>18 >usually completely straightedge >the other night,

Drinking is only a problem when you overdo it

If you do it once a week, without getting shit faced to the point of vomiting, you're fine. Start feeling the need to do even more often? Skip a weekend

>>17869752
>How do you drink responsibly?

Really, drinking responsibly is having one glass of wine with dinner one night a week.

If you want to get drunk 'responsibly', you need to realise your limit. You will get to a point where you *know* you shouldn't drink any more - although sometimes you have to drink too much and suffer the consequences to learn what that limit is. The other problem with getting drunk is that the more drunk you get, the more you want to get drunk. You will want to keep drinking once you're drunk, and obviously your faculties aren't all there when you're pissed so even if you know you should stop you might just say 'fuck it' and keep going. If you get drunk you will lose control of yourself to a degree because you stop caring about consequences.

If you are going to start drinking, then it's likely that you are going to start drinking heavily - it's what people do at your age. I would recommend staying away from alcohol altogether but if you must do it then try to be sensible. I eventually found that 4 pints of beer was enough for me, but even with that I'd still sometimes have a hangover. I started drinking at 15 and stopped completely at 20.

>>17869752
just sip man, if you catch yourself seeing double, its time to stop.

>>17869761
this

altho watch the frequency

even 1 nite/week can be too much if you really get dependent on the good feels

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Drink till you die

Stop now

I'm an alcoholic

Granted, I'm ten years older than you with countless more failures, but still

Don't start and then you won't have trouble stopping

>>17869752
Don't eat for a few hours before you drink so you won't have to drink as much.

This is why Americans have a binge drinking problem.

>>17869752
>How do you drink responsibly?
Become a carpenter.

>>17869752
I think it's pretty easy to stop yourself from going too far, just decide what you deem too far, and make sure you never reach it.

E.g., no drinking more than 2 nights a week. Then just don't do that