If I could make a suggestion,
People tend to run in different time zones in College / University. Try changing the times you're awake & asleep, and a whole new group of people will be around for you to meet.
Give this a try: If you skip drinking for 24 to 48 hours, you'll be awake when those who have been drinking are sleeping it off.
That's when you'll have a chance to meet the people who haven't been up drinking, and you're right, they'll have a better chance of remembering meeting you. lol.
Try hanging out with people in this new "time zone" and it'll help you get back on track, I think. When I was in first year, those who drank that heavily didn't make it one semester, and around november/december, they didn't make it through exams and went home either by choice, or because they just didn't have the grades.
I know that I'm not rich, so I couldn't afford to screw up my chance to go to university. Better grades = more scholarships. Also, I know
I'm only young once, but I don't want to lose 10 grand a year in school fees by drinking to have fun & enjoy myself, and then not even be able to remember it the next morning!
You know? Just my experience,
-Yellofly.