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Originally posted by mommag2
My sorority does not allow drinking during the pledge process, which is 10wks, we are also as a whole national sorority not allowed to drink while wearing letters or any and all sorority nalia.
To me I think it is a good idea to have a "dry" pledge process. It's easier, since you don't have that added pressure to drink, plus
the sorority won't have to deal with a situation in which a PNM drinks, gets wasted and then does something that would reflect badly upon the sorority.
Yes, 33girl some would say that it is hazing , but I would rather be hazed in this manner then in the ''regular " sense of the word. I was one of those 21 and over pledges so legally I had every right to drink, but it was only 10wks and I survived . 
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The majority of sororities do not allow drinking in letters or lettered items. Just to clarify, does the entire sorority abstain from drinking during the pledging period, or just the pledges? During Inspiration Week, my chapter does "No Boys, No Booze", but that's not hazing because we all do it gladly.
Instating a dry pledge period to avoid hazing in the form of drinking just puts the focus back on alcohol or the lack of alcohol. I don't differentiate between "good" hazing and "bad" hazing. Of course, it was only 10 weeks and you survived; that's not the point.