Chamique by Chamique Holdsclaw & Jennifer Frey

Author:Chamique Holdsclaw & Jennifer Frey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: SCRIBNER

That night was also the first time that I’d been drunk in my life. We had Dom Pérignon, and I drank almost an entire bottle by myself, and ended up throwing up out my nose. It was horrible. The next morning, my head was killing me. I kept telling everyone, “I’ll never drink like that again.” I’ll have a glass of wine or something when I go out to dinner. Or I’ll have a glass of champagne. But I don’t really drink. I don’t like beer, and I’ve never had hard liquor.

I guess I was like other kids when I was growing up. I’d have a glass of wine at my grandmother’s on a special occasion like New Year’s Eve, and I’d giggle about getting wine in church for the first time, when I was ten years old or something. I’d sneak a taste of somebody’s beer at holiday parties when my relatives were all together. But I always thought it was nasty. And I never did get into the drinking parties that people would have in high school. I’d never go out with my friends and drink beer somewhere, or try a shot of vodka. I just wasn’t interested.

I guess it’s obvious that part of my decision not to drink comes from what I saw when I was little. My mom drank, my dad drank, and when they did, they’d argue, just like some of my neighbors did, and so many other people who were around. My grandmother’s always telling me that my grandfather had a drinking problem, before I was even born. He had one, and then my parents, and I know it’s in my system, it’s in my family, and I’m not going to take any risks.

I’ve seen how people act when they’re drunk, how they act differently. I’d watch people on campus get drunk and it would turn a great night into an uproar. People want to fight. People want to do stupid things. I don’t have time for that. I can only be around people who understand that one is enough, or two. That you don’t have to keep drinking, drinking, drinking until you don’t even know who you are anymore.

I don’t smoke, either, have never touched a cigarette. I’d probably die if I smoked, given how much I’m running around. My lungs would give out. When you’re an athlete, why would you want to mess around with things like that?

Because I didn’t do these things, my roommate used to tease me that I was square. And I used to make fun of myself, say I was a boring person. But I’m not boring. Maybe I’m square, but I’m not boring. I know how to have fun, how to have a good time. I like to hang out with my friends. I like to go to restaurants, anything with music. Not drinking doesn’t make you boring. Anyone who thinks that is a joke.

This is what I chose for myself, in part because I’ve always been

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