[Closed] Anyone else never drink alcohol ?

Rarely but not through any moral objection.

Sometimes when I wake up with a sore head like now I wish I didn't !

Had years of not drinking then started again, but now I am going off the idea as I resent losing time to feeling rough. So off out on a hen do tonight and planning on staying off it ....

Is so rare for me to now as well, I haven't had a hangover in many years and have almost forgotten how bad I can get them.

I'm on the middle ground.. if I drink anymore than a pint or glass of wine I have a headache for 2 days and feel like I ve had 2 hours sleep. So I have a very limited consumption even tho I love drinking. I now just go for quality drink and savour my poison.

Haven't for 25 years, wish things in this country weren't so alcohol centric .

adjustablewench +1

Stopped at 21( now 38). Just didn't like it much, my tastes were a bit more illegal....I woke up one morning and thought I've had enough now of intxicating myself, not wavered since.

if I drink anymore than a pint or glass of wine I have a headache for 2 days and feel like I ve had 2 hours sleep.

This is how it is for me as well these days. Shame cos I did enjoy it. 🙁

I used to, but it was making me feel rough in the mornings and ruining my sleep. I was laos putting on weight no matter what. I stopped, have dropped 7 kilos and feel a whole lot better.

I think, generally, the UK is far too focussed on drinking and not in a good way. People see it as the only way to have a good night out and no one is trying to disuade them of it.

Stopped drinking alcohol at the start of 2011 to help lose a bit of weight and haven't had any since. Was only supposed to be for a couple of months but I realised I didn't miss it and I definitely didn't need the hangovers or feeling rough the next day.

Kind of stopped. Only drink nice things for what they are, not for getting rat arsed.

I haven't been drunk for about 10 years,
but I do enjoy a bottle of Bub from the beer fridge in the garage while bike fettling, a pint after a night ride and sharing a hip flask on cold winter night rides.
But I could easily live without it but I don't really want to as the odd one is nice

I don't drink alcohol.

Miss it very occasionally, but overall a massively positive net outcome on life.

Actually thinking about stopping, not that I have a problem but some days are wasted due to being rough. I could easily drive or just dring tonic water etc

I drink a couple of times a months when I get together with mates. We usually don't get hammered (I can't anyway due to a medical condition) just a few beers and a laugh - if they do get hammered I get to laugh at/with them anyway. Only drink nice things now too. Haven't had a hangover for quite a while either.

I used to drink to get drunk most days, but one day i stopped completley. That lasted over 10 years, Didn't miss it at all, even the social side as i worked in pubs. So now i only have a drink very occasionally, and its very rarely more the one, can't remember the last time i actually finished a pint.

I never have. Stems from being a fussy eater as a kid and not wanting anything that tasted weird. As an adult I've tried it but still makes me feel terrible after a sip or two. And tastes like mouldy fruit.

I have hardly heard of anyone who's NEVER drank anything.

I've been dry for a year due to medication, and don't miss it. I could chose to drink consistently and re-balance the meds (warfarin), but that's not attractive. For it would mean the same amount each day. I can still enjoy the occasional alcohol-free bevvie. the same taste with no ill effects.

pigface +1

Like a few others here I gave up because I was tiring of wasting my life feeling rough, and only intended on giving up for a few weeks. That was several years ago and I haven't had a drink since.

I really don't miss it, but the money saved and spent on more tangible things is the main thing that continues to motivate me.

Agreed this country is far too focused on alcohol as a form of entertainment - the extreme reactions you get when you tell people you don't drink are bizarre - but I can kind of understand it as I might have responded the same way a few years ago.

seven pints and a curry last night 😳 luckily for me I never really suffer.

Agreed this country is far too focused on alcohol as a form of entertainment

Quite a culture shift, as when I was a lad, anyone who threw up or fell over, had the piss taken mercilessly for days or even weeks.

I now limit myself to max 7 pints as a result of a tabletop body-popping/rap episode on a works night out last year. I'm 53 😳

I don't as it doesn't agree with my depression and anxiety. Some people have an issue with my not drinking most don't care. Everyday is a battle to get outside but I'm winning now. Drinking only makes me worse. I feel I have to psych myself up into simple things. when I have had a drink it doesn't feel pleasant. I get ribbed off some people who don't understand. During my 20's it seemed more of an issue than it is now.

I'll have a nice single malt or two maybe once or twice a week, apart from that, I very rarely drink any other alcohol.

I only drunk [b]one shot[/b] of whiskey on alternate evening for the last two years mixed with a bit of warm water for health reason. Haven't touch any this year.

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Apart from that perhaps one bottle of larger (Co-op Supermarket Czech beer) one every 4 months. I think the last time I had some alcohol was about 2 months ago, a bottle Czech beer that's it.

I don't like wine so only use it for cooking ...

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The emphasis seems to have shifted too. Gone are the days when a drink was a means of losing a few inhibitions and having a good time. [B]The sole purpose for many nowadays seems to be to get so drunk, that if you can remember what you did, it wasn't a good night[/b]!

What age group are you talking about there ?

I was like that years ago*, but now mainly drink nice stuff because I like it.

And most people I know are the same.

(*although I did always have a perfect memory and was the "go to guy" for filling in the blanks after a massive piss up)

Primarily but by no means only, younger drinkers ie. 16-35 on a 'night out' although admittedly I probably have a skewed view of this given that I live in NE England and my job (Paramedic) invloves dealing with the consequences. I've seen nightshifts where every single job is directly alcohol related!

Another thing which also seem to have changed is that there is a lot of drinking [b]prior[/b] to going out + it's quite common for women to have a bottle of vodka etc in their handbag, presumably due to the cost of alcohol in pubs/clubs.

TBH going into clubs and pubs late at night stone cold sober is NOT a pleasant experience and has put me off going to some places for good and I would far rather enjoy a couple of decent pints in my local or a nice wine at home.

i havent had a sip of alcohol in over 8years & dont miss it at all. vastly prefer to be riding the bike

woody, that's some interesting stuff! i grew up in the north east, was stupid with booze from about 16-20ish and haven't touched it at all in just over 25 years now.
i used to drink to get hammered, and not really for any other reason, but once i started going out to pubs and clubs i never used to drink in the house beforehand, i'd always wait til i got to the pub. same goes for my mates. i find that whole thing to be odd. oh well.

when i finally decided i needed to quit drinking, a couple of my cousins (who lived on a particularly notoriously tough estate in sunderland) told me that i "must be gay" and that if they ever saw me out in a pub, they'd knock me out!
it wasn't a difficult decision to move away from the north east. such a blinkered, intolerant place, generally (well, back then it was anyway).

Drinking at home before going out isn't a new thing particularly.

We used to do it in the late 80's and Early 90's due to being a bit skint and its a good way to spend less.

When I lived in Austria we always used to have a litre of VERY cheap wine before going out and spending 39AS (<£2) a Beer (the wine was called Kellerhof, I think from memory it was 19AS (<£1) a litre bottle.)

Normally I can measure my drinking at less that a pint a month if that

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We used to do it in the late 80's and Early 90's due to being a bit skint and its a good way to spend less.

it wasn't a difficult decision to move away from the north east. such a blinkered, intolerant place, generally

Depends where you are in the NE of course but there is a warmth of spirit in many places and things have seen a big improvement in the 12 years I've lived here. I've recently moved to Lanchester, which is one of the few Durham villages which weren't built around a pit and it's a very nice place to live.

EDIT: apologies - wandered a bit OT there!

I've never started. As a teen, I did try some, but never saw the point. I don't see why you need to have alcohol at all.

i did'nt drink at all for about 3 or 4 years, i did'nt miss it at all except for a very cold beer when cooking sausages on the bbq in the summer.

really cut back my drinking before xmas feel so much better for it. i was down to a nip on a sat night, its crept back up a little again the last few weeks due to utter stress, stinking cold and this damn weather, so i need to get on it again.

i tell my kids their lives will be better if they never drink.

30 now and never really have, i think I can say with hand on heart Ive only had 10 alcoholic drinks in my entire life. I can make an utter ****t of myself without drinking so why on earth do I need to make it even worse! I dont enjoy the taste of any that I've tried so why put myself through trying all the rest just to see if I do or not.

Yes people do seem to have n issue with the fact I dont drink, almost everyone I tell says oh really, what never. THen they go on to question why I dont and tell me why Im wrong!

Yes people do seem to have n issue with the fact I dont drink

its funny that is'nt it, when i did'nt drink people would think i was really odd.

mind you, i once 'had' to attend an office xmas party and believe me being dead sober when all are pissed, and then dragged onto an empty dance floor by the boss's girlfriend... oh heck, wished i was leggless at that moment!

I choose not to drink even though I enjoy the taste.
Friends have got used to me being tea total.

Yes people do seem to have n issue with the fact I dont drink, almost everyone I tell says oh really, what never. THen they go on to question why I dont and tell me why Im wrong!

Yeah I used to get that, then I got the self loathers who go on about how wonderful I must be and how terrible they are for getting drunk over and over again, then they get all depressed.

I'm going to by dry for 3 months starting tomorrow. Will be interesting to see whether I miss booze.

I rarely have more than a couple (you'll rarely see me even close to drunk), but I absolutely love good wine, whisky and beer.

It's got less to do with alcohol for me, it just happens to be in drinks that i really appreciate 🙂 I'm sure someone will be along shortly to tell me that the only reason I like a large glass of pomerol is because i'm dependant on the alcohol content!

mol, i seem to remember thinking this last time we had this discussion, but you're definitely the only (non-muslim) person I know who has never drank alcohol. I am scottish though 🙂

I drink alcohol regularly. I don't ever have more than 3 or 4 pints at a time because i have astonishingly bad hangovers.
Still totally love a beer with my friends. There are few things better.

mol, i seem to remember thinking this last time we had this discussion, but you're definitely the only (non-muslim) person I know who has never drank alcohol. I am scottish though

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Yeah most non drinkers can drink, but just hardly ever. My mother in law is one of those people who has half a glass of wine about twice a year and gets really pissed.

I keep trying to tell the forum I'm special, but they don't believe me.

I never got into drinking, it always tasted nasty, even in food I just can't eat it, I think the bad reactions ( very sick/ bad head ) to the alcohol put me off for life, Jan 2002 was the last time I slipped up and didnt get my own drink, I wanted a lemonade some chump got me a lemonade with wine I only had a few sips it had me chucking up for Great Britain and a very bad head the next day

Haven't drunk for several years now. It's amusing the way it really polarises opinions amongst other people. Most people I meet are way more concerned about it than I am! Feel way better for it and don't miss it either.

Last alcohol I had was christmas 2011 , i am just not bothered , when younger I was a party party type of Guy always in clubs and pubs but now it doesn't interest me
I can make a fool of myself without being pithed

surely you are not a real man if you don't drink to excess?

Well I'm only 19 and tend to drink maybe 2/3 a week. I might have a can of stella 4% (hate normal stella...) whilst cooking dinner one evening, will put 2 bottles of Hooky Gold away tonight whilst watching MotoGP.

I drink alcohol regularly. I don't ever have more than 3 or 4 pints at a time because i have astonishingly bad hangovers.

When I was younger drinking was done too much too often. Hence a few unpleasant incidents. The worst of which was waking up in hospital after being helped ([i]into the path of a speeding car[/i]) by 4 chaps in Amsterdam who also relieved me of my wallet when lying helpless in the road. And, at a later date a rather embarrassing Court Martial.

Now it just seems like an expensive way of getting to feel really ill. I do still enjoy a drink, but for that reason only, it's a nice bottle/glass of whatever.

I never did alot of drinking in my younger days 18 to 25 & only really went for it when my first marriage broke up in my late twenties.

I found that I had a very low tolerance to alcohol & would get legless after a few pints. I then got into MTBing & I realised that getting rat@rsed the night before meant I spent valuable riding time feeling like shite & not riding 😥

I then reduced my intake to the extent that I rarely drank & I haven't had a drop since 2008, plus I haven't missed any rides due to a hangover.

At first the main problem I had was with my friends still buying me beer when I wanted a soft drink, eventually they came to accept that I wasn't drinking anymore & now its not an issue.

Used to binge drink every weekend from 15 till I was 22, They I ended up with kidney problems due to dehydration and the diuretic effects of booze. So it got knocked on the head till about 25 year old and since then (now 27) its maybe one or two pints when we go for a meal and nothing more.

Makes me feel like crap anymore than two.

31 here, used to drink an awful lot but it's much less now mainly just because I have fallen out of the habit after getting interested in running and mountain biking. Still drink about once a week though.

I often think now about knocking it on the head completely and would really like to, but as had already been pointed out so much of the social scene in this country revolves around drinking. I'd definitely end up seeing a lot less of some of my friends and I don't want to lose touch with them. Plus my girlfriend still likes to drink and almost always has tickets for us for various gigs, festivals etc.

Might give up for a short time and see how it is, though.

Due to a lack of ill effects (hangover, loss of functions) I never thought that I drank that much until it all got tallied up at uni' whilst registering with a doctor to get an x-ray referral. I had over 100 units/week before I found out that 1 drink doesn't equal 1 unit.
All or nothing, stopped entirely, realised drunks are utter arses and I didn't want to be one, had a lot more money to spend on fun stuff and the girls I woke up next to looked as good as they did the night before. So haven't bothered since.
Lot of resistance and non-belief from friends at first, but is just how it is now. Probably helped that I have other friends that don't drink due to allergies or sport commitments and also spending time at uni' with the European students with more relaxed drinking attitudes.
For a while I thought I might drink again, but I can't see any appeal, same as I can't see why I'd want to shave my legs.

Pint anyone?