On photon's note, even if you don't want to/"can't" learn how to swim, you should at very least do yourself the favour of teaching yourself to float. To float, first and foremost, you need to be calm, so you need to get yourself comfortable with being in water.
I swam competitively as a teenager, to the point where it kind of ruined recreational swimming in general for me. I still enjoy it, but never actively seek out the opportunity to do it.
Swimming is in my opinion an essential life skill. Not only is it necessary for survival in rare instances, but it opens up a whole different part of the human experience and it a vital part of saying "I lived." I don't mean to oversell it, as it really is just swimming, but it's one of those simple joys that allows you to live a life unrestricted by fear or ability. We owe it to those who are unable. I think everyone who can, even if they're adults, should take swimming lessons and become proficient enough to survive (if not enjoy themselves).
+ drunk swimming is the bomb.
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