem opening up without alcohol.
This is just what nerdy types tell themselves and they come up with all these rationalizations for it, most peoples skillsets don’t lend themselves for that type of socialization. These people just realize they were wrong years later when it’s much too late.
I recommend trying “placebo alcohol”. That means, getting drunk for the first time, to get an experience of what it feels like, but to have a non-alcoholic drink the next time and merely role-play being drunk.
This is the exact sort of community that would delude themselves in exactly this department and would never stop arguing(not saying you do this), but if someone told me “Can you have fun/meet people without drinking”, I would say “sort of, but you’re better of just participating anyways”.
When you drink with friends you learn why you were wrong, there’s always going to be just that “one guy” who thinks he knows better though.
Drinking alcohol is very necessary for connecting with people. People who are against alcohol don’t know much they miss out at times.
“I drink to make other people more interesting”—Ernest Hemingway
I think that depends very much on the kind of people with whom you hang out. There are people who need alcohol to open up. On the other hand there are people who have no problem opening up without alcohol.
This is so obviously wrong.
Alcohol may aid in connecting with some people some of the time.
This is just what nerdy types tell themselves and they come up with all these rationalizations for it, most peoples skillsets don’t lend themselves for that type of socialization. These people just realize they were wrong years later when it’s much too late.
I recommend trying “placebo alcohol”. That means, getting drunk for the first time, to get an experience of what it feels like, but to have a non-alcoholic drink the next time and merely role-play being drunk.
This is the exact sort of community that would delude themselves in exactly this department and would never stop arguing(not saying you do this), but if someone told me “Can you have fun/meet people without drinking”, I would say “sort of, but you’re better of just participating anyways”.
When you drink with friends you learn why you were wrong, there’s always going to be just that “one guy” who thinks he knows better though.
What do you mean?