re: Did you drink alcohol in high school?

Yep had an old Vietnamese dude that owned a convenience store on the Hill that would sell beer to anyone head high to the counter.

It’s not New Orleans bad, but it’s not what it once was.

They actually ran a study my senior year of high school, and West Baton Rouge Parish had the highest rates of underage drinking in the country. I didnt miss many weekends to say the least

There was an older guy (60's) who went to my high school, and owned a convenient store. He'd listen to the football games on the radio, and I'd come in afterwards to buy beer. We'd talk about the game and he'd tell some stories about "back in his day".

I did not. My dad had a country/general type store and we had an apartment built in the back of it. I went to school with kids that never had anything new, yet their parents would come in every couple days and buy a carton of cigs and a case of beer. It was a big turnoff for me to drinking. I figured if I never started I'd never have to worry about it. I was 26 before I really started having the occasional beer. Really don't regret it.

A little bit back in the late 70's.

Was easy for me to buy beer at 16. Just walk into the convenience store with my uniform on, no problem.

For hard booze, there was this nip joint out in the boonies anybody could pick up a pint for $10.

Then of course I move to Louisiana before my Sr year (Nakatrash) and turned 18 early in the year, could partake of the two drivethru frozen daiquiri joints. Chicks loved those things.

I wasn't a flaming alky tho...I did have a friend or two that became like this - was sad.

LOTS ... of alcohol.

Yeah. We got a dude who got tall early and grew a beard to go buy it for us. They weren't as strict about checking IDs then.

Quart of Bud from Durgans damn near every day for lunch.