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Blitzwarp

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ColeMcdoi said:
Okay here's the deal: I'm 15 and I have an "issue". My friends have now started to drink alcohol, and i mean quite alot, they go out almost every weekend and hangs out at some buddy's house and drinks. I don't really care about them wasting their bodies, but what i Do care about is that they are living a lie saying that they are very mature drinking loads of beer and whatnot. They also say that they are very social when they are drunk but I doubt that lying wasted on the floor or barely standing on their own is "social". I'd rather be staying at home rather than getting wasted and pretend to be someone else.
MTE. I also think excessive alcoholism is just a waste of money and brain cells. :/ I know you feel a bit like the odd one out right now (I know I did at that age at school) but you're doing the right thing standing your ground and not going with the mob mentality.
Don't hang out with these people any more. You clearly don't like them, and they don't sound like they care about you, so don't hang around them. Period.
 

Blitzwarp

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Maybe you should get them some kind of help, or tell their parents what's going on.

I felt like crap throughout my high schooling years and I never knew why, I'd suddenly feel reckless, I'd do really stupid things, I'd spend my money on absolute garbage on a whim. I'd feel like crap, then I'd feel awesome and energetic and angry at the same time.

I did drugs for reasons I never even knew, I drank, I got into fights and I stole things I didn't even need or want. All my friends thought I was just a rebellious teen doing it to be cool.

Then I was diagnosed as bipolar, apparently in many mental illnesses it's quite common to act this way.

It's not just mental illnesses, they could have some problems at home or be generally depressed about something.

This is why you shouldn't write it off as *They are just being idiots* because you could be wrong and there might be a serious problem at hand.

You should definitely tell either your parents or your friends parents that your friends are doing this. From your post it doesn't seem like you like them at all, yet you still refer to them as your friends, so there's something. Even if there isn't anything wrong with them and they are just doing it to be cool, there's the chance they are legitimately having problems and don't know how to ask for help (or think they don't need to).

Or, you could find yourself new friends and ignore them.

The choice is yours I suppose.

EDIT: I'm kind of shocked that nobody has posted something along these lines yet, considering my story and experience is DEFINITELY not unique on this website.
To be honest, this kind of behaviour is run of the mill in the UK at the moment. I'd say 90% of the people I knew at university behaved like this, and had done since they were 15-16. At school there were those who used to turn up drunk in class at the age of 13 - not isolated cases, sometimes whole groups. You could blame peer pressure I suppose - most of them thought (and still think) that they look cool doing it.
 

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You're young (What am I saying, I'm only 16 BAH!] a lot of young people go through it, the more you tell them not to the more they're going to do it.

So I guess what i'm saying is, go with it, if you don't feel comfortable doing it with them, then go find some other friends to hang around with till you are, it really is that simple.

I started drinking about a year back, and yeah, it's been pretty good =D
 

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They certainly aren't being mature just because they're drinking beer. If you don't want to drink then you are right not to do so, but that doesn't mean that they are wrong because they do.
 

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well to be honest, neither of you are right, them in the underage drinking and the fact they think they are being social by drinking alcohol, and your not right as your opinion of your friends is as ignorant dimwits, if they are enjoying themselves then far enough, doesnt make them dimwits, just means they have different interest then you, i never got drunk before i was 18 (had the occasional drink but usually over dinner) but i could still hang with most of my friends who did
 

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Drinking is a social thing, i know at 15 i would go out once every couple of weeks and have a few drinks with mates. It was usually a laugh, and it is true you are more sociable when you're drunk, or at least a lot of people are.

That said, just this morning we all got a lecture at my college about alcoholism with younger people and about how alcohol can do a lot of damage pretty quick especially if you're drinking lots of it on a weekly basis.

personally i don't think theres a "right" or "wrong" for this, just two seperate life choices.
Perhaps go out and drink with your friends one weekend, at the very least it'd be an experience. Just be careful and know your limit. Going overboard is never a good laugh.
 

Brandon237

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Leave them... these are NOT the sort of friends you need.

And that is the right choice, Don't do something you will regret, especially not this young.
I am also 15 and know many people who drink a little too much at this age, although none of them are in my group of close friends, or ever will be.