My first beverage(s) part 1

I remember believing that alcohol was bad & that those who partook were also bad. I also remember that people who gambled were sinning because gambling was a sin. My earliest memories of alcohol were when I lived in reno the first time. I remember there being wine in the pantry. I never got to taste it, but it was there. We then moved & I don't remember alcohol in the house other than the Sutter Home "cooking wine" that was hidden in the top cabinet in the very back. When we'd go to my grandma's cabin, there'd be Budweiser in the fridge. I wondered why there was Bud in the fridge but never asked. I did ask to taste it but my dad said it tasted like horse piss. He wasn't lying. Thanks Pop. Budweiser is horrible. I remember getting brave one day & I stood on the counter to try the "cooking wine." It was for when my mom cooked beef burgandy...it was pretty gross.

Like I said, my belief growing up was that alcohol was bad. I never really "experimented" with alcohol & that was mostly out of fear. I think my first drink ever was at the Reno Hilton. A guy named Davey worked the ticket counter & I went with my older brother & some of his buddies to some lame country show. I was 16 or 17. I learned a few things that night...drink toks were cool, orange juice & vodka went good together, and Heineken tasted like skunk. To Be Continued...