Anyone here who lives their life free of alcohol?

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  • brighteyesxluv
    brighteyesxluv Posts: 334 Member
    I do not drink :)
  • Tonya0605
    Tonya0605 Posts: 111 Member
    I don't drink or anything. I've never had an interest in it.

    ^^....ditto
  • galegetsthin
    galegetsthin Posts: 1,340 Member
    I love free alcohol. Does that count?
  • delilah47
    delilah47 Posts: 1,658
    I partied for the first 20 years of my adult life. I lived in Alaska where EVERYONE parties.. a lot. After I moved back to WA, I just couldn't stand the hangovers any longer and quit. For a while, I was sorta at a loss come the week-end. After I got over that (in about 2 months), I was SO SO glad I quit drinking. And me too; I can't stand being around people who have had too much to drink. I tried going to the bar and having "virgin" drinks, but it's just not the same. It's been about 25 years and am not sorry one bit. I NEVER miss it. Whenever I think of it, my thought is "God, I'm so glad I don't drink any more." Don't let anyone pressure you; stick to your guns!
  • HollyRutledge
    HollyRutledge Posts: 250 Member
    NOT......at..........all....I ToTALLY agree with you:flowerforyou:
  • BAMFMeredith
    BAMFMeredith Posts: 2,810 Member
    I drank back in my younger days but after watching my dad die from cirrhosis of the liver I no longer had the desire to drink. I have health issues now that I can't drink with the meds I take but I don't miss drinking at all. I see people in bars plastered from drinking and acting so stupid and not remembering the next day what they've done. That lifestyle just isn't for me. :smile:

    Drinking doesn't automatically equal being plastered, acting stupid, and not remembering anything the next day. Drinking in EXCESS does. Quite a difference in abusing alcohol and enjoying it responsibly.
  • BAMFMeredith
    BAMFMeredith Posts: 2,810 Member
    I love free alcohol. Does that count?

    It's the best kind!!
  • chaosadnd
    chaosadnd Posts: 7
    I personally don't mind people drinking. I just don't do it. I have nothing against it, I just have too much responsibility andn ever get a "night to go out". I'm a single parent, and a responsible person who won't drink and drive so I just tend to stay away from it.
  • crazysquaw51
    crazysquaw51 Posts: 67
    Truly surprised to see this, we also don't drink, well maybe once or twice a year my hubby will have a margarita and I occasionly have a glass of wine, but that;s it......can't stand being around drunks and most people drink till they are, we stay to ourselves because we can find no people in this area to be friends with at our age that don't drink, all the activies include booze, just wish there was a place to go that is alcohol free to meet other couples are age, would love to have a friend to go shopping with etc. but everyone drinks and parties with booze so we just enjoy each other.
  • JustJennie1
    JustJennie1 Posts: 3,749 Member
    I fulfilled my lifetime quota by the time I hit 37. Other than the taste I don't really miss it, but it really does astound me that some folks just can't grasp the concept that life can be full of joy and fun without it.

    While I appreciate where you're coming from with that, not everybody drinks just to get drunk. I LOVE beer. I work for a beer distributor. I enjoy tasting new and interesting beers, and I also enjoy the taste of various wines and champagnes. I have a glass of wine with dinner a few nights a week, and a few beers on the weekends with my friends. Good, quality beer. Some people prefer cheesecake. Or pizza. Or ice cream. My "diet cheat", if you will, is beer or wine.

    If your favorite food was cheesecake, wouldn't you be really sad if you never ate cheesecake again? For me, I would be pretty sad without beer and/or wine because I genuinely enjoy the flavor. I make up for the calories via exercise and clean eating, just as one would with cheesecake or pizza. Enjoying alcoholic beverages doesn't automatically mean drinking to get drunk for everyone. When people say they don't see the point, well, what's the point of eating pizza? What's the point of eating french fries? Because you ENJOY them. Same with many people and alcoholic beverages.

    Indeed.

    I love wine and I enjoy a glass or two on the weekends. I like to have a nice dinner with a bottle with my husband. In the summer time I like to relax out on the patio at night with a cold bottle of white wine. I like martini's and mixed drinks as well. I don't drink to get drunk I drink because I like the way it tastes.

    I am not going out and getting tanked every night and I don't "need" alcohol to have fun. It's just a nice way to relax and unwind.
  • gwenmf
    gwenmf Posts: 888 Member
    I do drink but only a couple times a year. I don't for many reasons the biggest 2 being the # of calories in any given drink and the cost. A daiquiri is like $8 I can eat for that !

    Agreed~!
  • SCVSarah
    SCVSarah Posts: 231 Member
    Thanks for this post. I don't drink at all. The last time I drank was probably 3 years ago. I've never been a big drinker and really just don't like it. I don't mind when other people drink around me though. Anyway, thanks for the post. It's nice to know there are others like me out there. I'm used to getting the 3rd degree every time I turn down a drink....
  • Sugoiharris
    Sugoiharris Posts: 59 Member
    I drank some when I was a teenager but I don't anymore, we studied the chemical makeup of alcohol in chem in college and it set me off it for life, essentially alcohol is poison and being drunk is a symptom of being poisoned, don't get me wrong if you want to drink that's up to you but that's part of my reasoning for not drinking. There are more reasons but it seems to me that if I want to be healthy and I'm going to work hard to be that way I don't want to intentionally poison myself.
  • 12by311
    12by311 Posts: 1,716 Member
    I fulfilled my lifetime quota by the time I hit 37. Other than the taste I don't really miss it, but it really does astound me that some folks just can't grasp the concept that life can be full of joy and fun without it.

    While I appreciate where you're coming from with that, not everybody drinks just to get drunk. I LOVE beer. I work for a beer distributor. I enjoy tasting new and interesting beers, and I also enjoy the taste of various wines and champagnes. I have a glass of wine with dinner a few nights a week, and a few beers on the weekends with my friends. Good, quality beer. Some people prefer cheesecake. Or pizza. Or ice cream. My "diet cheat", if you will, is beer or wine.

    If your favorite food was cheesecake, wouldn't you be really sad if you never ate cheesecake again? For me, I would be pretty sad without beer and/or wine because I genuinely enjoy the flavor. I make up for the calories via exercise and clean eating, just as one would with cheesecake or pizza. Enjoying alcoholic beverages doesn't automatically mean drinking to get drunk for everyone. When people say they don't see the point, well, what's the point of eating pizza? What's the point of eating french fries? Because you ENJOY them. Same with many people and alcoholic beverages.

    While reading most replies, this is what I would want to say.

    In college, I would drink to get drunk.

    Now, I love trying local brews or enjoying a beer while floating the river or sitting beside the lake. Or having a glass or wine for my dessert after dinner.

    Since college, I've been buzzed a couple of time if that.
  • allisona28
    allisona28 Posts: 186 Member
    I fulfilled my lifetime quota by the time I hit 37. Other than the taste I don't really miss it, but it really does astound me that some folks just can't grasp the concept that life can be full of joy and fun without it.

    While I appreciate where you're coming from with that, not everybody drinks just to get drunk. I LOVE beer. I work for a beer distributor. I enjoy tasting new and interesting beers, and I also enjoy the taste of various wines and champagnes. I have a glass of wine with dinner a few nights a week, and a few beers on the weekends with my friends. Good, quality beer. Some people prefer cheesecake. Or pizza. Or ice cream. My "diet cheat", if you will, is beer or wine.

    If your favorite food was cheesecake, wouldn't you be really sad if you never ate cheesecake again? For me, I would be pretty sad without beer and/or wine because I genuinely enjoy the flavor. I make up for the calories via exercise and clean eating, just as one would with cheesecake or pizza. Enjoying alcoholic beverages doesn't automatically mean drinking to get drunk for everyone. When people say they don't see the point, well, what's the point of eating pizza? What's the point of eating french fries? Because you ENJOY them. Same with many people and alcoholic beverages.

    Cheers to you!!!!! :drinker:
  • 12by311
    12by311 Posts: 1,716 Member
    I drank some when I was a teenager but I don't anymore, we studied the chemical makeup of alcohol in chem in college and it set me off it for life, essentially alcohol is poison and being drunk is a symptom of being poisoned, don't get me wrong if you want to drink that's up to you but that's part of my reasoning for not drinking. There are more reasons but it seems to me that if I want to be healthy and I'm going to work hard to be that way I don't want to intentionally poison myself.

    Red wine is my heart medicine :wink:
  • galegetsthin
    galegetsthin Posts: 1,340 Member
    I personally don't mind people drinking. I just don't do it. I have nothing against it, I just have too much responsibility andn ever get a "night to go out". I'm a single parent, and a responsible person who won't drink and drive so I just tend to stay away from it.

    I am a single mother with a full time job, full course load at school, gym time and don't drink and drive either....... I still manage to be able to have a drink or two here and there. Responsibility does not deminish because one occassionally imbibes.
  • BAMFMeredith
    BAMFMeredith Posts: 2,810 Member
    Truly surprised to see this, we also don't drink, well maybe once or twice a year my hubby will have a margarita and I occasionly have a glass of wine, but that;s it......can't stand being around drunks and most people drink till they are, we stay to ourselves because we can find no people in this area to be friends with at our age that don't drink, all the activies include booze, just wish there was a place to go that is alcohol free to meet other couples are age, would love to have a friend to go shopping with etc. but everyone drinks and parties with booze so we just enjoy each other.

    Most people drink til they're drunk? Really? The majority of my friends (along with my bf and I) drink, and rarely is it ever to the point of drunkenness. I mean honestly, I can count on one hand the # of times in recent memory we've been in a "drink to the point of being intoxicated" situation.
  • 12by311
    12by311 Posts: 1,716 Member
    In the summer time I like to relax out on the patio at night with a cold bottle of white wine.

    ahhhh, I'm relaxed just thinking about that!
  • akoivisto
    akoivisto Posts: 141 Member
    Something to consider.

    Alcohol. If it were to be erased from time, I'm guessing 98% of us would cease to exist on the spot. Why you ask? Only because at some point, in the long lineage we all have, we had a relative that drank copious amounts of booze to procreate.

    Whether it be the courage to ask the lass/lad to dance? To muster up the courage to fight for the hand another... or were so desperate to get some drank booze and set sail the morals of the time period. Why do you think it is called Liquid Courage?

    *snickers*

    Booze = Life.
  • megmay2591
    megmay2591 Posts: 621 Member
    I'm surprised at how many people don't drink at all, rarely, or every once in a while. I thought I didn't drink very much, but I guess I do more than a lot of other people. My boyfriend will have a couple beers after work some days and also drink with friends. I used to drink every month or two when I was 18, then I went months and months without drinking anything. Since I've turned 21 I drink a little more often, but even on the days I do I only get drunk about once every month.
  • BAMFMeredith
    BAMFMeredith Posts: 2,810 Member
    I personally don't mind people drinking. I just don't do it. I have nothing against it, I just have too much responsibility andn ever get a "night to go out". I'm a single parent, and a responsible person who won't drink and drive so I just tend to stay away from it.

    I am a single mother with a full time job, full course load at school, gym time and don't drink and drive either....... I still manage to be able to have a drink or two here and there. Responsibility does not deminish because one occassionally imbibes.

    Amen sister. Drinking alcohol doesn't automatically mean going out and being some crazy party animal. I mean...it did when I was like 20, but those were much different times lol
  • lizw123
    lizw123 Posts: 20 Member
    I used to have a very occasional drink but I don't bother now. I don't really like alcohol much, except for drinks like Baileys. Even that makes my head swim and feel muzzy. It's also so bad calorie wise that I think I'm better off without it. I also feel that if I'm going to drive, I should have NO alcohol whatsoever. The only way alcohol passes these lips now is if it's been used in cooking!
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    I won't say that I live completely alcohol free. I will drink 2 or 3 times a year. I've just never been a big fan of the sick feeling that comes with it. I could only imagine how sick people with alcoholism must feel every day.
  • megmay2591
    megmay2591 Posts: 621 Member
    Something to consider.

    Alcohol. If it were to be erased from time, I'm guessing 98% of us would cease to exist on the spot. Why you ask? Only because at some point, in the long lineage we all have, we had a relative that drank copious amounts of booze to procreate.

    Whether it be the courage to ask the lass/lad to dance? To muster up the courage to fight for the hand another... or were so desperate to get some drank booze and set sail the morals of the time period. Why do you think it is called Liquid Courage?

    *snickers*

    Booze = Life.

    Lol, so true. Plus, beer may have been around before bread, so technically bread is solid unfermented beer. :drinker:
  • lizw123
    lizw123 Posts: 20 Member
    PS: I've never been drunk.
  • _Tara_R
    _Tara_R Posts: 688 Member
    I don't drink either!
  • twiztc
    twiztc Posts: 135
    I used to drink my fair share when I was young but I grew out of it by the time I was twenty and maybe have a glass of wine Christmas. then 5 years ago I married into a family that drank, and quite a lot. to be sociable I tried it again but it wasnt long before I found its really not worth trying to keep up with the Joneses. not for me. quite happy to keep to my tea and hubby always has a designated driver :)
  • FatStoatLondon
    FatStoatLondon Posts: 197 Member
    As a regular drinker (see earlier post about real ale), it strikes me as odd that a few commenters don't seem to recognise that most people just have a couple of drinks and enjoy them, and then stop, just like most people eat a slice or two of pizza or a single serving of ice cream and then stop. Obviously, there are quite a few people on here who can’t stop at just a single serving of pizza (me included) or else they wouldn’t be here, but it does strike me as an unbalanced attitude to take a moral high ground over what is for the majority of people just a pleasant occasional indulgence.
  • macsgirl526
    macsgirl526 Posts: 80
    I really don't drink either. I may have a drink or two a month if that. Sometimes maybe 1 drink a week. It usually has to be frozen and fruity.:wink: I honestly I have never been drunk and I am ok with that. I also disagree that you are cooler and have a better life than me or anyone else who doesn't drink.:ohwell: Plus, I would rather have chocolate for calories sometimes instead of drinking them.LOL. its just a personal choice for me. Good if you do and good if you don't. :happy:

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