How many of you don't drink?

Hi Cathy,

I've never liked drinking liquor. Just don't like the feeling or the taste
of it. I'll have a glass of wine, or two, with dinner once in a while.

I think the last time I had a glass of wine was about 5 or 6 years, ago.

I don't eat dinner often.


Ken

I am 30 years old and I don't drink. I can't stand the taste of alchohol. My husband thinks I should drink wine once a year on special occasions, but I don't even do that. I got drunk one time when I was a teen and that since then I've avoided alcohol. Yuck!

I like drinking a new cold brew, but I don't actually drink, mainly because I don't ever get around to it.

I rarely drink wine with dinner or lunch - maybe a few times a year at the most. I do get loaded when I do that and I do have fun, but then suffer the consequences. I love Irish Cream maybe on a holiday...

I never have been much of a drinker. (it makes me sick)

For some reason been involved with a few alcoholics and it wasn't any fun - easy to get over them (like Thank God I am free).

My addiction is cigarettes...

i was a pretty bad alcoholic for about 10-11 years... i quit drinking around 1.5 years ago. i would like to believe that one day i can drink socially again, but inside i know that is not true.

my life is much less complicated now, for example not having to worry about driving to work drunk every morning (from the night before).

on the other hand, It is also much more boring. sleeping is also much more difficult.

when all is said and done, i am happy to be sober now.

Like many I drank a lot when I was young.

Now, if I drink anything it's usually a beer. And usually one on New Years Eve, and one during the summer at a barbecue.

Just don't like the effects any more. :p

TT here over 20 yrs

I dont drink any longer either.. i used to have my nightly corona binges a few years ago, but haven't touched a drop in around 2 or 3 years now. Don't miss it either.

I don't either, my body reacts poorly to alcoholic drinks of any kind.

Well, I am supposed to drink about 23 glasses a day. HEY, I'm TRYING! 8-/

Steve

I don't drink either ( well not alcoholic drinkys anyway )

I drink vocationally with my colleagues and recently i left smoking because it causing some problem to me.

I don't drink alcohol and I don't even buy it for someone that wants to drink. My bad huh?

Drink wine at home, beer in pubs and vod-lems in clubs, aside from that - i don't drink

I still drink...nothing wrong with it in moderation. I quite often walk to my local pub (10 secs away) sit in the garden and one pint.....It's great.
On the odd occossion I go out with friends etc...I really curb it down these days. Children at home and the hangovers are so bad now even after 4 beers so I keep it way down.

But all the TT...nah...... In moderation beer is fine.

Nothing wrong with that as lomng as you do not start preaching about the "evils of Alcohol etc..."

Hmm I drink every now and then.. must be nice to stay clean! Very admirable..

I hardly ever drink anymore. I never fell for the whole getting drunk thing.

I personally see it as a complete waste of time and money. And you waste more time on drinking than just the time you're actually drinking.

You'll feel like a trainwreck AFTER it wears off as well as the day after. I don't like to feel slow or aggravated so I just lay off it.

I don't see how people can drink 6 packs+ everyday (I have friends that can handle this) and still function normally lol.

- Dean

I drink in moderation.

uhmm Well what can i say i drink when i feel for it.
And when i do i do it heavy but in the end we only live once and i got ALOT of baggage
and it seems i handle a part of it each time.
As long i dont "have" to drink i am good like today i tought i go to sleep in middle of remaking a linux distro i decided to day is a good day to drink i took out the hidden beers (lol hidden hide from myself do i)
and started pooring why not if there is one single reason not to i would stay away.
But so far i havent seen a normal alcohol drinker die sooner then a non drinker.
Sure if you are alcoholic you,ll end up whit brain damage and liver failure.
same as any drug or any med its all the same there is USE and ABUSE
besides some beer keeps the hearth healthy and i can verify that whit a born heart problem. the months i get some beer i am fine the others i get theese ZOMG &(/%¤&#/(%&#/(% i,m gonna die feelings of pain (rythm disorder suppousedly)
Beer/wine/whiskey/what not is good in SMALL amounts (not that i obide to the small myself)

I'm not even old enough to legally drink. :p

I'm way past the "Let's party and get drunk!" stage of life, despite not having entered it yet. All I'm looking forward to is being able to get into places where I'm legally allowed to go like concerts, dances, club meetings, and Halloween parties so I can socialize without drinking myself. Though I do expect I'll have a Bailey's now and again.

Zabrina you better slow down. All that good living's gonna
take its toll.


Ken

i don't drink, but coffee once a day or once 2-3 days.

I don't drink, except for Xmas when am overtly pressured by one person or the other to join in the celebration

i drink occasionally and most of this are party invitations or a celebration is held. I love frozen beer also.

I don't drink either, don't mind it .

I don't think drinking is a natural state to be in, maybe a few hundred years ago, when the water was unclean, and drink was the only option, nowadays I don't see the need

I don't want to drink, never!!!!!!!

i dont touch alcohol anymore either- used to drink rootbeer floats, Kaluah , vodka, milk , coke, gallenino-- omg they tasted just like a rootbeer float, 4 was limit, then i would forget how i broke a nail and such, it got to not be nearly as fun in the mornings, - i havent drank in approx6 years- and to the list i also add DAIRY products, i have decided that they no longer are good for my body-- ive also changed what i eat for breakfast, FRUIT for breakfast has saved my life from the crippling effects of LUPUS-- i am looking for someone to helpe me create an ebook about my story, if your interested let me kno THANKS-- i am very new to this site so plz bear with me

I drink very rarely, find I get really sick when I drink, so, just don't lol I get a bit saucy 2 lol

Another non-drinker here.

In about 2 weeks it will be 20 years since I drank any alcohol.

Let's just say "drinking in moderation" always seemed like an oxymoron to me.

All the best,
Michael

I'm drinking right now, nothing like working with a bottle of ice cold Corona at 21:08 and working!

I used to drink until I married a preachers daughter. Kinda tough to do after that. Plus I remember a few mornings waking up not remembering driving home the night before. That scared me enough to stop.

I don't.

Wow, writing that took a lonngggg time.

Hmm.... is it one finger typing that's slowing me down? Must put my wine glass down and try again :-)

I can go weeks without touching a drop. Then I'll have a night and I can easily get through one or two bottles of wine, a fair few double JD Sailor Jerry and coke, a few pints, Jager shots .... basically a big binge starting in the afternoon. I know that's not good for me, I am aware that too, but it's a hell of a lot of fun too. Besides having a high tolerance, so it takes a lot to get me drunk, lets be honest is the main reason most people enjoy.

I don't drink coz am an indian and that too a girl.

I don't drink and I'm proud!

I did go through the whole lets party and drink when I was younger but since entering the 30's I put the bottle down and now I primarily drink a good cold glass of water. It took me a while to give up the iced tea, pop etc but now I find water is my drink of choice.

I am not much of a drinker , i am a bit of a smoker.

I drink very socially, and when I do it's controlled and I
have NEVER been drunk. A little buzzed, but that's all.

Even than...I HATE to drink because of one reason:

NO CONTROL!

I don't like having control over situations I CAN control,
and drinking puts you in situations and a state of mind
you can't control even if you wanted to.

There's power in having control over your thoughts and
mind without artificially altering your state of concious.

I have friends who can only pick up women with alchohol,
but the TRUE test and experience is doing things like that
without it.

Parties and clubs are the same way.

Anyways, those are my feelings about alchohol.

I have not had any alcohol in over 8 years now. Not that I was an alcoholic, just a few experiences and age made me wisen up a bit I guess.

I will never try it in my lifetime.

I don't drink simply because I don't like to drink. I also know that its not good for health. I want to live a life with a healthy body. I also believe in natural things. Not something artificial. I just need oxygen, food, water, shelter, my parents, my girlfriend and I am happy

hi
I am not regular drinker. but drink on special occasion

I don't link drinking..............

I do not drink alcohol. Haven't for about 13-14 years, was never any good at it for the few years that I did drink.

I had my last drink the night before I had a heart attack. That was eleven years ago and I don't miss it at all. It took a few years but now I can still be the life of the party if I want and even remember it!

The only downside to giving up the booze is that drunks are really annoying now. I'm sure I once looked just as ridiculous as they look to me now.

I don't drink alcohol ...
And I don't smoke ...
Not consume alcohol because I do not like the taste ...
I have no barrier ...
For a good time I do not have to be drunk ...

I wont drink alcohol. Drinking too much of alcohol is injurious to health. So those who drinking also should limit themselves

I dont drink!!! Alcohol is FATAL(not just dangerous) to your health.

I drink only on my friend's birthday's parties and actually can not to drink for a very long time (it doesn't mean that I got only few friends )

Compared to a lot of my friends, I began drinking at quite a late age. Didn't really drink at all (and certainly not in pubs/bars/clubs) until I was around 19.

It was all downhill from there.

Until about 1 month ago, every week I went out (often alone, being quite introverted and easily irritated by so-called "friends") to pubs, bars and clubs, and got drunk beyond belief. 3-day hangovers aren't good.

Trying to tone that down a little bit, anyway.

But yeah... I do like to drink... and often have a lot of fun when I'm smashed... but I don't like the hangovers, or the waking up next day with dried blood all over my arm and wondering what the hell happened, etc

EDIT: I smoke too. Often got through 30 cigarettes on a night out, and that's excluding cigars. Not good. When not out I will usually only smoke a pack of 10 or so over the entire week.... or sometimes I don't smoke at all.

i don't like to drink.
because it is a bad habit according to me.
when people over drink he loss many things in his life..

Another non-drinker here.

Big no to the drinking. Just can't stomach it anymore. Been a few years since I've had 2 drinks back to back. Ask me about smoking though. I smoke like a freight train.

My husband opposes alcohol for religious reasons, so we don't have it in the house. Occasionally, when on vacation, I might have a drink or two, but for the most part I abstain.

I does not like drinking alchohlic drinks...........

I use to drink a lot.. trust me.. a lot of vodka !! but right now im not drinking and its great.

i drink sometimes. but i think it's great if you dont...

let me ask you this...

how many of you use neither any prescription or OTC drugs and no recreational drugs? buahah

never drink alcohol, never drink coffee, never smoke, never do bad things! This is LIFE!

Interesting subject. I don't drink either and I am amazed and rather enjoy reading that so many others do not either. Especially these wonderful young people who have learned it does alter ones awareness and affects their ability to lead a more successful life (if it is excessive of course). It can become a illness like so many other outside influences that we indulge in. It actually scares me to think about those who cannot be without it.

I don't drink. I don't smoke. It clouds the mind. Very unhealthy for mind and body!

I don't drink at all. The taste is nasty. My husband quit drinking because he has a fatty liver from drinking too much. Sometimes he would drink 10 beers per day off and on without ever getting drunk.

I drink, but very seldomly, around 1 every year or two years, I can't stand the taste, and the only reason to drink it.... to get drunk

i drink once in a blue moon. had a stomach ulcer about a year ago and haven't really been able to drink that much sense. it's also one of the most toxic things you could put in your body so not really a good idea.

I don't drink except i have custom

WOW i really didn't know that so many people didn't drink and i'm quite astonished.

I think you should all be very proud of yourself as sometimes i wish i didn't drink but it comes down to the social thing. I'm a very social person and i always come out of my shell when i've had a few scoops.

Good going guys.

I haven't had a drink in nearly a decade. But there was a time when I would drink to get drunk. After waking up drunk in my car one morning, I decided that it was stupidly selfish to be putting others at risk. I haven't had a drink since.

I had a pint of Lowenbrau beer at a German Bierfest. This was the first alcohol I touched in a few years.

I started feeling sick after 3 hours and prompted vomited when I got back home 2 hours later. This had never happened to me before, I suspect it could was the food rather than the drink. I had a few german sausages and a cold salad.

Anyway, I don't think I will be drinking again for a long time.

I also don't drink (Alcohol). I have never thought of it and do not want to try it.

I used to drink quite often. Every weekend I have drunk it. Now I've calmed down a bit and is only drunk three or four times a year.

I congratulate all those who do not drink. The drunk man makes a lot of nonsense.

I am well, that changes every so often, it is good if you moderately drunk man.

I don't think it's anyone's business, really.
Besides, the threads title "How many of you don't drink?" will mostly attract non-drinkers, so what's the point here? Will you really discover how many warriors don't drink? Maybe you can start a sub-forum for drinkers and non-drinkers. That would be cool, wouldn't it. I drink to that!

I am sure all SEO's are into alcohol That's a Google side effect

Well lolz its not.. I am doing SEO for last 8 months and have not done drinking yet.. but i do smoke!

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I don't drink alcohol at all.

I only drink casually.. never more than two in a day!

I have never drink.

Non-drinker here too.

I don't drink, i prefer fruit juices and cocktails and you know what thats best for health

It's against my religion to drink which is fine by me. Filthy habbit. I do smoke though which isn't the best for you but it's nowhere near as destructive as alcohol. Consider this: everytime you drink, you hurt your family and let EVERYBODY down.

Jake

I don't drink either. I've only had one swallow of champaigne and one tablespoon of whiskey that my father gave me at 15 when I was choking from pneumonia. One of his customers had given it to him as a Christmas present. It worked.

That's all I have ever had in my life and I'm 54 now.

I say that I'm off it, but it only takes one beer to get me going again...

I drank to excess when I was younger.Got drafted and well... I haven't drunk alcohol for over 10 years now.

Lambert

I've never drunk any alcohol. Or smoked tobacco. I thank my parents for that.

The odour has always move me off, so had not touch it nor got a taste. Am i missing anything sensible? Tell me your view. Thanks

The odour has always move me off, so had not touch it nor got a taste. Am i missing anything sensible? Tell me your view. Thanks

Tasted a small glass of whiskey when I was at elementary school and I hated it. Loved to drink a softdrink with a tiny percentage of alcohol in it back in those days as well. But stop drinking all of those alcohol stuff when I grew up. Simply because I just realised that it's not allowed in my belief/religion And never touched anything with alcohol since.

Btw, in movies it seems people feeling great to drink wine. Never know what it tastes

being from louisiana, it's a lifestyle

The odour has always move me off, so had not touch it nor got a taste. Am i missing anything sensible? Tell me your view. Thanks.

Jake

Gave up alcohol ages ago. It wasn't hard. Now I'm trying to give up Coke. This is MUCH harder...
(That's coke: the black liquid, not coke: the white powder - btw

I think people that go to drink are asking for hell he he.

Jake

i dont drink at all

I never had a drop in my life.

With the exception of one sip of champagne at my wedding 10 years ago, I haven't had a real drink in over 20 years. I quit drinking while I was in the Navy because I got tired of being just like all the other sailors. Unfortunately, this made me the permanent designated driver.

Now, I HATE the smell, taste, and effects of alcohol. Especially beer. And wine. And...

Well, you get the idea.

I don't. +1 then. Start to count

No drinking here either. 31 and never touched the stuff.

I used to drink heavily. I work in the restaurant industry, and there was always someone going out, so it was easy to get dragged to the bar. Nowadays I don't really drink that much anymore. Just one day when I was hung over, I actually followed through with the statement "Ill never drink again". I don't know about not drink, but I don't like to get drunk when I drink anymore.

Thinking hard of leaving Alcohol.
But let me finish my Bottle first.

I used to but not anymore.

i like beer

I don't drink, not even socially. I have some control issues. :/

You know, I hadn't really made this connection before, but I'm at 14 months clean and sober. I've been doing IM for a little less time than that. I'm kicking total ass now, when before I was at the bottom of the ocean in terms of ambition.

Coincidence? I think not.

I have never had a drink and I never will. For all of you people out there who drink, please don't drink and drive. Six months ago I was on my way home from work. I had worked overtime that Friday night. A drunk driver was driving down the wrong way on the interstate and guess who he hit head on? Me. I died at the scene and luckily for me the paramedic didn't give up on me. I owe him my life. After months in the hospital I am still rehabilitating and doubt if I will ever be the same again.

Now since I can't work I am in danger of losing my home which I had just bought a year earlier. That is why I was doing the overtime. The guy who hit me walked away without a scratch and I am just sitting around writhing in pain. I can't drive anymore because I sometimes pass out without notice, because I am in so much pain. Also I would be putting myself as well as other in danger. I am not that selfish so I just don't drive.

I never understood the logic behind drinking. Are you really that worried or frustrated with life to the point that you need to become something other than yourself? Don't you think about how your drinking might effect your wife, kids, family members and friends? For those of you who drive while you are drinking, if you must drink, can't you take a taxi home? Why destroy an innocent life? I am only 20 years old and I had a good paying job, a nice car and I had purchased my home when I was 19 years old. Now I am going to lose it all because of someone who drinks. Why does drinking alcohol effect everyone except the person drinking it? I guess that is just life.

Thank you for posting this forum. At least I got a chance to vent a little. Take care everyone and think before you drink.

I don't like the feeling I get from drinking neither. A glass of wine every few days with supper to keep arteries clean is all I can handle. So you can imagine, not just any brand will do. I like the fruity tasting kinds basically.

Believe me or not I sometimes drink when i feel to, but only one in 6 months.

Generally I do not drink. I drink only at certain occasions becaue of too much force of friends to drink..

I don't drink, and I'm 24 years old, which makes me weird, but hey, that's my brand

I don't mind taking the occasional beer, but it happens very rarely.

I love the taste of wine...but I work to keep how much I drink in moderation! I do know that when I don't drink I have much more mental clarity.

I rarely drink

Drink but not too drunk~!

I'll drink a glass of wine on occassion, but don't really care much for the taste of alcohol. Unless its amaretto

I didn't drink until I was almost 19, and after that only occasionally until I was 34 (then, mostly just beer, and little else), and after that I've been a total abstainer ever since (the past 25 years).

So nearly 3/4ths of my life as an abstainer, and since 1985 that has included even sources of alcohol in food as well (such as found in Cherries Jubilee and food flavorings, such as vanilla, opting to make my own non-alcohol variety from the beans instead).

Haven't missed alcohol a bit either.

When I quit is was completely cold turkey, and I've never looked back.

i dont drink at all because it is harmful for us...em of 24 years but never drinked in life

Wow, looks like there are only very few belgians (or germans) in here!
I basically "drink" everyday.

I don't drink at ALLL....as in never...as in not even a special occasion I like to keep my body healthy and clean from poison. Everyone does look at me as though there is something is wrong with me...they say, "what, everyone drinks.."

Whether we drink or don't drink, what's most important is moderation. There's nothing wrong with having a beer every day, so long as you don't feel you NEED to have a beer everyday.

I never tasted alcohol in my life and never will.

I no longer drink at all, currently.

Health problems.

I don't drink. Drinking is bad for joo.

I dont drink drive im a good boy

I don't drink. I don't like the taste of liquor.

I don't really drink anymore, unless it's a special occasion like NYE or something.

Since I quit drinking on a regular social basis, I've felt a lot better and made tons more money in business. Those benefits alone make it completely worth it these days.

I've been known to have a few in social settings...but its a lot less than it used to be

I can take it or leave it. However, most of the time I prefer to "take it".

I like to keep my body healthy and clean from poison.I think don't drink at all.:confused:

I drink very rarely, for last year drank only 2 times,

I drink socially, just this weekend we had a small gathering in my home and I drank more than usual and had a hangover for 2 freaking days. I'm considering not drinking ever again lol but then again I have said that in the past :-).

I haven't drunk, since last year. Last year Christmas I got drink with my friend. I don't like the test and I have decided that no more from now. That's true.

Of course I drink water . Seriously, I stop drinking 10 years ago. Drinking alcohol can really destroy your body.

Me and all of my friends don't like drinking but just soft drinks

I drink on occasion, but not regularly. It is not for everyone I know that.

I don't like drinking

I don't drink either. Haven't had one sip of an alcoholic beverage in my entire life.

I do drink but as medicine. It good but in limited quantities. "Everything in excess is poison".
So i never go beyond the limits.

I'm a 22 years old Guy and doesn't drink

Hi dear,
Please be happy! me too do not drink ever in my life. You need not to surprised there are so many others.

i'm a non-drinker... it's hard to find other young people like me... where are they all hiding in sydney ???

yea i dont drink to much of the stuff

I drink and probably about every day. Guess it is the Irish, English, and German in me. However, I wait until I am nearly done or completely done with all of my work and I don't drink what I refer to as "Rice Water", which is crappy American beer called budweiser and such. I drink because I love to try new beers and I am equal to a wine snob when it comes to beer. Occasionally I will go too far and end up drunk, but only if I have a safe driver or am in the comfort of my own home. I also never go overboard unless I am around good friends that I know will make sure I don't do anything I shouldn't.

I admire those that don't drink, but will never join you simply because I have a love and a passion for beer. Craft beer, imported beer, home brewed beer, anything different and dark really. I love the atmosphere that brew pubs provide and I love the social aspect of it as well. Plus sometimes after a hard day on the golf course a cold brew at the 19th hole just feels like a religious experience to me.

Benjamin Ehinger

I don't drink. I hate the taste of alcohol. Barf............

Been 21 years for me... not drinking that is! My life is much simpler now. Not a bad decision as it turns out.... hot or iced tea is my new thing.

I am 30 now but never drink

I don't drink because I just don't like it. I'm too much of a health nut and I won't even drink soda

i drink, anything that is readily available.

I am totally straight. No alco, no tobacco, no pills

I do not drink - All of my liquid intake is achieved through osmosis...

I drink in parties or outsite dinners, but not at home, and never as much as to feel drunk.

i dont drink.. drinking excessively can cause some illnesses..

I never drink,it just a waste of money and most importantly,it's not good for your health!

i never drink ...ever

I don't drink. . Even smelling it. Ugh!. That's why I'm always thinking, Why does my hubby loves to drink too much.. I just dont get it really!

I'm busy repairing my rolling I.V., in which is going 30 year old Ballantine's.

"The last time I turned down aged Scotch, I didn’t understand the question."

I don't drink anymore...nothing is absolute, but, I feel it served no purpose in my life really other than feeding my ego.

You know the routine...bottles & ______

Rumors are, Jim doesn't drink any more...He doesn't drink any less either.

I have never drunk and had never thought of doing that atleast for time being !

Hi! i'm kinda behind on having this comment but still would love to share hhahahah...
I also drink occasionally, our body needs alcohol too so its not bad but have to limit for too much alcohol is not good to health anymore

I do not drink too.

I rarely drink.

Whenever I drink I tend to drink socially, but it's only the odd glass of bubbly. Though if somebody gives me a bottle of Scotch then I'll happily have a glass or two during a film.

I love Guinness, just never seem to buy any unless I'm offered it.

I enjoy an occasional microbrew once a week or so and mainly enjoy it with dinner. I look forward to it and can moderate it just fine. I enjoy a nice glass of red wine also with dinner on occasion so I would say I am a mild drinker mostly for the sampling and pairing with foods.

I used to drink on special occasions, but I don't even do that anymore. I prefer tea or coffee lol

For 3 years I don't drink any alcohol. And I feel better since I did.

Stopped drinking a little over 3 years ago now, it made 'going out' a little more awkward but I couldn't imagine drinking that stuff or having to deal with a hangover again!

i dont drink at all...nothing

I used to drink alcohol. I quit 6 months ago, sometimes I still get tempted because my family owns a bar. :/

i know alot of people who don't drink

For 24 yrs of existence I never drink in my life and I feel happy and proud of it.