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How do you view someone who doesn't drink?

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How do you view someone who doesn't drink?  

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  1. 1. How do you view someone who doesn't drink?

    • Meh, what they do with their time and money is up to them
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It’s been great to read this thread. I’m in recovery, drink and other stuff got out of hand.  I was 3.5 months in to sobriety but relapsed out of nowhere on Sunday. Before that I was 5.5 months sobe

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I like a drink, always have but I don't drink anything like I used to which if I'm being honest, was far too much. A couple of beers or a bourbon in front of the telly, a bit more if I'm watching

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I’ll be 3 years clean and sober from all substances in April. I’ve never been more content. My social life has changed beyond all recognition in that I just spend loads more time with family and going

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I nipped into our local and had a quick tonic water earlier. There was this prat in there, pissed as usual. He is as skinny as a rake, can't possibly work as always bevvied. I'd like to know where he gets the money form. It's not a cheap pub (where is) but everytime I see him in there he's bombed. He latches onto people but he hasn't managed that with me. Yet. 

 

If he does I reckon I'd just floor him.

 

About 1am I saw him today. Already pissed.

 

That alone makes me think very hard about drinking.

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Remmie Grand Master

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It's fucking outrageous prices now as well, my brother is over from Australia so he's used to expensive beer but even he was shocked paying £13+ for 2 bad, bad pints of Blue moon the other night. We don't even live in London either. 

 

With all the pub chains/franchises they all look the same now and have become steadily more sterile and dull, admittedly a worse situation in MK. I have a half decent TV, a reclining lazy boy style chair and a beer fridge at home, half the time I'd rather drink there which is strange for me as I am all about the socialising. 

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I’ll be 3 years clean and sober from all substances in April. I’ve never been more content. My social life has changed beyond all recognition in that I just spend loads more time with family and going out for meals rather than the alehouse. I have no problem with people drinking around me. Once you get to the stage where you identify as a non drinker and stop battling your own mind it gets easier. I was on a date this morning with a nice girl. Went for a coffee. I’m going out for a colleague’s birthday in a bit for something to eat. It’s not even an issue now. I do associate going the match with getting pissed as I did it for so many years but I rarely go now. I went to my mates 40th at a youth hostel a few weeks ago and everyone was going mad doing MDMA, drinking, doing lemo. I just went to bed early and was so
smug the next day! All the hardcore hedonism starts to look a bit desperate when people are middle aged with kids to go home to.

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3 hours ago, Captain Willard said:

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. 

Most women you meet have dark nights mate 

2 hours ago, tokyojoe said:

I nipped into our local and had a quick tonic water earlier. There was this prat in there, pissed as usual. He is as skinny as a rake, can't possibly work as always bevvied. I'd like to know where he gets the money form. It's not a cheap pub (where is) but everytime I see him in there he's bombed. He latches onto people but he hasn't managed that with me. Yet. 

 

If he does I reckon I'd just floor him.

 

About 1am I saw him today. Already pissed.

 

That alone makes me think very hard about drinking.

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3 hours ago, tokyojoe said:

I nipped into our local and had a quick tonic water earlier. There was this prat in there, pissed as usual. He is as skinny as a rake, can't possibly work as always bevvied. I'd like to know where he gets the money form. It's not a cheap pub (where is) but everytime I see him in there he's bombed. He latches onto people but he hasn't managed that with me. Yet. 

 

If he does I reckon I'd just floor him.

 

About 1am I saw him today. Already pissed.

 

That alone makes me think very hard about drinking.

Oops! I meant 1pm. Doh.

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15 hours ago, Captain Willard said:

He’ll be dead within 5 years. My brother in law drank like a fish every day and eventually  got dementia linked to alcohol. Had a good job, a wife, nice house everything. Died alone in a care home aged 52. 

Korsakoffs?

My dad ended up like that although he was 62 before he ended up in a care home. He made a decent recovery memory wise in a lot of ways. His death wasn't drink related strangely enough. 

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It’s been great to read this thread. I’m in recovery, drink and other stuff got out of hand. 
I was 3.5 months in to sobriety but relapsed out of nowhere on Sunday. Before that I was 5.5 months sober. It’s tough when you have this illness but I’ve taken hope from some of these posts and really needed to hear the message some people shared. 
Life is a lot better sober for me.

 

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I used to think non-drinkers were oddballs. And where I lived, they definitely were a rarity.

 

But when I went back to university I quit booze and drugs. 

 

I did become a bit of an outcast (self-imposed) once I'd made the decision, as at that age my circle of friends revolved around getting drunk/high. 

 

But I didn't want to spend all that time and money without giving it my best shot.

 

One of the most important decisions I've made, and one I never regretted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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