I suffer from bipolar. Unless I’m riding high on some serious up-swings, it tends not to be a very fun mental illness. If there is one thing us ‘bi-polar bears’ love as much as a good anxiety spiral, it’s a good drink.
It’s a Saturday night, the cheap vodka and limes are flowing, the beats are pumping, then, all of a sudden, you wake up in a pool of vomit (yours or someone else’s) and no recollection of the night before. Sound familiar? Sick of those nights where you look more like a dehydrated athlete as you reach for pre-mix rather than a sophisticated drinker?
Everyone utilises pre-drinks, also known as ‘pre’s’ before a night out to achieve a different goal. The general idea is to get a little bit of a buzz before the night begins, but I definitely know some people whose thinking is more along the lines of, ‘I want to be smashed by the time I get out of the cab’.
Cocktails are notorious for a few reasons: 1) They are usually expensive compared to other drinks like beer or Jack and Coke; 2) They get you drunk pretty quickly - (this is usually because they combine 2 or more spirits per drink, which makes sense as to their exuberant prices!); 3) They’re not just for girls - after all, James Bond loved his
Many girls scoff when guys make crude sex jokes. However, many girls’ drink of choice at bars and nightclubs are cocktails, and often the naughtier the name of the cocktail, the more likely broads will drink them. After drinking enough of them, many girls will be able to tell their gal pals a “cock tale” or two. Many of the cocktail names out there
Over spring we work so hard to get our bodies ready for summer. Then summer hits and all our good work is ruined by the bottomless beverages we guzzle down through the warmer months.