There was a time in my life when I did something very insensible and inappropriate and I still regret it till today.
It happened during my university days after we finished our second semester exams in third year. Everyone was getting excited because the exams were over and we will be moving to our final session and one of my coursemates was also celebrating his birthday. So a small party was planned to celebrate both the end of exams and my coursemates birthday.
Normally, I don’t attend parties like that but this time, some of my closest friends persuaded and convinced me to come. They really wanted me to join them because we are squad that usually work together in group, whatever we do, we do it together. And so they convinced me and I finally agreed to go for the party.
When we got to the party, the place was already full. There were many students from my department and other departments too who were present. The tables were arranged, music was playing and the students were just dancing, drinking and having fun.
Honestly speaking, I wasn't really comfortable at party but since I was there already, I said let me just stay.
We sat at a table, just watching everything that was happening.
The party was going well and I started to feel it and enjoy it a bit. Then, the host of the party that's the MC now said he wanted to make the celebration more fun and spice up the atmosphere a little by organising the truth or dare game.
At first, the game was just simple task. People were asked simple questions or told to do funny things like dance. Well I still didn’t want to join the game but almost everyone was participating, so I didn’t want to feel left out. I decided to join just to blend in. As the game continued, the dares became more serious. Then it got to my turn and I was dared to drink alcohol. Not just any alcohol, but a very strong one “Old Pot" which has about 48% alcohol.
Everyone around me knew that I don't drink. But once the dare was given, everyone started shouting and hailing me. Do it! Drink it, like they were just shouting. I felt so much pressured that I didn't want to look like a weak man in front of everyone, so I picked up the bottle. I drank the whole thing at once and everyone screamed. Then, someone handed me a second bottle, and I foolishly drank that too. Though the bottles were small size but the alcohol content is too much for my head to hold.
At first, I felt nothing but after a few minutes, everything changed. My head started spinning, my eyes became heavy and I couldn’t control myself. I was so drunk. My friends noticed my reaction and quickly took me home before I start misbehaving.
On the way, I started vomiting, throwing up on bike almost on the person riding. When we got home, they took me to the bathroom. I threw up all over the place again, messing up the entire bathroom. My entire self is smelling alcohol. All the things that was happening, I don't know. I was later told after I've regain myself because I didn’t know what I was doing or saying in that state. My friends had to stay with me the whole night to take care of me. I scattered my room and acted like someone who had lost control completely.
The next morning, I woke up feeling sick and very ashamed of myself. I could not believe what I had done. I felt bad for putting myself in that kind of situation. What if something worse had happened? What if I had passed out completely? Because according to my friends, I was breathing heavily, like someone whose life is about to go out of him.
Honestly, that day I made a promise to myself. I said I would never again allow myself to be pressured into doing anything that I didn’t want to do. I also decided never to attend student parties again. Even if I did, once I noticed something was off, I would leave immediately. Because that experience was very bad for me and I wouldn't want something like that to happen again.