Illustration Essay: Why We Drink -- Sociology Alcohol

It was a Monday morning and the topic of everyones conversation was the aside weekend. Usually explaining how drunk they were and the uncontrollable mishaps that we didnt even remember until the next day. For example, they arrange their friends Man, I was soooo wasted last night, I must have drank comparable 10 beers and like half a bottle of vodka, all told with smile of excitement hoping to do it again the next weekend. This regular occurrence got me thinking, why do we brag ourselves and praise others for accomplishing fewthing that requires absolutely no skill? In short, why do we get drunk?I feel that some people drink in order to knock down or at least lower the wall of insecurities they have built up inside them even for just an instant. For example, my friend Mike attempts to be ...