(July 7, 2012 at 5:27 pm)frankiej Wrote:(July 7, 2012 at 4:54 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Be careful with this. There is nothing wrong with letting lose. But alcohol is a drug just like nicotine. I wouldn't depend on it every time you get stressed. And I can tell you having been 17 myself at one time, I did some really stupid shit because "I didn't care" and was having fun getting drunk.
Life is not a movie. You can lose your inhibitions and do stuff you normally would not do in a lucid state. Jails are full of people who "just wanted to have fun" and people can and do get others physically harmed or killed because of booze.
You are way too young to say " damn that was fun". I thought that too when I had my parties. But if my drinking buddies had drove home drunk, or killed someone, not only would have I been in trouble, but my mother as well, who was a retired teacher.
I look back at it now and youth is a horrible thing to go through. We want to be ourselves, but we want to fit in, and we want to release all the angst around us.
I'm not going to say don't drink ever, just wait till you are legal, because at some point you will be of legal age. I will say, EVERYTHING in moderation, and don't use booze as a crutch. Nothing is worth losing your drivers license or freedom, "just to have fun".
Pfft, ignore this buzzkill. Let us get smashed!
No one wants to be a "buzz kill". And I already said I was a teen at one time. But when anyone is that young, you mix angst with hormones and booze, really stupid shit can and does happen that can and does get people in real trouble. I just happen to be lucky not to get caught. My life could have turned out far worse.
