Good kid, bad company...(part 1)

I tend to have people who technically live their lives out of the bottle in my life.So I remember I once asked them why they drink.Some said they liked the way it feels,some people want to kill their sorrows, some people want to fit in with the 'cool' crowd.

  Initially that was my problem, I wanted to fit in with the 'cool' crowd. Anytime I went out with friends, everyone drank except me. They will ask me time and time again why I won't drink. I didn't have a reason.

As usual, one day my friends and I went for a private party in another friends house. Everyone was drinking, I could see that as they were getting tipsy, the more fun the party was for them. So then I decided to try alcohol for the first time.Since the party was a private party, there were no bar tenders, you chose the kind of drink you wanted and poured as much as you needed. I got myself a red plastic cup and poured myself something sweet with less alcohol.I took a small sip and later another small sip. I wasn't enjoying it.

 Then one of my friends came by and said to me 'Maa why are you babysitting the drink. This is way too sweet. Come and let's do shots'. So I joined them. They were drinking something called absinthe(I checked the bottle, it was about 45% alcohol). They actually torched the shot. There were flames on the alcohol I was amazed....