There are some people that forever see life as one big party. A party full of binge drinking, drugs, one-night stands, and reckless decisions. A party that starts at 5 p.m. and lasts until 6 a.m. the following morning. A party that is not limited to weekends, but rather expected to be a daily routine. It is a party that becomes a lifestyle.

While I am not opposed to partying at all, as that would in fact make me a really big hypocrite, I am simply saying partying should not become ones life, it should not be anyone's top priority. Partying should not be taking the place of what's most important. It should not be held of higher value than one's education or one's job. It should not be something that matters more than one's significant other or family members. It should not be something that we primarily focus our attention on and should depend on.

While sure, I will cut some slack for the days we were freshman in college, for the days we all got caught up in the partying scene. And hell, maybe even sophomore year too. However, I've realized there's a time when we have to grow up. There is a time when responsibilities have to come into play, when we have to realize that there is a time for partying, and other times there isn't.

I've seen the people who become dependent on a life that involves partying. I've seen how the times when they're only truly happy are when they're downing a bottle of Tito's. I've seen how careless decisions can ruin a life. How a life one thought would be a constant party, rather resulted in life spent behind a jail cell for a few months. I've seen relationships ruined, from the stupid fights that are a cause of our alcoholic inhibitions, or the stupid decisions, from thinking cheating one's significant other is "okay just this one time." I've seen people over dose, get dragged from a music festival for popping too many mollys, and then get rushed to the hospital. In some cases, they come out okay, and in other cases, they're life ends too short.

I understand we're young. I understand we want to party, the temptations are there and almost everyone seems to be doing it. So I wont be a hypocrite and say I don't party, I won't say that I am against something that I am not. What I will say is that I am against it taking over one's life.

I don't want to live a life I don't remember. I don't want to live a life where partying is everything to me. While yes, the motto in life to abide by is "no regrets", it doesn't mean that there are some instances in which can prevent certain things we would regret. There is a time to party, there is a time to be young, wild, and free, but there is also a time to grow up, to not forget what we want out of life, and to not let so-called hypothetical version of partying we all think of, get in the way of it.