hey Wes, the only thing I meant about smoking is the thought of smoke (which is so visibly and clearly bad for the body) freaks me out. I know it's similar to drinking, ie: putting a bad thing in your body, it's just the way it goes in that would never appeal to me. Drinking, yeah, everyone does that everyday, it just seems like the method is less unhealthy if you know what I mean. haha, yes I've been wasted over the past few years but I'm at uni, screw it, it's gotta be done. There's not one person I know at uni (and I know a lot of different types of people) that drink, and would tell me they have had a better night not drinking, than drinking. Unless they get insanely pissed and do something stupid, in which case it is their own fault. And, the people I do know that don't drink (yeah I know a few haha), well they simply don't seem to have as much fun as me...
The way I see it at the moment is that the benefits EASILY outweigh the costs, when that ceases to happen, almost definitely when I leave uni then I'll not be drinking anymore!
Good to see how mature this conversation is by the way... keep it up lol