As we get into the groove of football season, you may notice the smells coming from the student section. No, it isn’t body odor from the freshmen that are going through puberty. It’s most likely the smell of alcohol on someones breaths. Let’s not pretend like this isn’t the first time anything like this has ever happened, but let me give you some advice: choosing to ignore the fact that teens drink isn’t going to help anything! You can be against drinking all you want, but who is that really going to affect? Will it affect you or the people around you? You can not drink AND still have friends that do, it isn’t impossible. If you want to help them, make sure they are drinking responsibly and have designated drivers. Ignoring them and not keeping them safe is dangerous: someone has to watch out for them, and a good friend would gladly do just that.
Besides, these are our exploration years! This is the time for us to explore everything. God, alcohol, sexuality, friends. If we don’t explore now, we are never going to learn what we do and don’t like, and what our limits are. As long as we stay safe and know our limits, what’s the harm? Don’t ignore the fact that sh*t’s gonna happen, but try and keep the sh*t to a safe level! You may be asked: “Did you have an awesome time? Did you drink awesome shooters, listen to awesome music, and then just sit around and soak up each others awesomeness?” Hopefully, you can answer yes, because while you are exploring, you’re doing so responsibly. The thing we need to realize is that while a drink or two may be acceptable, drinking so much that we have a word vomit (or god forbid, an actual vomit) isn’t. People need to learn the line between buzzed and too drunk to remember anything from the last 12 hours. We are only teenagers and have our lives ahead of us, so now is the time to make mistakes and learn from them. What’s one screw-up now? We take those lessons with us the rest of our lives.
Sincerely, Cady Heron
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