21 Things That Everyone Who Grew Up Drinking In Britain Has Done

    There are only two acceptable places to drink a cocktail in a can: in the park and on a train.

    1. Getting your first taste of alcohol by stealing some vodka from your parents’ unofficial liquor cabinet.

    2. Ordering the second-least-expensive wine at a restaurant so you don’t look too cheap.

    3. Politely asking "Whose round is it?" To remind others that it’s actually their round.

    4. Refusing to drink any other drink apart from pear cider when it first came out.

    5. Regifting a bottle of wine that was given to you by a friend at Christmas.

    6. Sneakily drinking cans of pre-mixed cocktails on public transport.

    7. Using the slightest hint of sun as an excuse to drink in a park.

    8. Having to drink an amalgamation of everyone's drinks because you lost a round of ring of fire.

    9. Getting drunk on alcopops in a friend's garden after getting your GCSE results.

    There's a school prom going on at our hotel. It's giving me flashbacks of drinking Aftershock & Blue WKD, thinking I was king of the world.

    Flickr: cute-is-what-i-aim-for / Creative Commons

    10. And if you're feeling classy, opting for a Caribbean Twist instead.

    11. Going to the pub straight after work without getting a bite to eat.

    12. Doing a round of shots when you really, really shouldn't.

    13. Being the person who suggests doing said shots.

    14. Spending over £10 on a cocktail for your Instagram.

    15. Attempting to make your own cocktails at home, with mixed results.

    16. Not having any juice in the house, so resorting to using squash as a mixer in a cocktail.

    17. Dangerously underestimating the power of a bottle of Lambrini.

    18. Ordering something like whiskey in an attempt to appear sophisticated.

    19. Getting drunk on pre-drinks and not even making it out of the house.

    20. Saying "I'm never drinking again."

    21. And drinking again that very same night.