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The sober truth about getting really drunk

My father told me one Sunday morning that he’s never gotten drunk in his life. I wondered if he, like I had, ever wondered what it was like.

This was the morning after – the morning after I had become enthralled by the shimmer of free tequila under black light. I’m underage, but we all are when it comes down to it and everyone knows it.

Holding a screwdriver in one hand and a rum and coke in the other is so much more fulfilling when you know it’s technically illegal. There’s a certain appeal to doing things we know we’d get in trouble for. The trick is not to get caught.

I’m not very good at tricks.