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dana_b

(11,546 posts)
11. tequila
Sat Mar 17, 2012, 11:47 PM
Mar 2012

straight from the bottle. We were in junior high at a friend's house and this girl's mom just did not care what her daughter did. Of course I thought it was cool at the time. This kid smoked pot, drank, did other kinds of illicit drugs and we were in awe. Stupid kids (and really stupid mother!).

What was your first alcoholic drink? [View all] banned from Kos Mar 2012 OP
Screwdriver (many of them) - I was 16 and at a grocery store Christmas party.... NRaleighLiberal Mar 2012 #1
You were fortunate. The old OJ/Cranberry Screwdriver/Madras has inebriated banned from Kos Mar 2012 #3
yup! At 23, I had many a Cape Codder (cranberry juice/vodka).... NRaleighLiberal Mar 2012 #6
4th grade. Friend's house. ZombieHorde Mar 2012 #2
Bier as it's called in Austria hobbit709 Mar 2012 #4
beer (at my Daddy's knee)... hlthe2b Mar 2012 #5
same as me, sitting on Dad's knee, small fruit jar with about two onces of crunch60 Mar 2012 #14
Me too. We always asked for, and occasionally were given, sips of beer. trackfan Mar 2012 #16
Same here. GoCubsGo Mar 2012 #33
My first full drink was a pink lady at a Chinese restaurant. The first time I got drunk was applegrove Mar 2012 #7
It had a funny name, like "Dirty Sanchez" or something like that.... NYC_SKP Mar 2012 #8
Ew... 2 NYC_SKP's 1 Cup. Ew. MiddleFingerMom Mar 2012 #27
I have no idea. Chan790 Mar 2012 #9
A wine cooler my mom gave me when I was 15. Odin2005 Mar 2012 #10
tequila dana_b Mar 2012 #11
Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill Wine. blue neen Mar 2012 #12
APPLE Hill, here Kali Mar 2012 #18
Horrible stuff! blue neen Mar 2012 #21
Red Grape Malt Duck swimboy Mar 2012 #13
That sounds just awful. blue neen Mar 2012 #22
Singapore Sling n/t ChazII Mar 2012 #15
Some kind of fortified wine called Lime Rock or Orange Rock or something... Tikki Mar 2012 #17
Dry martinis - I'd sneak sips of our parents' drinks as well as the olives csziggy Mar 2012 #19
Altar wine. Simo 1939_1940 Mar 2012 #20
You cannibal! JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2012 #25
i can't remember my first one specifically elana i am Mar 2012 #23
warm can of cheap beer i found on the side of the road. Tunkamerica Mar 2012 #24
NyQuil Tabasco_Dave Mar 2012 #26
Cream Sherry & ginger ale. Graybeard Mar 2012 #28
Peach schnapps filched from my parent's liquor cabinet, New Year's even when I was 15. nt riderinthestorm Mar 2012 #29
Sake from MiddleFingerMomDad's liquor cabinet MiddleFingerMom Mar 2012 #30
A sip o' me da's beer at da age o' nine. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2012 #31
Probably pipi_k Mar 2012 #32
Sloe Gin Fizz Bryn Mar 2012 #34
I think that was mine too, but I was much younger Motown_Johnny Mar 2012 #36
This was mine, too. surrealAmerican Mar 2012 #49
My father worked for Schlitz. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2012 #35
Cold Duck Kadie Mar 2012 #37
Golden Grain and Fanta orange... Phentex Mar 2012 #38
MD 20/20 Grape JonLP24 Mar 2012 #39
Teenage Fanclub did a song: Tunkamerica Mar 2012 #55
A half-pint of Southern Comfort. yellerpup Mar 2012 #40
Mojito EastTennesseeDem Mar 2012 #41
madria madria sangria shanti Mar 2012 #42
It was Manischewitz Bar Mitzvah wine! pink-o Mar 2012 #43
Elderberry wine Amaril Mar 2012 #44
I was a kid and went around drinking up what was left in glasses from lunatica Mar 2012 #45
Mickey's Malt, nt Broken_Hero Mar 2012 #46
Several consecutive water glasses filled to the rim with Sherry... Amerigo Vespucci Mar 2012 #47
About 11 or 12... Canis Mala Mar 2012 #48
Suicide - about 1/2 oz out of every bottle my parents had - right before the school dance. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #50
As a child I was allowed to taste beer or wine on the rare occasion that my folks indulged. Arkansas Granny Mar 2012 #51
Mogen David wine? trof Mar 2012 #52
Wine Coolers ellisonz Mar 2012 #53
Red wine. Don't remember the what it was called. sakabatou Mar 2012 #54
I was 7 years old DFW Mar 2012 #56
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