I totally get that. I don't go to parties to get smashed. I like to be able to remember what happened y'know I do drink, but not hardcore. Like I'll have a drink if I'm out for dinner or at a pub. I love Pubs I think its just awesome to sit around and chat with your friends over a few drinks. I used to live in this small town where all the teenagers would party and get drunk ALL the time I was like.. Alright I'm in Grade 8.. all I want to do is finish my homework and go to bed xD haha
Nothing wrong with not liking drinking. I don't like beer either. Tastes like ass. Spirits are good but. Unlucky for you mate I know that footy culture over here, drinking is a big part.
Hmm reading these posts is really strange I was out hitting the clubs at 15 by 16 I was a regular on the scene with the bouncers knowing my name xD I've had a very strange upbringing though in the sense that I brought myself up. My house for years was a constant party, very surreal waking up in a bathtub full of toilet paper and a guy on the bathroom floor only wearing shaving cream. I met a lot of very interesting people though during the absolutely crazy faze. These very strange memories are not just a result of just drinking though drugs are very prevalent in the clubs around here. I'm desensitised to it all now though I guess it comes from growing up with these things all around you. I suppose that is why I don't understand when people are shocked by alcohol or smoking I live in a really good area but when I go to class you can spot the people who went out the night before and what they took. I'm not going to lie those times were damn fun and they still are from time to time you just need to remember that the party world isn't real or it drives you crazy.
I'm 16 years old and I absolutely hate the taste of alcohol. XP The only thing I ever drink is the wine at my church, and I hate that too. T^T
same, drinking these days has just become something that too many teens do for practically nothing. I've hatted almost every thing i've ever tried (with a few exeptions )
Just because you dont enjoy it doesnt mean others shouldnt be allowed to. Try taking a few shots of liquor, the taste wont bother you after that For me theres nothing better than sittin down after a hard day of studying or work or whatever and opening a nice cold one. and im not much older than you, only 20.
well i started drinking recently (not on a regular basis though) and i realised that im allergic to liquor. beer works fine for me, but not vodka, gin etc. im not sure if i shld be sad or amused. my neck swells up and rashes start appearing. gosh. wondering if i can do anihting to get rid of this allergy?? its not that im like the taste of liquor.. bud i hate it when the rash and all comes up when im jus chillin out with frens once in awhile.
I've tried beer a few times, aswell as other mixed drinks. Terrible. BLEH. I know a lot of kids my age (14) like to get wasted but I really don't see the point, and I don't really intend on getting drunk anytime soon. The stuff tastes down right gross.
I wouldn't be 13 for anything again. im with the poster though, its okay not to drink or do anything that makes you feel uncomfortable.
I'm 18 and I've never had alcohol. But I hear it tastes horrible and I don't want to find out what it tastes like.
yeah i was the same when i was 14... didn't touch a drop of alcohol or beer. but as i got older i started to like it more and more... When i first started drinking full time was when i was 17 but even then it was hard to down some alcohol. Now.. i can drink about anything in any way shape and form lol.. shots... beer bongs and even straight out the bottle with no chase... but i only drink to have fun... never to get so shitfaced that i forget or black out... i dont like that feeling i experienced once where i couldnt see or hear anything.. :maha:
Alright my turn. I've been drinking since I was about 6 or 7. By 9, i'd had my stomach pumped 16 times. Joined AA when I was 12, went on liver medication when I was 14. I still hit the bottle every now and then. Hahaha Kidding. About the last 3 sentences. I think I started drinking when i was 6 or 7. I grew up in an Italian family (albeit one living in Canada for several generation). It's traditional for all of the kids to have wine if they want. One glass really doesn't do anything, apparently it's actually good for your heart. Being accustomed to drinking, it wasn't really this big huge deal when people started drinking in jr high / high school. The first time I drank at a party was in grade 10, so I would have been 15. I drank on and off, my mom kept beer in the house and let me drink it. In grade 11/12, I sort of went through an alcoholic phase. I went on a cruise March Break of grade 11, and I drank quite a bit. We managed to steal a bottle of vodka from some girl's parents one night, then whiskey from a girl's cousin another night, then I got off in St. Maarten (where there are no drinking laws) and buy a lot of cheap duty free stuff. I was drunk every night that trip. We felt so rebellious, because the Teens program would kick you out if they knew you were drunk. I was part of the "Cool Kids" on the ship, it was great (going to an all-guys school from grade 7-12, i never really had a chance to hang out in co-ed situations, this was one time when I did). Then in the start of grade 12, we had a model UN trip to Montreal. It sounds terribly nerdy, but most people were there just to drink. I was drunk nearly the whole trip. I started at 9 in the morning, right before our commitee meeting. People would smell my breath and be like "OMG YOURE DRUNK!". I loved the attention. From then on, our school was going nuts with celebrating grade 12. Grade 12s run the school, with events and shows and stuff. And that always meant an after party or cast party. "Ragers" at my school were different than most schools. The parents were nearly always home. There was often a bouncer (or several) hired by the parents, walking around the house to keep stuff orderly. It was often catered (which gave the kid who's house it was in license to charge like 15 bucks because "Oh it's catered with nice food" (which you barely ate)). I was drunk nearly every weekend of grade 12. When school ended, it stopped. Went away to university the following fall and it started again. I was drunk almost all frosh week. Had terrible hangovers. I would out-drink everyone and always be a mess. Then I dropped out for various reasons. Going back next year. I've stumbled upon a great self-improvement program (If you could call it that), and I'm likely going to cut down a lot on drinking. To dotdenz: Get on msn more. We have to talk you jerk As you've probably gathered from reading The Game, it's absolutely fine not to drink. Conquer your campus says otherwise. There are a lot of PUAs who choose not to drink at all. There are a lot who do. PUA is really about being in the "state" that you want to be, all the time, without the help of drugs or alcohol.
I've emphasized the really important parts, so that you don't have to read the whole thing if you don't want to. Before I got to Uni, I had hardly drunk at all. I didn't really think that I was going to get into it either - it's bad for you, it ends up getting pretty expensive, I do stupid enough things when I'm sober, nevermind tipsy - the list goes on... Now that I'm here and it's such a prevalent part of our life - I've moved from somewhere with a 19 year old limit to an 18 year old limit, and there are a lot of people who have done the same, as well as a lot of Americans... Since it's legal, everyone goes wild. I have been well and truly drunk once in my life, and it has put me off ever being that way again, hopefully forever. And just for the general amusement of the public, the reason I was so smashed is that there were several cute Aussie rugby players who wanted me to be smashed. When your mother tells you not to mix your drinks (like my mother did when she gave me her number one tip about teen drinking...she really is a touch of mad) LISTEN. For me, I have discovered that drinking doesn't have to be such a big deal. I do it, or I don't. Yes, people treat you differently at a party when you don't have a cheap red plastic cup or a bottle of Jagermeister in your hand, but I can deal with that. That, I think, is half of the reason that people drink - it's really quite incredible. The culture of our modern youth astounds me beyond belief. If I'm at a party and don't have anything in my hands, I can talk to the people that I already know. If I have a bottle of Frutopia, people assume that there's some kind of alcohol in it and all of the sudden I'm everyone's friend. I have major views on teen drinking, and I think that I've written enough of an essay already, so I'll try to summarize. I drink casually, about once a month, and thankfully not only am I the same when I'm drunk (bar shit-facededness) as I am when I'm sober, I can hold a lot of alcohol (I love it - then I'm always in complete control). My friends have told me that they'd give me up to a hundred dollars to see me well and truly smashed, as none of them ever have, and provide the alcohol. I just accept and let them drink along with me, and they soon forget about it. The fact that I have to do that shows what kind of effect alcohol has. I have drunk ridiculous amounts just to impress people before, and I don't suggest it, it isn't the greatest of motivations. Mind you, I've drunk ridiculous amounts of hot sauce to impress people, too. I'm a bit of a twit. Basically, don't drink if you don't want to - some people might think less of you, but they're generally (insert insult of your choice. All of mine are inappropriate). You may find that you do start drinking eventually, and you may not. My dad has never had an alcoholic beverage in his life. Whatever your choice, it's not a big deal, and most importantly, it's YOUR CHOICE. EDIT: Chael rocks.
Not really I didn't get drunk until I was like 18 and same for pretty much all of my friends. In SOME area's it is "popular" because of the fact that some parents dont care and even supply it
I wish my friend didn't like alcohol. I'm sick of her throwing up at my house on a Saturday night. >_<; lol