To those that don't drink alcohol...

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  • ohamberx0
    ohamberx0 Posts: 98 Member
    I can outdrink any person I've come across. I don't pass out and it stimulates me which means I drink and drink and drink and don't stop drinking until everyone is done or there's nothing else to do. I've gotten in trouble with the law... and I hate hangovers. It's a waste of money (I was drinking heavily 5 nights a week).

    Just is pointless.. and a lot of calories. I gained about 20lbs since I started drinking socially about 2 years ago.
  • mdagenb
    mdagenb Posts: 49 Member
    I used to drink...A LOT! Almost every weekend night, and funday sundays! No wonder I gained 40pounds! a 30 pack of beer on a sunday funday is sure to be the cause of some extra poundage! lol. I still drink, but def not as much. Really only on occasion now, its expensive if you go out to the bars and it eats up all your calories if you're trying to watch. Labor day will be my next alcohol binge, pineapple pool party!
  • mlemonroe2
    mlemonroe2 Posts: 603
    i just don't drink as much because I don't see the point of it. It's not like it tastes super amazing nor is the feeling of being drunk really amazing. I'd rather eat some brownies and smoke a cig. I mean I will still drink, but i honestly do not enjoy it.

    is that a drink in your hand in your pic??? :drinker:
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    I've never liked the taste of any drink (alcoholic or not) besides water but I'm also allergic to alcohol and so it gives me hot flashes with hives pretty much as soon as i have a sip.

    I need a drug to give me that allergy :)

    You're kind of adorable, btw... in a non-gay way ;-)
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    ooooooops! walked in on the wrong thread..........*backs out quietly so nobody notices glass of wine in hand
    *clinks glass with yours*
  • mandeiko
    mandeiko Posts: 1,657 Member
    I'm curious as to why (as there are plenty of good reasons, but I'm like an annoying Labrador puppy all up in your business...)

    Ya know, strictly for weight loss, self control, health, daddy issues, you vomit uncontrollably...

    Weight loss and health (kidney issue). Though I drink on occasion, just not a lot or often.
  • deadmittens
    deadmittens Posts: 536 Member
    I don't drink it lately because I'm afraid it lowers my metabolism and is equivalent to eating poorly... and I'd rather eat poorly.

    Besides, when I drink I always want lots of food.
  • mamaDaisyJ
    mamaDaisyJ Posts: 395
    Allergic
  • vanillasugar
    vanillasugar Posts: 246 Member
    I drank some when I was younger and will very very rarely still enjoy a drink. The main reasons I don't drink have mostly been covered: too expensive, I'm happy and high on life without it, and I've personally encountered way too many people who have let it ruin their lives so I mostly choose to stay away from it. That, and I can't stand being around drunks either :tongue: they annoy me to no end
  • ohamberx0
    ohamberx0 Posts: 98 Member
    Allergic

    Same here. I break out in handcuffs.

    LOL. love that line.
  • AdamVonWillis
    AdamVonWillis Posts: 4
    I still drink, but I cut back a lot when I started MFP. Had no idea how many calories are in alcohol! I think every day I've gone over so far has been because I was out drinking.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    I break out in handcuffs... LOVE.

    ohamberx0 - are you saying you don't drink anymore or still do?
  • mlemonroe2
    mlemonroe2 Posts: 603
    I can't stand being around drunks either :tongue: they annoy me to no end

    we can be pretty entertaining though!!!
  • JGARRABRANT
    JGARRABRANT Posts: 8 Member
    I don't want to waste my calories on alcohol. There are too many other great calorie to choose from!
  • darrcn5
    darrcn5 Posts: 495 Member
    I hate beer, but I love things like pina coladas, strawberry daquiris, bahama mamas, anything fruity and delicious. They are so high in calories, carbs, and sugar that I keep them as an occasional treat. Plus, alcohol makes me retain water just as bad as sodium, if not worse.
  • 2Bgoddess
    2Bgoddess Posts: 1,096 Member
    you would think that by age 40, there wouldn't be peer pressure. but all my girlfriends love a glass of wine or two, and are convinced that if they keep giving it to me, I will drink it. I had gingerale in my wine glass at my wedding, and only occasionally have a drink or two, and most recently, i make sure it is on a work out day, and it's woody's 99 calorie coolers if i have anything at all! my girlfriends just shake their heads. I say, i don't like wine. they say, what's not to like?
  • chevy88grl
    chevy88grl Posts: 3,937 Member
    It gives me wretched heartburn - even when I take my Prilosec. I get weird headaches from it - as I'm drinking - so it isn't a hangover headache. I've seen too many people ruin their life and relationships because of alcohol. It isn't worth it to me.

    I quit drinking altogether in April 2010 and I don't miss it one single bit. I was never a big drinker so not doing it? No loss. :)
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    *sigh* i love beer....

    *tipping back a miller 64*

    this is *kitten* beer.... but it's still beer...
  • freeloaves
    freeloaves Posts: 281
    I only socially drink and even then, it's once a month really. I get what i call "good drunk". Not wasted, never hungover.

    Will have maybe 1 beer with the boys at work on a Fri, but again, not often either.
  • MarynEve
    MarynEve Posts: 46 Member
    1. Underage
    2. I don't think it tastes that great.
    3. I like not feeling sick in the morning and remembering what everyone ELSE did.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    you would think that by age 40, there wouldn't be peer pressure. but all my girlfriends love a glass of wine or two, and are convinced that if they keep giving it to me, I will drink it. I had gingerale in my wine glass at my wedding, and only occasionally have a drink or two, and most recently, i make sure it is on a work out day, and it's woody's 99 calorie coolers if i have anything at all! my girlfriends just shake their heads. I say, i don't like wine. they say, what's not to like?

    That would irritate me to no end. What's it to them if you don't want wine? sheesh.
  • barbiex3
    barbiex3 Posts: 1,036 Member
    i just don't drink as much because I don't see the point of it. It's not like it tastes super amazing nor is the feeling of being drunk really amazing. I'd rather eat some brownies and smoke a cig. I mean I will still drink, but i honestly do not enjoy it.

    is that a drink in your hand in your pic??? :drinker:


    LMAO. WHY YES, YES IT IS.

    I never said I don't drink lol... I live in wisconsin! the state is a bad influence on me :P hahah
  • mlemonroe2
    mlemonroe2 Posts: 603
    i just don't drink as much because I don't see the point of it. It's not like it tastes super amazing nor is the feeling of being drunk really amazing. I'd rather eat some brownies and smoke a cig. I mean I will still drink, but i honestly do not enjoy it.

    is that a drink in your hand in your pic??? :drinker:


    LMAO. WHY YES, YES IT IS.

    I never said I don't drink lol... I live in wisconsin! the state is a bad influence on me :P hahah

    i have friends from wisconsin. i live near chicago. it's always a crazy time when we drink together!!!
  • ohamberx0
    ohamberx0 Posts: 98 Member
    I break out in handcuffs... LOVE.

    ohamberx0 - are you saying you don't drink anymore or still do?

    Once every month or two now

    However, football season.. I'll be drinking during Eagles games.
  • theba2il
    theba2il Posts: 548 Member
    I don't drink alcohol because I can't. I'm Korean and in some Asian genetics there is a deficiency that doesn't allow my body to properly process alcohol and it makes me very ill when I do. I don't know if there's an actual name for it but it can be known as Asian flush. Google it. So anyway, that's why I don't drink. It has nothing to do with weight loss or addiction or personal choice.

    Same here.
  • barbiex3
    barbiex3 Posts: 1,036 Member
    *sigh* i love beer....

    *tipping back a miller 64*

    this is *kitten* beer.... but it's still beer...

    lol 55 is DEF worse tho =/.. at 2% alcohol depresssing!
  • barbiex3
    barbiex3 Posts: 1,036 Member
    i just don't drink as much because I don't see the point of it. It's not like it tastes super amazing nor is the feeling of being drunk really amazing. I'd rather eat some brownies and smoke a cig. I mean I will still drink, but i honestly do not enjoy it.

    is that a drink in your hand in your pic??? :drinker:


    LMAO. WHY YES, YES IT IS.

    I never said I don't drink lol... I live in wisconsin! the state is a bad influence on me :P hahah

    i have friends from wisconsin. i live near chicago. it's always a crazy time when we drink together!!!


    haha yes.. it is a very special state [= !
  • koosdel
    koosdel Posts: 3,317 Member
    i also live in the middle of nowhere, so i love going out to the bar with friends... it gives up something to do! lol


    Yup.
  • HopefulLeigh
    HopefulLeigh Posts: 363 Member
    It makes me tired and ill. It tastes like perfume. Also, I breastfeed on demand, so I really can't.
  • audigal2008
    audigal2008 Posts: 1,129 Member
    ooooooops! walked in on the wrong thread..........*backs out quietly so nobody notices glass of wine in hand

    :laugh:

    :wink:
    LMAO me too!
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