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Any non-drinkers here?
Flake:
Dude I'm not sure how much your drinking when you drink but if your major problem is a hangover just have a few beers and leave it at that when you do drink.
I suppose if you don't drink much at all then maybe 3-4 beers has the potential to give you a hangover in the morning?
In all honesty if you are only drinking once every few weeks or something I don't see how its really that much of a part of your life and should be fairly easy to let it go alltogether?
Personally for me between work and 2 young kids at home if I dont have a few drinks every few days or so I go insane. No TV no Beer make Flake go something, something, something.....
gryhnd:
--- Quote from: Malenko on July 30, 2010, 08:08:42 am ---You get hung over on beer? I cant even imagine how many beers it'd take me to even get buzzed,
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For some people certain bev's make them feel like crap due to what is in them OTHER than the EtOH. Just like some folks can't deal with red wine but white is a-ok.
My wife, for example, barely tolerates beer (makes her head feel like it was run over by a truck) but can go to town on wines and certain hard liquors.
LLUncoolJ:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on July 30, 2010, 09:35:25 am ---Move to Oklahoma. Between the difficulty in scoring alcohol and all the social shame, you'll never want a drink again.
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We managed to beat the odds and get drunk in OK. But if you want something hard, you'd better have a plan...buy it before 9pm and not on sundays...and don't go looking at a grocery store or convenience store. If you want something cold, the liquor store isn't for you. 3.2 beer isn't terrible if you are used to it. If you come from a regular state and drink beer there, be prepared to pee a lot and watch all the locals get soused while you continue to work for a buzz.
As far as quitting, I have seriously cut back over the years, but I still get blasted on the weekends. I'm not sure if I'm maturing or just getting old. The hang overs do get worse now and it is a miserable day at work if I drink during the week. But socially, it would be extremely difficult to quit completely if I wanted...which I don't.
LLUncoolJ:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on July 30, 2010, 10:04:17 am ---You can pull it off on weekdays if you slow down the tap and quit at 10pm with a couple bottles of water.
Only combination that really does me in is hanging out in the sun a lot while drinking. Not pretty.
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You're right, I do occasionally have a couple of beers during the week...if the mood strikes me. I just can't make the whole night revolve around drinking like on the weekends.
+1 On the drinking in the sun. I used to be able to do it, then go home, get cleaned up, and go out partying at night. Those days are long gone.
RyoriNoTetsujin:
--- Quote from: Rusty Shackelford on July 30, 2010, 08:14:15 am ---I just wondered what other people do, as I dont think I know anyone who doesnt drink.
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I don't drink. In fact I never have, with the only exception being when I was 6 and asked my Dad what beer tasted like. I'm 32 now and I still remember the flavor... I remember it being pretty good actually! :)
(If you don't want the story, skip down to the ***)
Anyway, before anybody freaks out, let me explain, because there are multiple reasons behind it. About that same time period as a child, I became aware of my older brother's battle with addiction... to everything he could get his hands on. He was 16 at the time - he's 42 now, and has within the last 5 years finally achieved sobriety. Early on, I "vowed" never to go through that, and so, when I hit my early teens, I was one of those annoying kids who wouldn't do anything remotely illicit, and would actively rag on anyone who did. Douchey McGee!
As I got into my late teens, I started to grow up and see the judgments I was making, and how they were affecting my friendships. I softened my stance in terms of what my friends were doing. But then I was first on the scene at a multiple fatality car crash that was definitely caused by a drunk driver (who eventually went to prison for vehicular manslaughter) and while I'm aware now that that was a highly unlikely and extreme example, it still really made me shy away from wanting to partake myself...
It's funny because, as an actor, all through college, grad school, and into my professional career, I've been surrounded by the stuff! (Everything you can think of, believe me.) At some point, somewhere in there, it eventually developed that the idea of doing it just didn't excite me enough to go ahead and do it. Now, that said, this may just have more to do with me as a person; I'm a little wacked-out and crazy anyway! I've been the one dancing on the table with the lampshade on my head with nothing in my system. I've found myself in plenty of trouble as a result of my general willingness to make a complete ass of myself. I don't need to drink to "loosen up" or "be social," you know?
Haha, I read the line above and it sounds like a DARE ad... geeesh... anybody remember those?
I certainly don't judge anyone's choices anymore; I don't believe any kind of state-altering substance is inherently a bad thing; it's just not-so-healthy for some people! A lot of great art has come from a good bender or two. Two of my dearest friends are WAY more fun when they're stoned or drunk! In fact, I am a supporter of pot legalization. (Fun fact: my grad school was the first to successfully produce synthetic THC.) :) I just don't do it myself.
*** So, how do I deal with it in public? Eh, all of my friends already know I don't drink and they don't make a big deal about it. On those rare occasions someone asks me why, I usually make the joke that I'm not yet old enough to drink (which is doubly funny because my gf is quite a few years older than me, so it makes her look even more cougariffic!) The "Designated Driver" comment is an easy one too (though here in NYC it's more "Designated Walker.") In general, I've found people don't seem to think much of it after the initial encounter. If you don't make a big deal about it, other people usually won't. People will make their own assumptions, and they'll usually keep them to themselves ... and you can just let them keep thinking what they think, if you choose to. If they ask, I say tell them honestly - and as for anybody who rags on you or won't let it go? Well, I would re-evaluate why they're in your company...
:cheers: LOL.
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