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Posted: 5/31/2009 4:34:22 AM | Alcohol has never agreed with me so only drink on very rare occations yet I get it fed to me almost constantly by others: How enjoyable a nice relaxing drink is at the end of the day, how much more 'fun' people have at social events with their inhibitions loosened by it.
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Posted: 5/31/2009 4:38:34 AM |
Am I missing something?
No - nothing at all.
If alcohol doesn't agree with you, then you are only missing those negative aspects which adversely affect you.
The body never lies.......if something disagrees with it, just accept that for the fact that it is, and find something else to enjoy. | |
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Posted: 5/31/2009 4:38:39 AM | I'm like you i only drink occasionally and then its only the 1.
I can go months without a drink, if i'm going to a do/family do or function i will be cajoled into drinking 3 or 4, but thats very rare.
I do talk more open up more after 2 or 3.
But i hate being drunk hate the dizzy head even after 2 pints, so i tend not to drink .
One glass of guinness every now and then suits me perfect. | |
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Posted: 5/31/2009 4:40:14 AM | Not at all... I have many a night out where the strongest thing to pass my lips is a Lime and Soda ...
Occasionally I'll have a drink but I can have just as much, if not more fun stone cold sober...
Plus you have the added bonus of knowing exactly what you got up to... | |
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Posted: 5/31/2009 4:41:25 AM | | drinking is great..as long as you can control it and dont become a full blown alcy..it can also cause alot of anti social behaviour from people that cant handle it..but people have been boozing for 1000s of years and i dont think it will ever stop.. | |
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Pud78
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Joined: 4/23/2009
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| Drinking.
Posted: 5/31/2009 4:44:56 AM | | Everybody is different and you can only do what feels right for you, don't like drinking then don't. I have friends who never drink but come out and enjoy themselves just as much as those that do. If you feel aren't missing out then I would say your not as you know the affects of drinking so if anything your gaining, less money spent, no recovery time, no regret for actions. | |
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Posted: 5/31/2009 5:35:25 AM | I've noticed since my son moved out I have recently had a tendency to buy the odd decent bottle of wine.....by way of celebration!!  I never used to keep alcohol at home as I didn't want to encourage my son whose father is an alcoholic. A bottle can last me a week or one evening....depends on my mood and what music I'm listening to. I've decided today though that as I don't really need it to knock it on the head from next week and enjoy a drink at weekends. I enjoy a social drink more but last night I was out dancing and enjoying myself and I stuck to drinking water and may have been slightly less exuberant than usual on the dance floor but smugly watching one of the ladies who was sipping neat gin out of an Evian water bottle on the way down fall arse over tit on the dance floor and waking up with no hang over and no hairy monster snoring beside you has it's bonuses! | |
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Posted: 5/31/2009 6:00:46 AM | I don't think you're missing anything in particular, except a fuzzy mouth and a hangover.
I had a few Bacardi and Cokes last Saturday, with my friend, but didn't even get to the tipsy stage, perhaps because I danced a lot and also drank soda water. Last night I had one bottle of Harviestoun's Bitter and Twisted ale, just because it was in the fridge and cold.
I can go months without and prefer not to indulge on a school night.
As for loosened inhibitions, I like to be in full control of my faculties. | |
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Posted: 5/31/2009 6:12:47 AM | I'm a social drinker. On my own I think I have had one lager (with a curry) and about half a litre of port (with cheese) since Christmas. It's not a personal 'rule' thing, just the way I am. When my marriage broke up, I went teetotal for 3 months, just to be safe, and it didn't bother me (excepting after 4 pints of diet coke I get a bit hyper). I consider myself lucky that I don't find it addictive - I have seen lives and families destroyed by booze dependency and it's not pretty.
Alcoholism is an illness and I think we should be generous to its victims and help them get treatment. I think a majority of its victims recognise their dependency, but won't do anything about it because of the stigma attached - it also features on employment forms - so can kill job prospects - a double whammy. This latter needs to be removed or restricted. if someone has been dry for 3-6months then they have things in control (probably) and firms shouldn't be allowed to discriminate against them . If this was enshrined in law, maybe one barrier to seeking treatment would be removed? | |
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Joe1uk
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Joined: 4/21/2009
Msg: 10 | |
| Drinking.
Posted: 5/31/2009 6:14:06 AM | I enjoy a drink if I go out, but as its usually one drink it doesn't really loosen anything. I do reserve the right to enjoy what is a legal substance and go to a bar no matter what my age.
I don't need a drink if I go out though,The night isnt ruined if I don't. In fact I'd say it would be if I got drunk.
I don't drink at home, I don't really see the point, I enjoy a nice cup of yorkshire. | |
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Posted: 5/31/2009 6:37:13 AM | | I'm not anti drink.....but am anti drink too much. I've seen 1st hand what alcohol can do to some people (they think they are Mike Tyson - using the fists to readily) I do drink but not often and never enough to get me tipsy, I can enjoy a night out just drinking cola. I like to keep my full faculties intact. About 30yrs ago I got drunk once....that was enough for me to say never again, feeling like cr*p all the next day is not a good feeling | |
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Posted: 10/31/2009 9:02:20 PM | Am I missing something?
Yes. Hangovers. DUIs. Etc. Some/most people can imbibe responsibly and for many it acts as a social lubricant. But you're 43 years old. No reason to start up at your age. You've probably already learned how to socially lubricate yourself without it by now. My experience with alcohol has run the gamut and I say fuggedaboudit. | |
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Posted: 10/31/2009 11:26:16 PM | My Name is Simply..............and im an Alcoholic!!
Good night!! | |
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Posted: 11/1/2009 1:12:12 AM | Nope, you're not missing anything by not getting drunk, not even now and then. I'm afraid if I read 'drinks more than 3 times a week' in a profile I stop reading, not interested... waste of money to start with. Quite a while ago I went on a date with a guy who only 'thawed' after his 3rd pint and had 7 pints alltogether that evening, telling me that's what he has most evenings. Too much.
I never drink on my own, bottles of wine and even my beloved Campari remain unopened for months in my house. I will have a few when in company and it's fits the occasion. I've occasionally also had one too many, easily done when you're limit is two lol | |
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Posted: 11/1/2009 1:22:56 AM | | i gave it up years ago, along with the cigs | |
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Posted: 11/1/2009 4:14:21 AM | Nothing at all. I don't drink and enjoy myself more.
Stopped when I couldnt cope with the hangovers  | |
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Posted: 11/1/2009 4:26:20 AM | In my local the regulars sink 2 or 3 pints a day after work. As much as I like the social aspect of the pub I do try to avoid it during the week.
I can't help but think drinking every night is bad for your health. Despite this I've had the lecture from the drinkers about how a little bit of beer is good for the heart. It's a bit like when you see a smoker coughing and you say "what's wrong, too many fags?" and they say "no, it's just a cough, I've had it for 6 months now" !
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Posted: 11/1/2009 4:36:28 AM | I'm teetotal..for no other reason than I never found anything I liked the taste of.....yet I love going to pubs, bars etc...and have never had any problem enjoying myself.
I used to be the odd one out, and received lots of pressure to have a drink..didn't I know what I was missing and so on.......however that's not the case anymore.....so what's changed??
I'm still 'trying' to learn to drink lol........ | |
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| Drinking.
Posted: 11/1/2009 5:04:03 AM | You're not missing out, lots of people like bacon butties, or chocolate, or smoking, or what ever, it is just personal taste and everyone is different, if you dont want to then don't.
That of course does make me a total hypocrite because I do have a group of friends who call themselves the friends of the beer, and there is no way anyone is allowed to stay on non alcoholic drinks all night with them! I do have the odd lime soda, but if I didn't drink at all they'd wonder if I was ill or perhaps didn't trust them or something I think!
I can stay out all night without a drink and still have as much fun, sometimes I do like to have a drink, though I never really got in to getting legless, despite a couple of samplers!
As for losing inhibitions, there's a fine line between relaxing and dropping all the niggles on your mind so you can enjoy the night, and losing the inhibitions that keep you safe and retain your dignity! Sometimes I do find it helpful to have a drink, but if you do this you still have to know your own limit and where to stop before you cross that line. If I ever felt I actually NEED a drink, that would scare me. | |
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| Drinking.
Posted: 11/1/2009 5:09:15 PM | I agree, I am much the same although some people have asked why dont you drink , like I am rather odd ;/
I do drink but not to the access of most of my friends, I can do without just doesnt bother me, I dont drink in the house, but like most have said I really dont need the encouragement hehe
I have never been drunk, I am one of those that it seems to just absorb or at least it did when I was younger. I was the friend that seen all the drunks home safely, just glad I dont drive  | |
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