So. I got drunk. Hm

Don't make it a habit. Alcohol isn't extremely wrong, but drinking alcohol to forget and deal with problems is unhealthy and may trigger addiction. If you're starting to depend on the alcohol, you're in deep deep deep trouble.

And as you probably know, alcohol has an especially negative effect on the brains of under-age people.

More healthy reasons to drink alcohol might be to increase your mood when you're with friends and already happy or just to enjoy the taste with a nice meal.

 

To be expected of people in our age group. It's fun to experiment with when you're underage and sometimes it can make you feel happy, but when you drink to cope with life's problems, you're setting yourself up for alcoholism.

My grandma is 81 years old and she's been an alcoholic for at least 60 of those years. She drank to cope with having an abusive husband, she drank to cope with having to raise 4 kids almost on her own because her abusive husband pretty much lived at work as a self-employed lawyer, she drank to deal with her kids having grown up and empty-nest syndrome, she drank to deal with losing her husband, she drank to deal with the transition to living alone as an old woman, and now she's drinking to deal with her daughter-in-law being sick and having to take care of her.

The point I'm making is that when you drink to deal with your problems, you never learn healthy coping skills to work through them. A learned behavior becomes a habit, and when you're drinking to deal with all your problems, that's how you become an alcoholic.

Now I'm not saying you're an alcoholic because of what you did one time, but if you drink to deal with the pain and what's going on in your life, you're putting yourself on that path.

 

Getting drunk gets pretty old fast. Some of my acquaintances make it a habit of doing so every weekend, and some much more often, but for me the appeal just isn't there. I'd rather drink to enjoy the drink itself, not to forget my problems or to drink for the sake of drinking.

The only memories they left me were of failing quizzes, missing work, and getting kicked out of a friend's house. Keep it in moderation, and your liver and wallet will both thank you for years to come.

 

I'm not a drinker. I've tried, due to curiosity, and I've tried, when offered. I just don't like it. It upsets my stomach, for one, but I also didn't enjoy the environment. Of course, I don't hold this against everybody who drinks, but most of my experiences with alcohol have not been positive. It doesn't help my parents would drink a lot.

All getting drunk got me was, feeling sick, and feeling out of control. I much prefer my other vice, a certain little herb.

Just be sensible about it. That's all I ask, because nothing gets someone irked like an annoying drunk, haha.

 

I don't think there is anything wrong with having a few beers at your age as long as you're drinking in moderation and in a safe environment. Drinking to forget your problems however is not a good path to go by as previously mentioned.

Don't go drinking spirits at your age though as I find it easy to underestimate how intoxicated they will actually get you and it can be very unpleasant. So just drink in moderation, stay safe, and stick to drinks with low ABV.

 

Like others have said, just don't make it a habit to drink when you're in pain because It's dangerous down the road.

 

I'm not gonna yell at you, because that doesn't do any good, but I have worries.

Drinking is not a way of medicating and dealing with real problems. You need supportive friends, and maybe a therapist if you have real problems. Not booze. Alcohol is great; just drink it in moderation, okay? (*hug*)

I'm just happy that nobody crashed a car, sexually assaulted anybody, or had to go to the intensive care ward for alcohol poisoning. That's a win.

 

I have many friends who started drinking at 13 to wash away their troubles, and they're fine. I'm not saying that it's not dangerous, but if you got drunk once when you were 15, it won't kill you. Your mistakes while drunk might, though.
I've drunk little, purely to enjoy the taste, and I've had it in such quantities as to guarantee insobriety.
I've had some with friends in order to have a blast and just go wild for a moment, and I've had a glass or two alone for introspection, and because I was sad.

I didn't drink much to begin with, compared to young Finns in general, but I've drastically reduced my intake after I realised that no matter the situation, getting drunk always made me hit an emotional low a couple days later; not to mention the physical sickness it started to create in me. Also, after a bad LSD-trip that was essentially 6 hours of psychosis alone in my bed, I've developed an aversion to all states of intoxication.

Alcohol creates problems when you depend on it to create a false feeling of something; whether it's joy, or security, or not having to worry about anything. As long as you realise that drinking won't wash away your problems, and you keep in mind that your woes will still be there the morning after, any amount you drink will be fine.

 

Don't turn into a bum who does it all the time, I hang out with some people who drink, or smoke weed daily and I don't see them going anywhere in life.

I suppose it isn't a "huge deal." Just don't think it can solve your problems whenever you're feeling down again. I'd also not recommend going to too many parties with these friends if they act stupid all the time or are always drinking.

 

I don't think it's a big deal. Yeah, it's not legal in the United States so I wouldn't really recommend it, but it is legal in a lot of countries and the earth keeps on spinning. Just make sure it doesn't become a dependency -- if you find that you're always craving another drink or feel like that's your only source of happiness then there's a problem.

 

Its not a big deal, heck I've done it before, just don't make a habit of it. Drinking too much can and will ruin you, but on occasion its not a problem.

 

Yeah, I think he's got the point by now. :lol:

 

I think drinking to have fun and drinking to forget/null pain are different things. As long as your company is trustworthy, doesnt get carried away with it or make stupid decisions such as driving or unsafe sex afterwards I think the first is fine. The second is probably worse as addictions generally start that way.

The people you do it with are honestly the biggest factor that makes any situation like this a good or bad idea though.

 

Its okay as long as you don't make it an habit or an escape from all your problems. I had to stop being friends with a guy i knew from High School. He was a bottomless pit when it comes to drinking. You couldn't even take him to the bar with out him getting drunk to the point you had to carry him out. Hes the types he would pick fights with people and pee anywhere you had to take him to the bathroom. We went to wild wood one year and he did that episode i left him there. You think you have stress at 15 wait until your in your 20s with a fulltime job school and all the other stresses.

I never got drunk before a little tipsy but never full blown drunk. I like the bar scene and i enjoy going with friends and chilling and meeting new people its fun.

 

I'm going to go ahead and point out that underage drinking is against the law. In that regard, what you did was pretty dumb, and you're lucky you didn't get caught. You're also incredibly lucky that no one got hurt. We've had 5 deaths at my school in the last four years, and every one of them involved alcohol.

If you're going to do it, I don't think it should be spontaneous. Have a plan, and a back-up plan. Make sure someone you trust that isn't there knows what you guys are going to be up to, in case something happens.

 

It's kinda funny to hear Americans freak out about "underage drinking".

Where I live, it's the norm for people to start drinking when they're 14/15 lol. And the legal drinking-age here is 16.

 

It gets old quickly. I'm not even headed to college looking to party as it got old to me even in high school. It helps sometimes, & you may even feel more accepted because of it , but don't make it a habit, it gets old anyways. Btw, you're a very handsome dude. Just tossing that out there.