When I was in elmentary school we had the deal where they gave you the talk about drinking, smoking, and all those other bad for you things. When they began talking about "drinking alcohol" I thought they meant the rubbing alcohol. I was disgusted and confused. I thought that stuff burns who would ever want to drink it?
A childhood belief about drinks

others believed things like this
- I used to belive that it was Illeagal to drink ANY beverage while driving, not just alcohol.— Emma*
- Men grew beards and mustages from drinking and smoking— Alma
- I always thought there was a drinking age for coffee, because it was an adult drink like beer and wine.Anon
- until 12 yo i thought buying and drinking coffee was illegal when you were under 18:) — smarty
- as a young child i thought poo was brown from eating chocolate and pee was yellow from drinking apple juice!Anon
- I thought there was a legal drinking age for soda (I had always been told that soda was not for children).— Dial Zero