Leecallaghan

I think I was about 9 when I tried a slip of wine

hpdw

Age 12 I think there was a big family on my fathers side 12 brothers 2 sisters and there was always big gatherings . I remember the green cans of pale ale and tasting it , Loved it from that first time even .

MyShadow

18 regularly.

bluedog97

I remember sipping on my father's scotch at about 11-12, but the first time I got drunk was 15.

ALinNS

First sip 13, by 15 beer was often

Desultory

16. lost it at the schools leave party. Wanted to show off in front of boys, that I keep up with them, lost it completely. My parent, were so wonderful, havent heard a word of blame from them, though it was disgusting that night. Should have been a lesson to learn, but, alas, then Uni followed with all its so called independence......

sleepie

Almost 30.

Chickenlady06

First sip around 8 years old, each time dad asked me to grab him a beer, i cracked it and took a sip. Then about 14 years old on a regular basis. 30 now and working on kicking it for the billionth time.

sleepie

Any other "late bloomers" I wonder... I started late and went long and hard. Pretty much hit the ground running too- there was no real build up as far as tolerance or amount.

JeffreyAK

There's a long thread on this topic on the next page back.

First sip, that I remember distinctly because I thought it tasted so awful (beer), I was probably 5-6.

Trey7

I was about 8 when I took my first sip, but I didn't get drunk for the first time until I was 12

Coldfusion

Welcome, Trey!

I can't remember my first sips, but my first can of beer was at age 12.

Here's that other thread on this topic:

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...-drinking.html

2ndhandrose

I was 13, it was my first time drinking, I got very drunk, puked in public, and couldn't wait to do it again.

gaffo

Malt liquor at fifteen.

MelindaFlowers

19. Didn't drink abnormally or alcoholically until around 25. From 25 to 32 I drank heavily, every night, alcoholically. I was hungover every day, seven days a week.

I stopped drinking at 32.

Pressmetilihurt

First drink was at Busch Gardens. Maybe I was 8. They served us Apple beer. First puking drunk: 14. Bourbon. Plus a box of chocolate bars. Guess what I woke up covered in?

Della1968

I started at 32...same being a problem FAST

entropy1964

My brother got me drunk for the first time at 9, stoned at 8. I think the first time I drank 'alcoholically' I was 11. Cool huh?

Bunny211

18 - Freshman in college. Then I made up for lost time....

I was a binge drinker in college and kinda burned out by age 22. From 22-26 my eating disorder was in full swing so I rarely drank because of the calories. When I picked up booze again at age 26 I took off like a rocket (more like a submarine) and it brought me down very fast and very hard. It's true that this is a progressive illness. In 4 years of barely drinking EVER my illness still progressed. I finally quit altogether at 33.

tomsteve

here,too.