Right. That was I - batshit drunk from half a bottle of wine on my 12th birthday.
Waiting for 21 was well worth is tbh. I’m more responsible and don’t have to get sloshed to show people that’s I’m a grown up.
Drinking alcohol or buying it? Because in Britain it’s 18 to buy it yourself but 5 to have it at home.
What the hell, Britain?
Purchasing and drinking beer or wine is legal at the age of 16, for spirits of all sorts you need to be 18.
As an American, I can assure you no 16 year old has much trouble procuring alcohol. I certainly didn’t. By the time I was 21 the novelty had worn off
With 16 only Beer, stronger alcoholic drinks only when 18 Years old.
Beer and wine with 16. Spirits with 18.
Grew up in South America and underage drinking, though illegal in theory, is pretty much the norm.
I grew up in the US, and the only person I know who didn’t drink as a 15 year old is a 33 year old who still doesn’t drink. Lol.
Interesting. I’m in Australia now and people here actually do respect the law when it comes to drinking. If you are under 18, it’s unlikely you will be able to buy alcohol or get into a nightclub etc. It would be shocking to hear someone got pissed drunk at 15, whereas where I come from that isn’t the case.
From OPs post I presumed US would be more like Australia in that regard, but, I take your word
That might be more to do with your social circles. There was a shit ton of teenage drinking happening when I was in high-school.
I remember being 14 and having friends of the same age order beer here in Italy, get drunk, nobody cared.
The day after I moved to Germany I went to the hospital emergency room with what was later diagnosed as a kidney stone and stomach infection.
I was given over the counter painkillers and some cramp medication and told to drink lots of beer to treat the stomach infection by the doctor.
I am serious. I asked about the complications drinking on the pain meds and he just said it was OK.
mixing those meds with alcohol fucks your liver
Was “fuck your liver” as in “once is enough to fuck your liver” or as in “do this every day over a month to see any significant damage” kind of thing.
depends on the painkiller. Tylenol? Yeah goodbye liver. Ibuprofen? Better eat something alongside so your stomach lining doesnt get fucked.
Ah, yes, Germany! The land where there are no alcohol issues because everybody is by default drunk.
I think we’re pretty average and it’s even on the decline.
I was just making a stupid joke. Playing with an old stereotype. It’s germans and beer and us and our mustaches.
That is good to know. My own country had a serious issue with alcohol and we managed to curb it in less than 10 years.
The recent surge revolves around binge drinking and hard liquor, when it was originally around wine. And supposedly women are drinking more than men, nowadays.
Yeah I know, all good :D
Where are you from? Nordic country?
Portugal, Land of the Epic Mustache!!!
That’s not Nordic :D and why is Portugal famous for a mustache? Haha
The mustache was a mandatory fixture for the portuguese man between the 70’s and the 90’s.
Hell I didn’t know the mustache was that relevant for Portugal, til.
By the time Germans turn 18 (legal age for stronger alcoholic beverages) most of them already know their limit and party with more responsibility in my opinion.
I feel like that’s mostly a feelgood myth. Like for every person who handles their drink responsibly and started drinking young it produces like 10 functioning alcoholics. This countrys relationship to alcohol is fucked up
