Drinking in your legal twenties is like trying math problems you have never seen. There are all of these random bottles and two or three you might have seen once at home or on TV. Once you move out of the plastic phase and blossom to the cheap glass bottles, a whole new world free of excruciating hangovers and the taste of turpentine. Here are some tips to move past the college stage of drinking and walk on the wild side.

1. Ditch the plastic bottles. Alcohol should cost 8 bucks for a Kool Aid pitcher’s worth. Nor should it take the paint off walls if it happens to spill. There is a reason you see the homie on the corner drinking it. Its cheap and gets you from A to B.
2. If you can’t afford basic stuff then don't drink. Half the time the hangover and movie style flashbacks to freshman year aren’t even worth the value brand.
3. Get some beers. If your planning on going on out then maybe just get a 6 pack of whatever. It can run about the price of even the classiest of a plastic "digestif".
4. Look in the Reader and see where the specials are at. Two dollar tall boys can go a long way when your still budgeting but trying to look like an adult.
5. Do a quick Google search on what other drinkers are saying about a certain beverage. I do it to this day when looking for a new scotch or when I’m feeling a little reckless, some margs. Also, anyone who says they don’t like them is a liar; science has probably proven this already.
6. Be safe. Doesn’t matter who you are, travel in groups and try to have somebody whose sober. Even if they’re not fully sober, make sure someone has the groups back. When it’s time to leave catch an Uber, Lyft or taxi. If you have a DD, then even better. The price of tow is more worth it than driving drunk. This ain’t Nike. Just Don’t!

Play it safe and have some fun for now because from what I hear, your thirties are kind of a let down.