A lot of kids in high school mature much faster than I and at age sixteen are already six-month veterans of dating, drinking, and pot smoking, and quite ready to play the expert when I decide to try alcohol and ask what it feels like to get drunk. Everyone assures me it\u2019s fun and to hurry up and do it. I\u2019ve refrained because I don\u2019t like the taste which still makes me gag but on this special night I force myself to keep drinking beers until, finally, they start sliding right down, and I become more elated every gulp and start crushing each can upon completion, a manly celebration. After about six brews I deem myself ready to walk around and proclaim, \u201cLook, I\u2019m finally drunk, and I love it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tI shake hands with a couple of friends and bound to another, who sits on a sofa, and bend to bite one of his shoes, and by the time I arise I conclude if six brews are wonderful, a few more will be even better. And I want to take advantage of beer temporarily tasting like water instead of a prickly carbonated drink. So I guzzle on, exhilaration rising as coherence decreases. Foolish pranks follow but most can\u2019t be remembered. <\/p>\n
\tAt the climax of the party I do realize I’m no longer happy. I\u2019m dizzy and bloated, my stomach hurts, and a pervasive bad taste nauseates me as I stagger into a bedroom, thinking, \u201cUh oh.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tI holler for help and a few friends run in and laugh and make uncomplimentary remarks while I lie on my back and groan. And then, when the ignominious moment arrives, I say, \u201cWastebasket,\u201d and my abused stomach strikes back. <\/p>\n
\t\u201cI\u2019m never gonna get drunk again.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\u201cOh yes you will,\u201d said one beaming fellow. \u201cAnd your hangover\u2019s gonna be terrible.\u201d <\/p>\n
\tHe was right. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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