When and how did you start drinking?

Tea-a-Maria · 10-09-2009 09:56PM #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.

Captain Darling · 10-09-2009 09:59PM

I was 14 and very thirsty.

Cupcake_Crisis · 10-09-2009 09:59PM

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

brummytom · 10-09-2009 10:00PM

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 10:00PM

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

Prof.Badass · 10-09-2009 10:00PM

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 10:01PM

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

TPD · 10-09-2009 10:02PM

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 10:02PM

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

sky88 · 10-09-2009 10:02PM

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 10:03PM

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 10:03PM

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 10:05PM

At about 6 o'clock.

Whiskey Devil · 10-09-2009 10:05PM

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 10:06PM

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 10:06PM

Whiskey Devil, liking the name. Mmmm whiskey.

Nihilist21 · 10-09-2009 10:06PM

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

AnonoBoy · 10-09-2009 10:08PM

About 2 hours ago.

Oh man I'm so pissed right now.

Whasth wash the queshtion agaisn?

jumpguy · 10-09-2009 10:09PM

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

Sofiztikated · 10-09-2009 10:09PM

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 10:09PM

17.

Budlight

roscommon

fail

Sharpshooter · 10-09-2009 10:13PM

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 10:13PM

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 10:14PM

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 10:14PM

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 10:15PM

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

AckwelFoley · 10-09-2009 10:17PM

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 10:17PM

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 10:18PM

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

renraw · 10-09-2009 10:20PM

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 10:20PM

snyper wrote: »

17.

Budlight

roscommon

fail

Anything with 'roscommon' in it is a fail.

When and how did you start drinking?

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