College. The land of pure pressure and attempts of “Finding yourself”.
With that, people will drink alcohol, and people will then act out crazy behaviors. Drinking is one of the main things done in college.
Most students have attempted to drink or have drank some type of alcoholic beverage by their senior year. Drinking can cause some outrageous things to occur with people. People can do things such as falling asleep in public, all the way up to drunk driving and even manslaughter with everything in between.
But the real outrageous thing here, is that people will use them being “under the influence” as a smokescreen to cover up various actions that they perform. Especially, if it directly affects another person long term.
It shouldn’t matter if a person is drunk or not. If a person does something wrong while under the influence, then they are still at fault. As a person of free will, they make the decision to drink in the first place.
If a person is constantly causing big problems because of their consumption of alcoholic beverages, then they shouldn’t drink at all.
Throughout my childhood, teenage years and also since I’ve been at BG, I’ve experienced some really violent behavior at the hands of someone drunk.
I was even recently assaulted at a social event. This guy was drinking then started to give me a hard time. He then thought it was a good idea to put on his hands on me and get violent with me as the event was coming to an end. The excuse that was used later was that “TEEZ, he was drinking.” To me, that’s not an excuse. Not at all.
I’ve dealt with a lot of people in my life who constantly drank and had drinking problems, but I can assure to you that none of them have ever put their hands on me or have tried to harm me in any way, shape or form. Being under the influence and doing unnecessary stuff like that is uncalled for. Do I hold this person responsible for what he did?
Yes. I hold this person responsible for every single one of his actions that night. To me, drinking is not an excuse to justify aggressive behavior like that. I could have been severely injured I feel that everyone who does things like this need to be able to accept responsibility for their actions.
I’m so sick of people hiding behind the “Sorry, but I was drunk” smokescreen. I’m so sick of it. People don’t truly realize the negative effects of their drunken actions when they target and harm other people. It’s okay to drink and have fun, but when you’re putting your hands on others, assaulting them physically and sexually, then it’s time to start reevaluating your life choices.
Getting drunk and harming another person is a serious offense. If reported, it can have some heavy consequences. A person could face sanctions by their school and even face legal charges from police if pressed further.
People like the guy that assaulted me need to be made aware that this isn’t okay. It’s time to for people like them to step up and accept personal responsibility for their actions. No matter if you’re a man, woman, transgendered, alien, or whatever you identify as. If you hurt someone, you are responsible for that action you committed.
Being drunk is NEVER an excuse, and never will be. If you always tend to fight and cause problems whenever you’re drinking, then maybe you shouldn’t be drinking because you probably have an addiction problem.
If you think you can handle your alcohol, take steps before you get out hand and possibly having the chance of doing something belligerent.
WATCH YOUR ALCOHOL CONTENT.
Have fun, but always drink responsibly. Everyone needs to watch their actions more closely and if they ever hurt someone while intoxicated, the least they can do is say “Hey, I’m sorry. That was wrong of me”. That is accepting responsibility.
I really do not want to experience another incident that I had to experience that night of Halloween. These people are college students. It’s time they all stepped up and owned up to their bad behaviors and actions.
Respond to Torrance at
