Happy Hour - The Grown Up way to party

When I was in college I did my fair share of drinking like most. Usually it was at frat parties or the "it" club/bar at the time. College was great. You had very little to worry about compared to real life. You didn't have to take things so seriously. Therefore drinking during the week was totally acceptable, in fact, its the norm. As most of us know, you get a huge reality check once you graduate. There is no more getting trashed on a Tuesday night. Well, maybe every once in awhile but its a rare occasion. Six a.m. comes around really quickly when you don't crawl into bed until 2am. Nobody likes to face a nine hour day when you are battling a raging headache and you still kinda feel a little drunk. So as the intelligent adults that we are, we have developed another excuse to booze. And this event is called "Happy Hour". Sometimes we try to legitimize it because it occurs after a long, hard day. It is a widely accepted practice. Its almost like happy hour is a reward for having to work as opposed to b-sing around everyday. Even philathropic events have used the lure of happy hour to increase membership. Mostly happy hours occur for me on Thursday night. That way if you drink too much it isn't that bad because Friday is the end of the work week. Also, happy hour occurs between the hours of five to seven pm. That way if you stop drinking early you have a chance to recover for the next workday. Plus, most companies are pretty relaxed on Friday. So, my advice to all you soon to be graduated college seniors is to focus less on staying out to the am hours and focus on "Happy Hour". Believe me, you will thank me later.