TIPS:How to Avoid Alcohol While in LPU

So your friends want to party on a Friday night? When they want to have a good time by drinking but it's not for you, what do you do? This article provides some suggestions to help you avoid the mantra that "alcohol is the only way to have fun" and to keep your own preferences intact, while still having fun and spending time with your friends in hostel.


1)Play CS instead! :D LAN party in hostel rooms with your group of friends is never a bad idea. While playing, time flies. You won't even come to know when did the clock hand crossed 3:00 AM. 


2) For a person who abstains, the line of no crossing is very clear but for someone who drinks alcohol occasionally, the challenge can be at its most difficult because the excess attitude and peer pressure can be prevalent. In either case, whether you never drink or drink moderately and occasionally, you'll need to have your response ready and a firmness of attitude about maintaining your choice.


3) Think through the consequences of drinking alcohol in excess, such as getting caught by the security and then getting suspended from the university for at least a weekl, damaging your reputation (because they will stick posters with you photos with text as-"...got suspended from the university in case of INTOXICATION), being sick, potentially harming yourself through injury or alcohol poisoning, sleep disturbance, and wasting money(go and eat chocolate trufle pastry at Harji Bakery instead ;)) .


4) Aim to stay with people who respect your decision; if you're hanging around with people who don't like it when you don't join in, then they're probably not worth hanging around. Real friends will understand and respect your decision and may even come to rely on you as the person who keeps them level-headed about drinking in excess.


5) Keep partying. Not drinking doesn't mean you're not able to enjoy the partying. Binge and excessive drinking is never healthy, whatever your age, but partying is good for your soul. It's fine to turn up to parties and drink water, soda, juice, etc., all evening. The objective of partying is to socialize and you can do that without drinks; avoid feeling that you have to drink simply because it's what everyone else does (known by researchers as "social modelling").




Drink for taste. Don't drink to get drunk and remember, you don't have to drink to have a good time. Take care!