"Liquid Confidence"

“Blame it on the Goose; got you feelin’ loose..Blame it on the al-al-al-al-alcohol.” (“Blame it on the Alcohol,” T-pain and Jamie Foxx)

No wonder this song stayed on the charts so long! Besides the fact that it gets annoyingly stuck in your head for hours, it’s the basically the mantra of high school and college students across the country!

It’s a little thing most students like to call “liquid courage” or “liquid confidence.” It’s a little thing I like to call… “pathetic.” Seriously.

Alcohol is like the “catch-all” excuse for everything. You hooked up with huge mistake? You let out a friends’ deepest secret? You did something embarrassing and looked like a complete idiot? It was all the alcohol’s fault.

On the same token, so many people I know need to drink to have confidence. Whether it’s to flirt with their crush, ask someone on a date, or just to have fun at a party without being self-conscious, too many girls and guys need a boost from the bottle.

That’s not okay.

My neighbor is breathtakingly beautiful. She had a long-running national commercial and is a decently high profile person at USC; as a matter of fact, I’ve always wanted to look like her, to get attention like her, to be noticed like her.

But this girl, who I always think is out of every boy’s league, believes she needs to be drunk every single night she leaves the house (or in the afternoon if she is hanging out with an attractive boy).

It’s ridiculous to me that this phenomenal girl needs “liquid confidence” just to be comfortable around a guy! Sure, I know it’s easier to be fun and flirty, but shouldn’t he like you for who you are when you’re sober?

Don’t you have enough to offer the world without having to add alcohol to your list?