I deffinetly had this mentality for a few years, and to be honest I had a lot of fun drinking. I had a lot of bad times as well. Weird thing though I have trouble picturing a complete night, I can remember events 5 maybe 10 minutes at a time, but thats about it. maybe that is one reason life appears so short when drinking, you have your hungover hours that nothing really happens in and all you want them to do is go quicker then you pick up that first one and the rest of that night is flashes when you wake up in the morning hung over again. Life is short when you are drinking everyday because you can't remember any of it. I am looking forward to getting back to the states and starting to hang out with people again sober and remembering the whole night. Maybe then life will seem just as long as it is. I am tired and rambeling though hopefully that made sense.