Types and stereotypes

ALCOHOLICS

Alcoholics are people that depend on drinks and alcohol in order to in their point of view "have a good time". They heavily depend on it as they compare their time being sober and describe as boring, unentertaining, bitter. Alcohol helps them loose their mind and escape their daily routine and reality. They could find good things in alcohol if they are on a bad day and want to turn things or if they just want to celebrate.

What are the effects of alcohol?

- Lowered inhibitions, leading to poor social judgment.
- Trouble concentrating.
- Loss of coordination.
- Loss of critical judgement.
- Dulled perception, especially vision.
- Mood swings.
- Reduced core body temperature.
- Raised blood pressure.
- Passing out.
- Vomiting.

When can someone be considered as an alcoholic?

- They have the desire to stop but the inability to do so. They are at least psychologically dependant on alcohol.
- Once that person becomes physically weak when alcohol leaves their system. In other words physical dependance on alcohol.
- When they might be relucant about going to a certain event or engage with others if they won't be able to have a drink.
- Most often when they don't mind drinking alone, in solitude, and do not have the intention to celebrate anything or to drink to anything.
- When they are confronted on a daily basis with problems linked to their desire to drink or the fact that they drink.

https://www.brcrecovery.com/when-is-someone-considered-an-alcoholic/

How can someone identify an alcohol from the rest?

- When they have an unusual high tolerence for alcohol. When they continue to drink while others start to slow down.
- When they start hiding alcohol
- When they start not showing up on a regular basis at work.
- When they loose the notion of what is appropriate/dangerous/direspectful and what isn't.
-When they avoid situations that do not include alcohol.

https://americanaddictioncenters.org/blog/top-6-ways-identify-an-alcoholic

How could we differenciate some who is drunk from someone who is high?

With alcohol people are likely to become more clumsy, and have poor decision-making attributes as their brain starts to slow down. As with marijuana on the other hand people might more relaxed and rested.
Someone who is drunk is therefore definitely more energetic than someonne who is high.

DRUG ADDICTS

Like alcohols they have an addiction, however it is to substances and drugs. It could be because of what the drugs they consume actually contain (Some drugs like cocaine or heroine are addictive) or it could be like with alcohol, as they started the habit of consuming. Their goals stay similar to drunk people, to celebrate or to turn things around on a bad day. To escape reality and the sadness and emetional part of it.

How to identify drug users/ addicts?

- bloodshot eyes
- dilated or constricted pupils
- drastic weight loss over a short period of time
- evidence of drug use on the body, such as needle marks
- frequent absenteeism or tardiness to school or work
- frequent confusion
- hostility when confronted about drug use
- lackadaisical attitude toward personal hygiene and grooming
- mood swings
- preoccupation with using or finding drugs
- shakiness or tremors
- spends the majority of their time using or recovering from the effects of drugs
- unable or unwilling to quit using drugs despite financial, family, health and legal problems

What are popular drugs at parties?

- MDMA: It impacts functioning of the brain basically releasing a neurotransmitter known as serotonin, and also temporarily prevents its reuptake. The user then gets a feeling connectedness, and effects like those felt after taking psychedelics and stimulants.
- Marijuanna: a green, brown, or gray mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the hemp plant. Could cause a wide variety of short-term effects like sleepiness, paranoia, hallucinations, impaired or reduced comprehension and more.
- Cocaine;Cocaine is a naturally occurring alkaloid usually extracted from the leaves of the coca shrub, which was originally found in the Andes Mountains of Peru and Bolivia. It increases your body to go faster and to be more energetic.

How are drug addicts particuliar?

They can be seen as dangerous or shady as the drugs they consume are in most cases illegal. They could also be defined as "freaks" as they their attitudes and behaviors are really hard to predict and they do tend to loose the perception of what is right and what isn't.

SEDUCERS:
They are people for which their main goal when going to parties are to seduce, attract girls or "preys" (person for which they feel sexually attracted to) to fulfill their sexual desires. Unlike others they are not here to enjoy their time but to waste as last time as possible. Therefore in some cases they could be seen as quite direct. In the seduction scenario they can defined as the hunter.

Some seducers have a certain type of seducing:

The Siren - Men chase after her feverishly (the more he chases the more in love he becomes)
The Rake - Women lose the will to resist him (the more she resists him the more in love she is when he overcomes it)
The Ideal Lover - An Actor willing to play the part of what someone is missing in life (This takes A LOT of effort, and observation)
The Dandy - We follow, envy and admire how different and unique they are. They do things their way and never conform (This is MUCH MORE than just how you dress)
The Natural - Their presence and attitude lowers our adult defensiveness
The Coquette - A Mirage that traps people emotionally. The longer they trap us the more in love we become (She loves me, she loves me not)
The Charmer - They understand us so well and are so pleasant to be around. Quickly becomes our "best friend" and we don't deny them anything e.g. secrets or favours
The Charismatic - This person can work a crowd and make us do whatever they want e.g. think any influencer with over 5 million followers (the bar used to be 1 million)
The Star - Mysterious, like a dream we can't fully understand them to the point we obsess over them

ATTENTION GETTERS:
In the opposite of the seducer, in the seduction scenario they are the prey. They are here to grab the attention of others. They can do that in a lot of different ways, they are most of time perceived as noisy, communicative.

How can they be identified?

They could be wearing flashy clothing, or could have a certain attitude that make here apear in the eyes of as most people as possible. They tend to include as much people as possible in their discussions and could eventually pretend they are having a good time. Nowadays, they could also be dependant to their phone and like to take a lot of selfies and to be active on social media.

POPULARS
They have similiarities with attention getters and might be seen as the queens/kings of the parties. Many people might consider them as unreachables. They may be in groups or individuals.Many people desires to hang out with them and become one of the populars.

How to identify the populars?

- Noticable people
- Good social skills
- Nice looks and outfits
- Some of them might be rude and mean(a stereotype from the 'Mean Girls and many American high school movies)
- Spending time in social media(instagram photos)
- They know and be known by a lot of people

They might be up for many social events and getting to meet people.

JOCKS
They can be consired more as the athletic guys. Many people can mention them with their dominant masculanity. They are a bit known as the dumb ones.
Some masculin charecteristic:
-'They are too though to cry'
-Strong, powerful
-Attractive and loved by some girls.
-Bullying people and joking


How to identify the populars?

- Sport clothing
-fit bodies (masculin)(wide shoulders, muscles)
-They're in a sport team .(football, basketball, swimming...)
-They like hanging out with popular girls.


They might be interested in doing sportic activities to impress people.