Drink
I don't drink alcohol, I tried it for a while, but ultimately I felt it was not for me. Now, I'm as likely to put pins in my eyes as I am to drink, I just don't like it. This is my desicion, and I've never preached about it, and don't discuss it or draw attention to it unless someone asks, and having tried it, I can safely say I'm happier like this.

In saying this, I know a lot of people enjoy it, and I'm not anti-alcohol, and will happily slurp coke or somesuch as people have a few pints, although I will generally leave the premises when people start to get ridiculously drunk, as that's where the fun stops for me.

My problem is with people who, while completely drunk, and barely coherent, feel the need to preach to ME about my drinking habits. People who tell me to 'loosen up and have a few' or 'stop being such a bore' when they are the ones who need huge quantities of a drug to allow them to have 'fun', yet cannot even begin to think that their drinking habits may be harmful.

I have never even attempted a come-back in these situations, as I know it would fall on deaf ears, but the hypocrisy of it astounds me.
(Duckeee Is nothing special, in fact, she's a bit of a bore, Fri 20 Feb 2009, 21:08, 9 replies)

Pfft loosen up
:)

Fair point really though :)
(mr-lizard Hell's teeth man!, Fri 20 Feb 2009, 21:14, closed)

thing is
I'm not an anti-alcohol nazi by any stretch, and would NEVER try to encourage people to cut down or anything, so why people feel the need to get me drink is beyond me, especially when they're blind drunk and making a fools of themselves
(Duckeee Is nothing special, in fact, she's a bit of a bore, Fri 20 Feb 2009, 21:18, closed)

I am similar
I do drink, but I don't get drunk.

It can be a problem with one friend who just doesn't get it. He'll offer to buy me a drink and I'll ask for a coke. He'll then come back with a pint.

I really don't understand why being out of control of your body and actions equates with having a good time.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 20 Feb 2009, 21:38, closed)

Because coke (as in cola) won't get you do things you don't want to
It's all about those things you wouldn't do if you were sober: willingly sniff a fart, drink piss by mistake and not get angry of it, start a fight for no reason, kneel in front of a tram and pray for it to stop or take a cab to cross the street.

It's losing control that makes it so enjoyable, getting yourself rid of your dignity in a temporary and funny way.

So, if you like it tight and clean, booze is not for you. If you DON'T like fucking a fat chick in a bus stop at 3 a.m. but you'd laugh if it happened to you, then booze is for you.

Drinking gives your conscience temporal delay and detachment: you being stupid while thinking you're great THEN, when you wake up and think about it, like going to the theater to watch yourself acting stupid.
(randomset, Fri 20 Feb 2009, 22:19, closed)

Dutch Courage

(King Baby Duck more than a ceiling, Sat 21 Feb 2009, 1:55, closed)

I completely agree with you
I'm the same: I don't drink - but I also don't have a problem with people who do. I have friends who drink, and it's fine.

But similarly, I can't stand those people who somehow believe that alcohol is a prerequisite to having a good time. They will measure how a good a night it was by how drunk they got - and make comments like "No drink? How are you going to have any fun then?". Pathetic.
(EuroSong I love horse meat: best of all the animals, Fri 20 Feb 2009, 22:37, closed)

Ditto
People can't seem to figure us teetotallers aren't anti-drink in any way.

One group of friends I fell in with (my only group- and also my workmates -at the time) gave me such a hard time about it and made it a point of conversation literally every time i spoke to any of them that I caved, and went drinking with them a few times. It doesn't work! The ending result is that the same people who gave you a hard time for not drinking are now all up your ass with comments like "I thought you didn't drink?" and "So are you 'drunk' now hahahaha" and just generally giving you even harder a time than beforehand.

Cunts.

My message to people that get hung up on my drinking habits, and a message I'm sure others here will sympathise with is, yeah, I don't drink, and I don't give a SHIT whether or not you do, I'm not judging you, nor do I think I'm better than you because of it. Can we move on and talk about something else?
(captain_pirate, Sat 21 Feb 2009, 2:29, closed)

you are such a bore

(amauriosis fugax took more than one snow day off, Sat 21 Feb 2009, 2:45, closed)

...Richard???
Is that you, mate?
(Helixdaunting, Sun 22 Feb 2009, 23:19, closed)