Drinking Issues

I was listening the radio with my flatmate yesterday and there was a discussion about Binge Drinking in UK - including even 13 yr old kids!! :eek:

So since when did you people start drinking (excluding sips from your parents' wine glasses)?

And how much do you drink per week on average? And socially or heavily?

Reply 1

Steeeeevo

I started drinking (without my parents) at about 13 :blushing:

and started getting served in shops at about 14. I now drink (at 17) meby once or twice a month (as my money dictates), but when I drink I really drink (as in spend about £40-£50 a go round the town) :biggrin:

Reply 2

qwerty_st/n

apart from what my parents let me drink i didnt actually start drinking til i was about 16, except the odd drink when i was 13ish, and that was cider down the park with my mates. i only binge drink on the odd occasion nowadays, otherwise i think i'm quite sensible. ish.

Reply 3

littlemisspain

never realy had much till like 17 when started to go to pubs :smile:

even nowe dont drin kthat much, jsut enought to be merry

Reply 4

Freckles

I started drinking at 15, about two months b4 I turned 16. I used to get heavily drunk about once or twice a week (including major nervous breakdowns, passing out and blackouts) till I was 18 (excluding a couple of months I spent in the US when I was 17/18 where I didn't drink at all). I totally stopped drinking at 19, got really drunk once again did something incredibly stupid and eventually quit for good. I haven't been drunk in 1 1/2 years. I think I didn't even have a proper drink since then. I just don't crave alcohol anymore and while I used to enjoy being drunk, the mere thought of it causes me headaches, migraines and huge discomfort now. I don't see myself really drinking again anytime soon. It just makes me miserable, no matter how little it is.

Reply 5

Leigh

I started the day of my last GCSE exam, and drunk on and off over the summer. Then we started clubbing and I drunk pretty much every weekend for a few months. Then about 6 months ago I stopped again and now don't drink at all.

Reply 6

ZigZag

Probably properly started at around 16.

I tend to go out twice/thrice per week now things have settled down at uni. On these outings I probably drink a little more than I should.

Reply 7

Catski

Didn't really drink until 17 or so when I could get served in pubs.
Now I might have a bit of a heavy night out once a month or so but generally its a couple of drinks with friends and much dancing...
I have NEVER been so drunk I passed out/ couldn't remember anything etc. I don't like the feeling.

Reply 8

button16

I started when I was probably 14/15 but alcohol has been in my life while I grew up, i.e. when I was a teething I used to get told to rub whiskey on my gums. Although now I do properly drink I don't go over board and I always know when to stop.

Reply 9

Toy Soldier

I started drinking at 14 and now I drink (roughly)... 2 bottles of spirit (Jack D, Vodka etc.), maybe 15 pints of cider and 10 pints of beer a week.

:redface:

Reply 10

hanadeka2002

17.I went a bit made over 6th form but now I hate getting drunk and the most I'll have on a night out is one,maybe two, glasses of wine.

Reply 11

Poica

button16

You had to rub the whisky on your gums yourself!? Harsh for a 1 year old, but I suppose everyone has to learn to rub albohol onto themselves at some point...

Reply 12

dhutch

Other than the odd drink with parents/uncals i basicaly didnt drink untill 6th form.
- Im not a Uni and go out about once/twice a week, and will drink on average 2 dbl vodka and cokes, 4/6 pints of 'nasty' (snake bite & black), and a shot or two of somthink.

Daniel