I started drinking when I was like... 12. Not to self-medicate though (look¨I know it seems too young, but I am year behind the country's average.And it was more of sampling grandmother's cherry liquor and stuff. First I got real drunk was a 14).

I smoked weed first when I was 19. Haven't done it in ages. Not because I decided to quit... but there wasn't any good opportunity lately. And I need a good company for weed.

I admit I drink to unwind. And quite a lot at times, but... I only once got a black out. Times where I drank over my limit I could count on fingers of my hand.

Is it self-medicating? Or is it me being a typical slavic chick? I believe the second variant. Unless all Slavs are self-medicating...