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Originally Posted by Nova Mist
I was never really interested in it much, myself, and of the kids that I knew growing up, it was only the kids that were either stupid or were trying to be "cool", "complicated" and "rebellious" that drank a lot. And I think that didn't really start until they were 16 or so, for the most part. 14 is a little extreme!
I still hate the taste of most alcoholic drinks today, at the age of 21 (the legal age around here is 18, not the ridiculous, Reaganite age of 21). I really don't drink all that much. I don't really see what all the fuss about alcohol is about most of the time.
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If the age was 18, kids from 14 to 17 would have it at all times because the seniors would be able to buy it for them. Trust me, that would be a bad thing.
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Originally Posted by Nova Mist
 I'm so glad that not everyone fits into the doom-and-gloom media reports of binge drinking in young teenagers!
I just don't understand why they do it - it tastes vile and makes them sick. What's the point? Surely there are better ways to try and look cool or complicated or whatever it is they are trying to achieve?
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Hmm, I remember being rebellious. I remember drinking. I didn't ever drink to rebel, I drank to....GET DRUNK! (and cope with horrendous depression/bipolar). I now do not drink at all. Life is better for me that way. I honestly could drink the boys under the table, but that's not much of an accomplishment is it?