Into the Wild Chapters 1-5

In these chapters we're provided with a picture of Christopher McCandless as he eschews (deliberately avoids) gifts (giving or receiving), money, and ownership of extra.  He's trying to create a life for himself that is very different from the life and values he was raised with.
Let's think about connecting to Christopher McCandless (and Alexander Supertramp, his alter ego) and answer the following:
Discuss a part of conventional (every day) society that you'd like to give up--(This can be small or large. Some of the smallest things might prove to be more difficult.)
What would be the benefits? What would be the drawbacks?
Could you give it up if you lived in the same setting you do now? Or would you have to go it alone like McCandless does not to fall back into it? 
How do you expect you’d fit into society / your current relationships if you were successful in eschewing what you had previously accepted?