Did you drink more before you were 21 than now?

bibbyking

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Just curious if anyone else out there was like me. i prolly drank 3 to 4 times a week before i turned 21. now its like once a month for me.
 

blazerazor

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Ya, I rarely drink now. like once a month or LESS.
Not worth the hang over. And if i don't have a hang over, i didnt have fun.
 

Syringer

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Originally posted by: bibbyking
Just curious if anyone else out there was like me. i prolly drank 1 to 2 times a week before i turned 21. now its like once or twice a month for me.

 

JetBlack69

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I never drank before I was 21. Lately, I've been going to the bars every weekend for a beer or two.
 

clamum

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Definitely more after being 21... easier to just go to the store and pick up some beer.
 

TallBill

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I barely drank at all untill I was 19. Spent my 21st birthday at basic, and 22nd birthday in Afghaninstan.. so I've had a tough time drinking, but I'm sure I'll catch up eventually.
 

thegimp03

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Yeah, I had a lot more time to drink when I was in my first couple of years of college...Was still in GE classes which I pretty much was able to blow off and drink a few times a week. My habits pretty much stopped right after I turned 21 during my junior year and hasn't been the same since. Now I'll usually drink once a week, and twice a week if I feel like it. It's not near the quantity it once was either...
 
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I drink more casually now that I'm 21. Like having a beer with dinner or when hanging out with friends. When I was younger we went to house parties where I would drink considerably more. It probably averages out to about the same before and after turning 21.
 

nakedfrog

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I drank fairly heavily for 3-4 years before I turned 21, and only 1-2 after. Now the most I generally have is a 6 pack and a few mixed drinks over the course of a month.
 

Ophir

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Originally posted by: blazerazor
Ya, I rarely drink now. like once a month or LESS.
Not worth the hang over. And if i don't have a hang over, i didnt have fun.
GET OUT OF MY HEAD!
 

badmouse

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Way, way, way, way, way, way more. Enough that I'm still running on fumes a good part of the time.
 

jjones

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I drank a lot before age 21, drank a lot more after age 21, and now don't really drink too much any more.
 

vi edit

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More now that I'm older. I really didn't start drinking until I was 20 anyway.
 

Ranger X

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Legally drinking sort of takes the fun out of drinking. :) People also learn a thing called responsibility so they don't drown in alcohol anymore.
 

MrYAK

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Originally posted by: Ranger X
Legally drinking sort of takes the fun out of drinking. :) People also learn a thing called responsibility so they don't drown in alcohol anymore.


Man, i drank so much when i was under 21. The summer before my Senior year in HS, i was drunk every weekend but 2 of them. The only times out of the year i didnt drink was during football and wrestling season. Now i might have a 1-3 drinks a week if any at all, and i'm still only 22.
 

AMDZen

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Originally posted by: bibbyking
Just curious if anyone else out there was like me. i prolly drank 3 to 4 times a week before i turned 21. now its like once a month for me.

Exactly that too. Maybe once a month unless I go to Vegas, in which case I usually drink the whole time I'm there.

More reason the Alcohol age should be lowered, I think 19 is good, like the Canadians
 

cavemanmoron

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When I was younger the legal drinking age was 18,and I was 19 the first time
that I got drunk.
Now that I am in my 40's I rarely drink much.

I need to go to work sober,and I don't miss the hangovers,LOL.