wg64Z posted...You need to try it at LEAST once.
No, no really I don't. Thanks for telling me how to ruin my life, though!
To clarify: I form habits really easily. In first grade I saw other people biting their nails and wondered why so I tried it. I've never stopped biting my nails since. My way to not become an alcoholic is to never have the first drink.
I'm the same way. Started biting my nails in 3rd grade, still do. Anything I've tried over the years that's been fun has been almost impossible for me to stop. My sister was an alcoholic from high school up until her 30's and she's still addicted to cigarettes. I spent my entire life thinking I'd fall into the same habits, so I never started either of them.
Finally, when I was 21 and tailgating at a Chiefs game in December, I was ****ing freezing, and someone told me to drink some Hot Damn they had. They let me know that it had a really high alcohol content, but to at least try it because it really warms you up as it goes down. I then had my first sip ever. It was pretty neat. Over the course of the day, I had a few more sips. Even at that high of content, I still never felt any different, and a lot of my fears were alleviated.
I started trying a whole bunch of different kinds over the next few years, and learned how to take all these different kinds of shots. I've only been truly drunk maybe 8 times in almost 3 years, but it's a relatively pleasant experience almost every time (if you're not with someone who gets the cops called on you, that is). As long as you take kevwaffles' advice the first few times you drink, you'll come to realize how harmless it really is. It's something to at least try to see what it's all about.
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