I'm 13 and I drink on occasion is that bad?

Answer 1

Although pre-teens and teens often want to try new things, there are reasons that adults set the minimum drinking age. Laws against underage drinking are to protect minors until they reach legal age.

There are many reasons to not drink. Alcohol lowers inhibitions and negatively affects judgment. So, teens may act impulsively or even irrationally. They may accept dares from friends that are clearly dangerous; one news story told of a group of teens who dared a drunk friend to jump off a house roof-- the jumper died, of course.

Drunk teens may also be more prone to commit crimes while drunk. Besides the trouble and money it costs parents, teens who commit crimes may be taken to a detention center to stay. Loss of freedom is a serious consequence which most teens detest.

Drunken guys may manipulate or convince drunken girls into having sex at very young ages. Pregnancy can and does occur for many of these teens. As well, STDs are rampant. Boys can carry diseases without symptoms, but then spread the disease to any girl he has sex with; the girls experience the most serious symptoms. Also, being drunk means girls who know the kinds of symptoms to look for on a male, such as sores, won't notice those sores if the girl is drunk.

Young people drinking alcohol before the age of 15 are far more likely to develop alcohol dependency problems then those that leave drinking till latter on. as a matter of fact the use in alcohol in people below 20 is also proving to be harmful.