Do you drink alcohol?

It's my only vice left, thank heavens! Wine, yes! essence of the god's, and I only drink reds. Red Bordeaux, Argentinian Malbecs, Spanish Tempranillo and Italian deliciousness. Some Californians aren't bad either, but I don't like Cabernets, I stay away from whites mostly, but I've found a nice white I can cook with that's got a flavor that enhances the food and doesn't over power it, and once in a while I'll have a glass.

And since I'm sensitive to wheat and sprouted grains, Potato vodka from Poland. I even entered it as a food here. It's only 75 calories for 1.5 ounces, I only drink at the end of my day when I'm done with everything that having a full time job, being a wife and mom, cook, housekeeper, and all the stuff that goes with it will allow.

So, yes, yes, yes, I drink it! Everything else is illegal.

Cheers! :drinker:

It's simple..I have no social life now. lol. Seriously though I just cannot drink the way I used to, it makes me drowsy and nauseous. I sitll do drink from time to time. Far less than 'socially' -- more like once every 4 months or so.

I drink, prob more than I ought to, but I don't drunk snack and I almost always dance, so I calculate that I pretty much always increase my deficit from drinking. Prob 3-4 drinks once or twice a week. If I go out more than that, I usually do it sober or just a drink. I like going out!

I do, on social occasions.
I try to drink less often than I used to though - I never really drank much to begin with but still prefer to cut down, it's not so much the empty calories but rather that my performance at the gym really suffers the next time I go and since I've got serious about lifting I don't really want anything that's going to hinder what I can do, progress is slow enough as it is!

I do like a brandy & coke but don't drink anything else. I have a single at weekend but don't drink through week.

As I've cut carbs I found I have loads of extra calories left and find it hard to get to over 1200 without adding chocolate or something to the day.

I used to drink 8 pints of cider with blackcurrent, EVERY DAY. That's 2000 cals in drink alone. This was when I was 17/18. Due to a huge number of reasons (my weight being one, the fact that I got so drunk once that I shaved off my waist length hair, etc, etc) I stopped drinking at the age of 18 (started when I was 11.). I still go out clubbing regularly (I'm 23 now) and to start with my "friends" would try and pressure me into drinking, including threatening to spike my drinks. Eventually, they tired of it, realising that this was a lifelong decision and now no bothers me about drinking (although sometimes, I'll order a beer for a friend and people are like "OH MY GOD DON'T DO IT!!!"). I'm always the first one up dancing, so I definitely don't need it for confidence reasons, and actually being out sober when everyone else is getting tanked makes you realise how completely inane it is. Drinking poison to the point where you stumble about and repeat yourself a million times is not cool. Anyone who feels "uncomfortable" that you are not drinking when they are is not a good friend. A good friend should be comfortable with you whatever you are doing. You wouldn't pretend to do a line of coke if everyone else was and they felt "uncomfortable" that you weren't would you?! Alcohol is just another (albiet legal) drug and I think it's a shame that those of us who choose not to poison ourselves get stigmatised for it, no matter what our reasons are for not doing it.

yes, unfortunately, a little more than what I would like. I will have about 4-5 drinks per week. Could be a couple of glasses of wine or vodka tonic. I am trying really hard to cut back but my group of friends all drink and so does my husband. How can I cut back and still enjoy my friends company all the time?

Yes, not nearly as much as I did when I was big, but I still enjoy embibing. I like top shelp and craft beers

Nope. I'm happy without it, why start?

I think that if you want to avoid the "spoil sport" issue and not make a deal out of it, order your drink at the bar and get a club soda or a diet coke and ask for them to put it in the same glass as they would serve a mixed drink. I've done this on a number of occasions when I just didn't feel like drinking or didn't want the calories.

I think when one person in the group isn't drinking it can make the other people feel uncomfortable or judged and that's why they pressure. Faking it alleviates the pressure.

that's a good idea, as it is hard to be the only one! thanks

i'm sorry but if your friends are giving you a hard time about not drinking then you really need new friends.

it is so so so easy to say 'make new friends'. the reality is life isn't like that, and i am not making excuses, but personally i find friendships are hard to find and even harder to maintain. no one is perfect.

making new friends is certainly hard. the older you get the harder it gets. i make it a point to surround myself with people who lift me up not bring me down. i would never be friends with people who made me feel guilty, pressured or bad about the healthy decisions i am making for myself. i would at the very least speak with them about the changes i am trying to make in my life. certainly your friends wouldn't pressure you if they knew the place you were coming from.

I actually like the taste of beer and wine and more. But I dont like how I feel after I drink, even after just 1 drink. So I dont drink. Havent in years. Never will drink and drive. :noway:

I drink but I have cut down a lot (from 6-7 days a week to 1-3). I just like alcohol.

I'm not a routine drinker. If I'm celebrating something or out with friends I may have a couple, but I don't keep it in my house.

If so, why? If not, why not?

Just wondering, as I am considering going tee-total for a number of reasons, mostly health/diet related. (I'm not an alcoholic) So do you drink? What are your motivating factors for drinking/not drinking?

No judgement either way

edith xx

Let's see, alcohol contains 7-calories per gram. Depending on what alcohol you drink. You can still manage to keep it within your daily calorie consumption for the day. Low calorie alcohol are obviously the Lights. And liquor like whiskeys, rum, tequila, vodka. Tend to have calories between 60-80 calories per shot(1.5oz) of a 40 proof bottle. If I do go drink it's usually just any vodka shot with diet soda. And you still manage to only consume under 80 calories per serving.

I do socially when I'm out with friends....haven't had anything in at least 3 months. I'm a pretty light drinker and can get tipsy from 1-2 drinks. But since I've been watching calories it will be a rare occasion from now on.