Bh28

Turned 34 Sept 2014 which means I'll be 35 in 6 months. Wasted all my 20's.

Dee74

I wasted most of my 20s and my 30s. It is what it is man.

I'm doing pretty good with my forties though - and God willing I'll continue to do as much as I can with my life with my 50s 60s and beyond

midgetcop

Me too. Then I just tell myself that most people were a hot mess in their 20s. At least I had an excuse.

Betha

Wasted all my 20's-30's

buk1000

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Imabuleva

28... wasted well... most of my 20's.

lovingit

38 now, I don't regret my 20's too much. It was around 30 when alcohol no longer wanted to be my friend. I'm sorry it took so long to figure out.

SoberCAH

I drank throughout my mid - late teens and my 20s, but I got sober when I was 31, so my 30s were pretty good, as were my 40s and my 50s thus far.

Life sober has been quite a gift.

George89

I turned 26 about 6 weeks ago. Interesting what people are saying about how they wasted years whilst drinking. I do kind of feel deep down that I have no real hobbies, as sad as it is to say. I go to work, go to the gym occasionally, and play 5 a side soccer once a week. I follow my soccer team at the stadium. But outside of that lifestyle, I feel sad that I have no real passions or interests outside of that.

It does make me wonder, if I stopped drinking, then hopefully I could change my life and begin to do some interesting things in my free time. Learn photography, learn to fly a small aircraft, pick up boxing. Learn how to draw/paint, make movies. Study part time.

I feel like I have achieved so little with my life. Outside of holding down a job, and passing my driving test, I have little to no achievements. The last time I really felt success was passing exams when I was 18. It is truly sad what a waste of life drinking can be: in the direct time loss spent drinking, the hangover, the loss of energy and creativity.

The cycle of drinking keeps me locked down, unable to thrive in anything I do. It's a path to mediocrity.

QuietToday

24.

Crazy as it is, I wasted most of my 10's with drinking. Bizarre to think about!

Angie247

I'm 38. Will be 39 next Wednesday.

badhabbit

I have a question. Just out of curiosity, how did those if you that were drinking heavily during your teens come up with all the cash that requires? Who was buying all the booze while you were underage? I look back at my own teenage years and although my dad owned a liquor store, I never had the time or money or access to the booze for it to develop into an issue. Once i was out on my own.. different story.

I'm 31. Drank heavily from 25yo to March of this year.

QuietToday

I've been drinking since 12, so pre-teen :P
For me, my parents had a stacked liquor cabinet that they didn't use. When they were younger they bought all of this liquor because they just spent like crazy, but neither of them drank.
So I drank that. I drank at first because I was 12 and curious, but that liquor cabinet lasted me until I was 15. My parents genuinely had no clue until I had my first serious accident with drinking when I was 17, and it was only then, I kid you not, they realized the liquor cabinet was completely empty.

I also started working at 14, and have had a job my entire life up until 4 months ago when I started university. I don't buy anything to this day really, so when I was a kid it was just booze and maybe a movie ticket every month or so.
There was also this guy who hung out with my teenage crew called Lou. Lou was 22 when we were 14, but the guy was just one of those guys who liked hanging out with 14 year olds. He wasn't a creep or anything like that though; really great guy, to be honest. But he always bought us booze, and when I got my license at 17 I used to just phone him every single weekend, and I did that all the way up until I was 21.
It's almost hard to believe when I type it out like that! haha - but true!

I really have no idea why that guy put up with buying me booze all the time. I kind of miss him now that I'm thinking about it too; going to visit him soon, I think!

Tang

I live in a large city. We knew liquor stores that sold to underage drinkers. So I could buy alcohol at age 14.

Cara39

I'm 42

WhiskeyBent

42

BrendaChenowyth

I feel like I learned nothing from this lol

BrickbyBrick83

I'm 33 now, and started drinking at around 15 years old. I had the world's most appalling fake I.D. Seriously, I think back to what it looked like - it was practically A4 size, bendy, and with a whole load of air bubbles where I hadn't sealed it properly. I think the places I went to just didn't care as no one could have believed it was real.

As for money, I had a job pretty early on. Also ashamed to say that I took cash out of my dad's coat pocket on more than one occasion. He always had a couple of twenties in there....

Maudcat

I developed a drinking dependency in my late 50's. Stopped drinking in early 60's. Prior to that I was a pretty normal drinker. Till I wasn't. That's how it takes you sometimes.

sortofhomecomin

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