When and how did you start drinking?

Tea-a-Maria · 10-09-2009 8:56pm #1

An interesting thread about parents introducing their kids to alcohol prompted this.How old were you when you first drank?What were the circumstances?For me,it was at the debs and I was 17.

Cupcake_Crisis · 10-09-2009 8:59pm

I remember the first time I was drunk was at a friends debs party when i was about 15. I cant remember the first time I had a drink though

Captain Darling · 10-09-2009 8:59pm

I was 14 and very thirsty.

brummytom · 10-09-2009 9:00pm

At a mates house during the holiday (So at 15 years old). He offered me whiskey, I drank it (and nearly choked!). Not a great first drink :P

Plenty of good ones after

pikachucheeks · 10-09-2009 9:00pm

I was seventeen. It was New Year's Eve and I had some champagne.
Classy!

Prof.Badass · 10-09-2009 9:00pm

15, out on the seafront with a friend.

Stole the beer from my house. The bottles were forgotten from christmas. In the weeks leading up to the big day I moved the bottles around in different places to see would my parents notice. After satisfying my paranoia as much as possible i decided to just go for it! My parents still think i waited untill i was 18

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FearDark · 10-09-2009 9:01pm

Shhhhheeeeeeeaddddddup I knwo whne oive had enough!!!!!!!!!!!

TPD · 10-09-2009 9:02pm

First time getting drunk was when I was about 16 on the walls of Derry. That was a good summer.

First time drinking alcohol would have been much younger though. A sup from my da's pint every so often through childhood did no harm

Tar.Aldarion · 10-09-2009 9:02pm

dunno, would ahve had some at around 12 but wasn't interested in drinking til years later.

sky88 · 10-09-2009 9:02pm

i was 9 when i had my first drink it was at my brothers debs and my older sister gave me and my friend some budwiser to see what we would be like drunk and after that didnt drink again untill i was 16

SeaFields · 10-09-2009 9:03pm

16 I think.

My father frequently brought me to the pub if there was a match on and I was allowed maybe two or three pints with him. A good way to start drinking and if I have children I'll do the same

fitz0 · 10-09-2009 9:03pm

Me and a friend tried a naggin of Jameson outside a junior disco aged 14. I couldnt stomach the taste so stopped after a mouthful. So three hours later he was getting sick in a biscuit tin in the back of his mothers car on the way to the hospital while I was not.

ScumLord · 10-09-2009 9:05pm

At about 6 o'clock.

Whiskey Devil · 10-09-2009 9:05pm

Captain Darling wrote: »

I was 14 and very thirsty.

Interviewer: "Why do you drink so much?"

Shane MacGowan: "Because I'm thirsty."

I was about 15, but didn't start drinking properly 'til I was 17.

marzic · 10-09-2009 9:06pm

I was 18, after a college football match in Mungret the trainer was buying the team drinks, so he turns to me and asks me what I want and I was stunned and just blurted out 'smithwicks'! a bit later he asked again and I took great plesaure in raising my smithwicks glass and saying 'same again! It was piss, but it had alcohol in it... and it was free!;)

Tar.Aldarion · 10-09-2009 9:06pm

Whiskey Devil, liking the name. Mmmm whiskey.

Nihilist21 · 10-09-2009 9:06pm

The first time I remember was when I was about 6, throughout childhood my parents let me sample wine regularly.

AnonoBoy · 10-09-2009 9:08pm

About 2 hours ago.

Oh man I'm so pissed right now.

Whasth wash the queshtion agaisn?

jumpguy · 10-09-2009 9:09pm

I was fresh outta the womb, I believe it was some kind of milk.

Sofiztikated · 10-09-2009 9:09pm

I remember like it was yesterday. It was the 9th of Septhember and it was Junior Cert nig......

Seriously though.

I was 15, it was 1999, the 12th of July, I was in Maguiresbridge, watching the 12th parade, met some lads from school, they were already drinking. One of them got me a bottle of Harp (such ****e to start drinking on) while we watched the bands.

That was it really. Shortly after that, went out to a night club (and got in!) and it was the night Smirnoff Ice had come out, big promo, drank about 8 bottles while I was sitting at a table, was ok, stood up to go to the jacks, grabbity got the better of me, and I fell over the table, and was promptly escorted to the toilets the long way, so the bouncers couldn't find me.

Fun times.

Currently off the gargle, due to my kidneys being not as described in the manual. I'm waiting to hear back from the GodShop™ to see if they will repair/refund/replace as per law. Not looking likely though, outside of warrenty.

AckwelFoley · 10-09-2009 9:09pm

17.

Budlight

roscommon

fail

Sharpshooter · 10-09-2009 9:13pm

I was 15 I think, someone bought me a tiny bottle of powers whiskey and I drank it down in one go.:(

Never accept a dare when you don't know what you are getting into.

I haven't gone near it since.
I cant even stand the smell of it.

Brien · 10-09-2009 9:13pm

14 or 15 and 3 of us shared a naggin of Jameson on paddy's day. good times:D:D:D:D

Corkfeen · 10-09-2009 9:14pm

marzic wrote: »

I was 18, after a college football match in Mungret the trainer was buying the team drinks, so he turns to me and asks me what I want and I was stunned and just blurted out 'smithwicks'! a bit later he asked again and I took great plesaure in raising my smithwicks glass and saying 'same again! It was piss, but it had alcohol in it... and it was free!;)

Why were you surprised to being offered drink at 18? Mine was the posh route, I was 16 went to dublin with some friends. Readied ourselves for concert in room in jurys with some bud.

Antics ensued. Lots was consumed that night.

-Leelo- · 10-09-2009 9:14pm

I was 13 and it was Stevens day in my grannys house, all the adults were in the sitting room so me and my two cousins proceeded to hang around in the kitchen and drink anything we could get our hands on - we had Bacardi Breezer,Woodys, Malibu, Fosters(yuuuck) and there may have been some Guinness in there at some stage too. I dont know how we didnt need our stomachs pumped. Ah good times!

K4t · 10-09-2009 9:15pm

'When did you start passing out?' would have made for a far more interesting thread :pac:

AckwelFoley · 10-09-2009 9:17pm

Sharpshooter wrote: »

I haven't gone near it since.
I cant even stand the smell of it.

pussy
Man up..

....oh wait

liah · 10-09-2009 9:17pm

I started drinking to get drunk and on a consistent basis when I moved to Ireland last year at 21. Used to have a drink (beer, glass of wine, etc) once every maybe.. six to eight months or so before that.

The only reason I started drinking (and continue to do so) is that if I hadn't, I never would have met anyone here in Ireland. I think 95% of my mates here I met while drinking. There's no other real way I could've had any sort of social life if I hadn't.

Once I leave Ireland I'll probably stop drinking on a regular basis. But the culture is so heavily driven by drink I didn't have much of a choice.

/shrug.

Tea-a-Maria · 10-09-2009 9:18pm

Start one by all means!:pI'm just curious if people's first experience with alcohol shaped their drinking habits.

renraw · 10-09-2009 9:20pm

I was 21, managed to keep my pledge and then made up for lost time after my 21st...haven't looked back since

pikachucheeks · 10-09-2009 9:20pm

snyper wrote: »

17.

Budlight

roscommon

fail

Anything with 'roscommon' in it is a fail.

brummytom · 10-09-2009 9:22pm

pikachucheeks wrote: »

Anything with 'roscommon' in it is a fail.

Not if it's an attempt at bestiality

Sam Kade · 10-09-2009 9:24pm

I was about 5; my siblings and I found a bottle of whiskey. Luckily enough we added water to it and didn't drink too much of it as my mother caught us. I used to drink a small bit of Guinness before I got my conformation and took the pledge.

Pighead · 10-09-2009 9:26pm

Pighead was 14 and he drank a can of the cheapest, vilest, most toxic lager known to man. It was called "Challenge" and it should really have put Pighead off alcohol for life. It didn't though. What doesn't kill you will make you stronger and all that jazz.

BlueSpiral · 10-09-2009 9:28pm

brummytom wrote: »

At a mates house during the holiday (So at 15 years old). He offered me whiskey, I drank it (and nearly choked!). Not a great first drink :P

Plenty of good ones after

I have to say its the best first drink, gets you into the good stuff nice and fast!

My first drink was a southern comfort and coke when I was 17 in a bar in New York.

ScumLord · 10-09-2009 9:29pm

Sharpshooter wrote: »

I haven't gone near it since.
I cant even stand the smell of it.

I'm the same with white wine I can't drink it without tasting vomit, my ol lad gave me half a magnum bottle of blue nun one easter when I was about 12 in an attempt to turn me off alcohol. They eventually had to lock me in a spare room because I was violent and spewing all over the place.

Sam Kade · 10-09-2009 9:29pm

Pighead wrote: »

Pighead was 14 and he drank a can of the cheapest, vilest, most toxic lager known to man. It was called "Challenge" and it should really have put Pighead off alcohol for life. It didn't though. What doesn't kill you will make you stronger and all that jazz.

Never heard of that larger. The worst dyke water I ever drank was smithwicks.

brummytom · 10-09-2009 9:31pm

BlueSpiral wrote: »

I have to say its the best first drink, gets you into the good stuff nice and fast!

My first drink was a southern comfort and coke when I was 17 in a bar in New York.

Nooo... I felt like death for about a minute

JuJuBean · 10-09-2009 9:34pm

Sam Kade wrote: »

I was about 5; my siblings and I found a bottle of whiskey. Luckily enough we added water to it and didn't drink too much of it as my mother caught us. I used to drink a small bit of Guinness before I got my conformation and took the pledge.

Sorry this has me in skitters

I mixed Gin with milk when I was about twelve. Wretched for ages after it.

beng128 · 10-09-2009 9:34pm

Tea-a-Maria wrote: »

Start one by all means!:pI'm just curious if people's first experience with alcohol shaped their drinking habits.

I first got properly drunk when I was 14 at a wedding in Poland (there was litre bottles of good vodka on the tables). It was great, I think I puked from the **** load of food rather than the alchohol. My Mum thought i was drinking coke which my brother kept pouring.

After that I drank a couple of times this summer mostly at my bros house, but i really don't see the point in knacker drinking. Whats wrong with waiting for comfortable soroundings and good drink.

PS: I'm sixteen at the moment.

admiralofthefleet · 10-09-2009 9:35pm

i was given a can at christmas when i was 14. havent been sober since

BlueSpiral · 10-09-2009 9:39pm

brummytom wrote: »

Nooo... I felt like death for about a minute

I wasn't too keen to try it at first either. My sister wanted me to have my first drink with her so she dragged me down to a local Irish pub and got herself a drink. So I had what she was having, soco and coke. I must of sipped it for at least half an hour before she made me down it and then got me a cosmopolitan. Never try a cosmo as your second drink, absolutely horrible. So I got a jack daniels and coke to wash it down.

Never looked back since.

Sharpshooter · 10-09-2009 9:46pm

ScumLord wrote: »

I'm the same with white wine I can't drink it without tasting vomit, my ol lad gave me half a magnum bottle of blue nun one easter when I was about 12 in an attempt to turn me off alcohol. They eventually had to lock me in a spare room because I was violent and spewing all over the place.

You don't have to answer, but why would he do that to a twelve year old?

/I know you said in an attempt to turn you off it...
but why?

Sofiztikated · 10-09-2009 9:54pm

Sharpshooter wrote: »

You don't have to answer, but why would he do that to a twelve year old?

/I know you said in an attempt to turn you off it...
but why?

Maybe he didn't like his child?

When and how did you start drinking?

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