How old were you when you first got drunk?

[kustirider2]

I've never been drunk, but then again, I'm 16. I can't say the same for the majority of my classmates though.

 

[Diddle]

I never been drunk.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

I don't drive, so me being drunk is not an issue.

However what is the point of drinking to the point you are drunk? Where is the fun in that? I got drunk because I has having fun and just had a couple too many. But people get drunk a lot and say it's "social" are nuts. I hardly ever drink and when I do it's a small party and normally a small amount.

I think "peer pressure" is one answer, even for adults. The last big social gathering I went to, everyone else at the party was actively encouraging me to drink more, despite my saying that my stomach wasn't feeling well and that I don't like to drink too much alcohol. But whenever I said these things they would treat me like I was a huge party pooper and I just needed to relax and have more fun. It was rather irritating. They kept pushing drinks on me and finally I just poured them out in secret to get them to stop bothering me. And these are my good friends!

Yeah, if they're too insistent, it's something to be concerned about. I find what works well would be to have a drink in your hand, but not drink it. That way they can't tell you to drink more. If they do, then that's a serious concern, imo.

 

[RandyS]

Even though I've tied beer a few times, I've never been drunk, and the rampant alcoholism in my family taught me never to drink.

 

[Kestra]

However what is the point of drinking to the point you are drunk? Where is the fun in that?

It can be enjoyable to chemically alter the state of your mind to varying degrees. It can also be a form of self-medication.

 

[C.E. Evans]

I had my first beer some 30-odd years ago, and while I've had much stronger stuff since then, I can honestly say I've never been drunk. Part of it had to do with always having to drive home (or drive someone else home), but most of it had to do with preferring to have all my wits about me at all times and not wanting to bow before the Porcelain God...

 

[scout]

I was 13 and my friends and I had discovered vodka.

I got spoken to by the police as we were wandering through a skateboarding competition, with one of my friends confessing her undying love to another one of my friends. Sadly he did not requite and told her that, in fact he loved another...Also a friend who had been imbibing vodka for the first time with us.
Then the rivals in love 'fought' with each other, as only hysterical and tipsy 13 year olds can.

This story makes me sound so much more interesting than I actually am.

 

[Eleanor_zhDarjel]

I was 17. It was a party from this kid from school. Damm, alway 13 years ago.

 

[T'Baio]

I think "peer pressure" is one answer, even for adults. The last big social gathering I went to, everyone else at the party was actively encouraging me to drink more, despite my saying that my stomach wasn't feeling well and that I don't like to drink too much alcohol. But whenever I said these things they would treat me like I was a huge party pooper and I just needed to relax and have more fun. It was rather irritating. They kept pushing drinks on me and finally I just poured them out in secret to get them to stop bothering me. And these are my good friends!

I think that the reason this happens is that when people are getting drunk at a party, they want to know that everyone else at the party is drunk too, so that the next day nobody will remember the shameful things they did. But I remember!

I resisted because I did not want to drink that night, and usually I don't like having more than one or two drinks at all, but I can see how someone could easily give in to the pressure if people keep trying to convince them that they will have a better time if they keep drinking.

Your story has absolutely zero to do with peer pressure or why people drink, and everything to do with the fact that, apparently, all your friends are douche bags.

This never happens at any parties I go to. No one cares who's drinking and who's not.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

I think "peer pressure" is one answer, even for adults. The last big social gathering I went to, everyone else at the party was actively encouraging me to drink more, despite my saying that my stomach wasn't feeling well and that I don't like to drink too much alcohol. But whenever I said these things they would treat me like I was a huge party pooper and I just needed to relax and have more fun. It was rather irritating. They kept pushing drinks on me and finally I just poured them out in secret to get them to stop bothering me. And these are my good friends!

I think that the reason this happens is that when people are getting drunk at a party, they want to know that everyone else at the party is drunk too, so that the next day nobody will remember the shameful things they did. But I remember!

I resisted because I did not want to drink that night, and usually I don't like having more than one or two drinks at all, but I can see how someone could easily give in to the pressure if people keep trying to convince them that they will have a better time if they keep drinking.

Your story has absolutely zero to do with peer pressure or why people drink, and everything to do with the fact that, apparently, all your friends are douche bags.

This never happens at any parties I go to. No one cares who's drinking and who's not.

I happen to have friends who do similar things. I'm on medication that can cause liver failure, so drinking is a fairly bad idea, and since I've been on them I've tried to drink very little and my friends tried to get me to drink heavily. "Do you want a vodka? Go on, have a vodka, have a vodka... why not? Go on have a drink." This is probably why I don't see them a lot any more.