When I was about 11 years old, I was in fifth grade and I knew some eighth graders. Well, the following year, I was 12 and they were freshmen. I started to hang out with them and I was like the “little sister” (I’m AFAB genderfluid now) of the group.
They got into alcohol from one of the freshmen’s brother and they would offer me some whenever we hung out. Curiosity got the better of me, and sure enough, I was drinking pretty much every time we hung out.
Eventually, my parents found out, I quit the drinking altogether and I never hung out with those people again.
I am quite proud of myself, I haven’t had a drink since I was twelve, actually. But I have heard that drinking alcohol can decrease your performance in things so yeah.
Did it effect you?
Probably a little bit, there is a reason drinking is not medically recommended.
It’s unlikely it’s the biggest factor in determining your overall intelligence.
That award goes to your social economic status.
So don’t sweat it, keep learning and growing and there will always be people dumber than you and there will always be people smarter than you