Drinking responsibly also means that as a teenager you have to resist the temptation to drink because you will permanently damage your body.

If you must drink as a teenager, try to drink responsibly as adults would. Talk to your parents about it, and see if they would let you have a few beers a month. If you do it with them in your own home in most states it is legal and you are guaranteed to be safe. Drinking as a teenager severely damages your brain, but it is also illegal. Don’t let yourself become another kid facing a horrible blemish on your permanent record (yes it does exist). Whether you are looking at college, or trying for your first job, that minor offense will come back to haunt you.