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My husband (who's a Sigma Chi) and I have discussed this all morning. I know that I NEVER drank enough to become very ill, vomit, or not remember what I did the night before. Why did I have such "restraint"?
Because I would be MORTIFIED if I threw up in front of other people (or pee on myself, or poop on myself as I have seen others do intoxicated). I mean embarassed enough to never show my face again. Seriously....not to mention that vomiting is not the most pleasant thing in the world...I hated even the possibility of being nauseous. So I would drink enough to get a good buzz, and when my stomach said "No more!" I stopped. There was only one or two nights that I drank entirely too much (and knew I had overstepped my bounds) but even those nights I never got sick and I remember what happened.
However, it seems like vomiting in front of others (or peeing on yourself, or falling down a flight of stairs, whatever) isn't embarassing or mortifying. It's a "funny story" to "remember our sisters/brothers by". A great "remember when". Therefore, when it happens to someone the embarassment isn't enough to keep them from getting to that point again. Instead, the attention and laughs they get may encourage them to get that drunk again and again.
(I know that we don't know the situation at OU, and I'm not assuming that any of the above motivators were present in this incident. I'm just speaking about my alcohol experience in the past. Sorry to get all "psychological" on you!!)
PsychTau
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