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I went through a period in College where I would Binge drink at parties a lot of booze.. Then woke up one day and decided it just made me feel like crap. Didn't drink much at all from about my mid 20's to mid 40's. Now I will drink maybe a couple of beers on the weekends unless im hanging out with friends, then maybe 4 or 5 beers. Just don't like the hangovers..

I don't think I've ever been the person though to peer pressure someone else to drink, or the one to initiate the party or make someone else feel bad if they aren't drinking. I'm not really aggressive in that way..I don't really care, and can live with it or without it.

both my dad and brother died from smoking and drinking, i go through my genealogy list and now see many who have died from liver cancer. i drank heavy from 16to 20 then quit both smokes and boose. THank God..I can go into a pub or party and have one and thats it.

I have had a drink pored over me because i refused to drink with the boys on a construction site. o well .


Norm

Maybe.

It would take an extensive study to figure out who talks more.
Those saying they don't drink, or those talking about alcohol/drinking/ getting screwed up.


Pretty sure the drinkers are way out there in the lead.

How many "What aren't you drinking" threads are there. Even this one isn't growing very fast.

How often have you heard a long story starting with,
"I was at XXX and didn't drink".

Your perception illustrates what myself and others have said,
Drinkers hate it when someone won't, or stops "early".


Personally, IDGAS.
It's sad to see folks consumed by alcohol, but it's their choice/burden.
The list of vices/faults is long, we all have a few.

I don't need any help being more stupid, and I don't have an off switch.

My time in the Navy can be described as TAD, traveling around drunk, mostly on bourbon but beer was a regular friend too, although I never grew to like beer at all. After my discharge it would take longer and longer to get over a hangover. Decided I didn’t like that very much and mostly quit completely. An occasional beer with friends was ok but I avoided liquor all together. Over last few years I’ve figured out I can have a mixed drink or even two and crawl all the way to the bottom of the bottle.

I like the taste of some alcohol. But I am totally with you on alcohol out of beer vs flavor. There are very few beers that are worth the effort.

That said I'm thankful that we have never gone extreme on about anything other than hunting and service rifle shooting.

I would hate to feel the need to be drinking or smoking etc... to excess.

I'd have to say its not addicting too for some, at least for us.

Some people have a difficult time saying "no, thank you though" vs " yes, I'll have another". Life is all about choices.... Joe

I wish I had done that.

If he started screaming he’d be a black Sam Kinnison

No shit?? Hard to believe.



What a clam.

No, you were a buzzkill sitting next to them.

Nonsense. They don't have any guilt, they just don't want you around to harsh their mellow. This isn't complicated.

Take it and dump it.

This subject is close to home, Dad drank he’s self to death at 35, One Grandpa drank he whole life, still did into 90’s, I started sneaking Coors at 8, but really only drank about 50 years, we drank beer in HS, a lot of kegs in college, we had kegs in refrigerators in our football dorm rooms. I worked hard my whole life but never drank during week, but on weekends hard, retired at young age, so allowed me to drank anytime, a 30 pack could be drank daily. I always knew I could stop anytime I wanted but just liked beer, still worked on Ranch every day, even hungover, at 61 I set down and thought about my life and told myself the truth about failed marriages, homes and cars, toys lost, strife with my sons over things. I had 8 thirty packs in man cave refrigerator’s , and said today is the day I will never take another drink for the rest of my life, called every neighbor up that would take beer and it was over Period!! I have made seven years with no regrets or thoughts of beer at all, no body has ever said anything about me be around while they drink, I still laugh and party with son’s friends, hunters here at ranch or at bars to visit other Ranchers to get local scoop, I realized what I was hooked on was moving my hand to my mouth, just a habit. I have no guilt for quitting, and I’m hangover free.

I enjoy an almost daily drink or two with no apologies.

If you don't that's fine as well.

yes and no a couple of cold beers makes most of us jolly , Whiskey or Tarzan juice makes most of us mean , we think we are tuff and cause fights and problems. i will stick with cold beer,Pete53

Me too. I've had a couple bouts w/A-Fib and a hangover/overindulgence can be a big trigger, so, I've learned when to quit, and I do. Co-Workers I don't see often are probably the worst about trying to goad me into more and I tell them flat out why I won't and that's typically the end of it.