<p>I actually had to give up drinking about a year ago due to a medical condition. And it’s been a real eye-opener. I had to carry my best mate home after a TKD club party one night. The drinking culture in Ireland is much stronger than it it in the US. If you don’t drink, you’re a bit of a freak in the eyes of most people. (And the drinking age here is 18, average freshman age.)</p>
<p>rainbow, here to that is true. I do not drink – I hate the taste of alcohol, plain and simple. Most people who have had the nerve to ask, believed I was a recovering alcoholic because I never drink.</p>
<p>haha i’m in high school. i guess it’s different here but whatev.</p>