Anyone here who lives their life free of alcohol?

I have about 2 drinks that I like and I might have one if I am at a place that serves them. That might be once or twice a year. I don't like the taste of most drinks I have had. I do love cooking with wine though, so we usually have it in the house for that reason.

I like the recent poster who said that she wants people to understand enjoying a drink or two and then stopping and being satisfied with it. It's good and you allow yourself to have it, just like I allow myself ice cream each week. My husband LOVES a good beer and will have one a few times a week because he likes it. It's not because he thinks it's cool, or he wants to get a buzz on, it's because after mowing the grass, it's what he enjoys. Or out at one of the good breweries in town, he treats himself to that.

I get tired of people way past the age where they are just doing it to show off, thinking they will drink like crazy because it's cool.

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.

Totally agree with you on this!!!

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.

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.

This difference often gets lost in these discussions. I think there are people who have had alcohol abuse in their past (themselves or a loved one) that consider alcohol a bad thing. Alcohol has been used in damaging many people's lives. But it isn't responsible for that damage. That's like me stabbing you with a fork and blaming forks for the damage.

I think alcohol is wonderful. It's used for celebration, ritual, health, taste, social connections, etc. Personally, I can't handle it. For whatever reason, I abuse it. After being hospitalized for that many years ago, I choose not consume alcohol. My wife does. Many of my friends do. Just because my own personal relationship with alcohol resulted in me getting naked and crashing cars doesn't mean everyone else uses alcohol the same way.

EXACTLY.

I don't drink at all. Grew up in a home ravaged by alcohol. My grandparents on my mothers side were both functional alcoholics, my parents on the other hand were very dysfunctional alcoholics. I made the choice early on that this was not something I wanted as part of my life.

I am a 27 yr. old Christian young lady and because of my faith, I have never had a drop of alcohol in my life and I strongly believe one should stay away from the stuff.

I'm not a huge drinker, I will more often than not be the designated driver if we're all going out (yes, this is probably why my friends keep me around LOL). But out of all of them, I have the most fun .

High Five!

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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.

Most people who drink are not raging alcoholics or act like drunk teenagers.......... Sure, some are. THAT is a problem. Having a drink here and there, is not.

“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
Ben Franklin

This is so passive aggressive it's making me gag.

I live my life free of Scientology but I do partake in the group Anonomyous on occasion. I do it because some of my friends don't like Tom Cruise and they pressure me to join their mask wearing rallies so once in a while I give in. Peer pressure is a *****!

Are you passive-aggressively criticizing the passive aggressiveness of this thread?

Kudos for the Anon/Scientology reference. I do hope your gagging stops.

Did Jesus drink wine?

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!! Took the thought out of my head!

I am a 27 yr. old Christian young lady and because of my faith, I have never had a drop of alcohol in my life and I strongly believe one should stay away from the stuff.

I regard myself as t-total, however, I do like to have a drink or two once in a while.

I would probably drink a little more often if I went out socialising or drinking with someone who knew when enough was enough.

Part of the reason I don't drink particularly, is because my natural mum was an alcoholic and I've also seen a number of close friends and relatives suffer as a result of a drinking problem.

When I met my ex, I quickly found that he had a problem too, as every other day he'd down a couple of bottles of wine and have the music full blast in the house - how the neighbours didn't complain is beyond me. I used to retreat to another room at the time, as it was so often that it would just drain the life out of me - moreso, because it changed his personality when he'd had a drink. More flamboyant, defensive and argumentative etc etc.

I'm pleased to say that these days he hardly drinks, in fact he certainly cannot drink as much as he used to without it going unnoticed. He only needs upto three pints before I know that he's had a few. Before he could down a good bottle and half and a number of pints AND still be coherent! Frightening.

But yeah, when I have a drink, I make the most of it and definately have a good time, simply because I don't drink that often. Occasionally I might get A drink if I feel that way out, but otherwise I don't.

Nope Very happy to have never drank. My dad is an alcoholic and it breaks my heart that he has that holding him back. Once he understands that he is the only one entangling himself in these webs and begins to stop blaming people for everything wrong in his life, I think that he'll be able to grow stronger and overcome the habit.

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I am a 27 yr. old Christian young lady and because of my faith, I have never had a drop of alcohol in my life and I strongly believe one should stay away from the stuff.

Jesus drank wine.

Just sayin'.

Oh, and btw, I am a church-going, Jesus-loving Christian.

Self-righteousness isn't very pretty.