Honestly, you grow up - You're 13. . .Running around having rampant sex, doing drugs, smoking and drinking aren't things that make you a "big boy or girl" - Yes, at that age the people around me were doing the same thing but that doesn't make it right. You aren't cool or more mature by doing those things - you may be socially accepted but by who?. . .The cooler kids who will be serving you pancakes at Ihop and filling up your gas by the time you're 21? I get that kids are drinking in High School, I think it's silly and I don't approve of it [I'm not old, only 23] but when a 17 year old kid tells me he's drinking I don't flinch [I work with kids]. However, 13. . .seriously?. . .There is just so much else to be doing at such a young age that I can't even imagine thinking about drinking. My advice to you is reevaluate where you're going with your life - I know you won't listen. . .And I know I'm wasting my time - And I know that if you see this you'll defend your position about how cool you are and how everyone around you is doing it but you're not as old, classy and independent as you think you are.

The male liver isn't fully developed until age 18; the female liver, 21. Regardless of why you're drinking or what else you do, you're making an irresponsible decision about your body and, in consequence, your life. Do whatever you want (personally I think people stupid enough to drink at 13 deserve to be weeded out of society) but anybody that takes into consideration their health and wellbeing more so than you is "higher" intellectually. DEALWITHIT.GIF

So, already I can see what's wrong with you, #259. If your -parents- let you have the occasional drink in the safety of their home at that age, that would be a different story. Because you're doing it at such a young age, and of all things, behind their backs, you are a moron. I chose not to, but my parents gave me the opportunity to drink when I was 15. Their deal was that if they taught me the right way to drink (i.e. know my limit, know what to do and what not to do while drunk, etc) it would end up safer for me. My brother's 15 now and he's got the same deal going for him. You know what? He's making smarter decisions because of it. It's people like you who think that they can do whatever they want that bother me. You think you're king of the world one day, and you're at death's door in a hospital the next because you've drunkenly done something stupid. My parents knew when I went to parties and had a few drinks, and yes I was underage. So yes, saying "none of our parents [know]" is incorrect. Stores will NOT give you anything if you pay; they always check ID (at least where I'm from) and you will not be sold alcohol if you're under 19 years of age. Sorry, that's just the way it is. NOT all teenagers drink, smoke, do drugs or have sex and get knocked up. I can tell you that when I was a teenager, I only drank (a minimal amount of times), I had sex, but I never did drugs nor did I get knocked up. I never smoked. None of that crap. Some of us have self control; I know many people who did the same as me and partook in only one or two of the list you gave, or none at all. Just because you're a wannabe "cool kid" and do all of the above doesn't make it true for the rest of us.

Do you really think having one beer at 16 is stupid???

Damn, one of my first alcoholic drinks was coconut rum and cola.