Drinking is a core subject that will continue to crop up throughout your university life, and you are likely to go on refining your knowledge of it right up until graduation day, and beyond. One of my good friend joined University of Aberdeen last year as an international student. And for more than 1month i never see him sober. Its only after that he had serious injuries he started to learn things.

How to drink is one of the first lessons you learn at university. It is very important for a student especially Female students to work out either how many drinks it takes for them to fall over, or how best to tell other people that drinking orange juice and not falling over can also be fun.

According to Guardian.co.uk article 1st lesson is deciding your tipple. Clearly this is all about the image you wish to portray. Do you go for sensible: halves of lager; or dangerous: sangria? Deciding that your usual is champagne can limit your social circle, while Strongbow might broaden it to the occupants of the bench outside the Co-op. Vodka-and-something is a good option, especially if the something can contribute to your five-a-day fruit and veg intake (so long as it isn’t your entire five-a-day).

Next, how much to drink. To begin with, this will involve a certain amount of trial and error. Try to have someone with you whom you trust and who, preferably, isn’t trialling and errorring too. Drinking alone is rarely a wise move. In fact, it is always better to drink in a group, preferably one in which at least one person will remain sober. Try to ensure this person isn’t your lecturer.

You also need to remember to keep an eye out for spiked drinks. Don’t accept drinks from strangers, unless they’re your parents, and if you suddenly feel much drunker than you anticipated, tell someone, even if it’s after your 17th pint. Drinking from bottles rather than glasses can be the safest option, unless your chosen tipple is whisky.

Realizing what your drinking persona is can be valuable. If you know that after a few drinks you tend to run naked through town centres, wear something in which you need help undoing the zip. If you ring up and rant at exes, delete their numbers.

Then you need to take a realistic view of whether you are drinking too much. You – and your parents – may prefer to believe that you have a rare allergy to alcohol, not that you regularly drink so much that you need to have your stomach pumped, but there are times when the sensible thing, clearly, is to stop.

Finally, one lesson everyone should have learned by the time they leave university: water is a wonderful thing.

[Source: Guardian.co.uk]

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