How do you view someone who doesn't drink?

[Mike D]

 

[mattyq]

A mate of mine has given up the booze. He was a proper beer monster and initially I thought he was joking but, fair enough, he's stuck with it and it's really not an issue now.

Another mate drank himself to death which was a thing I never hope to see again so I can see the reason behind quitting.

It's a terrible pernicious drug if it gets out of hand

[Evelyn Tentions]

17 hours ago, Total Longo said:

72 YEARS OLD! 

I'm 72 and still riding a 150cc scooter. In Vietnam. Amongst Vietnamese traffic.

[easytoslip]

8 hours ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Anyone else think there's a link between the pro-booze opinions and the name "easytoslip"?

Obviously, bit there is no link, its a song title. 

I do like a good bevvy like most people but im just as happy not having one, i dont have drinks in the house apart from taking home one last bottle/can after a few. 

I do like getting out  for a few though, avoiding laddish twats, but I'll be off it for a few weeks now which should be fun. 

[Fowlers God]

8 hours ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Anyone else think there's a link between the pro-booze opinions and the name "easytoslip"?

No, just that he's a massive insensitive bellwhiff

[easytoslip]

1 hour ago, Fowlers God said:

No, just that he's a massive insensitive bellwhiff

Cheers mate, i wish i was insensitive at times though,especially after whats been happening recently, its uncanny how some can work out a persons personality on a poxy forum. 

[Total Longo]

16 hours ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

I don't understand people who enjoy driving. It's just a chore that you have to do to get to places.

I have been driving for nearly 30 years now and i still really enjoy it. I recently drove to and from the Northern coat of Scotland over Christmas (7+ hours each journey) and i enjoyed every second of it. I am the world's worst passenger though, which is why i do all of the driving now on most family based journeys. Also, my Mrs is a terrible driver... 

[Total Longo]

12 hours ago, Ezekiel 25:17 said:

There's not a lot  in relationships that causes more friction than when one person likes a drink and the other doesn't, not had that myself but close friends have and its a fucking nightmare.

It's the absolute opposite for me, Al.  

[Captain Willard]

On 24/01/2022 at 13:01, Total Longo said:

How long ago did you stop?

Only a couple of weeks now but fully committed. I’m actually in a mental place now where the thought of a few drinks followed by hangover etc repels me. Not craving it at all. 

[Curly]

I actually feel envious of someone who has fucked the ale off completely. Even more so of people who’ve chosen to never touch the stuff.

 

I’ve had some great times on the piss, but if I look back and weigh it all up, I wish I’d never bothered. 
 

Plus, I’d love to now stop completely, but there’s always things everyone books that centres round it and attending stuff like that is fucking terrible sober.

 

I reckon 80% of my issues in life to this point circle back to drink in some way or another. People acting recklessly on it as well - I’ve seen marriages ruined in the back of one transgression which would never have happened without ale being involved. It’s got a lot to answer for. Remember seeing a Tony Adams post I think it was, with his 25 year sobriety chip and he wrote “Here’s to another 25 years of peace and tranquility” or something, and I thought, yeah, drink is fucking shite.

 

I mean I’m sure it’s fine for some, but I can’t have a couple. Very unhealthy relationship with the ale in that respect. I go long periods without now. Would love to fuck it off forever.

[Tony Moanero]

13 minutes ago, Belarus said:

I actually feel envious of someone who has fucked the ale off completely. Even more so of people who’ve chosen to never touch the stuff.

 

I’ve had some great times on the piss, but if I look back and weigh it all up, I wish I’d never bothered. 
 

Plus, I’d love to now stop completely, but there’s always things everyone books that centres round it and attending stuff like that is fucking terrible sober.

 

I reckon 80% of my issues in life to this point circle back to drink in some way or another. People acting recklessly on it as well - I’ve seen marriages ruined in the back of one transgression which would never have happened without ale being involved. It’s got a lot to answer for. Remember seeing a Tony Adams post I think it was, with his 25 year sobriety chip and he wrote “Here’s to another 25 years of peace and tranquility” or something, and I thought, yeah, drink is fucking shite.

 

I mean I’m sure it’s fine for some, but I can’t have a couple. Very unhealthy relationship with the ale in that respect. I go long periods without now. Would love to fuck it off forever.

The problem is that good pubs are boss but all pubs are shite if you are drinking soft drinks.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

5 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

The problem is that good pubs are boss but all pubs are shite if you are drinking soft drinks.

I really resent the prices pubs charge for soft drinks.

[Total Longo]

58 minutes ago, Captain Willard said:

Only a couple of weeks now but fully committed. I’m actually in a mental place now where the thought of a few drinks followed by hangover etc repels me. Not craving it at all. 

I haven't had a bevy this year and i just wanted to see if i could get through January unscathed mainly because i wanted to check whether i actually could. I went about 6 months without when Covid first hit so i knew i could, deep down. It just gets to be an easy thing to do on a Friday and i wasn't great over Christmas either. Planning on a meet up in town at the end of Feb so i reckon i will forego all temptation until then...

[Tony Moanero]

9 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

I really resent the prices pubs charge for soft drinks.

Yeah, they’re a joke. There’s just no need to go to the pub for a soft drink though, is there? 

 

I don’t miss going on the piss with my mates. Some dick-head would always end up kicking off and there would be arguments. However, I do miss going to proper, oldy-worldly pubs with open fires and stuff. You can’t beat a pint of well-kept cask ale or a nice stout.

[Juniper]

I like a drink but I prefer, in most situations, staying on soft drinks if out socialising. 
 

Also due to our little girl I mostly only get out to bars these days to play gigs and I’m driving my drums there and back, so don’t drink a drop until I get home anyway.
 

Don’t care if people around me drink or not, that’s their choice. If someone chooses not to touch booze then good for them. Doesn’t come into my view of them as a person. 

[A Red]

My Mrs doesn't drink much and isn't one for pubs or clubs but I am. It works ok for us, pre pandemic I would go out on the piss every week but recently, apart from getting shitfaced in Hull at the weekend, I tend to have a couple bottles of wine on a Saturday night. I love being pissed, everything looks and sounds better and luckily I'm a good drunk and don't tend to get lairy or depressed, quite the opposite.

 

The best thing about getting pissed for me is the build up to it so I tend to keep away from strong beers or wines 3.5 -4% lagers or 12.5% wine is perfect for me, it means I can stay the course.

 

I only drink to get pissed, in any situation where I cant see it through I'd rather drink coffee or a soft drink. Whenever we go out as a couple I drive so she can have a few glasses of wine or whatever.

 

I have no problem with non drinkers, its up to them.

[Bjornebye]

15 hours ago, mattyq said:

A mate of mine has given up the booze. He was a proper beer monster and initially I thought he was joking but, fair enough, he's stuck with it and it's really not an issue now.

Another mate drank himself to death which was a thing I never hope to see again so I can see the reason behind quitting.

It's a terrible pernicious drug if it gets out of hand

A good mate of mine was a 'beer monster' the lad used to put away about 3 bottles of magners or bulmers before you'd finish a pint. He'd leave where we were stood to go and get another drink while we were still supping. It turned him into a horrible cunt, trying it on with his mates birds etc to the point he fell in love with one of our good mates who wasn't interested in him. I had to drag him away because he started giving her shit for wearing a bikini on southsea common despite it being in the middle of summer and all the other girls had them on. "look at you showing your tits off you slag" etc He fell out with a good few mates and was a serious gambler. he rang me one monday and asked if Liverpool would beat Reading in the cup (we lost on penalties) he had laid 6 grand on it just to win a grand from us winning. Serious headcase with it all. 

 

One NYE he just said out of the blue, I'm not drinking again. Think it was 2012/12. He hasn't had a drop since. Still says every day is a struggle but not one bit of booze has passed his lips. I've nothing but admiration for the man. 

17 minutes ago, Juniper said:

I like a drink but I prefer, in most situations, staying on soft drinks if out socialising. 
 

Also due to our little girl I mostly only get out to bars these days to play gigs and I’m driving my drums there and back, so don’t drink a drop until I get home anyway.
 

Don’t care if people around me drink or not, that’s their choice. If someone chooses not to touch booze then good for them. Doesn’t come into my view of them as a person. 

Nothing a banana won't solve. 

[YorkshireRed]

I often feel like I need to move away from where I live, lose contact with all my friends and completely change how I spend my free time. 
 

The post above from @Belarus has many similarities with my own experience. It’s difficult to say I wish I’d never started drinking as I’ve genuinely had some fantastic times on the booze but I should have left the party a decade ago. I no longer enjoy it, there’s still the odd moment but nothing that makes it really worthwhile. 

 

I’m not an alcoholic but the whole drinking thing is certainly habitual. It’s just what I do, what I’ve always done. Add drugs into that and it’s a pathetic state of affairs.

 

I watched my Dad pretend he could function as an alcoholic (sometimes he did, often he was only kidding himself). I sat and watched my brother in a coma due to his alcoholism related health issues. Never stopped me though, as soon as the weekend hit I was on it again. 
 

My biggest worry now is how my two boys will develop their relationship with drink. I hope to whoever is listening that they have their mothers genes, strength of character and natural thriftiness (she doesn’t like wasting money on alcohol), rather than follow in my stagger steps. 

[Bjornebye]

5 minutes ago, YorkshireRed said:

I often feel like I need to move away from where I live, lose contact with all my friends and completely change how I spend my free time. 
 

The post above from @Belarus has many similarities with my own experience. It’s difficult to say I wish I’d never started drinking as I’ve genuinely had some fantastic times on the booze but I should have left the party a decade ago. I no longer enjoy it, there’s still the odd moment but nothing that makes it really worthwhile. 

 

I’m not an alcoholic but the whole drinking thing is certainly habitual. It’s just what I do, what I’ve always done. Add drugs into that and it’s a pathetic state of affairs.

 

I watched my Dad pretend he could function as an alcoholic (sometimes he did, often he was only kidding himself). I sat and watched my brother in a coma due to his alcoholism related health issues. Never stopped me though, as soon as the weekend hit I was on it again. 
 

My biggest worry now is how my two boys will develop their relationship with drink. I hope to whoever is listening that they have their mothers genes, strength of character and natural thriftiness (she doesn’t like wasting money on alcohol), rather than follow in my stagger steps. 

I haven't read the rest, don't you fucking dare ! I've lost my head here we haven't even seen a nipple of the lesbos next door but your son's been round there doing the hokey cokey with them. We are your family, we matter. Get some pictures up before you even contemplate putting the fucking bins out you fucking herb 

[Bjornebye]

CUNT! 

[Captain Willard]

2 minutes ago, YorkshireRed said:

I often feel like I need to move away from where I live, lose contact with all my friends and completely change how I spend my free time. 
 

The post above from @Belarus has many similarities with my own experience. It’s difficult to say I wish I’d never started drinking as I’ve genuinely had some fantastic times on the booze but I should have left the party a decade ago. I no longer enjoy it, there’s still the odd moment but nothing that makes it really worthwhile. 

 

I’m not an alcoholic but the whole drinking thing is certainly habitual. It’s just what I do, what I’ve always done. Add drugs into that and it’s a pathetic state of affairs.

 

I watched my Dad pretend he could function as an alcoholic (sometimes he did, often he was only kidding himself). I sat and watched my brother in a coma due to his alcoholism related health issues. Never stopped me though, as soon as the weekend hit I was on it again. 
 

My biggest worry now is how my two boys will develop their relationship with drink. I hope to whoever is listening that they have their mothers genes, strength of character and natural thriftiness (she doesn’t like wasting money on alcohol), rather than follow in my stagger steps. 

That’s a brave post and a good start. Both me and Mrs Willard are the children of alcoholics and I’ve lost 2 brother in laws to it as my sisters invariably ended up marrying men who were drunks. It’s a massive problem in society but all you can do is try to cut down. Keep trying ! 

[TheHowieLama]

It is definitely deeply in the fabric of most social get togethers. 

Certainly my wife and I have friends who I am pretty sure we have never seen without having drinks.

 

Many now that I think about it.

[Bjornebye]

23 minutes ago, YorkshireRed said:

I often feel like I need to move away from where I live, lose contact with all my friends and completely change how I spend my free time. 
 

The post above from @Belarus has many similarities with my own experience. It’s difficult to say I wish I’d never started drinking as I’ve genuinely had some fantastic times on the booze but I should have left the party a decade ago. I no longer enjoy it, there’s still the odd moment but nothing that makes it really worthwhile. 

 

I’m not an alcoholic but the whole drinking thing is certainly habitual. It’s just what I do, what I’ve always done. Add drugs into that and it’s a pathetic state of affairs.

 

I watched my Dad pretend he could function as an alcoholic (sometimes he did, often he was only kidding himself). I sat and watched my brother in a coma due to his alcoholism related health issues. Never stopped me though, as soon as the weekend hit I was on it again. 
 

My biggest worry now is how my two boys will develop their relationship with drink. I hope to whoever is listening that they have their mothers genes, strength of character and natural thriftiness (she doesn’t like wasting money on alcohol), rather than follow in my stagger steps. 

I've read the rest. It's so obvious but so not always obvious if that makes sense. Spot on about the habitual thing. 

[Captain Willard]

1 minute ago, Bjornebye said:

I haven't read the rest, don't you fucking dare ! I've lost my head here we haven't even seen a nipple of the lesbos next door but your son's been round there doing the hokey cokey with them. We are your family, we matter. Get some pictures up before you even contemplate putting the fucking bins out you fucking herb 

And that woman in the white dress. Don’t take her out of my life for fucks sake, some dark nights that’s all I’ve got to cling to. 

[redinblack]

Both of my parents were alcoholics and my brother drank himself to death.

 

My wife has never drunk, never tells me not to, but she helps keep me on the straight and narrow. I would say my relationship with The Demon is "vigilant"