Am I the only one alive who doesn't drink?

[Maggie Sugar]

Maybe this is the wrong forum to ask this in, LOL!

I don't drink alcohol and never have. A combination of seeing how drunk people act, and not liking it, being a emetophobe, not being able to stand the smell or taste of alcohol, fear of sexual attack, and stories of my drunken grandfather (who I was only allowed to meet once in my life) may have shaped my decision. It was a decision. I made it when I was about 13 and other kids were starting to drink. I also decided about the same age not to smoke tobacco.

Now, I have experimented with a lot of substances. But I did so because I saw benefit in the effects or the after effects.I only did these in very safe enviroments, where I knew what I was taking and doing. I could find, in my reseach, no good effects or after effects of alcohol, so I never took any.

Does anyone else not drink? Did you make that decision before you ever experimented, because of a bad experience, or because of abuse? If you drink "recreationally" what do you get out of it, that you couldn't get from being sober? I find when I am around people who are drinking, I can be sillier as they get drunker, (probably no one will remember how silly I got LOL) I am pretty talkative, so I don't need it as a social lubricant, and in situations where I am quieter, and not wanting to talk, I am usually around strangers and don't want to be out of control anyway.

Am I missing something? Aside from lowering inhibitions (not something I usually have a problem with) what does it do for you IF you imbibe?

Just wondering.

[honeyhannah]

yes

[BlackGuardXIII]

Maybe this is the wrong forum to ask this in, LOL!

I don't drink alcohol and never have. A combination of seeing how drunk people act, and not liking it, being a emetophobe, not being able to stand the smell or taste of alcohol, fear of sexual attack, and stories of my drunken grandfather (who I was only allowed to meet once in my life) may have shaped my decision. It was a decision. I made it when I was about 13 and other kids were starting to drink. I also decided about the same age not to smoke tobacco.

Now, I have experimented with a lot of substances. But I did so because I saw benefit in the effects or the after effects.I only did these in very safe enviroments, where I knew what I was taking and doing. I could find, in my reseach, no good effects or after effects of alcohol, so I never took any.

Does anyone else not drink? Did you make that decision before you ever experimented, because of a bad experience, or because of abuse? If you drink "recreationally" what do you get out of it, that you couldn't get from being sober? I find when I am around people who are drinking, I can be sillier as they get drunker, (probably no one will remember how silly I got LOL) I am pretty talkative, so I don't need it as a social lubricant, and in situations where I am quieter, and not wanting to talk, I am usually around strangers and don't want to be out of control anyway.

Am I missing something? Aside from lowering inhibitions (not something I usually have a problem with) what does it do for you IF you imbibe?

Just wondering.

I have had exactly seven drinks this year. three of those were Guinness on my birthday in Feb.

I drank half a glass of white wine on New Years, and have had two after work beers that were offered at the right time to be very appreciated. Dead hot summer afternoons.

Coffee/alcohol drinks are so that you are sure to be wide awake while you are sick.

I haven't drank to excess for over 5 years, and then the 10 before that were weekend drinking years.

I went 2.5 yrs. w/o a drop, with no troubles.

[Epiphany]

I don't drink either. Not only can it lead to addiction and destroy lives, but being drunk makes one look like a fool.

[soulrebel51]

I don't like to drink, and I hope I never do. I had the chance to today, and I turned it down :)


My dad used to have a problem when I was younger, he got violent when he was drunk.... Just remembering all that turns me away from alcohol.

[BlackGuardXIII]

It was funny, the reaction to my 2.5 year disinterest in booze as a whole.


It took 6 months for my family to stop offering me drinks. lol

It was standard for me to have explain myself...lol I never understood that.

It was like they thought something was wrong with me.......cuz I wouldn't

drink............

I drank maybe ! beer a week for the previous years .

[Maggie Sugar]

I went through decades of saying "NO thanks." to people who wanted to get me drunk. LOL. By 42 people have either given up or think I am a recovering alcoholic, because they don't ask me as much anymore (maybe not as many want to get in my pants as when I was 19 LOL ;))

[BlackGuardXIII]

I went through decades of saying "NO thanks." to people who wanted to get me drunk. LOL. By 42 people have either given up or think I am a recovering alcoholic, because they don't ask me as much anymore (maybe not as many want to get in my pants as when I was 19 LOL ;))


I like your sig. It is a great commentary on those who hold the view that loving your child is akin to spoiling it......never could grasp that. My brother and his wife were guilty of holding their first born boy all the time, whenever he wanted to be held.....apparently that was considered spoiling? too much love huh?

[arlia]

i drink but i dont get drunk!
ppl lose self control and end up doin stoopid things!
i dont see any fun in it really,
id much rather live my life than try and block it out with momentary satisfaction that alcohol gives

[StonerBill]

i usede to drink a lot. then i descovered weed. i dont know that many people who prefer being stoned over being drunk. i do. drinkning can be heaps fun, dont get me wrong.. but if ever theres a choice, ill choose weed over alchohol.

still, i think everyone needs to get drunk. everyone should get high. it just teaches you more about yourself.

[arlia]

I don't like to drink, and I hope I never do. I had the chance to today, and I turned it down :)


My dad used to have a problem when I was younger, he got violent when he was drunk.... Just remembering all that turns me away from alcohol.

same here.
i kinda get afraid wen im around ppl who are drunk

[Maggie Sugar]

Thanks, Blackguard! I like my sig, too. It is actually a little change of the old feminist adage "Feminism is the notion that women are human." I thought it applies to children even better. Our society has little tolerance for children and the love they need and the "inconveniences" they cause adults. But that is a different thread.

[Maggie Sugar]

I would also like to hear from people who do drink, and what it does for them.

Thank you all for the responses. I didn't know I would get so many. :)

[Cosmic Butterfly]

I had a couple of experiences in highschool, and I will never do it again. I feel that alcohol is a nasty drug. It makes me people over exaggerate simple emotions such a super happy, angry,horny, sad, lazy, etc. I just do not dig how it is used so carelessly in this society, and what it does to our livers.

[I-M-Stoned]

ive only drank 10 days out of this whole year. one day i drank a whole bottle of bacardi rum and a whole bottle of viva cuervo tequila. another day i drank 7 beers. another day i drank a bottle of peppermint schnaups. another day i drank a bottle and a half of Jack Daniels. another day i drank a bottle of white merlot wine. another day i drank a bottle of peach mad dog. another day i drank a bottle of champaign. another day i drank 5 beers. another day i drank a bottle of bacardi razz, good stuff. and at last on the 10th day i drank a bottle of scotch. that was a crazy month :p !

[Maggie Sugar]

What did that binge do for you? Good or bad? I am just trying to figure out what people are getting out of it. No judgements at all, it is just something I have never understood. Only looking in from the outside, though. It is one drug I was really never willing to try. Even in the crazy days.

[drumminmama]

non drinker, and yes, my family is insistent upon the polite offer. I politely say no thanks. (kinda like turning down meat.)
I'm one of those "instant asshole just add booze" types. Bad, bad medicine for me.
what I notice with 15 years sobriety is that alcohol erases boundaries. including mine to the drinker (ewwwww.. drunk people touching me) and people who drink but don't get drunk might not be aware of their behavior and THINK they are OK.
not always the case.

[Elle]

I dont drink either. I did though when I was young, in middle school, skipping school to get drunk with my friends:rolleyes: And in the last few years I have drank some socially, but I dont like to drink...I dont really like the taste of it, and I dont like being drunk. Im usually the only one ordering a Pepsi at the bar while everyone else is slammin' beer after beer. I dont really see the appeal....so many people drink.........But I guess it's just not for me. Alcoholism runs in my family on my dad's side though.....although I dont think that played into me not drinking...I guess I just dont like it.

[NitrousBum]

There was a good 9 mos. where I didn't drink. This was after I got horribly drunk at a party and threw up and blacked out (first time). I stuck by my ganj and I was fine. Eventually I started drinking again, mainly because of college and social expectations. Now I party every weekend.

I remember the first time I drank, I did it with a bunch of close friends junior year of highschool. It was at a friend of mine's house, her dad was gone so we were able to drink without inhibition. I had an incredible amount of fun. All of my freinds were pretty drunk and we were all being goofy and overall it was really fun. After that I wasn't able to drink much, mainly because it is inconvienant. I started smoking more weed, until i pretty much exclusively smoked weed, but I still drank if it was convienant (place to do it, didnt have to drive, etc.). After the aforementioned party I quit drinking for a long time.

Now that I have done many substances I can tell you something of the nature of alcohol. It has very little depth. Almost any other drug has more depth than alcohol. It is extremely temporal. One will not gain anything while drunk that has any lasting value (unlike psychadelics or speed or what have you). For those with inhibitions alcohol makes social situations much more enjoyable, even in moderate amounts. It is certainly a social lubricant, especially with people that you are not especially close friends with. I remember when I used to drink I would get a very distinct sense of euphoria and mood lift. I no longer get this from alcohol. I think it may be because the other drugs as well as my own growth have given me a deeper sense of true happiness.

I think that the primary action of alcohol is that it distracts people. Its sort a phenominon that I have seen in many people, even without alcohol. Sometimes people get so wrapped up in the moment that they forget about being self-critical or considering their own actions. While drunk people become so wrapped up with engaging in whats going on at the moment that they don't step back in their minds and think, "wait a second, what the fuck am I doing?!"(which is why people do stupid things on alki) I think that I have gained control through other substances that I have too good of a grasp on whats going on to become sufficiently distracted to enjoy alcohol.

Thats basically it. Overall I think that if you are a deep person you will probably enjoy alcohol less than if you are a vain shallow person, so your not really missing out. But I still do have good times on alcohol. Also, unfortunately, weed isn't legal, so the social implications tell me that its right to destroy brain cells with alcohol and enlightening myself with weed or mushrooms makes me an evil druggy that no one should associate with.

[SunshineDaydream]

I went through my "drinking phase" in my younger years, experimentation and peer pressure and all, as many people have. But now-a-days I am not much of a drinker at all.

I am prone to migraines and I find that drinking sets them off. I still have a few drinks here and there, on ocassion, but it's few and far between. I also don't care for the "out of control" feeling of being drunk. And the spinning when you lay down to go to sleep and the hangover the next morning... blah.

I much prefer smoking pot.

[Jack_Straw2208]

ive been drunk 3 times in good atmospheres, and each time was fun, but once i started smoking weed, i realized how gay alcohal. my last expericance was fun, but its a pretty gay drug, so yeah. i dont know, its almost 3 and im having trouble stringing together sentances...

[Primus]

ive been drunk 3 times in good atmospheres, and each time was fun, but once i started smoking weed, i realized how gay alcohal. my last expericance was fun, but its a pretty gay drug, so yeah. i dont know, its almost 3 and im having trouble stringing together sentances...Definatly the most homosexual of all drugs.

[st0neD|floyD]

The attraction of alcohol for me is the feeling of truly connecting with people. Sobriety for me is isolation; I'm a very shy, quiet person. When I talk to people while sober, I have multitudes of walls and preconceptions. Sometimes drinking can remove these and make you feel as you are really connecting with another. I love how alcohol makes my emotions so much more vibrant.
Is it healthy? Maybe, maybe not. Sometimes I can really connect with a person and the next morning feel as if the connection is still there. Occasionally it will get out of hand and you'll end up in the drunk tank or you'll spend the entire next day with a bad hangover brooding over how much of an ass you made yourself out to be.
Personally I can’t handle sobriety. I definitely see negative effects from drug use, but that doesn’t cancel out the positives. I love the herb, over the past 5 years it has become intrinsically part of my character. That’s just where I am right now, change is constant.
Alcohol can be an effective form of relaxing, like anything its how you manage it. I value you for being able to make the decision and stick with it; I value you even more for not pushing your ideals onto others. Ok, Peace.

[psilonaut]

I never have more than a few drinks, I was drunk once, hated it, I don't like losing control. I really don't see the appeal of binge drinking....

[WharfRat]

I enjoy drinking because it loosens you up. I find it relaxing to hang out with friends and have some drinks and even get crazy once in a while as long as you stay safe(no drunk driving). And what NitrousBum said about it making you forget about being less self-critical, im sure for a lot of people thats the appeal. And some of my buddies who are hard drinkers hate weed because they say it makes them too critical, they analyze every little thing they say while high and feel stupid about some things they say.

[NatureFreak412]

eww, alochol is nasty, I wouldnt touch the stuff. Its dumb.

[StonerBill]

however, dont think you can imagine what the feeling of being drunk is like, if youve never been drunk. i really dont understand why anyone wouldnt at least try it once, so that they at least know what theyre opposing.

so far in almost a year, the only alchohol ive drank was someone else's, and ive found that it is still is really fun to be drunk.. but not as good as other drugs. as with cigarettes, i drink, but i never put my own money towards it

[snelio37]

never had a sip, hit, or bite of any intoxicating substance and i think it's time to change that. alcohol is not high on my list of things to try, but i don't really know. i agree with bill in that i can't say never until i've tried it. so i think next weekend i'll give it a shot, if there's any good post-finals parties to attend.

[Myranya]

I drink an occasional glass of wine, mead or (even more rarely) stronger stuff, however just one or two, and purely for the taste of it. I got drunk once when I was 22 or 23 or so, and what it did to me, well, nothing I wanted to repeat :) So I didn't :)

I like a glass of good wine with dinner when I go out to a restaurant or cook a special meal at home (like on holidays, not everyday stuff), mead's just very good, and there's just something about that one little glass of Ouzo (sp?) you get in a Greek restaurant...

But I don't want it to mess with my mind, nor do I use any other mind-altering substances in any quantity, I just don't like getting out of control. And I don't really need it to loosen up or anything, I do weird stuff if I want to and if anyone thinks I'm crazy or drunk, well people do think that sometimes. Their problem. At least being weird doesn't cause a headache :)

[StonerBill]

ive personally never had a hangover, dispite drinking lots. lucky me i guess.

[andcrs2]

non-practicing alcoholic ~8yr

[PeaceAndLove311]

First off, I'd just like to say to Arlia that you are absolutely beautiful. But I digress. To the subject at hand, I don't drink either. My father is a very heavy drinker, so naturally I've seen the effects an ongoing addiction can have on a family. I've been to a few parties where there's been a lot of drinking, and it was all my close friends, as well as my girlfriend who I'm very close to. Needless to say, it really sucks seeing your friends have to resort to crawling just to get to a toilet to throw up in. And as for my girlfriend..... our relationship changed greatly after those few parties. For the better, I think, but you all aren't interested in that.

Hank

[StonerBill]

doesnt that make alchohol a good thing? its not like when your drunk you actually care that your crawling to the bathroom

[LivingLegends]

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[crackforkids]

i drink. but i dont like drinking, i think its a stupid buzz. but dont listen to a crackhead*

*I DONT SMOKE CRACK! btw

[lostblackdog]

Maggie, I think that is awesome that you don't drink. I personally do drink, and to be honest, I'm drinking right now. I just want you to understand that I know where you're coming from, being the son of an alcoholic mother and having two sets of grandparents who have all been through various stages of alcoholism and other addictions as well. I commend you and I hope that you know how much you have contributed to my ever-growing faith in the goodness of people on this forum. You rock my music mama!

Thanks,
-Mac

[BlackBillBlake]

Like everything else, drink doesn't suit some people, and I have to confess that I am one of them. In my younger days, I used often to drink to excess - it landed me in serious trouble on more than one occaision, and nearly killed me.
That was all long ago, and I count myself lucky to have been able to get off it.

These days, I avoid the stuff.

[squawkers7]

1 of my younger brother's will be 37 in April and he doesn't drink either. He goes different places with friends and is their designated driver whenever they go out. He doesn't mind being with his buddies while they drink...especially when he can bring his video camera to make movies of their foolish actions. Then couple weeks later when everyone is sober he'll invite them over for dinner and show them what they did.

[Maggie Sugar]

especially when he can bring his video camera to make movies of their foolish actions. Then couple weeks later when everyone is sober he'll invite them over for dinner and show them what they did. ROTFLOL. I've done this. TO MY DH! ROTF! (Well, not during dinner with guests, anyway. The reason I did it was that he didn't beleive that getting drunk caused him to REALLY snore loudly, so I video taped him raising the rafters.....LOL. I've actually had to go sleep with my 5 year old dd some nights, when he really ties one on. Blech. In addition to the noise, you have Pretty Breath, Bear.)

Thanks, BlackDog. I have nothing against people who wanna drink a little, just wanted to know if I was alone. You are sweet! :)

I have also noticed, now that I am well into my 40s that the men have kept drinking, and most of the womyn don't. I don't know if it was from our pregnancies or what, but it seems like, at our age, the men get DRUNK and the womyn either don't drink at all, or have a glass of wine. Maybe it aggravates the Hot Flashes. LOL.

[oh_boots]

I think the people who say you don't drink are the only people I've ever heard say that! I don't drink and everyone I talk to does so they all think I am a looser because I don't...I'm not the one not knowing where I am and jacking off in the driveway at someones house in front of ALOT of people!!! (yes that happened to someone I know!)

[nationofmillions]

I dont drink anymore-'course, i dont drink any less...

[Abyle]

For myself, I like the flavors of most hard liquors. (I won't touch most mixed drinks.) A couple of shots can be soothing. I like the flavor of various beers and wines, but not enough to have more than a couple every few months. I think overall, the depressant effect is what's nice. I dated an alkie though and it was terrible. One night he had something like thirteen drinks (his birthday), a blabbering, argumentive idiot. I kicked him out of the car in front of his apartment so he could go to bed alone. His drunken antics eventually disgusted me so much he destroyed any attraction I had to him, so he would pressure me to get wasted just so I could stand him. I hate drunken behavior.

[robostiltzkin]

QUOTE: But I still do have good times on alcohol. Also, unfortunately, weed isn't legal, so the social implications tell me that its right to destroy brain cells with alcohol and enlightening myself with weed or mushrooms makes me an evil druggy that no one should associate with.


Why allow youself to be labeled by what society thinks is "appropriate"? In fact, being outiside the social norm may be an indication of relative mental health, if you consider what society approves of.

[Maggie Sugar]

ive personally never had a hangover, dispite drinking lots. lucky me i guess. Be careful, bill, this is a precursor to hard drinking problems. People with a predisposition to alcoholism tend to not get hangovers as readily, need more alcohol than others to "feel it" not throw up, or get as sick when drinking, and can maintain regular activities after a night of heavy drinking, better than others.

Just a caveat, dude.

[DR. REEFER]

heres a story thatl make the younger ones watch out (im only 19 by younger ones i mean 13,14,15) in january i went on a week long drinking binge. my birthday was the last day and night of the binge. i drank the most that nnight obviuosly seeing as how i was celebrating. fast forward a week. i was incredibly sick, violently puking and uncuntrollable diahrea didnt eat 5 days straight lost 20 pounds. turns out this was the effect i was getting from having a litre and a half (thats right a litre and a half) of liquid on my left lung-VERY BAD PNEMONIA.
im pretty much over it now and doing better im back to my normal self but i still have to take 8 pills a day for another week and a half to be sure there are no infections. heres the fucked up part- the doctor(s) told me that the liquid started to build up while i was passed out on the night i celebrated my birthday, i swallowed my vomit in my sleep and thats how the sickness started. now that could of killed me, alot of people die swallowing and choking on there vomit in there sleep, the reason i didnt wake up was cuz i was too drunk and passed out.
now ive learned my lesson, i was kinda of a regular drinker before getting drunk maybe 2-3 times a week with the occasional binge, when im off the pills and decide to drink again its gonna be a whole other story. il drink a beer or 2 or maybe a six pack at a party but i cant let myself drink too the point of passing out cuz that could be very risky. i fucked myself up good with alcohol.
too all those out there thinking "im young nothing bad can happen to me its only bad long-term" get out of that state of mind before its too late because something bad could very easily happen. just because alcohol is legal doesnt make it the safest drug out there and consequences could be fatal or just plain out fucked up, be careful.

[eat_some_LSD]

Far from the safest...

I was barely 18 when one night, I received a random phone call from my sister's ex-boyfriend; he wanted a ride to Boone...in exchange, I'd receieve a 5th of vodka and some play.

Drive up there, I'm chugging down the 5th...the ladies go to bed, and we head back home. Being 2:30 AM and my car's fuel tank reading below E, I made the (wise) decision to make use of the high downgrade by accelerating up to 120 and coasting at this speed down the rest of the mountain.

Once we hit Wilkes, we decided to stop at a gas station on the uptown strip; having barely any money, I was counting pocket change in my hand parked next to the gas station...

...I looked up to see bluelights in the mirror and turn my head to find out that I was surrounded by three cruisers. In short I was charged with DWI, possesion of pot/paraphenalia/open containers, driving with a revoked license and falsified tags, wreckless endangerment and evading arrest.

Just a little food for thought next time you think about getting behind the wheel after a couple shots, eh? ;)

[gillianwind]

I don't drink i would rather smoke weed all day long then drink

[Nathan11]

I don't know, you could be.


I drink HEAVILY.
You must have water or else you'll die.
:)

[StonerBill]

Be careful, bill, this is a precursor to hard drinking problems. People with a predisposition to alcoholism tend to not get hangovers as readily, need more alcohol than others to "feel it" not throw up, or get as sick when drinking, and can maintain regular activities after a night of heavy drinking, better than others.

Just a caveat, dude.
yeah exactly i used to drink heaps

but now i have weed lol

[StonerBill]

though i dont exactly have a high tolerance now lol i have trouble doing tasks that require motor skills after like a glass of wine.

I hate the way people get violent and arguementitive and shit when pissed. i just get loud, very happy, and have heaps of energy to jump around and dance. i dance awesome when pissed apparently, all i know is that it feels great

and whenever ive got sick from alchohol, ive just chucked up then felt fine again, or maybe felt a bit sick for about half an hour then either get better or chuck up again and feel fine.

the only bad feelings i get from alchohol is late at night when youve drank heaps and your travellin home from a party and you just wanna go to sleep but you know you cant because then youd be mugged or shit and then sometiems worry if im gonna chuck up in my sleep, which i did the first time i smoked weed (i was really pissed, i woke up and didnt even notice id chucked up, someone noticed it later in the day)

[Maggie Sugar]

sometiems worry if im gonna chuck up in my sleep, This kills more people than actual alcohol poisoning. When I was in college, we used to put really drunk people on their side, with pillows supporting them, and a towel under them, if they got really drunk and passed out. I was always afraid someone was going to barf and choke.

[Maggie Sugar]

Dr. R. I am glad you are recovered. Aspirating vomit is really dangerous. (As I said above.) You may want to talk to your doc about a lung x ray in a few months to make sure you didn't damage them. They are probably OK, but often vomit is so acidic it can actually burn the tissue in the lung. Stay safe, OK, Dr. R?

[PhotoGra1]

Be careful, bill, this is a precursor to hard drinking problems. People with a predisposition to alcoholism tend to not get hangovers as readily, need more alcohol than others to "feel it" not throw up, or get as sick when drinking, and can maintain regular activities after a night of heavy drinking, better than others.

Just a caveat, dude.

hmm. . . thats very interesting. . . i never get a hangover!

[PhotoGra1]

I would also like to hear from people who do drink, and what it does for them.

Thank you all for the responses. I didn't know I would get so many. :)

I LOVE to drink! I like the way it taste, I like the way it makes me feel, and I like to act stupid/funny. I am really funny when I am drunk. I don't drink too often anymore, but when I do, I drink to get drunk. It makes me very energetic, and very gutsy. . .

[laura4484]

i just turned 21. i've had sips of drinks before but never really likked the taste. this weekend i plan to have my first real drink : a Strawberry Daquire (i think thats how its spelled. i used to always think that i would never drink, but then again i also used to think i would never learn to drive either. i'd call my self the designated Non-driver:rolleyes:

[Vejtable]

I like to drink but hey I'm 16 right, I know where people are getting at when they say they dont want to drink cos my family has had problems with it before. I know where my limits are I like to get drunk now and again even thou getting high is better but its still pretty cool. I dont like getting totally out of it when I'm outside but when I'm in someones house with good company I dont mind. Drinking is ok if if you kepp it under control I reckon. But I can totally understand when someone says they dont drink. Like everything else I'll proberly get bored of it after a while :)

[shrappaz]

I only like drinking to become a little tipsy. I decided after an incident last year I would never drink to excess again. What annoys me though is when I tell someone I smoke weed and they go "man why do you do that shit to yourself" and by the end of the party I leave without a care in the world and those poor fucks are lying on the floor in a pile of their own puke! :rolleyes:

[StonerBill]

"\/\/ 0 |2 |)"

[oblivion]

no, i dont drink either. used to drink to excess when i was younger but soon learned my lesson! im like a lunatic when ive had a drink.

[suzyqh70]

I Don't Drink. I Have Before, Years Ago, But It Never Really Did Anything For Me, Besides Make Me Act A Fool And Throw Up! My Father Is An Alcoholic , And My First Husband Was An Alcoholic. He Was The First And Only Man To Ever Put His Hands On Me, And It Was Only When He Drank. Sober He Was Fine, But When He Drank He Turned Into A Monster, And The Scarey Thing Was He Said He Never Remembered Being Abusive While Drunk. Looking Back, I Would Have To Say He Was Full Of Shit, And If Someone Knows That They Turn Into An Abusive Son Of A Bitch When They Drink, Why Do They Even Pick Up The Fucking Bottle In The First Place. He Did, Eventually, Get Sober, But For Me It Was Just Too Little Too Late. I Can't Be Around People Who Drink Anymore. I Get Scared And Anxious. It's Really Messed Up, But It's Ok, Cause I Don't Feel Like I'm Missing Out On Anything. I Can't Understand Why Anyone Would Want To Get So Drunk That They Can't Even Stand Up. Where's The Fun In That???? I Chose Drugs, Which Didn't Turn Out So Good Either, But I Guess You Live And You Learn...learning The Hard Way Sucks.

[StonerBill]

because when your drunk, you dont care.
its all just a game

some people get agressive when they drink, others dont.
i hate being around agressive drunks, i try to keep my distance, but i know if they went to hit me i could prolly smack the fuck outta them since theyre so drunk but still it wouldnt be happy caus they could take more pain than I haha.

the thing about a really drunk person is tha your allowed to treat them however the fuck yuo want once they start getting agressive.

[syd]

What i dont understand, is that most of my friends say they had a real good time the other night, but they cant remember a thing. No, i am not a drinker, never been pissed.

[Maggie Sugar]

I love the differences in the English language. In American English "Pissed" means angry, in British and Aussie English it means "drunk." Just something I have noticed over the years.

[headymoechick]

I hate drinking because I love it so much. I really need help stopping.

[crackforkids]

is aa an option? are you to that point?
read online about it, check out self help books.
you can do it!

[headymoechick]

I tried to stop drinking last night for the first time.

I layed awake in bed until 2:30 am. I couldn't sleep. So I finally got up and slammed 2 beers so I could get some rest before work today.

[2cesarewild]

Ask yourself why you drink so much in the first place, ie. what pain are you trying to dull. Cut the pain at the root, and stick to smoking pot.

[headymoechick]

I am drinking because it helps with the pain of breaking up with my boyfriend and dealing with some abuse. If I don't drink, I get all sad and mopey and I don't like to live that way.

If I can have a few beers or a glass of wine to keep a smile on my face, I do. Smoking pot doesn't dull the pain enough.

I know I should stop, and I have reason, but I don't want to feel like crap and be depressed over this bullshit.

How do I cut that pain out?

[2cesarewild]

Find someone to replace your ex. There are lots of people in the world, and I'm sure you could find one that matches you well. Drinking so much is just destroying yourself over something that is not worth it. You're punishing yourself in the long run for doing nothing wrong.

[headymoechick]

but that only uses another person. I would rather drink a bit than use someone as a rebound and hurt thier feelings. Besides, I'm a little scared to date.

Like I said, I want to stop, but right now, my pros outweigh my cons.

[2cesarewild]

Yea it's your choice to keep going but the longer you let it go the harder it may become to stop. Personally, I would rather have somebody make me happy than liquor.

[Zuzupetals]

tho, my friends seems to think i am missing out. honestly, I don't enjoy drinking much either.

[seamonster66]

I love drinking, especially drinking and drawing

Nothing at all to feel guilty about, nothing to preach to someone about unless they have a serious problem.

[Maggie Sugar]

No, no guilt or preaching at all. It makes no differnce to me. Just wanted to know if anyone else doesn't like alcohol.

((((((Moe))))))) Time will heal you, honey. :)

This is a thread that has gone on for a long time.......

[mellow]

your not alone!
i cant stand alcohol, the smell, the taste, they sicken me.
i've only been drunk once and i didnt like it at all...
i guess alcohol just produces effects that im not really into
same with tobacco, i dont like that either...

personally im into cannabis and psychedelic hallucinogens

[Oz!]

in december i'll have been 100% alcohol free for two years...fucking sucks....

[peacelovebarefeet]

i dont really like to get sloppy drunk.... i am 16... it just.. i dont know, doesnt appeal to me. granted, i HAVE gotten sloppy drunk a few times, and one of them ended up with me getting raped... i'll drink, only socially... you know, maybe one or two or three hienikens (i cant spell, if you havent noticed) over the course of a night... i would just rather get stoned.

ive noticed that alcohol makes me very very very depressed when i drink it in excess. if i just have a couple, i have a nice buzz that makes me very happy. and getting stoned, well, that just always makes me happy!

[Bassist]

I don't drink. It doesn't appeal to me in the slightest...

[SvenStrong]

I drink like a fish, and I'm proud to admit it.
I regualrly consume alcoholic beverages, in fact Im sitting here at present enjoying the double strength knock off drink I recieved this morning ,as I do every morning upon the completion of my shift at work.
Its a large part of my chosen lifestyle as I make a living in a bar in which I work as a full time bartender and manager.
At present I wouldn't have it any other way, dealing with people in various states of sobriety and drunkenness is a large and I must say quite enjoyable and amusing part of my job.
I love having a drink, wether it just be socially, or really going to town with a group of mates with the intention of embarking upon a full scale drinking binge. We right ourseves off, get a little silly and most of all have a great time with other like minded individuals.
If you can't handle your piss, then you should choose to be a non-drinker, it makes people like myselves nights out much more enjoyable.

[StonerBill]

the one thing i hate most about drinkning haps is that when you get involved with drinkning groups tehres always gonna be some fuckwit who gets violent or depressed and ruins it for everyone. violence is fine AS LONG as the two parties agree on it. like when two drunk mates decide to have a fight as a bonding session. but not when some dude picks up a bottle and throws it at some guy who he saw talking to a woman he likes.

that sort of thing is why i wouldnt work at a bar unless i was allowed to have a weapon and mace

[Soberbeah]

Everyone needs a little inhibitor once in a while.

[mr.morrison]

i have had some drinks, but ive never been drunk. never really had the urge to do it. i wanna try lsd much more. which isnt as common with teenagers. most like to drink alot. i decided i wanted to try it once to i downed to shots of vodka (nasty shit) but diddnt feel anything at all while my friend was saying he was pretty buzzed. i dont know if he was lying or not. but its not as appealing as weed.

[wonderboy]

i've done my bit of drinking, and personally i hate most of its effects... i don't really like losing control of my own actions and compulsions. the ol' ganja is much better IMO... and i'm looking at more psychadelic stuff anyways.

[RELAYER]

Damn, I drink beer every night, I love it. Beer and Whiskey aaaaaaahhhhh my favorite drug in the world. Of course it takes a strong tolerance to be able to really enjoy it, I've been building up mine since I was 12. Although during the past year, I find myself gettting a little too buzzed on weekends after 7-8 gulps of Tullamore Dew, probably should just space out the hits on the bottle though. But beer? I could drink it all day and all night and be fine.

[2cesarewild]

I am teh slutz0rs i miss getting watsed at parties i haven't been able to get fucked up and totally enjoty myself in so long. Drinking is bad for you, but it always seems to lively up things rofl.

[the anarchist]

Alcohol tastes awful to me, but the effect is good. A few drinks are mood-enhancing, but too much brings you down and can give you a hangover.

It's cool to drink on occasion, though, and I have enjoyed going to a club with a girl and drinking lots of beer together.

[EMMAh]

I don't drink anymore, I did a lot during the summer though.
I don't because I hate the taste, I hate the way people act when they drunk (some aren't bad), my dad is an alcoholic so I've seen what alcohol does to family's (and not just my own family), plus I may have an ulcer and would rather get baked.

[wonderboy]

yeah, alcohol is all pretty nasty... i have to admit that drinking it was definetely the shitty side of getting drunk for me. the drunkness was always kind of offset by the annoyance of taste.

anyone here ever do a Century (100 shots of beer in 100 minutes, one a minute)?

btw nice new picture (in your sig) emmah!

[Gh0sTiNnyc]

you are the only one....
i'll drink some for you though

[trippedelia]

i dont drink any more, i only did the normal "ooh its so exciting to drink" kind of thing when i was younger, but i love the taste of (woodstock) bourbon and cola so if i ever get offered one, ill gladly drink it just for the taste. i dont mind getting to the point where i can feel it but i dont get drunk ever any more because egos get too expanded more than they already are.

[rg paddler]

OK - I read everyones post so far - It's a highly provocative issue.I'm no expert - I AM a drinker though.

err.... drinking can creep up on you - even if you take some other drug.

Drinking in U.K has become a phenomena - in March 2006 it's reported that in teenage kids,the girls are drinking alot more than the boys - 3 litre bottles of strong cider per girl on a friday night.They work it out in units now - like metric - but statistically - its higher than ever.

I began on the same ratio - but it was the boys - hangin out with all the guys - and girls - (15 years ago - U.K) - girl rockers sat in groups - seperate to boys.Just before club opening time we'd all seek each other out - then a total mix of extra chemicals were produced - ecstasy - speed - spliff,glue,petrol and SEX

No-one I knew died - some of the goth's had friends duyin round them all the time - and thats all they talked about - though everyone I knew was kikkin stuff as far as they could go,and heart-warmingly enough listening to bands like Led Zep,ACDC,METALLICA,DEEP PURPLE,BLACK SABBATH - come on you know this shit - this was 1990 - (or am I old ) - the revival (UK anyway)

Then - when it got to job/money seeking age - unfortunately motivated by the urge to 'earn your own shit' - we got jobs - but only cos - you had to defend your right to get hammered - from your family - and evryone I knew their parents were single - notions of education were purely coincidental

So - now - you meet the likes of me - I'm 33 and my father is 67 - he can still drink quicker than me - but he was born in post-war Britain - then - you could get apprenticeships and learn a trade - the family buisness died last year when he retired - I'm a piano player/singer - my brother is a graphic designer - we are both computer nerds.My sister - a opera singer - but now a teacher(and a lesbian)Today half the trades that my dad knew are defunct.Builders are huge firms with law abiding rules (!).In my Dads day - you just built it - no matter how - if it was made - he was paid and that incuded cathedral spires n graves - they were hard drinkin craftsmen.

Now - theres no trust - we have to fill out a million forms just to put a sign up saying 'Men - At Work' - and there is no room for characters who will fuck that extra mile cos they may have had a pint or two the night before and feel like taking a shortcut - e.g. walking up the scaffolding like a red indian...

Well I for one love a spliff - but what fucks me off - is the dealers I've met - sorry UK but so far the have all been COCKNEY WANKER FUCKIN CUNT LICKER LIARS
and will shag your girlfriend then you.
However - I sometimes make friends with people who know how to deal with the forementioned bullshitters and then it happens - we sit around - we have a bizzarre but more personal night.(if I'm involved everyone usually goes to bed early - I talk bullshit in reality as well as when I'm drunk OR stoned) - but what I love about U.K (hey I'm getting nationalistic) is that in the rural places - they still roll round cheeses down a hill and all the men chase it - pissed - and alot of money is spent on this stupid gamble.DRUGS - a spliff etc I love in Britain when it's done like a hippy - I can't stand urban dopouts seeing it as a way to be cool.

Mines a pint of SAS - I only learn't this last week - half a lager - half a cider - and an infusion of blackcurrant - all in a pint - it fairs ye well,landlubbers!!

[2cesarewild]

but what fucks me off - is the dealers I've met - sorry UK but so far the have all been COCKNEY WANKER FUCKIN CUNT LICKER LIARS
and will shag your girlfriend then you.
!!
LMFAO, I love british slang, it's hilarious

[dannyandryan]

bout girls drinkin more then guys now, ive noticed that round my school... the girls get really wasted every weekend, and the guys get wasted bout once a month

i basicallly dont drink at all, like ive been drunk 2 times in the last year... i stick to bud

this sounds really sexist (and forgive me for it if its not true all around, i know around my school it is) but teen girls are generally ignorant to how bud isnt that bad for u, and alcohol is horrible for somebody, and most teen girls (at least round my area, with some exceptions) are obsessed with how people think of them, and none of them want to have people think they are a "druggie"

[trippedelia]

both boys and girls are like that in my school, the main drugs would be the social type ones, and no one knows shit about any drug at all, the shit you hear supposedly drug-wise people say about certain drugs, its so fucking stupid.

i know about three people you could call "stoners" in my school, me, and two of my friends, and we dont even smoke much, just like twice a week, yet everyone expects me to be dumber than them, in my health classes the teachers will make up bullshit about bud and psychedelics, and when i correct them, people will say "yeah, youd know wouldnt you, junkie!" yes, of course id know about bud, just like theyd know about hugging the toilet bowl every weekend, but apparently IM the one that is hurting myself.

[RELAYER]

both boys and girls are like that in my school, the main drugs would be the social type ones, and no one knows shit about any drug at all, the shit you hear supposedly drug-wise people say about certain drugs, its so fucking stupid.

i know about three people you could call "stoners" in my school, me, and two of my friends, and we dont even smoke much, just like twice a week, yet everyone expects me to be dumber than them, in my health classes the teachers will make up bullshit about bud and psychedelics, and when i correct them, people will say "yeah, youd know wouldnt you, junkie!" yes, of course id know about bud, just like theyd know about hugging the toilet bowl every weekend, but apparently IM the one that is hurting myself.

Yea, but fuck em, you know your on the right side ;) although beer is my choice over weed, dont know why and wish it wasnt so, but I think latley smoking just makes me paranoid becuase I'm still getting used to adapting to having a baby. Like when I smoke I get all worried about him, even though theres no reason too, but when i drink, i dont get drunk, just a few beers to help chill after work, and it helps.

[Jennasia]

I don't drink either, never have. I just hold my girlfriends hair back while they're throwing up in the toilet.

[trippedelia]

yeah i getcha relayer, dont worry about him man, he'll be great, he seems to have a father that knows what's up.

[slowcheetah13]

yea i did weed first.. loved the high and then was like well havnt ever been wasted so might as well try it... got wasted it was fun till my friend pissed all over my hdtv and my parents came down cuz we were being loud. They didnt realize we were drunk but they were still pissed. i cleaned up the tv and then fell asleep. My hangover wasnt that bad but still... high is like 20 times better and no hangover... and its not as bad for u as alcohol...

[THCsetmefree]

no....i raaaaarely drink...like maybe twice a year, im usaully designated driver...well more like stoned driver, but same difference, I've done/ do most drugs I've ever heard of, but im not too faund of drinking, cuz its makes you act stupid, and its jsut not very enjoyable for me....plus I have alcoholics in my family back centuries, so that might have somthing to do with it, or maybe that i dont talk to my father because of somthing that happend when he was highly drunk.....who knows....

[cordy]

For me, i used alcohol as a way of enjoying myself, i am very good with people and metting people, that doesnt bother me. I just couldn't lose some of my inihibitions to let go and have some fun. I love loud music playing in a club enjoying some drinks etc. Last time i did that was 3 years ago. I started smoking pot and for me that was preferred to the nasty after feelings of alcohol so i stick to that now.

I also cannot find a drink i actually like the taste of either and i prefer not to force things down my throat just for the sake of getting drunmk if it tastes fowl to me. Thats just me though.

[Stand.]

Yes, I don't drink alcohol either, I've been drunk once, and didn't like it's affects and gained no benefit from it, so saw no point. I also hate the taste, hat the smell, and hate being around people drinking it or being drunk.

[Mary Poppins]

Yes!!!

[soaringeagle]

i dont drink at all either

[eman resu]

It seems like getting wasted just always kind of naturally happens

[rob1134]

drinking and weed are both great in my opinion.... but if you want to be able to drive your moped home later that night, dont count on alcohol to help you out.

[INSANEPOOKIE]

I don't drink.
I did from about 20-26 off and on.

[hamperdoc]

well i really dont like to drink i only do it when i can't get pot. i never really think hey i want to be drunk tonight. drinking has already gotten me in trouble with the cops where as if i was high i could have worked through the situation.