Am I the only person who doesn't like alcohol?

[bellybuttonlint]

I mean everyone at work talks about getting some drinks or wondering where happy hour is and I'm usually the only one at the dinner table NOT having alcohol.

I personally hate the smell of it, the bitterness of the drinks, the expensiveness of them, and the vanity of them. I hate the feeling afterward and the fact that it kills brain cells that never grow back. Please tell me I'm not the only one.

I haven't touched alcohol in 6 years and I'm damn proud of it.

I don't drink alcohol at all, I'm neutral.

I drink it on occassion.

I drink it all the time.

I think I'm addicted to alcohol.

I not only don't drink, I HATE alcohol.

[Anonymous]

I don't see how not drinking is anything to be proud of unless you were an alcoholic before or something.

I'm 21 and until this year I never had a sip of alcohol. Now I'm more willing to try stuff even though I've literally only had a few sips of different drinks. I want to be a casual or social drinker. I'm not into getting drunk but I want to try different wines and liquors for taste not intoxication. I never have been one who needs liquid courage to socialize so that's not it. I don't feel awkward when I'm with my friends and I'm the only one not drinking. Its whatever.

The reason I never drank before wasn't for any moral reason because I don't think that way, but because a lot of people in my family have issues with drugs and alcohol. its mostly because of where they come from (most of my family is very poor even though my parents aren't at all). There are drug addicts and alcoholics who have nothing else going for them in my family. Also neither of my parents drink, so I think it was a mixture of two things. One the one hand I may have subconsciously associated drinking and drugs with the lifestyles of my family members who were doing nothing with their lives and being sober with the success I see in my parents. I was also not surrounded by alcohol at home and maybe that's why I never wanted to try it as a kid. I don't know but I honestly never wanted to drink even when other kids did. It didn't seem important to me. Idk. I've always had really liberal views on drugs and alcohol despite that, though.

Now I'm older and I just want to taste it and develop a sophisticated palette I guess. Lol its a social thing ideally but I still haven't incorporated it much in my life. I'm just glad I'm open to trying things now when I'm out and feel like it instead of banning myself from it for no reason. That was fine when I was a kid and didn't want anything to do with it but now I'm older and actually curious to try new things and mature enough not to get wasted off my ass.

My mom doesn't mind but my dad isn't a fan of my decision because of the alcoholism he has seen in his family and I understand that.

You're not the only one but definitely in the minority. Alcohol has been an important part of different cultures throughout history for centuries. Wines and beer, religious rites, cultural cuisine, and celebration. These things have been around for centuries. Its nothing new.

[Darkfairie17]

I drink, but not that often. And so I would be the person at the table without a drink. I think too many people care wayy too much about it. I have friends who can't have a good time without it. And I think that's sad. I have had a blast at parties when I haven't been drinking, and I find it so funny how some people will mope around the whole party because they don't have any alcohol. I don't feel bad for them because they don't have a drink, I feel bad because the only way they can have fun is when they are intoxicated. That to me is pretty sad :P

So yea, I think some people make way to much of a big deal about having a drink. There is nothing wrong with not drinking, but people do think it's weird when people don't drink. But I think it's good, shows you have self-control and that you have more priority on important things in life.

[elements]

I'm pretty much the same as you. I don't like the taste of most alcohol, which is mostly why I don't drink it, but like you said, it's crazy expensive, too. I'm not against drinking it, though, nor do I drink it simply to get drunk (I find that stupid). The drinks I do like, however, are usually the ones with less alcohol in them. They taste less bitter to me.

[aventaes]

1) its an aquired taste you learn to like it, you're not born as a person who likes it or not

2) drinking to get less self conscious is pathetic

3) cullinnairy speaking you're missing out if you can't apreciate for instance a great whine that completes a dish

4) I blame US governement for American people that don't drink alcochol, where I live drinking is legal starting at 16 and 18 for the heavy stuff but you'll get you're hands on it sooner and you experiment when you're young and acquire taste for it by the time you're grown up.

(im pretty sure I got drunk the for the first time at the age of 12 graduation party of elementary school drank too much champagne :p, but now I haven't been drunk in (I think 2,5) years)

[Camilus]

I have an extremely low tolerance and I only like to get buzzed, so anything after 3-4 beers in a night and I begin to wish I never drank it in the first place. I won't even drink hard liquor because I would probably die.

BTW I'm drinking a Yuengling now (I call it a dingaling) and this stuff is pretty good.

[ZenQueen]

I agree, I love making drinks(today I made homemade eggnog with rum), but I'm defiant not obsessed about it like some people... like why do people feel the need to take pictures of themselves with bottles of alcohol or collect bottles of alcohol like trophies. The whole culture around it really bothers me, why is binge drinking so cool? Why is being an alcoholic cool?

[ZenQueen]

defiantly*

[TheGodEmperorLeto]

I bet you haven't tried all types of alcohol, maybe just beer which is SHIT. God Beer sucks giant balls. Terrible bitter taste and terribly weak anyways. I drink some alcohol, only when I'm not paying, and it's always mixed sweet drinks like a white russian (mmmm yum) or something with good taste like Bourbon. Basically liquors or liquor mixed drinks. F***people who say Beer is a man's drink. They are pussies who need a weak ass drink and have terrible taste.

[Red_Raconteur]

Magner's is the only good beer I've ever tasted, and even then it's not nearly as good as other drinks.

[TheGodEmperorLeto]

Word. Beer sucks. Well, this one place near here that brews locally is probably the best I've had, but still not as good as hard sh*t and whatnot.

[curiouschica]

I don't have anything against alcohol itself...it's just how people choose to use it that bothers me. It's OK in moderation (if person has a few sips) but getting "wasted" makes zero sense to me! I choose not to drink though because I don't know what my limit would be and I don't like to lose my awareness...

[Honeybaby]

I don't drink often, probably once in a while and definitely not excessively (I know my limits), further more I'm not a social drinker because the fusion of different alcoholic drinks makes me feel sick. Like yourself I've been in a situations where people get excited about happy hours and want me to go drinking but to there is more to life then drinking and getting yourself drunk. :)

[Mr_Solo_Dolo]

I mean I drink and I also hate the feeling afterwards(hangovers) I don't think anybody likes hangovers but I just wanna say congratulations on being sober for six years. Hopefully I can do the same in the future. It's your life and your body so do what you please.

[Anonymous]

i hate the taste and smell, but I don't have a problem if others partake. I just choose not to, and I try to stay away if people (like college or high schoolers) are getting sloppy drunk. I'm in college and I just avoid it, because it seems like more times than not they end up really hungover and/or sick. but if they want to do it, that's fine with me, as long as I'm not around

[Anonymous]

That's how I feel. Plus I'm allergic to it. Imagine my inner rage when people constantly try to force it down my throat at parties/clubs/bars. Then they proceed to incessantly ask why I don't drink alcohol even after I politely refused the first time and told them and honest answer "I don't like the taste." I just shut my mouth and be as nice as possible about it because then I seem like the weirdo.

[Red_Raconteur]

I drink a little bit. I only like fruity drinks because I can't stand the actual taste of alcohol, but I enjoy hanging out and grabbing a drink with friends.

[GREALDO21]

same here...

[Elisue]

well you should be! I don't care for alcohol either. I can grab a beer once or twice in a year on special occasions or 1 glass champagne at a wedding, but that's about it.

[jimmy217]

you just havnt tryed any good drinks. Their are literally thousands of different types you can choose from.

[bellybuttonlint]

I don't intend to try thousands though. To do that would be to ingest a lot of alcohol. I've tried beers ranging from Dogfish head to Blue Moon and many types of old wine and wine coolers to drinks like hard lemonade and long island iced tea. Alcohol does nothing for me.

[Levin]

I'm, with you with you mate. Let's never frink afain

[Camilus]

F*** yeah, I'll drink to that

[BeerME]

Nah, plenty of people don't like alcohol. As long as you don't get preachy and sanctimonious about it I doubt anyone really cares if you don't drink.

[Anonymous]

I tried it once just to see what it tasted like. It was a sip. I don't drink and don't plan on ever really doing it. It just doesn't interest me. I don't mind if others do it, but I don't like hanging around them when then start drinking.

[2Mysterious]

nup I don't drink alcohol at all. Some people are surprised if I tell them but I don't care :)

[sa230e]

I don't like it either. It doesn't do anything positive for me.

[Anonymous]

i have only drank it once and that was on my 21st birthday, in fact my religion says your not supposed to drink it anyways, it doesn't matter because I don't drink it.

[Anonymous]

I don't drink at all. I don't mind if others drink but I do mind if they drink to get drunk.

[dryad]

Do you smoke? Use any other drugs?

[bellybuttonlint]

Nope & nope.

[dryad]

Did you party really hard at one time? Vomit a lot?

[bellybuttonlint]

I've never partied or vomitted. Not even close. It took 2-3 beers to get me feeling woozy, I didn't like the feeling and the taste. So I stopped.

[dryad]

Well you sounded like an alcoholic there for a second, was wondering if you over did it at one time, and recovering drinkers tend to be heavy smokers.

[jimmy217]

three beers lmfao...

[dryad]

jimmy, sounds like he was drinking budweiser. I only tried that once, felt bloated and had to stop (that's why light beer was invented. Still, I prefer wine).

[bel42]

i don't drink . I choose E.

[InMyHeart]

I don't like alcohol either.

[Anonymous]

I don't drink alcohol at all :)

[Smithkakarot]

Nope...I wanna keep my looks for a while, thankew.

[dIO_oIb]

i'm number 28.

[bellybuttonlint]

:)

[dIO_oIb]

(:

[DebiPie]

Yes.