A drink or two and we're best friends

Drink is the greatest social lubricant. I've got to know my friends so much better at uni thanks to my little friend rum. This isn't to say that I rely on it, however I do believe it makes for a better night. I know a few people who don't drink, by choice. Fair enough, but I've had a few sober nights out since coming back to uni and I just don't know how people do it. Being the sober friend is definitely not for me, it's horrendous. At least if I've had a drink I don't notice how annoying we all are!

This picture was a Monday afternoon at 3 O'clock. My lovely friends and I decided that uni was done for the day. We proceeded to buy 4 bottles of rum and make "cocktails". By 8pm we had peaked and Alec and I were sharing the toilet to be sick. I was in bed by 9. This aside, it was one of the best days I've had in ages! As the rum flowed so did the conversation- okay not all of it meaningful, a lot of it was drunk bullshit. However the (mostly) wonderful effect of alcohol is that generally we share more together after a drink. I don't think I'd know half as much about Alec, for example, if we hadn't started drinking together more this year! And surely that has to be a good thing. I enjoy being around my friends sober though, obviously, just not when everyone else is drunk around me!