Poll: Do you drink alcohol?
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yep, I drink booze. Why? because some days videogame violence and beating up my sofa cushions just won't help me calm down enough, and I also like the taste of Erdinger, tis a German wheat beer ^w^
Went with other, not a teetotaler but I very rarely drink now. Not for any great reasons other than it doesn't agree with me any more, used to drink a lot and would be drunk at least once or twice a week. When I got towards 30 it started playing me up, indigestion and heartburn and the headaches, hangovers and puking (at the time and next morning) got worse and worse. Stopped drinking almost entirely after that, now I only have a pint or couple of cans once or twice a year at most.
I live in Australia... if you don't drink heavily, you're kind of ridiculed. I've been drinking since I was 13...
I work from home so I usually start drinking at breakfast and maintain a moderate level of drunkenness throughout the day.
Occasionally, I've come to love wine, but only when I am eating dinner. So a couple of glasses once a week.
Nope. Just turned 21 two weeks ago but I never got into drinking. Not against the idea, just don't. In fact I only drink water and milk. Why get used to things like alcohol, coffee, carbonated sugary stuff, etc.. I'll stick to mainly water and eat my calories hahaha.
27 years old, and I've never had a craving for alcohol. If a friend asks me to "try this!" and its wine or a lager or something, I'll give it a shot, but that's it. I find I don't like 99% of the alcohol drinks I have tasted, and for the 1% I find good enough, I never get the urge to try it again.
Used to drink fairly heavily, I've slowed down as I get older. There's pros and cons. I read something somewhere about how teetotallers earn less money than drinkers, and I understand why. So many relationships that have been integral to my career have been forged over a drink. And I have seen good people who don't drink get nowhere because not drinking tends to correlate to a certain social awkwardness, lack of shared experiences etc, makes it hard to build relationships. Note: I said correlate, not cause, before I get flamed.
On the negative side; it's expensive, it makes you fat, and hangovers are horrible. And some people can become dependant on it which leads to some pretty horrible consequences.
On the negative side; it's expensive, it makes you fat, and hangovers are horrible. And some people can become dependant on it which leads to some pretty horrible consequences.
Never. Utterly abhor the taste (I've tried about a dozen types of alcohol at various points in my life and haven't enjoyed a one) and I absolutely don't understand the appeal.
In the words of Benjamin Frankly "Hawkeye" Pierce, why do you need to stop feeling in order to feel good?[footnote]I am aware that he was a borderline alcoholic. That particular quote is from the episode where he gave up drinking.[/footnote]
In the words of Benjamin Frankly "Hawkeye" Pierce, why do you need to stop feeling in order to feel good?[footnote]I am aware that he was a borderline alcoholic. That particular quote is from the episode where he gave up drinking.[/footnote]
Don't drink, never have, never will if I can help it.
Why? I'm not religious in the slightest. I am, however, a medical student and I've seen, first hand, the damage alcohol does. I've seen the metabolic disorders, I've seen the liver damage, I've seen the heart dilation and the atherosclerotic plaques.
But there are three fundamental reasons why, even if alcohol was perfectly healthy, I wouldn't drink:
1) I want to be in control of my self. Alcohol can take away that control.
2) Alcohol messes with your brain chemistry, even if temporarily. Being a non-theist, I don't believe in the soul, but I do believe in the brain. We are our brain, and our brain chemistry is a component of our brain's functioning, and as a result, our brain chemistry is a part of who we are. Alcohol will, therefore, fundamentally change you who are, even if temporarily. I don't want to do that. I will remain myself, at all times, as much as possible. If I can avoid psychoactive drugs, I will. Of course, if I need to take medication that affects my mind, I will reluctantly agree to it, but if I can avoid ingesting or taking a psychoactive substance, I will avoid taking it. I AM ME. I WILL REMAIN ME. I will not change who I am for the sake of a "good time" or for a "party".
3) It's potentially addictive. I can't get addicted if I don't drink. I have been in stressful situations which would have caused me to turn to drink had I ever started. But, because I never drank, I never turn to alcohol when I am stressed or in despair. You can't get addicted to something you never started, and you can't abuse something you don't drink.
Why? I'm not religious in the slightest. I am, however, a medical student and I've seen, first hand, the damage alcohol does. I've seen the metabolic disorders, I've seen the liver damage, I've seen the heart dilation and the atherosclerotic plaques.
But there are three fundamental reasons why, even if alcohol was perfectly healthy, I wouldn't drink:
1) I want to be in control of my self. Alcohol can take away that control.
2) Alcohol messes with your brain chemistry, even if temporarily. Being a non-theist, I don't believe in the soul, but I do believe in the brain. We are our brain, and our brain chemistry is a component of our brain's functioning, and as a result, our brain chemistry is a part of who we are. Alcohol will, therefore, fundamentally change you who are, even if temporarily. I don't want to do that. I will remain myself, at all times, as much as possible. If I can avoid psychoactive drugs, I will. Of course, if I need to take medication that affects my mind, I will reluctantly agree to it, but if I can avoid ingesting or taking a psychoactive substance, I will avoid taking it. I AM ME. I WILL REMAIN ME. I will not change who I am for the sake of a "good time" or for a "party".
3) It's potentially addictive. I can't get addicted if I don't drink. I have been in stressful situations which would have caused me to turn to drink had I ever started. But, because I never drank, I never turn to alcohol when I am stressed or in despair. You can't get addicted to something you never started, and you can't abuse something you don't drink.
No. I don't like the idea, or the cost, or the apparent addictive properties.
I'd be willing to go to the bar and try a sweet drink followed by a glass of water and nothing else, but my peers aren't interested in that. They just desperately want to get me smashed. I don't know why, and it makes me think they're just desperate to justify themselves. One of them even threatened to use Judo on me if needed to get me to the pub.
I stay home and play video games or do homework while they go out and get smashed.
I'd be willing to go to the bar and try a sweet drink followed by a glass of water and nothing else, but my peers aren't interested in that. They just desperately want to get me smashed. I don't know why, and it makes me think they're just desperate to justify themselves. One of them even threatened to use Judo on me if needed to get me to the pub.
I stay home and play video games or do homework while they go out and get smashed.