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Originally Posted by NicoleWasHere
Hell, there're some people I know who started drinking, when they were twelve.  |
I started at 13.
I'm still a bit of a binge drinker (it's college and my liver's only young once
), but I'll also go long periods - weeks or a couple of months - without having a
single drink. I can't stand having one or two drinks with dinner or with friends just for the sake of consuming something containing alcohol. I'd rather have a Coke, save the extra money that a glass of wine would cost, and not end up drowsy. So ironically, between my bouts of social merriment I'm almost a teetotaller.
My dad was an alcoholic - I think that made me a bit silly and risky with alcohol as a teenager, but I've matured since then and I never get to the point where I forget what happened the night before or end up out of control. I think I'm too paranoid now that I've developed that pesky adult sense of potential danger.
I've definitely learnt to obey my limits and have fun without getting stupid before most of my peers have, that's for sure... most of them still act like I did when I was 15. I don't think starting early a problem on its own, it's the person's grip on reality and willingness to learn from their experiences with alcohol that will save or endanger them. A
lot of people refuse to accept that it can be a very, very dangerous drug which needs to be treated with caution by everyone. They're the ones who fuck it up as adults.