How can you keep from becoming a heavy drinker?

Question

So i am 14. I love wine, and beer is okay. I dont want to become an alchohalic in highschool because i will be playing tons of sports and there are major consequences if your caught drinking especially if you play sports. I know i wont be able to resist a beer if i'm offered it in high school so how can i drink but keep from becoming too heavy of a drinker?

Also how old were you wen you had your first beer? or any kind of alchohalic drink?

Answer 1

A way to avoid drinking heavily is pacing yourself on the drinking. for every beer you have take an equal amount of water, or baby sit a beer for an hour and avoid shots (well maybe a shot or two). i was 11 and that rum never tasted better than it did that day.

Answer 2

I'm 15 and i drink as long as you aren't drinking for the wrong reasons you'll be ok. if you are drinking with your friends to have a good time then you will be fine but if you are drinking to deal with your stress and problems than you will develop an alcohol dependency. also don't drink too regularly a study was done a number of years ago where they found out that due to our developing brains and bodies a 15 year old who drinks regularly for 3 months will develop the same level of an addiction as a 30 who drinks equally as regularly for 3 years.

Answer 3

You shouldn't drink since you're not legal to, but if you insist on drinking, limit yourself to 2 on any given day so you don't become an alcoholic.

Answer 4

i drink 1 litre of wodka before lunch. two litres after lunch but not after din-din

Answer 5

I am not going to preach to you about drinking at your age, because i did the same.  The way to keep things under control is to pace yourself when drinking.  I had the sports thing as well, but wanted to fit in.  I would just drink really slow, and drink water in between beers or glasses of wine.  I am going to get a lot of thumbs down for this answer, but I know you don't want a bunch of "goodies" telling you how to live your life.