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<blockquote data-quote="McTallshort" data-source="post: 1013124" data-attributes="member: 53362"><p>I think for me it was a generational/cultural thing. Becoming a teenager in the late 80s early 90s meant that drinking on park benches was very much seen as the thing to do. Alcohol was easily available as corner shops didnt have a problem selling 15 year old a couple of bottles of cider and a packet of fags. Also my parents were publicans. I then went in the army at 16 and the British Army has (when I was in) a massive drinking problem. If the Soviets had attacked during the cold war they just had to time that attack to a Friday night and most the the British Army in Germany would have been hammered. Also the 90s were the golden time for clubbing and 18-30 holidays were the aim of the game was to get as drunk as possible while also trying to get as many sexual partners as possible and from experience the two ambitions don't mix very well! </p><p></p><p>When I left the army I went straight into the Rugby club mentality of tours and after game boozing so its always been a part of my life. I try not to think of the money I have wasted on booze over the years and I have some very good memories but also some very bad ones and I sometimes wonder how I'm still here!</p><p></p><p>Luckily my eldest is 15 now and his generation has a completely different mind set. He likes to go to the gym and would rather sit on his playstation than hang around parks drinks cheap, gassy cider Also there is a lack of clubbing night life now which I dont think is a bad thing given some of the crazy stuff I remember from 90s that used to go on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="McTallshort, post: 1013124, member: 53362"] I think for me it was a generational/cultural thing. Becoming a teenager in the late 80s early 90s meant that drinking on park benches was very much seen as the thing to do. Alcohol was easily available as corner shops didnt have a problem selling 15 year old a couple of bottles of cider and a packet of fags. Also my parents were publicans. I then went in the army at 16 and the British Army has (when I was in) a massive drinking problem. If the Soviets had attacked during the cold war they just had to time that attack to a Friday night and most the the British Army in Germany would have been hammered. Also the 90s were the golden time for clubbing and 18-30 holidays were the aim of the game was to get as drunk as possible while also trying to get as many sexual partners as possible and from experience the two ambitions don't mix very well! When I left the army I went straight into the Rugby club mentality of tours and after game boozing so its always been a part of my life. I try not to think of the money I have wasted on booze over the years and I have some very good memories but also some very bad ones and I sometimes wonder how I'm still here! Luckily my eldest is 15 now and his generation has a completely different mind set. He likes to go to the gym and would rather sit on his playstation than hang around parks drinks cheap, gassy cider Also there is a lack of clubbing night life now which I dont think is a bad thing given some of the crazy stuff I remember from 90s that used to go on. [/QUOTE]
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