5 common reasons why people drink All human behaviour has a motivation behind it – something that makes them do the things they do. So what’s the reason people drink? Here are five of the most common reasons. What other reasons would you add to the list?
Dealing with Stress For some people, drinking alcohol is a way of handling stress, or at least that’s what they believe. Alcohol numbs them to the various stressors in their lives, such as work problems, issues in school, relationships, money, conflicts and so on. But, ironically, the problems people are trying to deal with by drinking alcohol only get compounded when they drink. Moreover, they can develop more and bigger problems, such as alcoholism. Peer Pressure Many people begin to drink just because the people around them are drinking – and they feel an indirect pressure to ‘fit in’. They feel obligated to join the crowd and not get left out. There are also occasions when individuals feel direct pressure – someone at a party pushes a drink in your face or ridicules you for not drinking.