At least to my understanding I didn’t. I definitely played it safe and I honestly didn’t have a lot of interest in what I guess most would consider risky teenage behavior. I do remember though that a large part of the reason why I had wanted to drink alcohol was because it seemed like many of my peers had, and I guess I just wanted to know what it was like. When I was a teenager I did consume alcohol on a handful of occasions, but it was never a lot. I was honestly more or less just tasting it, so I would have a few sips and then hand it off to someone else. In fact, I’m certain that on most of the occasions that I did consume alcohol it wasn’t even enough to consider a full drink, and any time I did drink I was in my own house. So, there was no risk of me doing something reckless. Also my short and sporadic experiences with alcohol led me to realize that I actually don’t like the taste of most alcoholic drinks. I think one of changes that I was experiencing was in my limbic system, which is important for making sense of social information (Steinberg, 2014, p.71). One reason why I wanted to drink was because my peers were and I wanted to understand what was so great about it. I also wanted to be able to fit in with my peers and say that I had alcohol
At least to my understanding I didn’t. I definitely played it safe and I honestly didn’t have a lot of interest in what I guess most would consider risky teenage behavior. I do remember though that a large part of the reason why I had wanted to drink alcohol was because it seemed like many of my peers had, and I guess I just wanted to know what it was like. When I was a teenager I did consume alcohol on a handful of occasions, but it was never a lot. I was honestly more or less just tasting it, so I would have a few sips and then hand it off to someone else. In fact, I’m certain that on most of the occasions that I did consume alcohol it wasn’t even enough to consider a full drink, and any time I did drink I was in my own house. So, there was no risk of me doing something reckless. Also my short and sporadic experiences with alcohol led me to realize that I actually don’t like the taste of most alcoholic drinks. I think one of changes that I was experiencing was in my limbic system, which is important for making sense of social information (Steinberg, 2014, p.71). One reason why I wanted to drink was because my peers were and I wanted to understand what was so great about it. I also wanted to be able to fit in with my peers and say that I had alcohol