Is it bad for me, a 19 year old collage student and some of my friends to get together around a camp fire and have a couple beers or drinks once and a while? Truth be told, some of us get rather hammered, but no one EVER drives drunk. We always have a sober driver and we all look out for each other.
Would your answer be different if we were 16?
Would your answer be different if we were 14?
2006-07-04 21:14:03 · 26 answers · asked by sam_goody500 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
This country is very interesting in that we tell young people no no no until they are 21 and then it is ooooookay go into the bar! You have a very mature approach to drinking that is unlike most youth today. Drinking is not a big deal for those of us that are allowed to do it. In Europe the alcoholism rate is much the same as in America yet they drink at much younger ages.
When I was a kid the drinking age was 18. I didn't get into trouble and didn't become an alcoholic. There are empirical studies that show children of alcoholics (even if they are removed from the alcoholic parents) have a much greater chance of becoming an alcoholic than children of non alcoholic parents. There is some kind of genetic marker for alcoholism; therefor what ever you drink may not matter. If you have the genetic proclivity you could become an alcoholic from the first taste. There is also some evidence that the younger you drink the greater chance you have to become an alcoholic.
We drink because it affects the way we think. (Don't tell me you just like the taste, you could drink non-alcoholic stuff if it were simply the taste). Women's brains are not fully developed until the late teen's or early twenty's (no jokes here please!) Men don't have full development until the mid twenties. Any thing that can modify the way we think and ostensibly kill brain cells may effect your brain"s progression.
Is drinking bad for you - no if you can control yourself. Can you say the same for everyone else? Who is responsible for the control of the partying?
The major issue is that you have someone breaking the law to get you kids booze. Whether or not you drink properly is, perhaps, less of an issue than if you get in trouble with the law. Having a permanent record as you look for a job or try for post graduate work may be a much larger problem than you need to face right now.
The issue is the same at any age.
2006-07-05 04:53:08 · answer #1 · answered by DMR 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It isnt bad, but be careful. Someone always seems to do something stupid when they are drunk, and if they are underage it just gets them that much more in trouble. And if the person who is drunk is under 18 then their parents can get into some serious legal matters. I'm 20, but I can just go to Canada to drink because it is only like 25 minutes away. Drinking age there is only 19. So many times I drink legally.
2006-07-05 05:27:39 · answer #2 · answered by Nate 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In your case, not really. 16 or 14 it doesn't matter so much as one might think.
Frankly, drinking in this Country will always be a bad idea so long as one has to drive to and from the bar. Drinking ages in Europe are reduced because most people don't have to drive to the pub. As long as you grow up with a moderate amount of alcohol in your lifestyle and learn early on how to control yourself, then age doesn't so much matter as a responsibility issue. People will always do something stupid. If you surround yourself with moderate drinkers and responsible people who will drink, have fun, but still prevent you from jumping off a balcony because you think you can fly, or driving drunk (which is just as dangerous) drink whenever you want.
2006-07-05 04:25:11 · answer #3 · answered by phoenix1487 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as you drink responsibly and don't break the law.
If 19 is underage drinking by law - then you are breaking the law - so don't do it.
What's the hurry - at the moost you'll get drunk, and kill yourself or some other folks on the street.
Why not join an AA meeting once before you even give it a try?
2006-07-11 04:04:46 · answer #4 · answered by Maloy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would definately saw its not ok at 14 and 16. if your in college and being responsible by not driving drunk i don't see it as a big problem. i drank all through college and turned 21 3 months before i graduated. be safe and make sure someone is there to watch out for everyone that is drinking.
2006-07-05 04:20:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion, it's not bad to drink underage. My folks said, sure you can have a drink but you must stay home and drink it. It took all the risk out of it so it was something us kids never did as a rite of passage. We'd already been there, it was no big deal for us.
2006-07-05 04:18:44 · answer #6 · answered by csucdartgirl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To drink once a week and not to be drunk is OK.But I know people who drunk like you and then after some time they became alcoholic.It depends on you.If you are a strong person you'll never became an alcoholic
2006-07-05 04:21:14 · answer #7 · answered by BelKa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all, given your situation. But, those who go out with the old guys EVERY night to bars, and get completely obliterated, they are starting a bad habit.
16 is too young.
My daughter is 14.
2006-07-05 04:45:38 · answer #8 · answered by 42ITUS™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drinking kills your brain cells. Drinking at any age is bad but at a younger age, its more harmful simply because you still have alot of decisions to make in life. You will need all the help you can get.
2006-07-14 14:05:17 · answer #9 · answered by Tamara 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
noooooooooooo it's not bad! as soon as your are responsible and you seem to be, it's ok.
enjoy your life because you have only one...
i've started drinking at 15 and i'm ok haha...
and you drink only once and a while, don't worry so much. when you'll be done with college everything is gonna be different so go ahead!
have good camp fires ;-)
2006-07-07 02:45:42 · answer #10 · answered by Alexandra . 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋