Domino Effect

I had my first drinking experience in June 1964. I was celebrating the last day of 6th grade and the fact that two of my close friends and I had just turned 12. I remember the buzz as if it were yesterday. I climbed a light tower that illuminated a football field, and I hung by my knees from the top rung. One of my friends pleaded with me to come down and I shouted, “I'll never come down.”