Is It Bad If You Can’t Be Sure What Was Your First Alcohol Experience?

Is it a bad thing if you can’t remember what is your first alcohol experience? I have that problem. I don’t mean that I don’t literally remember it, like in a “blackout” sort of sense. I more of mean that I don’t remember which memory was first.

It is possible that the first time I tried alcohol was in the kitchen of a friend of my parents. My parents had this friend that they’d been close to since long before I’d been born, and we used to go over to his place sometimes for dinners. Sometimes he’d have a glass of wine. One time I went in the kitchen for something and noticed that he’d left a glass of red wine sitting on the table. I decided to try it and took a small sip. It was horrible.

It is also possible that the first time I tried alcohol was under a neighbor’s porch. A friend and I were in a neighbor’s backyard and happened to figure out that the neighbor kept beer under the back porch. I have no idea why, this was summer in Nebraska so they weren’t keeping it cold out there. Anyway, we decided to try it. For some reason, so no one would know that we’d taken it, we punctured a can with a nail instead of just opening it. Then we tried the beer that poured out. I didn’t like it at all, but my friend kept guzzling at it. Mind you, even he didn’t get drunk.

I remember both experiences clearly, but I can’t remember which of them was first. I could have been anywhere from eight to eleven for either. One was obviously first, but which?

Regardless, it isn’t like this is actually a problem or anything. I just think it’s funny that I can’t remember exactly what was my first experience with alcohol. Saying it like that makes it seem much, much worse than it was.