1y ago

It's a choice

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I don't ever drink, not even one cup. I just don't like it. I need to think better excuses than just saying plain "no".
- I’m dieting. I’m on some medication. Ah, just don’t like the taste. Got drunk one time and had a bad experience. I’m driving later. Someone I knew was an alcoholic. No thanks, ate something earlier and it’ll taste weird. But it’s not a shameful thing to just say no.
  
  I am not opposed to drinking, but the prices for drinks at bars, restaurants and especially concerts are usually so high that I can't justify the expense. So I usually volunteer to be the designated driver. If you tell people you're the designated driver, no one will pressure you to drink, and you will probably get free soft drinks all night.
  
  I dont drink. I used to be an alcoholic and drink 12 drinks a day minimum. I don't drink is a perfectly fine answer too.
- Seriously, I don't get how anyone can drink that shit and enjoy it? Any time I've tried it just feels I'm swallowing a mouthful of acid. To each their own I guess, but to me I don't know if I could stomach enough of it to ever get drunk
  
  I used to also feel this way, but people would tell me it's an acquired taste. That sounded like bullshit to me but turned out to be true.
  That being said, not drinking shouldn't be something to have to explain or be ashamed about.
  
  I'm an alcoholic. I hate the taste of alcohol. I think it's kinda funny you say it tastes like acid. There's a lot of acids that I enjoy the taste of. Tomatoes, vinegar, oranges.
  Alcohol tastes bad. It's your body correctly identifying poison. It's bad for you. The only reason I drink so much is that everything else is so much worse. It's basically a legal and deadly antianxiety.
  I'll never understand how or why people drink it casually. Unless you're drinking to get drunk I cannot fathom why you'd want to drink it.
  
  I recommend not drinking straight ethanol next time, if your decide to try again
- How about: "nah bro, I'm tripping balls right now"
- You really don't. You don't want to. That's all.
- if a simple "no" is not enough then consider better friends

I choose to drink and choose to be no fun.
- So you're the fighter?
  
  How dare you! I'm the wallflower!
- These are also my choices.

I cannot drink anymore due to a medical condition. Tbh I don't think I really started having fun until I stopped

If your personality needs drugs (alcohol) to make it beareable, you were never a fun person to begin with.

I hate drinking. And it's also bad for your brain even the most moderate amounts.
- This was a big reason I quit. I would spend the next day exhausted and irritable. Occasionally I get the urge again but I just remind myself how crappy I'll feel tomorrow.

Fuck alcoholic drinks, and fuck those friends that force you to drink it, true friends respect your decisions not peer pressured you to drink that bullshit liquid

I used to really enjoy drinking, but had to stop for an auto immune treatment. Then the treatment stopped and... I never really went back. I'll have the occasional beer or whiskey because I do really enjoy them, but it hits different now. When I drink, I usually will just get something really nice, enjoy it for longer than I should and leave it at that. Weed, on the other hand....

Whenever I meet people that don't drink I praise them. It's great to see people that get this point.
I started to drink around 25 and haven't before because of religion. I do now occasionally drink a beer or a drink but I'm careful to not drink to much and only when I want to enjoy myself.
People pressuring you into drinking is not friends. It's just childish. Find new friends if so!