We all know the drinking culture that has been engrained into the very fabric of New Zealand society and how it affects all of us. This culture of binge drinking starts off early in many peoples lives, speaking from my own experience I was brought up sourounded by this culture. Every family get together whether it be sad or happy was a party or just a reason to get drunk. I started drinking heavily by the age of fourteen, when my cousins stole a bottle of wine from my aunty and finished the bottle on the beach. At this age I didn't understand the repercussions of what I was doing or the dangers of alcahol poisoning, needless to say I was not mature enough.
Many young people (especially in New Zealand) feel as though they have to drink alcohol as a sort of right of passage, they may not particularly like or enjoy drinking but countinue anyway to be accepted by their peers. We've all been in the situation ourselves and have had to face the harsh realities of peer-presher, whether or not you chose to drink I'm sure it would of effected you in some way.
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