Hm, since nobody seeme to be able to understand what this thread is all about, I will be the first.
9 Years ago I was a jolly teenager who told his friends that one can have fun without alcohol and was hoping to keep his already drinking friends. At one of the famous cologne carnivals maybe 1994 I was given a bottle of beer. then it all began. I liked the effect the beer had on me and continued drinking. 2 hours later and me being quite drunk, someone introduced besten "genever" to the party. I liked the taste and drank half of the bottle (16%vol). Last think I remember is jumping around and singing old manowar songs with some other guys. After that, my parents told me (about 12 hours later) that I wrecked the whole flat of them and puked into the kitchen, the living room and the bath. Aaaahhhh those where the days