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What age did you start drinking alcohol?

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  • #62
    Smidge
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    uch wrote: »
    When I was 13, Stag was the Drink of choice of young Rapscallions, if you've ever tasted Stag you'll know that it was impossible to drink much more than 3 - 4 longnecks, feckin poxy stuff

    Ah Stag.....it was no Stieger though was it?:cool:
    30p a tin brought down from the north at xmas :D


  • #63
    Wompa1
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    As a country we drink young and we drink often. Thankfully it doesn't have any negative impact on our society! Cheers!


  • #64
    Ted_YNWA
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    I was 22, 3-4 weeks before final exams in college.

    Saw a good quote, think it was on here somewhere.
    Alcohol is the only drug you are forced to justify saying "No" to.

    Went out to watch a few football matches a few months ago & got a third degree why I didn't want to drink that day.


  • #65
    FizzleSticks
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  • #66
    Sunnyisland
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    uch wrote: »
    When I was 13, Stag was the Drink of choice of young Rapscallions, if you've ever tasted Stag you'll know that it was impossible to drink much more than 3 - 4 longnecks, feckin poxy stuff
    Smidge wrote: »
    Ah Stag.....it was no Stieger though was it?:cool:
    30p a tin brought down from the north at xmas :D

    Stag... Just right for enjoyment .


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  • #67
    Deco96B
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    17.


  • #68
    poisonated
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    [PHP][/PHP]
    Deco96B wrote: »
    17.

    A bit late to the party. I was 15.


  • #69
    Arghus
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    Used to occasionally get a sip of Guinness off the oul lad when we were in a pub as a child. Didn't really understand how anyone could drink it, tasted bizarre to me. Coke and Club Lemon were far superior.

    Used to drink cider in the dark of the cinema when I was 15. No problem drinking that.

    At 16/17 used to send a friend who would always be able to get served no matter what into buy beer at the local supermarket and spent most weekends boozing in fields and bushes. Thought I was a seasoned drinker and was far too overconfident when attacking spirits, resulting in a few extremely messy and distressed experiences. Still don't really like spirits all that much. The taste of brandy I associate with the single roughest drunk I ever had, it still makes me gag.

    I remember the insane peer pressure to drink from about 15-16 onwards. What a load of nonsense that was. I had some fun times drinking as a teenager and it is a part of growing up I guess, but there was no rush really. Plenty of time from 18 onwards.


  • #70
    Sgt Hartman
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    Started off with Smithwicks shandys at 16 before moving onto Beamish shandys and then cheap 6 packs of Dutch Gold in my college student years. I remember drinking lots of Hudson Blue cider in my late 90's student years also...it was dreadful stuff :(


  • #71
    Badly Drunk Boy
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    Deco96B wrote: »
    17.
    poisonated wrote: »
    [PHP][/PHP]

    A bit late to the party. I was 15.
    A bit late to the party since the thread is 7 years old. ;)


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  • #72
    The J Stands for Jay
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    poisonated wrote: »
    [PHP][/PHP]

    A bit late to the party. I was 15.

    7 years Late to the party.


  • #73
    The J Stands for Jay
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    McGaggs wrote: »
    7 years Late to the party.

    2 minutes late...


  • #74
    Deco96B
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    Better late than never ;)


  • #75
    Tokyo
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    Whiskey for teething when I was a kid. Actually, whisky served a lot of medicinal purposes when I was a kid, usually of the "this will help you sleep" variety.

    First pint when I was about 4, coming back from an All Ireland final - apparently I downed the old man's Guinness while he'd nipped out to the toilets.


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