How do you view someone who doesn't drink?

[Total Longo]

9 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

 

I wonder how many people genuinely like booze when they start though. First time I had a pint of lager I thought it was rancid, as did most of the lads I was with, though wouldn't admit it. Takes you about ten years to drink one when you're a teenager, I knock them back like water these days. 

 

Same with whisky, first time I had neat Glenfidich I thought my eyes were going to fall out. 

 

It's no coincidence that the 'binge drinking' explosion largely coincided with the advent of booze that was more palatable to non-drinkers, like Reef and WKD. You'd see people downing about ten of the fuckers before going to a club, no way most people could do that with beer - unless they're a darts player. 

 

Definitely, similar to smoking in that i coughed my guts up when i first tried one at 14 but after the next few i'm totally fine with it. Luckily that didn't last though, unlike the boozing.

 

I think with the booze (and i still do feel this way) that it's more about the woozy, inebriated feeling it gives you than any kind of love for the taste. I know there are connoiseurs of whisky and red wine who do the whole OTT "tasting" thing but it's always been a means to an end for me. If i'm genuinely thirsty i'll drink water or juice ahead of alcohol. If i want to get into a completely different mindset to normal, i'll throw back a few vodkas. I think that's why i drink less and less nowadays, as the latter started to become the norm and i wasn't getting a huge amount out of it anymore.  

 

EDIT - didn't see Yorkshire Red's post.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

4 minutes ago, littletedwest said:

Its fucking annoying not eye opening

My mrs has a mate like that use to be a bad piss head and liked the lemo, same girl split a women’s head open using her stiletto heel like hammer. Her eyes obviously open.

Same girl is married to a copper who loves a bit of the Colombian sherbet.

[Rico1304]

The driver. 

[JohnnyH]

It wouldn't even enter my mind to form an opinion on someone based on whether they drink or not.  If I was in a pub with a bunch of people and was getting a round in and one person said they don't drink I'd just move on with the conversation and it wouldn't enter my mind again.

[Karl_b]

For medical reasons, I'm not a massive drinker although I love beer! I've gone for long periods without drinking, up to two years, and it is often met with surprise/opposition, there have been times when I've had to be forceful that I'm not drinking, not even one! It does seem to upset a lot of people.

[Captain Willard]

I’ve stopped drinking completely. It was getting out of hand, a bottle of wine every night in front of the telly, more at the weekends. Made me fat, anxious and grumpy every morning with the kids. It’s a real eye opener when you stop, how prevalent it is and how much it affects your health. 

[Section_31]

22 minutes ago, Total Longo said:

Definitely, similar to smoking in that i coughed my guts up when i first tried one at 14 but after the next few i'm totally fine with it. Luckily that didn't last though, unlike the boozing.

 

I think with the booze (and i still do feel this way) that it's more about the woozy, inebriated feeling it gives you than any kind of love for the taste. I know there are connoiseurs of whisky and red wine who do the whole OTT "tasting" thing but it's always been a means to an end for me. If i'm genuinely thirsty i'll drink water or juice ahead of alcohol. If i want to get into a completely different mindset to normal, i'll throw back a few vodkas. I think that's why i drink less and less nowadays, as the latter started to become the norm and i wasn't getting a huge amount out of it anymore.  

 

EDIT - didn't see Yorkshire Red's post.

 

Funnily enough I'm actually the opposite, I haven't been drunk for years but I do like the taste of drinks. I love a cold bottle of beer but can happily just drink one, also like a whisky or a bourbon at the weekend. My father in law got me into that habit, just one or two while watching the telly.

[Pureblood]

18 minutes ago, Karl_b said:

For medical reasons, I'm not a massive drinker although I love beer! I've gone for long periods without drinking, up to two years, and it is often met with surprise/opposition, there have been times when I've had to be forceful that I'm not drinking, not even one! It does seem to upset a lot of people.

This reminds me of something but I can't quite put my finger on it...

[AngryOfTuebrook]

3 minutes ago, TK-421 said:

This reminds me of something but I can't quite put my finger on it...

Er... Are you alluding to what I think you're alluding to? Because it would be spectacularly wrong-headed if you are.

[Bjornebye]

32 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

 

Funnily enough I'm actually the opposite, I haven't been drunk for years but I do like the taste of drinks. I love a cold bottle of beer but can happily just drink one, also like a whisky or a bourbon at the weekend. My father in law got me into that habit, just one or two while watching the telly.

This has long been my problem. I can't just have one. I'd rather not bother because if I have one that's it I'm drinking until bed. I was never that arsed as a kid, we'd chip in for a crate on the weekend and stuff but it didn't drive my social life, even going the likes of the paradox and into town it wasn't about getting drunk it was all about pulling birds. When I joined the Navy though that changed. The drinking culture is out of order. Unless I was on duty we were out every night during training either into Torpoint or into Plymouth on a mad one. Obviously not being able to do drugs just enhanced the drinking and I ended up in some absolute states. Then it's a load of cans for the train home on leave, getting my mates to come the pub all the time and it just went on and on. Same wehn on a warship. Tinnies in the mess then when you come alongside wherever you are it's straight out on the ale to drink yourself silly. All of my mates when I left and lived in Portsmouth were all big drinkers so it was work and pub pretty much daily. 

 

Then the drinking at home started. More midweek games on sky so I'd get cans in and end up wankered, it took over my life. I was successful in work etc making decent money but without realising I was just constantly looking forward to a drink either when I got in or for the weekend. I should have done what I've done now and taken a step back from it a bit (I still have a drink I just like the feeling after 4/5 days without on so I aim for that in-between sessions) when I turned 30. 7 years too late. 

 

It changes everything and not always (or rarely ever) for the best. Two strong relationships that ended badly and one big reason will have been my drinking and not spending enough time arsed with them. My last ex said to me when we broke up she can't remember a saturday that I just took her out and we didn't end up in the pub with all my mates. Then the hangovers ruin the next day and into the working week. Tired, grumpy, depressed.... it's a cunts game for the most part.

 

That said I absolutely love getting pissed, music sounds better drunk but you're always searching for them great drunken highs that happen maybe 5% of the time. Other than that it's just drinking for the sake of it and thats bad. 

 

If I could go back and change 1 thing from the past 20 years I'd assess my drinking and cut back massively. I'd never cut it out completely though because I've has some absolutely amazing nights out and in when pissed. 

[Total Longo]

26 minutes ago, Captain Willard said:

I’ve stopped drinking completely. It was getting out of hand, a bottle of wine every night in front of the telly, more at the weekends. Made me fat, anxious and grumpy every morning with the kids. It’s a real eye opener when you stop, how prevalent it is and how much it affects your health. 

How long ago did you stop?

[M_B]

21 minutes ago, Captain Willard said:

I’ve stopped drinking completely. It was getting out of hand, a bottle of wine every night in front of the telly, more at the weekends. Made me fat, anxious and grumpy every morning with the kids. It’s a real eye opener when you stop, how prevalent it is and how much it affects your health. 

Me too.

 

Drinking was great, but I'd inevitably end up drinking too much. I'm slightly envious of people who can limit their drinking to just a few pints. I'd wake up at 4am with the worries and I'd feel shit the next day, yet I would still be back on the booze that night. And I would do that every single weekend, beginning as soon as I finished work on the Friday. It made me lethargic, inactive, and very irritable - I just couldn't get things done at weekends. And it gave me hangover horn - I'd sit around for hours each Sat and Sun just glued to porn on my computer.

 

I only drink on social occassions now, and those are limited these days. Life is far better without it.

 

 

[Pureblood]

5 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Er... Are you alluding to what I think you're alluding to? Because it would be spectacularly wrong-headed if you are.

For personal reasons, I'm not a massive consumer of experimental mRNA vaccines although I love vaccines!  I've gone for long periods without experimental mRNA vaccines, up to one year, and it is often met with surprise/opposition, there have been times when I've had to be forceful that I'm not getting jabbed, not even one!  It does seem to upset a lot of sheeple. 

[Total Longo]

Can someone start a thread with "How Do You View Someone Who Doesn't Drive?" as that really freaks me out.

[Pureblood]

Just now, Total Longo said:

Can someone start a thread with "How Do You View Someone Who Doesn't Drive?" as that really freaks me out.

I nominate Miss Daisy. Lazy slut. 

[Total Longo]

1 minute ago, TK-421 said:

For personal reasons, I'm not a massive consumer of experimental mRNA vaccines although I love vaccines!  I've gone for long periods without experimental mRNA vaccines, up to one year, and it is often met with surprise/opposition, there have been times when I've had to be forceful that I'm not getting jabbed, not even one!  It does seem to upset a lot of sheeple. 

[Total Longo]

Just now, TK-421 said:

I nominate Miss Daisy. Lazy slut. 

72 YEARS OLD! 

[Pureblood]

1 minute ago, Total Longo said:

72 YEARS OLD! 

Carbon footprint slag.

[stringvest]

Designated driver.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

1 minute ago, TK-421 said:

For personal reasons, I'm not a massive consumer of experimental mRNA vaccines although I love vaccines!  I've gone for long periods without experimental mRNA vaccines, up to one year, and it is often met with surprise/opposition, there have been times when I've had to be forceful that I'm not getting jabbed, not even one!  It does seem to upset a lot of sheeple. 

"sheeple".

 

The trouble with your analogy is that taking (proven safe and effective) vaccines helps to protect other people; drinking booze doesn't (often quite the opposite). That's why it's reasonable for people to express an opinion on your choice to refuse the former - which potentially has a negative impact on their health - but refusing the latter is nobody's business.

 

Anyway, there are already two threads for this. We don't need to drag it up here.

[Total Longo]

I've just checked Wikipedia and Miss Daisy was actually 72 years old. That's what i get for trying to throw in a niche Pete Price gag and it coming back to factually bite me.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

6 minutes ago, Total Longo said:

Can someone start a thread with "How Do You View Someone Who Doesn't Drive?" as that really freaks me out.

That was me until a few years ago. I basically never went anywhere that I needed to drive to; certainly not often enough to justify the expense of driving.

[Total Longo]

Just now, AngryOfTuebrook said:

That was me until a few years ago. I basically never went anywhere that I needed to drive to; certainly not often enough to justify the expense of driving.

What changed your mind? 

[Pureblood]

Just now, AngryOfTuebrook said:

"sheeple".

 

The trouble with your analogy is that taking (proven safe and effective) vaccines helps to protect other people; drinking booze doesn't (often quite the opposite). That's why it's reasonable for people to express an opinion on your choice to refuse the former - which potentially has a negative impact on their health - but refusing the latter is nobody's business.

 

Anyway, there are already two threads for this. We don't need to drag it up here.

Both are about a personal choice to ingest something into the bloodstream - the comparison is apt and stands, Your Honour.  

 

But I do apologise for derailing the thread.

 

Anyway, I'm off to drink the sweet nectar from Mrs TK's vag.  Now that's a substance I could never quit.

 

Don't miss me too much. 

[Pureblood]

2 minutes ago, Total Longo said:

I've just checked Wikipedia and Miss Daisy was actually 72 years old. That's what i get for trying to throw in a niche Pete Price gag and it coming back to factually bite me.

Wow, almost tangible irony.