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I don't use drugs nor alcohol, but I just turned 18 and I noticed that a lot of people younger than me (high school age so 14-17 even) use alcohol and sometimes drugs from siblings, older friends, etc.

Did you do that when you were younger than me? I don't plan on doing so anyway.

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[–] Pinetten@pawb.social 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Got drunk plenty of times underage. Age 14 onwards about. Had my fun, decided the hangovers weren't worth it when I was around 20 and only occasionally get drunk anymore (and do my best to mitigate the hangover). Might have a drink sometimes and pretend it's a cool adult thing to do or something, but I don't really care for it. Never felt like "I need a drink" or felt any desire for a "refreshing" beer or a cider. I rather have a soda. I'm happy to try cocktails and things like that for novelty but don't really care for the taste of alcohol itself.

I drink if I'm with my family for a prolonged period of time. It's this careful maintenance of that very specific stage of mild drunkenness where I can stay jovial but not too open, and can sober up easily before bed.

I'm happy to get drunk in good company but yeah, I drink a lot of water and try to make sure to get properly drunk early with shots and then maintain with beer etc. so I can start sobering up before bed. I really hate laying in bed when drunk.

Somehow I do seem to have a pretty good tolerance for alcohol but I think it's mainly because I track my state of drunkenness very carefully and drink either shots (or wine, but she's a treacherous bitch), beer or water depending on how it's going.