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    19 Firsts Everyone Who Learned To Drink In Britain Goes Through

    The first time you didn't buy the cheapest brand of vodka is a big deal.

    1. The first time your parents went out and you were brave enough to steal something from the back of their drinks cabinet.

    2. The first time you discovered you could top up their gin with water and they wouldn't notice.

    3. The first time you worked up the courage to try and buy some alcopops from the corner shop.

    4. The first time you went to a park at night time with the sole purpose of getting drunk.

    5. The first time you went to a park to get drunk and it was actually fucking freezing.

    6. The first time you bought yourself some Lambrini and felt real classy.

    7. The first time you discovered how you can get the most drunk for the least amount of money.

    8. The first time you discovered Glen's: The exciting vodka.

    9. The first time you were amazed at how cheap Vodkat was, and then the first time you discovered that it was only 20%.

    10. The first time you mixed yourself a drink for the road.

    11. The first time you found a pub that would actually serve you, and you would sit in the back and try as hard as you can not to get noticed.

    12. The first time you lied to your parents by saying you're totally sleeping over at Tracy's house when in fact you were out all night, probably in a field.

    13. The first time you played a drinking game and felt like you were in an American college movie.

    14. The first time you went to an actual proper house party.

    15. The first time you took took a bottle of Cactus Jack's to a "gathering" and took shots.

    16. The first time you borrow someone's ID / alter a photocopy of your passport on MS Paint / actually buy a fake ID.

    17. The first time you went clubbing and got to club at 8:30pm because someone told you the bouncers don't get there until nine.

    18. The first time you buy a bottle of wine that costs more than five pounds.

    19. The first time you can actually buy alcohol legally from a supermarket and it's a massive anti-climax.