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Beer
Now, I've never had any beer before, not even a sip -- but I've smelled it, and from what I've smelled I don't think it would taste very good. So I've been wondering lately, why do most people drink beer? Because they like the taste, because they like the effect it has on them, or because they want to fit in? Why do you personally drink beer (or any other alcoholic beverage, really)?
Thanks.
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I think it depends on what age group you look at.
For example, my parents like beer and other beverages because of its taste and because they appreciate it.
People my age (teenagers) like beer and other beverages because of the effects.
I personally have never been drunk in my life, but I do enjoy the occasional glass of wine or or a shot of good brandy because I enjoy the taste of it. My goal is not to get drunk, but really to taste and appreciate the labor of love. Because really, a true alcoholic beverage is a labor of love that needs to be drunk tastefully, respectfully, and appreciatively. Honestly, I think that if someone gets drunk, its really an insult to that beverage and a big sign of low class.
I am obviously from a family that is full of alcoholic beverage lovers. I have never seen any of my family drunk by the way.
I guess it really just depends on how you were raised: you can either appreciate it or abuse it. I chose to appreciate it because alcohol is a huge part of my culture (I'm Russian). When I go back to visit, alcohol is offered to you everywhere and if I were to abuse it, I would have long ago lost the respect people had for me. And I would also lose the respect I had for myself.
~Maria, 17
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Hah. Sorry, the end question was amusing.
Intoxicants are taken for fun. Thats the simplest way to put it.
Now, to go in depth.
Many young people begin drinking because of peer pressure. Peer pressure in this area amounts to there being a group of kids who drink, and they don't want to be wrong so they encourage others.
You know, because if someone your age with just as bad judgment as you have drinking because you told them to makes you right, somehow.
Now, people do intoxicants for two reasons. Fun, and addiction.
Intoxicants done for fun are done for the affects. Usually, the two biggest things people gain is physical sensation and loss of inhibitations.
- Physical Sensation - Lets give a historical example. Often times in the past before modern medicine, people who had to deal with medical procedures were given alcohol to get them drunk. Drunk people have a much higher pain threshold, and in the time before anesthetics this was the easiest way to dull the pain for someone who had to be operated on.
In today's times, you feel less physical pain, and sensations just feel somewhat different. People use words to describe it, but there is actually a sensation to "feeling drunk". Hard to describe for me, I havent gotten drunk in well over a year.
- inhibitations - Basically, social anxiety and self conciousness. Some people drink alcohol because they are too shy to be "the life of the party" without it in their own opinions. Often times people who do this end up removing too much self conciousness and then you hear things like "naked pictures on myspace" bandied around your school.
Basically, people want to do something, but feel too stupid. So they drink because regardless of them BEING stupid they don't feel stupid. Usually they end up being far more stupid in the end than they wanted to be (again, resulting in things like guys spreading naked pictures of girls who got just a little too drunk the night before)
Addiction... Well with something like alcohol people desire the laid back "I don't care about anything right now" effect alcohol can have. Most people who become addicted to alcohol are people who have alot to care about and don't want to, so they use alcohol to try to escape feelings of worry or insecurity. A large number of habitual addictions (to anything, TV, Video Games, Alcohol, Drugs, even work) form because the person is trying to run away from some part of their life and they find an activity they can sink into that lets them forget about their problems.
My former boss was like this with work. He owned the restaurant I was working at, and his wife basically runs the house and the order of importance is his wife, his kid, him in everything. So he goes to work constantly (more than 70 hours a week on a slow week) to get away from his family because of how bad things are at home right now. I would definitely call him a work-aholic, and while he is more productive than an alcoholic would be, he is still destroying himself and his personal life by working way too much, because work is his escape.
Its a different example, but if you switched out "alcohol" with "work" the only difference is he'd probably be having money issues as well as everything else thats bad for him right now. He has a productive addiction.
Taste wise... I don't know. I have tried to develop a taste for beer since I was a teenager and have not succeeded. It tastes like bitter water if its cheap beer, and like a good flavor mixed with bitter water if its good beer.
I'm long since old enough to drink, I prefer wine or actual liquor or nothing at all. Stopped drinking beer in college because there was so much of it around. My way of dealing with peer pressure, in an environment where if I drank it once in a while people would be trying to get me to drink it all the time, I didn't drink beer at all and was known for it, so after about two months people just left me alone about it.
But to answer your question in short, people drink beer for any and all of the reasons you asked about, sometimes more than one at a time. But the core motivation is either the feeling of "being drunk" or to make themselves more likely to do things they otherwise wouldn't.
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People drink beer for different reasons, just like the people below me said. You're gonna get a whole array of answers. For instance, my dad and boyfriend drink it, because they think it tastes good. My brother drinks it to get drunk and have fun. I personally hate the flavor of beer, and I am more of a liquor fan. Nothing hardcore, but mainly mixed drinks. I drink mainly cause it tastes good and relaxes me. I have social anxiety disorder, so it helps a lot at parties. I don't overdo it though, cause it ruins everything when you end up spending the whole night hugging the toilet. Been there, done that, no fun. :-P
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Growing up I wondered the same thing you are now, and I've gotten many different answers... So, I just wanted to share what I have been told...
For some, it was the cool thing to do, and over time they just got so used to it and “it became like drinking water.”
I also have been told that people love the taste AND smell, because everyone’s senses are different.
Most of the time, for people my age, they liked that they were "out of control", "sexual", I've even heard "numb" but the most popular one is "I just love to have fun." When they are inebriated.
Me, and a select other few, don't like the taste, hate the feeling, and don't care about "fitting in" even though I've tried it out of my own curiosity. I honestly still don't know why people love it so much either, so I'm also curious to see what other people tell you.
But, unless you’re taking a poll to find out why people drink beer or other alcoholic beverages you've pretty much got it covered as to why people do it I think because that's all I've ever gotten.
I know it wasn't really what you asked or helpful. I just wanted to share, like I said, what I've been told.
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People drink beer for different reasons. Some people i know drink it because they actually do like the taste, Others drink it after they drink zima (or something that tastes good) when they are drunk so they wont be able to taste the beer but its cheap so they want it. Some people drink in general to fit in, they dont think about the consquences beforehand.
Im not really the drinking type, i have had my fair share trust me. I guess the reason why i drank before was because i was bored and i liked the feeling.
Hope this helps!
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Theres alot of reasons people drink.
People do it to loosen up at a party.
Forget something bad that happend to them (temporarily).
People do it to hook up with another person.
Some people actaully like the taste and enjoy it.
The taste grows on you after a little while, take it from me i party every weekend haha.
I drink for alot of reasons, it changes your mood and sometimes people need that.
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