For the sake of conversation... how did you start drinking?

[MyOwnWoman]

For the sake of conversation... how did you start drinking?

I started drinking when I was 18... and looking back it seems sure that I was hooked from the get-go.

[Seashell]

For the sake of conversation... how did you start drinking?

It was always good for me whiskey on my gums to help teething, honey lemon and whiskey for colds, when my first broken heart my mum insisted I had a sherry god know why it was horrible and so was the boy friend! Even recently I phoned my dad to see if he could lend me some money to bring forward a medical appointment for a frozen shoulder as i was in so much pain. he said it would be cheeper to buy a bottle of whisky for the pain

[5thaday]

For the sake of conversation... how did you start drinking?

As an act of experimentation, I drank 2 beers with a friend of mine when I was 14. During tenth grade I was drinking at least once a month, but back then 3 beers could give me a respectable buzz. The following summer I began drinking a 6-pack at least once a week, and since Fall 1996, I have began spending the whole weekend getting wasted. My drinking increased in college, although I assumed I would cut back when I graduated- guess again! My rational faculties told me it was the correct approach, but my body had, in a subtle fashion, become addicted to alcohol. Not long after graduation I became a daily drinker, with the occasional day or two off booze. This is also when withdrawal symptoms made their first appearance, notably insomnia, mild hand tremors and intense anxiety following a binge. The evolution of my addiction was very surreptitious, and to think it all began harmlessly with a couple of beers!