Non drinkers and reasons behind it

[Woodman]

That's a bit like I was, I found it easier to just not drink at all

Thinking about this and we were probarbly all like it when we were younger but we all grew out of it with one exception. Ginger Midget may well be getting to that stage where she realises that its just not worth it anymore and needs to make that transition from "young drunk and stupid" to "slightly older, drunk occaisionally and a bit less stupid" or therabouts.

[SMOKEU]

. If I'm thirsty I just have soft drinks when wanted.

If you're that serious about your health then you wouldn't drink soft drinks.

[Ocean1]

I have a mate who cannot go out and have one beer. One beer and he just can't stop till he's pissed. Not sure whether its the alcohol or psychological but he has been like it since i have known him (20 odd years).

Sounds exactly the behaviour that's said to characterise alcoholism. Often wondered if it were that simple, though.

I like an occasional indulgence, most flavours. Guess I’m lucky, I rarely fail to stop somewhere between mild buzz and paralytic.

[jrandom]

Being drunk is at the bottom of my list of fun ways to alter my neurochemistry.

Unfortunately, since I get the standard battery of construction industry drug tests at work, ethanol and LSD are all I really have. And, as the Cookie Monster would say, acid is a Sometimes Thing.

So it's drink or be sober.

I'm mostly sober at the moment cos I'm training. But, truth be told, it's pretty boring.

I should make the point that personally, I dislike getting drunk in large groups. Most people are really quite annoying and unpleasant when they're drunk. If all y'all find 'parties' inseparable from drinking, I'm not surprised you're becoming teetotallers.

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[Gremlin]

If you're that serious about your health then you wouldn't drink soft drinks.

I ain't that serious about my health (as in being a gym bunny, or going vegan etc), just a few little tweaks here and there, and being sensible.

[crystalball]

Stopped drinking about 2yrs ago and smoking at same time. Dont like making a idiot off myself when drunk as most times I would binge drink. For some reason latly tho I have been thinking about tobacco.

[Nova.]

People who don't drink are boring.

[sinned]

It took months of tests to discover my liver doesn't process alcohol, in even small amounts and around 3 years for the liver to recover. Now I have cut back to only the occasional drink my general health has improved and specific health issues have gone. At first I continued to go to the pub and drink ginger beer etc; now I have become one of those people who don't go to the pub. The motorcycle and other interests now fill what would have been pub and recovery time.
There is life without alcohol.

[scumdog]

People who don't drink are boring.

Yeah but in my line of work those who drink too often turn into arseholes.

"Instant arsehole - just add booze"

[Scuba_Steve]

Yeah but in my line of work those who drink too often turn into arseholes.

"Instant arsehole - just add booze"

just as well the company you work for supplies it's own bar for you lot then aint it

[GingerMidget]

People who don't drink are boring.

How long have you been dry?

[Nova.]

How long have you been dry?

I drink every day.

[unstuck]

People who don't drink are boring.

I have been a none drinker for 20+ years, and my life is far from boring.

[Nova.]

I have been a none drinker for 20+ years, and my life is far from boring.

Never is for us excavator operators..

[superman]