To those that don't drink alcohol...

I have never been drunk or even buzzed my whole entire life. All my sisters did my drinking for me. Never touched an illegal drug, but I have eaten my fair share of Twinkies in my lifetime.

Wisconsin is such a horrific binge drinking state... college ruined me *LOL*

(yes, i just blamed the state and college... I'm well aware)

wisconsin is the effing worst. I'm from MN.. Moved to WI for college. Worst drinkers in the country...

That's actually no joke... this state is DRUNK.

Im from wisconsin haha so true

Fun thread, thanks for posting it. I'd love "official" MFP stats, but I would have to believe that any of us willing to log the minute details of our food, would have certain qualities that makes us just as mindful of alcohol consumption. That being said, it's mental health for me. I'm personally riding the benefits of daily abstainance since I was 18 (over 29 years) with a support group & great family so I don't have to worry about the category in my log or the absolute daily insanity that came with my active addiction.

Frankly, MFP is it's own little daily affirmation for me; thanks for making me realize that. :-)

- Chance

I hate cake... and brownies... and love beer and wine. I'm doomed *LOL*

Hanna, that's totally interesting! Thanks for sharing, I'd never heard of that and love medical mysteries....

I think being broke is the best thing in the world for my diet - booze included hehe!

I love alcohol..... and cake...... But I have stopped drinking almost entirely while I've been losing weight - I expect to drink again when I am in maintenance. I do very occasionally budget myself a glass of wine or beer but for the most part because I am working out I can't afford those more or less empty calories and still stay within my budget. My body needs so much protein for muscle recovery (not based on any special formula, just my own observation) so that I can workout every day which I prefer, and I personally need to eat a certain amount of starchy carbs or else I feel hungry and unsatisfied. Its not a huge amount but between that stuff my daily calorie limit is basically blown.

In maintenance I'm going to get to eat 500-800 additional calores per day so a glass of wine (or two...or three) will be easy peasy.

Something to do occasionally. I don't drink during the week at all really but if I'm going to some sort of event on the weekend then I will normally have a few. I always make sure they are the low cal ones (which helps as I prefer spirits and diet mixers generally anyway)

BTW I lose a heap of weight a few years back (about 60lbs) while still being a pretty big weekend binge drinker

Also,
http://www.leangains.com/2010/07/truth-about-alcohol-fat-loss-and-muscle.html

and

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/sex_news_sports_funny/a_muscleheads_guide_to_alcohol_1

In saying that, if you don't want to drink then don't drink

I just make sure that I have high protein and low fat/carbs on drinking days and make sure I move around a bit to burn some cals

i totally agree with barbiex3...i would rather have a brownie.


i hate the taste,smell & the way it makes me feel and i hate the smell of it on those around me., i have nothing good to say abt it.

It's too expensive, I hate being hung over, it's hard on the body, and I'm naturally happy and "high" on life. No need for booze.

All of these things! I just don't have a need for it and am happy without it. I've never had a desire to drink much and because I've never started, I don't have anything to stop! It's just not a tempting/desireable thing for me

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.

My husband is from the Philippines and whenever he drink beer his face gets really red....it only takes one beer...we just say he is allergic:bigsmile:

I just rarely feel like drinking. Once every two or three months (sometimes more), I'll just go, "yeah, I'm gonna get drunk," and stay home and drink too much wine. And then my internal I-Want-Alcohol clock resets. *shrug*

I drank a lot in high school. There was this party that a girlfriend and I had that went bad. We invited a bunch of people to a hotel, had a lot of drinks. Some weed got tossed in the mix from what I remember. I passed out on the couch. Next thing I know, my 'boyfriend' woke me up telling me that she was sick in the bathroom. I walk in. She's having a seizure due to alcohol poisoning. Talk about doing a 180! I went from passed out drunk to stone cold sober in about half a second. Had to fight with the hotel management to get an ambulance to her. I rode with her, gave her info to the hospital. Terrible night.

After that, I stopped drinking for a couple years. In college, I would be the "Momma Bird" who made sure that people didn't get too drunk, didn't hurt themselves, didn't trash my house, etc. It came in handy a couple times. I really only got drunk on Halloween.

During my marriage and subsequent divorce, I drank a lot. I just drank to forget about where I was. I was miserable. Once I moved back in with my mom, I went to the bar once to celebrate my freedom.

The last time that I really drank seriously was like 3 years ago at my boyfriend's 20th birthday. Wild Turkey put me under. I ended up puking my guts out in his front yard. It was terribly embarrassing.

Since then, I don't really drink. I have to really be in the mood for it. Even then, I don't get drunk. I'll have a margarita every now and then when we go out for Mexican. At this point in my life, I don't really want to waste my calories on it. I've become a super lightweight, so if I do decide to drink, I'm a cheap drunk lol I just accept my role as the DD. It works for me. I'm 26 and my boyfriend is 21, so it works out for him too lol

I was the college binge drinker that never stopped and after 15+ yrs... I finally had enough. Nowadays I find it better not to drink at all, then have 1 + 1+ 1+ 1....till I can't drink no more. Sober since May 2010. I drink on the rare occasion (like my last vacation to Germany, HAD to enjoy a Pilsner, and 1 was enough).

I don't drink alcohol at all, as in I haven't had a sip of any alcohol in about 5 years, and have been drunk maybe ten times in my life. I have two reasons for not drinking. The first reason is that I have never liked the taste or been able to acquire the taste for any kind of alcohol, and the second is that I am a recovering heroin addict, so all mind altering substances are off limits for me. Even when I was doing dope everyday, I would not touch alcohol because I thought(and still do) that it is disgusting. I guess I'm lucky, though I've always kind of been envious of those that can drink socially and enjoy the taste and its effects.

ooooooops! walked in on the wrong thread..........*backs out quietly so nobody notices glass of wine in hand

:laugh:

HEHEHE!

I try not to drink any of my calories as I like eating way too much. It also gives me a headache...must dilate my brain blood vessels or something...also, drinking out is expensive... Did used to really enjoy a good cold beer, but the headache isn't worth it.