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[quote=Anonymous]I am italian and basically don’t drink. I only drink if there is something to celebrate or if I am going out (which happens maybe once a month).

No one in my family drank much except for my grandfathers that always had wine with meals. I did not grow up thinking alcohol was this amazing yet forbidden thing and never grew to like it. I could have alcohol anytime I wanted (wine and beer because I don’t think my family ever had hard liquor in the house). I remember drinking a beer with my dad once when I was 7 and getting very tipsy. It was never a big deal. I used to go clubbing a lot in Italy in high school and I would only get fruit juice at the bar (as did most of my girlfriend).

When I came to the US at 19 I was shocked with the level of drinking and how kids in my dorm would just drink to get drunk. I still don’t get it.

My husband (not Italian) drinks a lot more (almost every day I think). My kids have been able to try and taste wine and beer since they were little. If they ever ask for, I would pour them  small glass and we probably have given them a little bit of champagne to cheer on special occasions. Definitely at 12, but we did it a lot younger too.

I still don’t get it. Everything in excess is bad for you.[/quote]

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