When was the first time you had alcohol?

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First time I really had a drink was last summer. I just got dumped hardcore and my life was falling apart completely. I was boozing out of control for about 3 months and then that's when I started to get into big trouble. I was drinking and driving, I was cutting myself, I was getting in fights, I was a complete wreck.

Thankfully it was just a short stint and since then I have been doing awesome and havn't had anything more than a couple casual drinks with friends at the nightclub.
 
Um, my dad has always given us as children little sips of his beer. And as much as we hated it (we were only 5-9) we always went back for more...I wonder why.
I have yet to get comoletely drunk, due to lack of supply.
 
I was 6 or 7 when I had alcahol for the first time.
 
I've never been drunk.

I hate whiskey since I downed a 5th of glass in one gulp, my throat tasted like 'burning'.:lol:
 
I was young when my dad would just give me a sip, But 1st time drunk I was 13. Yup im gunna be an alcoholic.
 
Originally posted by keram
I've never been drunk.

I hate whiskey since I downed a 5th of glass in one gulp, my throat tasted like 'burning'.:lol:
It's horrible isn't it, the first time I had whisky I was 14 and I got hold of one of thoes small bottles and necked it in one, I couldn't talk afterwards.
 
Originally posted by live4speed
It's horrible isn't it, the first time I had whisky I was 14 and I got hold of one of thoes small bottles and necked it in one, I couldn't talk afterwards.

Lol

Similar thing happened when I first tried Vodka and went red and my eyes watered... I now like vodka:D
 
Hmm... continuing the theme of me not being a "typical teen" that or there's something wrong with me, I didn't drink till I was 21 and even then at a b-day dinner for me they pretty much forced me to get a drink.
 
1st time I got drunk was in Newquay, UK when I was 14. The girl I met then was totally hammered and I had to carry her back to the caravan park where we were staying. Trust me, it wasn't fun.
Then 12th April 2003 I went round a friends house and we got hugely drunk and I knocked myself unconcious on his bath. Unsurprisingly I don't drink much anymore.
 
I think drinking for the sake of getting plastered is just stupid. You act like an idiot, and it's only fun for those with you (because you act like an idiot).
I'll have a beer or two once and a while (once or twice a month), or a shot, but thats about it.
 
I might have sniffed a beer once, I'm not sure, but, other than maybe a wine as an ingredient in some microwave tv dinner, I've not drank beer, etc., and plan to never drink them.
 
Why do you plan never to drink alcohol ever without really trying any?

Not that thats a bad thing I'm just curious.:rolleyes:Honest!
 
the first time?...well its not listed in my diary but i remember one time at my old house (we left there when i was 8) my parents had a party and early the next morning i got up and found all the drinks in the kitchen and proceed to pour myself some whisky, vodka, red wine, bacardi and tonic water into a glass and drink it....i had one sip and spat it out....

i knew it was these exact drinks because my mother still remembers the day.....they should have cleared up before they went to be but i guess they forgot...

the last time i tasted alcohol...well i am sipping an ice cold beer right now actually..
 
Originally posted by TurboSmoke
i am sipping an ice cold beer right now actually..
Amen to that, I have a cool Tiger ready to fulfill it's duty about now.
 
Because I do not believe its benefits (medical) outweigh its dangers; I am obsessive compulsive; I have enough trouble concentrating due to health problems, I do not need or desire to compound the previous reason in this list by risking becoming a drunk; I do not want that kind of escapism. I know myself and therefore do not drink.
 
I see so your one of those vigilant people who knows exactly how healthy they are and are honoured by couch potatoes as a super-human who avoids all temptation and has a perfect life.

If only I was like you.

I avoid all drugs (except alcohol) and I exercise occasionally but I think it is ok to drink every so often. I'm 15 but I only drink alcohol once every month.
 
Originally posted by Talentless
Because I do not believe its benefits (medical) outweigh its dangers; I am obsessive compulsive; I have enough trouble concentrating due to health problems, I do not need or desire to compound the previous reason in this list by risking becoming a drunk; I do not want that kind of escapism. I know myself and therefore do not drink.
Having a little alcohol of certain types is good for you, I'm in no way saying go and have a drink because it's good that you don't, and although I am as far away from being a drunk as possible for a person that drinks, for somone who doesn't drink to start drinking, that could change very quickly.
 
Originally posted by keram
I see so your one of those vigilant people who knows exactly how healthy they are and are honoured by couch potatoes as a super-human who avoids all temptation and has a perfect life.

If only I was like you.

I avoid all drugs (except alcohol) and I exercise occasionally but I think it is ok to drink every so often. I'm 15 but I only drink alcohol once every month.

My life is far from perfect, but others have it worse. And my health is fairly bad. Not drinking is a strategic and moral choice of mine.
 
the first time the fine, smooth substance known as beer touched my lips...i was at a tender age of 5...but only a sip or two my father would allow. then came wine, i found it pleasing, yet i could not imagine finishing a glass due to its nice yet akward taste. the first time i tried hard liquor, was around 9-10, and i remember it burned my throat. i couldnt imagine that people actually drank it. then came high school. 13 years old...10 bucks in the pocket...out with my buddys, we get a "boot" and i lay my hands on my first 6-pack. ahhh i could never forget the smooth, rich taste of that first bottle of kokanee, that i drank as i pleased without my father telling me it was enough. by the end of the night, i was plastered.

nowadays, i go for drunk streaks at a time, its not good.
last summer i drank almost every day, waking up hungover planning how to get drunk again that night. once school started, it backed off to getting hammered every weekend. then i met Mal, in december...and since weve been seeing eachother i can only recall about 2 or 3 times of getting plastered. every time i get a chance to go out and drink, she is usually availible...so i go see her instead. i guess thats how i slowed it down....
 
Originally posted by Talentless
Because I do not believe its benefits (medical) outweigh its dangers; I am obsessive compulsive; I have enough trouble concentrating due to health problems, I do not need or desire to compound the previous reason in this list by risking becoming a drunk; I do not want that kind of escapism. I know myself and therefore do not drink.

i wish i were more like you....
 
Thank you.

The key is not strength of fighting an addiction, it's having a firm stance against it well before you can develop it. Since I can remember, I have been opposed to drinking.

As a poll here would surely tell, 60-70% of members here in their mid teens see drinking as a milestone in their lives. I'm in the minority.
 
Originally posted by Talentless
Thank you.

The key is not strength of fighting an addiction, it's having a firm stance against it well before you can develop it. Since I can remember, I have been opposed to drinking.

As a poll here would surely tell, 60-70% of members here in their mid teens see drinking as a milestone in their lives. I'm in the minority.

i dont see it as any sort of milestone. i could easily tell myself i would never do it again and i wouldnt. i have incredible self control. on occasion i used to smoke cigarettes, every now and then type thing. then i saw i was doing it more and more...without thinking i was craving them. as soon as i got addicted i quit. as simple as that. and i can smoke em again too, and still control myself not to smoke a second. same goes with drinking. i dont see why people vew it soo negitavely. i understand if you are looking at alcoholism, but drinking and getting a little tipsy socially is definetly an understandable past time. not that were all drunkards or anything...
 
Originally posted by Talentless
The key is not strength of fighting an addiction, it's having a firm stance against it well before you can develop it. Since I can remember, I have been opposed to drinking.
I dont know, I dont think alcohol is really all that addictive, if you have any kind of willpower at all. But you are definitely right about the stance in regard to addiction in general; the best thing is never to start.

Originally posted by Talentless
As a poll here would surely tell, 60-70% of members here in their mid teens see drinking as a milestone in their lives. I'm in the minority.
Drinking was never really a "milestone" for me, probably because my parents were open about it and taught me moderation, etc. My dad bought me beer, and told me I could have a beer any time I felt like it. So it's not really a mystery, and you discover it really isnt all that. I think they were very smart about that aspect of parenting.
 
I had my first drink alst year. I was 16. I had 1 pint of Strongbow and 1 half pint of snakebite (cider with blackcurrant).

Of course they forgot to tell me the alcohol kicks in an hour after you drunk it :banghead:

Anyway since then I go out to the pub every weekend with a few friends and I only have 1 or 2 pints. That makes it about 8 pints a month which I know isn't bad.

And honest, before I started drinking regularly in January this year I never really wanted to drink. If you know your limits and get tipsy, all you are is dizzy and your speech is slurry.

Its nothing to worry about guys, trust me. Stick to a cider based drink like Strongbow and make sure its not flat.
 
My first drink was probably around 6 or 7. I do remember stealing some whisky, and thinking it was foul. I remember it clearly: it was Bell's whisky, and I took the lid off the bottle, filled the lid, then drank it. It was vile. I was probably under 10.

Now I know that that's not because I was ten years old, but because it was Bell's. Bell's is vile.

My parents always brought me up to drink responsibly, to treat drinks with alcohol in them as being different rather than special. So there was never any "hey, I'm 18, let's go out get hammered".

Now I'm cutting back hugely, principally as a way to lose weight, but also because I did suspect that I might be alcoholic. Some basic tests have shown me that I'm not, but I still want to moderate the quantity.

Strangely, my wife being pregnant (and thus teetotal) has significantly reduced my consumption also. Come mid-June, we'll go onto "baby alert", and I'll need to make sure that I'm under the legal driving limit at all times.
 
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