Amen! You have mirrored my thoughts EXACTLY on alcohol. I've actually lost friends over their obnoxious, atrocious social behavior resulting from imbibing too much of that poison. I'm talking... "wanting to start fights with complete strangers because I can just blame it on being drunk" kind of behavior. At the same time, we had to babysit this dude the entire night.
And that is supposed to be fun?
You're 100% right about the "man, we were so wasted" stories. What could be duller? This is why I never joined a frat in college. There couldn't be something more useless, nullifying and numbing than hanging around a bunch of guys in plaid shirts and baseball caps who like to throw up all over each other - who call their group... a frat, almost as an afterthought. One of my friends tried to get me to join one of those. No, thanks, I'd rather rape myself with a hammer.
Your post made me realize why I don't drink. The TASTE. It DOES taste like gasoline and rotten fruit! Couldn't quite put my finger (or tongue) on it...
Anyway, yes. Alcohol is just an excuse to celebrate mediocrity when it's abused. What a nice life it is to be clean, sober, and yourself without it.