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I started drinking when I was about 14 - I'm 19 now. I mean drinking like going into pubs and getting served. I used to do it regular once or twice a week and get wasted at parties. There were lots of times I could of got pissed on the streets but I didn't really do that. I probably actually started drinking a lot younger - like adults giving me things - that gave me a taste for it but also meant I was a bit more sensible than I might have been.
Now I'm a bit older I don't go mad with drinking but now and again I go over the top a bit. I've walked in front of a car before and once I ran straight into a lamp-post. I was lucky not to get seriously hurt or killed. A friend saved me from the car. I've woken up once or twice wondering where I am and more often with a big hangover. I think a lot of people are a lot more stupid than I am - it's OK to drink if you are a careful about it. When I look back I was always just about sensible enough to look after myself or to make sure someone else was around to look out for me. I've never done anything really stupid like climbing a building or swimming or stuff like that though I have been attacked in the street and once in a club when I was out of it. I bumped into someone and spilt a drink - I woke up to the sight of a bouncer trying to stop the bleeding. I was a bit of a mess.
The only time I didn't care was when I was really down and then I started mixing drinking and drugs. Not because I was happy but because I didn't really care about myself.
I've met a lot of people on bigger downers - I got to a point where I got really depressed and the drinking lifted me out and dropped me back again. I think I'm getting through it now and I don't want to go there again. When I see people really out of it all the time and letting themselves go I just don't see myself going there anymore. Drink isn't so good if you don't feel good about yourself, not for long anyway. |
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