drinking

[RebornBen]

I ran into them on someone's folk metal playlist on YouTube and immediately started buying their stuff.

Oh alright. I used to listen a lot to Ensiferum another finnish folkmetal band. There's also Turisas and probably a lot more that I don't remember.

 

[Aladdin Sane]

Unfortunately (maybe..), I drink a lot. I learned it from my family, I guess. I started out with little things, but now it's heavy. Oh well. I kinda like it...I only do when I don't have to work, go to school, etc.

 

[TheThirdMan]

I've been drinking since I was 14, although I've stopped being an idiot with it and now I only drink in moderation.

 

[Aladdin Sane]

^^ That's what I've started doing. moderation is what keeps you from throwing up by a bonfire......

 

[TemperateSeaIsland]

I used to drink a lot but don't really drink anymore as I had to stop for a few months and never really started again. I occasionally have a glass of wine with a meal but havent been drunk for around 3 years.

 

[Mela Monkey]

I don't drink, I have no desire to

 

[Dreicharus]

I used to be quite reckless with alcohol when I was younger. Now I'm reckless and legal to drink.

I'm kidding. I have stopped drinking half as much as I used to but do still enjoy going out for a few drinks with my girlfriend at the weekend after a meal.

 

[MacFall]

I used to be quite reckless with alcohol when I was younger. Now I'm reckless and legal to drink.

I'm kidding. I have stopped drinking half as much as I used to but do still enjoy going out for a few drinks with my girlfriend at the weekend after a meal.

It's funny how often I hear that. It's almost as if legally restraining a person from obtaining something actually has the opposite of its intended psychological effect.

 

[KTskater]

It's funny how often I hear that. It's almost as if legally restraining a person from obtaining something actually has the opposite of its intended psychological effect.

There is something to be said for that. I have family who live in Germany and when we go over to visit all of the teenagers and twenty-somethings go out together. It's legal to drink beer at 16 and wine and hard liquor at 18. The German 16 year olds have a better respect for alcohol, put limitations on many drinks they will have (depending if we drove or took the train) and I've never seen any of the Germans have more than probably four drinks in a single night.
My American cousin, who is 22, had to be carried back to the train because she was too drunk.
Some food for thought.

 

[Dreicharus]

I'm from Glasgow in Scotland which has a terrible name for underage drinking etc and I find, by looking, that some kids who stand outside the shops seem to get alcohol a lot easier than the people who are of age. I have been asked for ID more since I became legal to drink than what I did when I wasn't.

I've never understood how you can be married and have a house before you are allowed to buy your first beer.

 

[MacFall]

I've never understood how you can be married and have a house before you are allowed to buy your first beer.

The control freaks just haven't gotten around to restricting the ages of marriage or home ownership yet.

Well, maybe they won't restrict home ownership. There's too much money in the politics of subsidizing it.

 

[pressingon17]

Yeah I do. I like my beer and a shot every once in awhile. It's usually only social with my best friends.

 

[iamauthentic]

i do drink. never have, (well almost never ) have more than one glass. i dont drink beer tho.

 

[HoofingAround]

I do not drink outside of social functions, and then I have no more than one glass of wine throughout the night. I have never really had the desire to drink more, the influence alcohol has over the actions of friends has never really been something I want to experience.

 

[Aerdna]

I'm already legal drinking age, and I drink occasionally.

 

[jesusfreak220]

I've been drinking since I was 16 at home (and I was in the US for most of my life). I don't get drunk (or rarely) and I don't do it on a regular basis but I see no problem with drinking if you keep yourself under control.

 

[AndrewZinc]

I don't touch alcohol but have to constantly explain that it is not out of principle, but I hate the taste. I would prefer to be able to drink a glass of wine with a meal, for example, but would never get drunk as that is sinful.

Jesus drank alcohol, so I can never understand why so many Christians see it as wrong. It is wrong to be greedy, so should we stop eating?!

 

[Mayflower1]

never drank. My dad is an alcoholic and my sister was for years. I'm not trying it.

 

[acarrollfan]

I don't drink. I don't like the taste... haha

 

[Badiranium]

I drink in moderation.