Is it normal to not be what i claim to be?

Having a drink doesn't make you an alcoholic. Was your promise not to be like your father, or was it never to take a drink in your entire life? I think it's realistic to promise to be aware of the route you're taking, but I'm not sure it's truly realistic to swear never to sample something that's practically ubiquitous in our society. There's a vast gulf between raging alcoholism and the occasional social drink.

You sound as though you have a really good relationship with your mom. Why not talk to her about it? She might not feel that tasting a beer or ordering a glass of wine at a restaurant exactly qualifies as "never a drop of alcohol as long as I live."

More important than your promise to others, even your mom: What do you want to promise yourself? Is it important to you never to drink, or is it important that you never become a drunk?

It sounds as though you've made one drink a symbol and built it to great importance in your mind, but *A* drink does not inspire alcoholism. Neither do a couple of drinks. There's no set line between what's okay and what isn't; you have to kind of know that line yourself. For some people, learning that line means having a drink or two. Others are fine never approaching that line and choose never to drink. Some only find the line well after crossing it.

Sometimes denying yourself something makes it more alluring. My advice is to stop building a single drink as a do-or-die promise and talk to your mom about what's going on in your head. She'll probably have better advice for you than we could. :)

If it's peer pressure making you want to try drinking then don't do it.It will only lead to trouble.

If your dad was a drunk it may become easy to be addicted. Stay strong.

If you promised your mother, then ideally you should talk to her about it before making your decision. It wouldn't be right to break your promise and keep wearing the promise ring.

You have a few options.
1) Remove the ring and try alcohol
2) Keep the ring and avoid alcohol
3) Try alcohol, then decide whether to avoid it or consume it and thus determine whether to keep the ring.

I don't think that having an occasional drink is the same as being a drunk.

It's your choice.

Alcoholic means you ABUSE it. It does not mean you have one drink every so often or just try it once.

If you do want to try a drink I suggest waiting til 21. One reason I believe is because your mother will understand your curiosity. Also if you do try alcohol try something with a low alcohol content first.

I tell everyone i am ltdan but guess wut.

I ain't even American chew on that mr Gumby.

Hell yeah!

Find a happy medium. But I drink cough syrup to get drunk so what the fuck do I know.