any other non-drinkers on here?

[crescendo69]

A six-pac of beer or wine coolers will last well over a month in my 'fridge. I offer it to friends sometimes and just drink one. After housing a homeless alcoholic for several months, the stuff seems a little distasteful to me.

 

[mista geechee]

I'm working on that. On any other weekend I wouldn't remember Friday or Saturday night. But most of you probably saw my blog yesterday. I don't think it's so much peer pressure as it is tradition, at least down here below the mason dixon. It's the law of the land along with shotguns and big ol' 4x4's.

But I lack the self control that many of you have. I definately can't stop at one drink. I wouldn't say I have an addictive personality, I've tried all kind of drugs throughout middle and high school. It's just that alcohol and pot were the only ones I liked.

 

[MARCOPOLO4]

i am a VERY OCCASIONAL drinker. perhaps 2 or 3 times a year & usually just 1 glass of wine. i do not like to lose touch with my immediate surroundings.

 

[slcnewlife64]

I don't drink alcohol at all either!

 

[D_Petherick_Poundlouder]

Never did.

 

[D_Kissimmee Coldsore]

I may need to stop, it has caused me problems. Waking up with injuries or without things you had when you went out isn't nice, but there can be and have been far worse things to deal with post-drinking. For a while I tried to just get drunk to the level I was comfortable socially around strangers, but that's difficult to maintain over a night. It's difficult here though because as a student in one of the drunkest nations on the planet, drinking is a very large aspect of socialising. The two are practically synonymous.

 

[transformer_99]

Quit a long, long time ago. Don't miss it in the least.

 

[Waruiko_ne]

I have one drink once a year, and that is on New Year's Eve; a glass of wine. I never really understood the reason for people to drink like they breathe.
"A beer a year" is fine with me.

 

[midlifebear]

Working as a bartender during most of my 20's in San Francisco I certainly destroyed enough brain cells over time, but getting drunk was not my favorite form of substance abuse (nor was getting baked on yerba buena). I preferred the more enlightening chemical substances.

I can't explain it, but I sort of quit drinking without thinking about it. Probably has something to do with my terrier-like determination to accomplish things. Best example was focusing on getting an undergrad degree and going on to grad school. While those around me par-tayed, I couldn't afford to waste so much time; espeically at UT, Austin, where most undergraduates go simply to drink for four years.

I do drink, but rarely. One thing I learned as a bartender because I hated waking up with coyote dates (note: I'm gay) is a Campari and soda will last all night and I can't gulp it down as if it were cranberry juice (to which I am addicted). Campari is so damn bitter that the occasional sip reminds me I'm not ready for another one for a long time. This is especially helpful living in foreign countries where alchohol is part of every meal (in Barçelona cheap, pink cava is often served with your 7:00 to 8:00 AM bocadillo-style breakfast sandwich, so everyone ends up going to work with a buzz on). Nix on the headache juice. But it's common to hang with friends and talk for several hours in the afternoon. So, a Campari and soda is the perfect excuse to look as if I'm drinking, but not really. I've discovered the majority of my friends think the same as I do, especially when we are constantly reminded by the hoards of otherwise nice Germans and British tourists hurling chunks in the Metro or falling down drunk in the central parts of the city that boisterous drunken behavior is not terribly attractive.

Still, a good Ramos Fizz wouldn't hurt.

 

[tiggerpoo]

Non-drinker here.

 

[D_Brecock Evileye]

I have never been drunk. I dont like to drink.

 

[Smartalk]

I have been able to see why people go out with the soul intention of getting "Rat Arsed" yes enjoy a social drink. These days a lot of people with down a number of shots, wine or spirits BEFORE they go out for the night. There are those who cannot hold their drink ending up becoming aggressive, getting onto fights, in trouble with the law or injured. Sadly some fatally. Come the following day they feel like death warmed up. Thumping head, dehydrated, tired from lact of sleep the day completely lost why the recover.

Yes I use to drink, but moderately so, always happy to be the one who drove. Now I haven't had a drink for over two years, personal choice no other reason. Don't even miss it. Each to there own, but happiness is not found in a bottle. Happiness comes from within and costs nothing only a little time and effort discovering who you truely are inside.

Cheers

Smartalk

 

[D_Adoniah Sheervolume]

My dad was an alcoholic and mom a smoker, so I've had plenty of exposure to the distasteful sides of addiction. Still, I tried a bit of drink as a teen and quickly questioned the sense of wasting a lot of money to feel like crap for two days afterward. I LIKE being fully present most of the time, and am able to let my hair down without chemicals. Just ask anyone who has been to a New York LPSG Meet-n-Greet!

What's sad to me is that people think *I'm* weird because I don't need a few belts to unwind! People my age around here (NYC metro area) seem to drink a LOT, and it disturbs me. Make that "saddens me."

 

[AnniFridFour]

I've never had a drink in my life, aside from my dad giving me sips of Pabst when I was little, but I don't count that lol.

I just decided that I am pretty uninhibited in just about every way as it is, so what did I need to drink for? I'd surely become an alcoholic knowing myself.

Sex and Gambling have done me fine as my focus studies in vice

Some people don't care, some people are shocked, and I've had friends vow to see me drink some day. I don't know why it's such a big deal to them, and I've had some big arguments over it actually. I just know I won't ever do it so it's not a big conflict for me personally.

 

[B_BabyJoy09]

Yeah i don't drink (eventhough im technically not of age to drink) and i never really plan on drinking. Ive had alot of my friends say that they respect me for that decision not to drink, and they wish that they were more like me and wouldnt drink. Which that kinda confuses me because its called self-control and if u dont wanna drink then don't. I choose not to drink mostly because of my future plans to become a doctor and eventhough some alcohol is good for you, many ppl over do it and it causes problems at an older age. I feel like it would be hypocritical to tell someone not to drink and i would be drinking, and i dont need any alcohol to have fun...... hahaha

 

[Mr. Snakey]

I've never had a drink in my life, aside from my dad giving me sips of Pabst when I was little, but I don't count that lol.

I just decided that I am pretty uninhibited in just about every way as it is, so what did I need to drink for? I'd surely become an alcoholic knowing myself.

Sex and Gambling have done me fine as my focus studies in vice

Some people don't care, some people are shocked, and I've had friends vow to see me drink some day. I don't know why it's such a big deal to them, and I've had some big arguments over it actually. I just know I won't ever do it so it's not a big conflict for me personally.

I've been clean and sober for 19 years now. The friends who vow to see you drink are not your friends at all. There are many people in this world who don't drink. Get to know some of them. This is your life. Real friends show respect for you and how you wish to live your life. I will leave you with a old saying that is very true. " If you sit in a barbershop long enough, your gonna get a hair cut''.

 

[B_Morning_Glory]

my grandfather quit drinking a very long time ago. this is how he stopped on his way home from work one night drove past this church and he thought he had seen jesus he quit. but actually found out later that this church had a spot light on a cut out of jesus and when the light hit it the side of the church had a big shadow of jesus on the wall. he told me the story.

 

[Smartalk]

Another non drinker here. Not drunk any alcohol in over two years, no history in the family of drink problems. I just enjoy life without it, certainly don't miss it.

 

[340382]

haven't drank since october 1988 and have been having more fun than ever, everyday.
i agree with Mr. Snakey, if they want you to drink and don't respect your decision, then they aren't truely your friends.

 

[D_Pubert Stabbingpain]

haven't drank since october 1988 and have been having more fun than ever, everyday.
i agree with Mr. Snakey, if they want you to drink and don't respect your decision, then they aren't truely your friends.

It has been 20 years for me as well.