Prohibition was one of those terrible government initiatives to sober the people up and stop the production of bathtub moonshine and bootlegging. The 21+ drinking age is also under one of those terrible initiatives. Over the weekend, yours truly was finally and officially inducted into the 21+ section of the club.  The years of wishing, waiting and wanting are finally over!

Here’s a list of just the few perks of being a fabulously legal adult.

Bye-Bye New York – Upon turning 21, all students can finally cut up their badly copied fake ids and forget their long, detailed stories about why they can’t remember the zip code of their alleged hometowns.

Black & Yellow Checkers – After months of being the designated drivers for all their drunken friends, the new 21-year-olds now have the privilege of declining to drive their belligerent friends from bar to bar. Memorize the local cab number now, friends!

If It Ain’t Broke – Sure being 21 comes with a hefty price tag but all recent 21’ers are more than happy to pay for rounds of Natty, (or dare I say, even Bud Light!) just to flash that shiny id to the bartender. They might be broke but they certainly aren’t miserable!

So hold your head up high, cut up that sad excuse of a fake and get ready to never to suffer from the panic attacks of being caught with a beer during a party raid.