Americans. How do you cope not drinking until 21?

[logiman]

I ocasionally drank beer since the age of 6 or below, with my parents actually but wihout getting drunk and at the age of 15 i got drunk for the first time..the photo at my avatar is me drunk right that night..

BTW, here, anywhere you go and ask for alcohol nobody cares if you are of legal age..u just have to look at least 14 years old..IT`S AWESOME!!!!!!!!

 

[KittywifaMohawk]

Easy, I just don't drink.
I don't like drinking at all.

 

[Ghost8585]

I've yet to find an alcoholic drink that doesn't taste like alcohol. And I think the reason is that they all contain alcohol. So my question is, who actually likes the taste of alcohol? I don't think it's a flavor that humans are supposed to enjoy.

If you want flavor then go for wine or a good dark hoppy beer, also try to drink & eat. Get falvors an textures the mlend together and support each other.

This. Or, learn yourself some good cocktail recipes. I have a very nice hard cover book called Ultimate Bar Book which covers all cocktails and all bases (vodka,gin,rum, ect.) You can scale back the base to your liking.

 

[Ghost8585]

Explain to me what the rush to get smashed is again? I have never seen the great awsomeness to putting yourself in a state where your unable to do anything, or even think straight...

Fun. Parties. Girls. Friends. Knowing you are breaking the rules. Laughing. Living. Loving. Acting stupid and not being persecuted. Having a jolly at the expense of a friend. Having stories to share with good friends down the road.

Can you do all this without booze? Sure. Some of us like both, however. There really isn't much to explain. You know all those people that go to bars and have fun? Well, that's us. Maybe that's not you. And that is alright.

Half the things you listed are fucking stupid. Destruction of internal organs, including the liver, is never a form of utilizing life. What good are any of the even remotely good things that you listed when you don't fucking remember it afterward, especially the "having stories" bullshit? "A jolly at the expense of a friend"? That friend was probably canooing up Shit Creek when he met you, especially considering the usual sense of humor amoungst drunks.

Alchohol is a bane upon the human race and I would sooner take out a sword and castrate a "party animal" than accept his beer. If I'm going to live a healthy life, why not promote a healthy gene pool?

Jeezis tits, preach much man? I mean if drinking isn't your deal by all means go for it but taking the piss out of some of us who do is really dickish.

 

[Satin6T]

I do it anyway, usually by going out into a forrest with a 21 year old that can buy all the booze

and then you wake up in a tree and hilarity ensues

 

[heyheysg]

Lol, this is one of the quirkiest things about the USA

Every single teen movie has shown kids having sex, smoking weed, drinking and holding firearms all before they 'should'.

The US is probably ahead of the world in such averages. I wonder how many laws reflect reality.

 

[KazNecro]

I'm not a drinker, so I've been fine with it thus far. I didn't actually drink until I was 24 (and it was just ONE beer). But as far as Americans go, if we can get away with it, we'll drink, smoke, experiment, and have sex WAY before the legal age. *shrugs*

 

[crudus]

We drink before 21. It just isn't legal.

This, seems pretty obvious doesnt it. Its really not that big of a deal.

It sort of is. It's a felony to provide for minors at this point. It's a stupid law set to an arbitrary age. I really don't see the difference between the 19 I am now and the 21 I (hopefully) will be. Here is how I know: I took my first shot at 18. why? peer pressure from my mother and her friends who have known me since I was 3. The only reason I can see for not (legally) drinking alcohol until you are 21 is that it will fuck up the development of the brain when you are 13 or something. In my opinion, the drinking age should the the same at 18. If people think 18 isn't responsible enough to handle drinking then they don't know what happens on people's 21st birthday nor have been to a college campus.

Your brain continues to develop up through your 21st year of life, for most people.

Alcoholism can/will develop.

Fun Fact: you can't be a cop until you are 25 for this reason

OT: I'm sure it could. So could liver problems, heart disease, and strokes. By drinking alcohol you could also improve longevity, decrease risk of cancer, and help reduce your weight. It all depends on what and how much you drink. At 18 you hit adulthood and are pretty much aloud to do what you please. In my book, if you want to drink poisonous amounts of whatever you want, then go for it. If you want to make a habit out of drinking that substance then do it.

 

[Kontar]

]We do, it's just illegal. But nobody gives a damn. Also, our beer sucks.

Hey, we have some pretty good micro-brews. Oh yeah and if you brew beer yourself it is amazing, speaking of which, I wonder when my batches of Heffeweissner and Honey Stout will be ready.

Mmmmm beer.

 

[Seanchaidh]

um fine i actuarially hate alcohol

And spelling.

Actuarially is actually a word. He must mean that he hates alcohol due to what it would do to his life expectancy.

 

[justhereforthemoney]

We cope with it by going to parties and getting wasted and doing stuff we regret in the morning. And yea, I am wasted.

 

[Lazzi]

I've yet to find an alcoholic drink that doesn't taste like alcohol. And I think the reason is that they all contain alcohol. So my question is, who actually likes the taste of alcohol? I don't think it's a flavor that humans are supposed to enjoy.

If you want flavor then go for wine or a good dark hoppy beer, also try to drink & eat. Get falvors an textures the mlend together and support each other.

This. Or, learn yourself some good cocktail recipes. I have a very nice hard cover book called Ultimate Bar Book which covers all cocktails and all bases (vodka,gin,rum, ect.) You can scale back the base to your liking.

Im with you on that, but I like food way to much.

 

[crypt-creature]

My father let me drink some of his beer/alcohol ever since I was a wee one. I grew up tasting any weird label that he got his hands on, it was a bonding thing.
I appreciate the flavor but have no interest in drinking, before or after I hit 21.

So to answer your question, I didn't care. It's not as big a deal as you, OP, are trying to make it out as.

 

[DeathWyrmNexus]

Quite easily, actually.
Having no social life and a disdain for people who do drink early due to said people usually being obnoxious about it definitely helps, too.

Pretty much ditto for me.

 

[willic767]

for me heavy metal helps

 

[MorsePacific]

I just don't drink. I tried alcohol once or twice. It disgusted me, so I just don't do it.

 

[Phyroxis]

um fine i actuarially hate alcohol

Similar boat.

Didnt drink till I hit 21 this year.. Dont really drink even now that I am 21. Isnt all that appealing to me. Though, there are plenty of people drinking under age.

 

[Rassan]

I don't really find the appeal (yet?) but I'm sure one day a friend will try to offer me a drink and I would feel disrespectful not to take the offer.

 

[Sark]

People drink for the same reason they have sex. It feels good.