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When you are reporting to campus, your parents and jobless uncles yet to move out of their parents' homes will be all over you about how you should not drink because alcohol is the devil's piss.
They will not hesitate to remind that you are the family's image and consuming the bottle will make you taint their reputation.
I have found that to be a whole load of hogwash. Look at this story of Roy a comrade we share hostel with. When we were in first year, Roy would stumble to class drunk on alcohol - not the fancy drinks you find at K1 but the 'mama pima' stuff which makes you check your eyes after every sip to ensure you dint lose sight halfway through.
Would men be able to handle childbirth better than women??
I can't recall seeing him sober, be it in the morning or afternoon classes. Come evening he appeared as if resisting death from what he had consumed. But he could still consume one more glass. He would later confess he used to pass by the students' centre (they stock booze) and have a pint or two for the road. To "unlock and keep on toes" and, all through first year, he sat at the front row of every lecture session. His sitting position exposed everyone's nostrils to the tearing pungent smell of ingested alcohol.
The holier-than-thou found perfect reason to give him judgmental looks and shun sitting next to him. Good bit Roy, or perhaps the booze he consumed, did not allow that to hurt his esteem.
Then we had our first continuous assessment test for a common unit, Maths for Science, and when the papers were brought back, Roy topped with a score of 29 out of 30. Everyone including himself doubted it with the cynical ones labelling it pure luck or a one-hit wonder. Oh, how we were wrong.
Fast forward to date, we're in our Fourth Year and Roy still drinks like a fish - if not worse - but the brother has the highest number of As in the entire class. I'm giving you my word, because like I told you earlier, you can't make this stuff up. Roy drinks more than the entire class combined but, when you bring him back to academics, he still whips our sore butts flat. Which brings me to my point today; Guys, if you want to drink, it's okay, drink. Kidogo. Don't drown in the bottle; just drink enough to leave you with a functional brain to pass exams in campus.
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