https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Jul 2026 11:46:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol/page/2#post-150802 Mon, 07 May 2012 14:57:07 +0000 sulli301 150802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: In high school but I didn't really drink much until college &amp; now that college is a few years behind me I don't drink very much ( &amp; none now since I'm pregnant!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol/page/2#post-150770 Mon, 07 May 2012 14:40:28 +0000 pastemoo 150770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Possibly before I ate solid food (a little liquor to soothe from teething). I've had alcohol available my whole life, so it never seemed like a big deal (or fun to secretly drink). Actually on my 21st, I didn't even finish my drink...</p> <p>ETA: Just talked to DH about it, and looks like DS will try alcohol as soon as he asks (hopefully younger than 5 so he won;t like it). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol/page/2#post-150743 Mon, 07 May 2012 14:23:38 +0000 Pipers Mommy 150743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dad definitely let me try his beer when I was younger, just a sip- maybe 6 or 7. Didn't have hard alcohol until I was a senior in HS, </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol/page/2#post-150731 Mon, 07 May 2012 14:15:03 +0000 TheFixIts 150731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My Mom had a Holiday Tea a few weeks before Christmas every year. One year, I think my best friend and I were 12 or 13, we mixed some Kahula with Coke. It was completely disgusting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol/page/2#post-150718 Mon, 07 May 2012 14:09:16 +0000 mediagirl 150718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was in High School and driving so, 16. It was Mad Dog or Boone's Farm and oh dear was it horrible!! For some reason that didn't stop me, though....</p> <p>As for my kid? I'd prefer she wait at least until college to try drinking. I will not allow her or her friends to drink in my house and expect the same from other parents. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol/page/2#post-150052 Sun, 06 May 2012 22:03:55 +0000 googly-eyes 150052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Age 16, summer between junior and senior year.</p> <p>First time getting really drunk was in college- freshman year- at age 17. It was short lived, though! I'm not really a big drinker!</p> <p>ETA I forgot to answer the other part of it... Yes I think I will let my children try alcohol before 21. It will depend on the individual child's maturity. I don't want it to be taboo and foreign to them, but I also don't want to encourage binge drinking. LO won't be here til September, though, so I guess I have a looooong time to think about it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol#post-150011 Sun, 06 May 2012 21:08:52 +0000 Shimmer 150011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom let me try sips of her drinks in my late teens, but my first real drink was as a freshman in college... I went a little crazy and got really hungover - and then decided that drinking (for the most part) isn't for me. I'm not a big drinker, maybe one or two max a week or so (when not pregnant of course!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol#post-149888 Sun, 06 May 2012 18:41:49 +0000 Beyond2 149888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had my first drink after senior prom, an orange Smirnoff Cooler thingy. I was 17. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol#post-149820 Sun, 06 May 2012 15:57:58 +0000 Jumpingjacks 149820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 17 and just to see if we could get away with it, we ordered long island iced teas in a restaurant. It worked. I'm in Canada though where the legal drinking age is 18, so it wasn't all that long before it was ok anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol#post-149819 Sun, 06 May 2012 15:57:55 +0000 BSB 149819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I tried a sip of a wine cooler when I was in high school. </p> <p>Oh, wait, I think it was middle school. I remember trying something at my friend's house. Her mom let us try some. I do vaguely remember trying to slide around on her kitchen floor. Hehe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol#post-149813 Sun, 06 May 2012 15:46:20 +0000 Meridian 149813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I tried a few sips of wine cooler in high school but never went to those high school drinking parties. I had my first real drink freshmen year of college (probably some sort of punch at a house party) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol#post-148018 Fri, 04 May 2012 10:41:46 +0000 lavender 148018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 16 and it was beer. I'd let my kid try it before 21, so when they do turn 21 they won't abuse it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol#post-148014 Fri, 04 May 2012 10:40:36 +0000 Adira 148014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents let me try a sip of wine at some point and it was super bitter and gross. I didn't try alcohol again until I was 20. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol#post-147941 Fri, 04 May 2012 10:07:17 +0000 heffalump 147941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was in 10th grade. I will only let lo drink a small glass of kosher wine on holidays. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol#post-147933 Fri, 04 May 2012 10:04:35 +0000 hellobeeboston 147933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i think around 15? i went to the junior prom as a freshman and had a RedDog beer &amp; Zima (ha! remember zima?) at the afterparty.... i was bragging to my friends the next day on the phone and my mom heard me. what an idiot. I was grounded for weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol#post-147926 Fri, 04 May 2012 10:00:27 +0000 MamaMoose 147926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>14. At my friend's summer house we went out to a party with a bunch of older kids and were drinking vodka and lemonade. We had quite a few parties with alcohol throughout high school. A lot of the time, particularly senior year, my friends parents were providing the booze! At the time I thought that was awesome. Now looking back I can't believe how stupid they were to provide alcohol to minors who weren't their own kids. I will say though the good thing about my experience with alcohol in high school is that when I got to college I knew how to handle myself and didn't have any sloppy incidents. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol#post-147901 Fri, 04 May 2012 09:52:07 +0000 daniellemybelle 147901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it was 14 or 15? I had Mike's Hard Lemonade at a friend's house - her older brothers gave it to us. Looking back, her parents should have been supervising us a lot more!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol#post-147884 Fri, 04 May 2012 09:47:47 +0000 Honeybee 147884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 19 at Thanksgiving with my friend's family. I had one wine cooler and got a little tipsy, lol. I was maybe 22 before I ever tried hard alcohol, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol#post-147865 Fri, 04 May 2012 09:39:22 +0000 autumnlove 147865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A sip of beer in high school and had my first hard drink Freshman yr of college! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol#post-147858 Fri, 04 May 2012 09:37:03 +0000 ktgee04 147858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I was 15...summer between 8th grade and freshman year of HS and pretty much did it most weekends after that. That is until I got an underage drinking ticket my junior year and my parents quickly put the ka-bosh on my party habits : / I more than made up for it in college though. WOW. Glad that phase is starting to slip away though. I'm really enjoying sobriety during pregnancy :-) In my defense, I live in a state that is famous for it's alcohol production/consumption and most events (pretty much ALL) are focused around drinking </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol#post-147846 Fri, 04 May 2012 09:33:55 +0000 LuLu Mom 147846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tried my dad's beer when I was probably 10 years old and spit it everywhere. My first time drinking was when I was 14 at a homecoming party, I had Mikes Hard Lemonades. I started at a very young age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol#post-147825 Fri, 04 May 2012 09:27:26 +0000 Arden 147825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never did, actually. I only use alcohol in cooking, and I've never even been tempted to taste it. It doesn't smell good. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol#post-147812 Fri, 04 May 2012 09:24:33 +0000 Alivoo01 147812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I was 17. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol#post-147748 Fri, 04 May 2012 09:07:14 +0000 sorrycharlie 147748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>the first time i tried alcohol was summer before senior year of high school. also the first time i got drunk. it tapered off after the second year of college, though, and now i don't really drink except for once in awhile.</p> <p>i tried to make my brother drink at my house (he's 4 years younger) but he just wasn't/isn't interested. he's now 19 so he might have by now but doesn't tell me! but i just wanted him to try it where it was safe. i also threatened my younger cousin (who's 16) with this - to come over if she feels the need to dabble!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol#post-147738 Fri, 04 May 2012 09:04:56 +0000 mrsjyw 147738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents let me try those mixed cooler drinks when I was 15? </p> <p>I drank for REAL and got drunk for the first time at 17. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol#post-147570 Fri, 04 May 2012 07:56:55 +0000 mamabolt 147570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I was 15 at a party with my friends...we had natty light (ewwww)! Although I'm sure I had had sips of my dad's beer before that. We will maybe let LO have a tiny bit at home on special occasions and taste ours if she is curious. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol#post-147556 Fri, 04 May 2012 07:40:53 +0000 Rubies 147556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dad let me sip his beer, whiskey (!), and scotch (!) when I was really little...It was so gross. The legal drinking age in Canada is 19 and I had my first real alcoholic drink when I was 19...I was too scared to drink before that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol#post-147555 Fri, 04 May 2012 07:40:53 +0000 Mrs Sorbet 147555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I was really young I accidentally took a sip of my dad's beer (and was disgusted and traumatized lol). I was 14 or 15 before I tried alcohol on my own, and was 17 the first time I got drunk.</p> <p>I might let my child have a sip or two of wine when they are in their late teens. Not sure. I do not want my kids drinking at age 14 like me though! The thought of that horrifies me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol#post-147491 Fri, 04 May 2012 06:00:39 +0000 winniebee 147491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My friend and I stole a swig of vodka from her parents liquor cabinet in 8th grade! I think in 9th grade I drank a kahlua and milk....then I think the first time I had more than a few drinks was junior year of high school. I didn't drink much in high school though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-first-try-alcohol#post-147468 Fri, 04 May 2012 04:29:08 +0000 lilteacherbee 147468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 20 I think. I was never interested in alcohol before then. </p>