If you've ever been a freshman in college, chances are high that you've gone through that stage where the only type of alcohol you get is that stuff that costs $10 for a 1.75 L of absolutely terrible alcohol. I know that I have gone through that stage in my own life and let me tell you from experience that it really does suck, but it was something that I feel I needed to experience and taught me different things along the way.

Drinking cheap alcohol is bad and there is no way to sugar coat it.

No matter what you mix it with it is always going to taste bad and if there is a way you've managed to make it taste good, then good for you. It may seem far-fetched, but there are ways that it can correlate to real life.

One lesson it taught me was to appreciate the small things.

Sometimes there comes along that Grey Goose shot that you get to take and let me tell you what, that is something to savor because when you go from taking that one shot of Grey Goose to taking shots of Skol, it really makes you appreciate that Grey Goose a lot more.

This I took and correlated it with my life because there will be a lot of times where something you have gets taken away from you and you really don't think of it as being that important to you until you're faced with the reality of it being gone. So, just take a step back and look at everything going on in your life and appreciate all that is going well for you.

Another lesson that drinking cheap alcohol taught me is that just because something is what you need (a.k.a. cheap alcohol is still alcohol) doesn't mean that it is the perfect thing that you need. So just because you get some Fleischmann's alcohol for cheap doesn't mean it is what fits what you need perfectly. It may just get you by because that's what is available to you.

In life, this could be correlated to you dating someone or you doing anything really with your future. For example, if you are dating someone just because it is easy and that person is available at that time doesn't mean that that is the best fit for you. A lot of people date people for a long time, but when it comes down to it when they aren't happy anymore they can't break up with that person because they have been dating for so long. The lesson that I'm explaining is that just because you can have something doesn't mean you should. Waiting for something that fits you the best is going to be an absolutely better option for you.

Everyone is going to go through the cheap alcohol phase at some point and it sucks, but afterward, you'll see that there are actually lessons in there that can be applied to the real world.

And hey, maybe you'll look back at that phase and you'll see how it impacted your life, or, if it is still to come, keep in mind of how it may affect you.