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

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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?

 

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

 

I don't know, you could be.


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

 

yeah exactly i used to drink heaps

but now i have weed lol

 

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)

 

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.

 

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?

 

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

 

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. . .

 

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

 

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

 

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!

 

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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.

 

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.