Age you started drinking alcohol?

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What age did you begin drinking alcohol?

  1. 14 and under

    24 vote(s)
    18.0%
  2. 15

    13 vote(s)
    9.8%
  3. 16

    16 vote(s)
    12.0%
  4. 17

    13 vote(s)
    9.8%
  5. 18

    12 vote(s)
    9.0%
  6. 19

    7 vote(s)
    5.3%
  7. 20

    2 vote(s)
    1.5%
  8. 21 and up

    11 vote(s)
    8.3%
  9. I don't drink

    35 vote(s)
    26.3%
  1. Absol

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    I also didn't start until I was 21.

    It was mostly because I was really paranoid about breaking the law or getting someone else in trouble. Even now I say I wouldn't say I "drink". Like, if I'm at a party or something, I might have one, but I don't go out, by a six pack, and down it in a night. Now that I think about it, I haven't drunk alcohol in over a year...
     
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    I think my first ever alcoholic drink was at about 13. I didn't start drinking casually until about 15/16 though. In all honesty, I think that's the reason why I'm good at holding my drink nowadays - I know my limits.
     
  3. Necromancer

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    I started at 21, but didn't drink regularly until 22. Now look how far I've gotten :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:
     
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  4. Hexagon

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    The drinking age is lower in most of the world. And the penalties are lower. And honestly, no one really cares about underage drinking.
     
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    I only started drinking semi-regularly at around 18 or so.
     
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    non-drinker. I plan to have a drink or two on my 21st birthday, but then that'll be it.
     
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    I probably started drinking alcohol at around 13/14 under my parents supervision. It wasn't until I was 16 when house parties became popular and everyone's main aim was to get slaughtered! Oh how silly we all were!
     
  9. Necromancer

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    Heh. That's what I said.
     
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    18, I went and legally bought a beer. Guess, I was a boring kid. :icon_bigg
     
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    Well, I've seen enough with my family's history of alcoholism to know to never let it get to that level.
     
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    don't drink alcohol.. I tried once and I hate it
     
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    18. Freshman year of college.
     
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    from the age of 10 I was allowed a glass of beer now and again at 15 I was drinking in the park with my mates mum&dad were didnt know .
     
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    13 or 14? I dunno...
     
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    Think I was 16 maybe 15 when I first properly got drunk. Nobody cares in France, and even 3 years ago nobody cared in the arse end of nowhere. In that short space of time, that's changed to some extent for my younger siblings.
     
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    Well, I turned 21 this week so now I'm legal. I'm not particularly interested so I'm not going to make an event out of it. Maybe I'll try a drink sometime this year, but it depends on if the situation arises.
     
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    With any regularity, just this last year. (I'm 37.) Would have the occasional beer or liquor when I was younger. Now I try to get some degree of drunk almost every day. (Self-medicating ftw!)
     
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    I was 19 when I had my first drink. I shared a Jack Daniels Downhome Punch with this creepy dude at a frat party. I remember on my 21st birthday, I went to a restaurant, and I swear, as soon as they found out, they had me sample everything the bartender could make. :lol: