How old were you when you had your first alcoholic drink?

Question

I am 14 and from Denmark and in Denmark there isn’t a legal drinking age it’s more so when your parents feel it’s okay. So for me it’s normal and perfectly legal for teens to drink. And I will sometimes drink at parties. So when did you have your first drink if you remember?

MarkRet · Accepted Answer

17, I guess. It was New Years Day, and I was just minding my own business at work. I knew some of my co-workers were partying in the lunchroom, but I didn't care, I was actually doing my job. One of the co-workers came looking for me, and he was holding a small bottle of whiskey. He handed it to me and said, "Take a drink", so I took a sip, didn't really like it, and tried to hand it back. He said, "Take another drink", so I took a second sip, and tried to hand it back. He said, "Take another drink." I could tell he was getting quite amused with all this, but I'd had enough, and said, "No, I'm done". He then took his bottle and went back to the party.

DeathRowKingPin · Accepted Answer

I was 12 and drank for years. It’s only in America you get bonded with thoughts it’s illegal and that woman must wear tops at beach’s etc Only about the money 💰 in America
I never had problem with drinking or my kids drinking. You can instill trust and teach them when they should now a limit. Most of my friends also started same time and now Mothers against drunk drivers has gotten involved with age limits crazy 😜 but when a state or country says you an adult at 17 go to jail not juvenile or join military to die they say you can’t drink til 21 and some trying to make it higher. Trust me it’s all about the money now

Ibeth80 · Accepted Answer

Wow!!! I was 28 when I had my first alcoholic drink. I went with co-workers for a “Happy Hour Time” since I didn’t have any clue what was the “Happy Hour” 😂. They lied to me!! They told me that it was Food Discount!! Lol... I drank 1 margarita and a half and I was already DRUNK !! Unforgettable!!! 🙈🙊🙉... Waiters came to our table and sang HAPPY BIRTHDAY and place on my head a Mexican Sombrero 😂 It was really funny!

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

16ish I think. Maybe 15. My girl friend took a little bit of each type of alcohol her parents had in their cabinet, and poured them all together into one canning jar and brought it over. She was smart to do it that way, but man, what a disgusting concoction. I was pleasantly surprised how much better alcohol actually tasted when you have it the normal way!

AlienParasite · Accepted Answer

Fake first time: I would my first sip when I was 9 years old, my father would mix rum and coke and I would think it's just coke. I would inmmidiatly stop drinking after the first sip. First real time I have a full glass of an alcoholic drink would be 14. Legal age in my country is 18. Most people start drinking before 18, though.

TsundereMatrix · Accepted Answer

I think I was 14. I live in Canada. The drinking age depends on the province. Either 18 or 19. Most police around here don’t really care about underage drinking as long as you have a safe way to get home. Most bars and pubs won’t allow anyone under 18 or 19 in though.

Price511 · Answer

I was 15 and I felt euphoria from drinking it; I had snuck a little at a huge party. It felt like all my problems went away, just immediately snapping out of existence.

It was amazing and terrifying because after the alcohol wore off I had felt little to no emotional pain for a few weeks to the point I was afraid my pain had morphed to apathy, yet I was seemingly furious with myself that this was so easy for me to have to make me feel so much better.

Now I feel even more depressed. :D

dreamstar72 · Answer

15 hated the taste, yes tried different types but still hated the taste, but I drank to be a part of the group. When I was around 17 I decided the disguising taste was not worth it (NO it was NOT a religious thing) so just stopped drinking and never went back. In the past 20 some years I have maybe 8 drinks. Sorry still hate the taste but thats me.

KaylaRae8913 · Answer

I was 15 and my older cousin got me shitfaced my first time... nothing but Coronas and bud lights AND then the same night he got me high for the first time too. He held my air when I threw up lol... surprisingly I didn’t get a hangover... hangovers fucking suckkkk :(

Hurlyburly · Answer

Umm I used to secretly drink my godfathers beer whenever he wasn't watching when I was like 7 or 8 years old. Funny enough, now that I'm an adult I cannot stand the taste of beer and only drink it mixed.
The first time I drank enough to become a bit tipsy I was... 21 I think? Keep in mind, I'm from Germany so the drinking age here is 16 for beer and wine and 18 for everything else.

talloak · Answer

I tasted alcohol as a child but had my full first drink in my twenties. I had no desire to get drunk and I didn't like the taste. I started drinking on my first trip to Europe when I first had real beer. Now, good beer is commonplace in the US but nothing decent was available back then.

Melshmallow046 · Answer

When I was really little, probably 5 or less, my mom let me have a sip of wine because I kept bugging her to taste it. The first drink I remember having was a glass of red wine at 18, and I've tried sips of other drinks since then, but I don't like the taste of alcohol.

HungLikeAHorsefly · Answer

It's hard to tell. Around 6-7 is when I remember my first drink, but my grandparents lived with us and they damn near constantly drank highballs (whiskey with ginger ale or soda). I had a bad habit of going around taking sips from people's drinks when they weren't looking. So who knows.

Also, when I was an adult my parents admitted to slipping some bourbon into my drink before bed, when I was sick and on Christmas Eve. Who knows when they started doing that.

red_blackbird · Answer

It was my 9th birthday actually lol. I grew up in Honduras, and that first drink sent me down a path of alcoholism that I struggled to get out of. I'm out now though thankfully.

AuroraRoseat · Answer

Interesting. I wonder if a study has been done to see if the Denmark individuals are more "responsible" than that of the U. S... Anyway, 14. It was at a high school party and it was Smirnoff Grape.

winterfox10 · Answer

Hmm... 12? 13? Something like that. My family has a really lax attitude about drinking, but my parents (aunts, uncles, and their parents as well) are/were pretty much alcoholics. My siblings and I have actually been insistent about staying away from the stuff in life.

Kavya190 · Answer

I was 19/20 and I drink alcohol because of peer pressure. I don’t anymore. And any person who doesn’t respect my wishes would be out of my life. I dislike alcohol and I find it nasty.

Anonymous · Answer

I was 16 when I tried vodka for the first time, but I hated it and could only manage a sip or two. The only time I publicly broke the law when it came to drinking was when I had a tequila shot at a restaurant at age 18. I was so worried they were going to ask for my ID and find out that I wasn’t yet 19 (the legal drinking age in Ontario)!

NightFlirt · Answer

I was 15, here in the states it's supposed to be 21 but most teens know how to get someone older to buy it for them.

gym4ever · Answer

7-8 as a kid i tried beer. I see nothing wrong w alcohol. Im dead drunk every weekend and so far nothing happend. If you go on parties without alcohol it isn't even fun. And i dont understand why the fuck is in america legal age to drink 21+.

GreciaJackson · Answer

17, i tasted wine since well in Mexican households/mexico is very common that you start drinking young.

some_dude1738 · Answer

13, i drank vodka out the bottle while my parents left me home alone and i loved it, became an alcoholic under my parents nose

fmycsmith · Answer

Age 4, it's crazy how much a double shot of wild Turkey looks just like apple juice. I downed the double like a champ and didn't ever make it back to my bed. I passed out on the kitchen floor

COMMODOREII · Answer

I was 10 years old. My parents let me have one. Today i drink when i crave a beer or something. But i find i can't really drink. Why other people can drink to get drunk i can't stomach at most two.

mrkdvsn · Answer

16 or 17. My mom had bought some little bottles of mixed drinks, and gave the OK to have one or two. Don't remember catching a buzz until at a later time I drank a Vodka and Orange Juice. That one had me feeling pretty good.

Mini-Mina · Answer

The night before my 21st birthday. I had some kind of alcoholic sodas that night at home.

just_a_potato · Answer

I was 13 and at a wedding, I coughed manically, it was only wine but it was my first time so

Moonchild714 · Answer

When I was 4 years old. My Uncle would give me Beer, Irish Whiskey, and Bourbon. I started friends drinking when we were 11. But I was drinking every weekend since age of 4.

SkipStop · Answer

When I was 14 my parents told me to give white (or red, don't remember) wine a try. I took a few sips and thought it was nasty. Never drank alcohol since then.

TheKack · Answer

The first time I had a drink of anything, I was 3 or 4. The first time I drank was when I was 10. The first time I partied, I was 14 I think.

pleasestopthis · Answer

I had a few drops of mint liqueur when I was 5. I don't know if that counts. And I had a little bit of sweet old wine when I was about 9-10.

sarahforpresident · Answer

on my 17th birthday, my friend and i went to a restaurant and brought our own alcohol, we got caught and kicked out LMFAOO

Usernamesrdumb · Answer

Think age 6. Dad gave me a sip of his molson golden. Said he didn't want me to abuse it when i got older. Consequently turning 21 wasn't really a big deal

BlackMex · Answer

I was 11 or 12 and I grabbed a bud light on accident thinking it was a Pepsi and it tasted terrible 🥴

Vallius86 · Answer

My parents let me taste wine when I was a preteen. But I didn't get drunk until I was 24.

Val713 · Answer

I was 12, and it was wine, my mother gave me a glass on New Years Eve.

GhettoGirl · Answer

13 Richard's Wild Irish Rose and cherry creme soda.

RasmusAiken · Answer

My first was a taste at about age 7. I'm sure I didn't care for it.

Apple1996 · Answer

I first tasted it around 8, didn't acutally drink till 14

Cynicaldreamer · Answer

Never tried it 🤷‍♀️ Personal choice though, nothing against drinking, just no interest in it.

IronSheep86 · Answer

I was 18, my parents were both aware that I was drinking. I don't think they cared, our legal drinking age is 20, but I don't know many people that actually listen to the law.

-Asca- · Answer

A sip of beer or wine as a kid but that's it. First full drink with 16 at a birthday party.

MadnessInside · Answer

When I was 13, and half awake. So just a year younger than yourself.

BatuBeyy · Answer

I started with the national alcoholic rakı of the Turks at the age of 11 😂😂😂😂

SeraphicSeal · Answer

After I turned 18, which is legal age to drink alcohol at my country.

Vonspyder · Answer

I don't remember, i probably got too drink to remember it. Plus I'm old.

adolescentswede · Answer

3 my grandmother intervened after my grandfather let me try the beer

Twalli · Answer

I was 21, the legal age here. My parents had me drink on my birthday. Now I can't for health reasons.

Piteka5 · Answer

Depends, I was like 16 when my parents told me to taste it so I would know, and I was 19 when I really drank.

Anonymous · Answer

First little drinks at about 8 maybe? I was getting shit faced every weekend when i was 15

bhavy24 · Answer

I tasted it when i was 6 but had it on my own when i was 15

aa180 · Answer

I've never had any alcohol.

PrettyRegular · Answer

First drink probably at 16. I went to few parties when I was 17, but not before that.

1truekhaleesi · Answer

I was 19 and at a pub in Scotland.

folmon · Answer

I guess I'm moving to denmark then

PrinceOfAljazeera · Answer

where is denmark? i had mine at 15.

cheekylad · Answer

13 drink drugs still do drugs puff coke now and then drink cut down big time once in a while

Anonymous · Answer

I think i was 13 and the legal here is 18 however it was my parents who allowed it

Anonymous · Answer

I Have Never Drank Alcohol, Never Will... Just Never Appealed To Me, I Can Drive Friends Home That Have Had A Few...

Dav1ss · Answer

4 it was a funny story

NickiB · Answer

I haven't had a drink yet.

sssydneys · Answer

about 6 or 7. my mother gave me wine.

AngelLily · Answer

I haven't drank alcohol before I'm not 21 yet.

MsElizabeth96 · Answer

I Can't remember precisely, but probably 5 or 6

4spie · Answer

Don't remember, but probably a similar situation.

Gedaria · Answer

About the same 14. Here in UK it's 18..

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