zod wrote: ↑I skipped most of the pages of this thread but thought I would offer my thoughts.
I generally started to drink in later high school (peer pressure, fit in that kind of stuff). The cool thing was to drink beer. I couldn't stand beer. It turns out most of friends were similar. Everyone seemed to try and find a way to like alcohol. Drink ciders, tmove onto beer, then hard alcohol. I think for a lot of people that process is something you do in your younger years. By the time you get well into your 20's you've developed the taste for booze (and which ones you like more than others).
I can't imagine what it would be like if you skipped that process. Some people are pretty straight edge in High School/University. If you skipped over that part to find your self in your 30's without having ever drank much booze I could totally see hating it. I think it tastes bad to a 17 year old trying it out for the first time. It seems to be something you grow a taste for. Then sometimes you simple like something you haven't tried (I'm not a big fan of hard liquor, but I discovered Scotch a few years back... mmmm).
That's my thoughts.
Very good comments, that pretty much sums it up I think!
It is like trying to learn math in your 30s: if you didn't bother learning it from an early age, you will not only fail at it, you will hate it too.
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