i can "go out with my friends without drinking" people who label other people as alcoholics too easily are a bunch of little non-adventurous pussies who havent gotten a little bit scared a couple of time in their lives....you have to expereience that shit to be able to say youve lived. why do you ski? for me its because i get scared of it sometimes and that shit drives me man. you get that rush of that cliff you just dropped or that treeline you just did. same with everything outside of skiing. smoking, drinking, doing stupid shit. i used to smoke to get that feeling of "oh fuck dude im stoned as shit" after you just ripped your buddies brand new 3 foot glass bong (jay belanger) i like to drink because of that feeling you get from it, in the case of you just feel free (as so many people tend to claim with skiing as well) and usually i like to do stupid shit with that shit, and sometimes even without it just from haning out with my friends. so dont go around calling people who like to fucking live life and experience all the different things and situations it has to offer as alcoholics. there is a lot more shit surroudning it.......bitch