<p>Think about it this way: The stuff you drink (ethyl alcohol) is the same as the stuff you burn in lamps in science classes and that people may burn in their cars, except that it’s diluted and has more sugar.</p>
<p>If you need to destroy your liver while also crippling your brain’s ability function (in addition to stunting its growth) in order to have fun, go right ahead.</p>
<p>Oh pfft, chronic alcoholism destroys your liver and brain, a couple of drinks every couple of weeks does not.</p>
<p>as far as alcohol goes,i’ve only tried stuff like sake, and i don’t see why i should want to develop an “acquired taste” for something that doesn’t even benefit me. plus, it’s much better to watch your drunk friends act like idiots from the side.</p>
<p>What kind of teenager plans their rebellion?</p>
<p>You have years ahead of you to enjoy the debilitating results of a tequila binge.</p>
<p>^ Hahahaha! Good point.. I’m weird. :P</p>
<p>I hope you don’t get in an alcohol related accident. Or accidentally kill someone. Or get raped. Or die.</p>
<p>Just don’t drink too much. For your age, keep it below a glass per 2 hours, otherwise you’ll wake up wondering where your clothes are.</p>
<p>Cool kids are pro braincell.</p>
<p>okay, i volunteer at a hospital and dealt with a patient this week who turned yellow like a highlighter from drinking so much because and his liver is pretty much dead. so sad. it was all because he is an alcoholic.</p>
<p>tnb19 hit the nail on the head. This is truly a forum full of Ivy league aspiring overachievers. Asking someone like that (online, especially) if you should drink just screams insecurity.</p>
<p>Obviously I’m not sure yet or I wouldn’t have asked. Just looking for more opinions. I also posted this on Yahoo answers for more diverse responses.</p>
<p>oh, i just noticed that you’re a girl</p>
<p>well, if you do decide to drink… don’t do it at parties…</p>
<p>I know it’s all underage and it’s all illegal… But drinking as a freshman seems really, really young. You’re my little brother’s age. I don’t think you should start drinking until you can handle the consiquences that can come of it. 14 is just too young.</p>
<p>I would be ~15.4 when I start drinking according to this plan. I read somewhere that the average age at which USAns start drinking is 15.9.</p>
<p>Still seems really young. I don’t know, you seem capable. But just be CAREFUL. You may think that people are exagerating the rape thing, but just keep an eye on your drink.</p>
<p>Go…drink. Call me when you’re legal, I’ll show you a good time.</p>
<p>Feel free, drink it up. You’ll soon learn the consequences first-hand.</p>
<p>By the way, if you do plan on drinking at a party, always pour your own cup.</p>
<p>Consider yourself warned.</p>
<p>You know what? Bring a trusted male friend. Who can use a knife and has access to a GPS phone. Just in case.</p>
<p>“* If someone drinks themselves to semi-conciousness, it is a real possibility that they could choke on their own vomit. Yes, that is gross, and yes, people actually die that way. A lot. Lie them on their side.”</p>
<p>Yes, the classic rock star death. You are unconscious and your mouth’s closed when you vomit so there’s no place for it to go, so it clogs up your wind pipe. Jimi Hendrix, Jon Bonham of Led Zeppelin, and Bon Scott of AC/DC are some of the legends who’ve died this way.</p>
<p>I understand the knife part… But why a GPS phone?</p>
<p>So you’d like to begin to drink, deliberately. Not possible. Drinking is about losing control. It’s about ignorance, and stillness, and suicide. It goes against life, period. Do you value every moment of your life? If you don’t, if you want to forget, to disengage, to let go? Have a drink. (By the way, a drinker is a parasite, so your screenname is apropos. If you read any AA literature, a drinker tries to get things for free, takes advantage of people. You say you get straight As, but do you know why you do? Have you examined why you like to achieve? Because that’s what life’s about. It’s about creating something meaningful. And alcohol only destroys).</p>
<p>I’m sorry for the preachy post. But when people talk about drinking “according to plan” (or really drinking at all), it gets to me. Why do you want to drink? Where is the purpose? To have “fun”? What does that mean? I love having fun, love appreciating the work of others, laughing with people, etc. But I don’t think trying to drown your sorrows in a bottle is the way to do it. It’s a drug. Why do you feel like you need drugs to have fun? Do you think cocaine is okay, just the way you think alcohol is? It’s a difference of degree, not kind. Am I making any sense at all?</p>
<p>I’m really sorry if I’m attacking you. My dad is an alcoholic, and it’s a disease of denial. I just want people to understand that every choice you make has meaning, and choosing to drink is choosing denial, ignorance, loneliness, randomness. I don’t know how else to describe it.</p>