I hesitate to do this on a board full of people who appear to be fond of the wagon, but I like alky-haul. I'm not one of those "in denial" folks. I don't have a problem. I drink maybe once a month. Maybe. Less than that while classes are in session.

We live in a society that is as quick to hand you a drink as it is to tell you all kinds of horrible things that have happened to people because of booze. Well it's just not valid in my case. I have never been hungover, failed to show up to work, started a fight, hurt anyone's feelings, fucked anyone ugly, or run over someone in my car. None of these things that are supposed to befall me have befallen me.

When I drink, I drink a shitload. It's frankly just a lot of fun. My friends and I go out, drink our weight in Tom Collins, and laugh our asses off. Nothing bad happens. It just doesn't. If we did it more regularly (once a week, maybe) I do not expect that anything bad would happen. Everyone enjoys my presence sober, and everyone enjoys my presence drunk.

So not to crap on anyone else's decisions, but I like booze. It tastes good and doesn't do anything to me that I do not enjoy. If other people have seen it take too much of their money, cause them medical problems, or interfered with their job/friendships/life, then I fully support their decision to quit and would never think less of them for doing so. I hope to get the same in return.

I cannot deal with the taste. In anything. The girliest drink tastes like poison to me. I don't like rum balls, and I was so disappointed that bananas foster do not taste anywhere near as good as they sound like they would.

Beyond that, I would not do it anyway. If I could, I would like to find a way to become more sober. i am not interested in altering my mood.

I don't have a problem with others drinking. I keep what I believe to be the good stuff in the fridge for anyone who stops by, and don't want to cast a shadow on anyones fun. With that, I think that if you hurt someone while because you are drunk, you have no excuse and need to be punished beyond reason

cprlcoffee wrote:I like the following beers that seem to be getting the bad lip:
1) Schlitz - Regular and Malt (Blue Bull)
2) PBR
3) Old Style
4) Bud

i do like schlitz, which is much better than the other three listed

i think you ranked them correctly

I have traditionally had phases of heavy indulgence alternating with periods of non-use. This applies to drinking, pot smoking and cigarette smoking.

I aced the cigarettes for good a few years ago and my health immediately improved significantly enough that I'll never smoke another cigarette.

Pot can be cool for me once in a while alone as a meditative, creative thing but generally it makes me self-conscious, self-critical, demotivated, mentally foggy and slow. The mental fog & slowness usually lasts a few days after. As a consequence of all this, I rarely smoke pot anymore.

I find I want to smoke pot when I want to not deal with things. It's cliche but true for me. I wish I could smoke pot and enjoy it the way I used to but those days are over.

I stopped alcohol for health reasons as well. Also, I hate hangovers so much that I can never drink that much ever again. My hangovers are profound mental/physical negative experiences. I HATE that feeling so much. I will very, very occasionally have a drink but the alchohol taste is so strong to me now (even in a beer) that I don't really enjoy it. Although, despite having said that, I can still enjoy a cold Corona with lime in the summer.

Basically, the downside of all of these things made it unattractive to me so there are no major temptations to fight.

Marlowe

Having just crawled back from a spectacularly messy NYE in Manchester I've got my iron hat on today. It's time to effect New Year's resolution #1 - a booze-free January at least. I might peg it out till my birthday in March. Or maybe give up altogether. We'll see how it goes.

I've soused myself pretty heavily over the festive period and I'm really looking forward to a break. In general I've also started to feel a little bit bored of drinking although I still love it (I don't think I'm anywhere close to having a problem but I did feel a tiny chill re-reading tmidgett's post as generally when I finish a drink the first thing I want is another one, there's probably a wellspring of oblivion there). Hangovers are an exquisite agony these days too. I'll not miss those.

Anyway! Happy New Year everyone, here's to a clean and smugly serene January..

I gave up drinking like 6 years ago. It just never really excited me, I have nothing against people who drink, except those who get violent or verbally aggressive when they do so, there is just NO need for that.

I still enjoy going out, when there's something decent to do, and I have a lot more money to myself. I've also just quit smoking in October and I'm starting to see the monetary effects of that too, which is pretty nice.

I just don't like the attitude most people get when drunk, and it just isn't pretty really.

I never liked it much.

Nowadays, I drink sake (which I enjoy quite a bit) but never just to drink it. There's always food involved.

I drink quite a lot. My mother is an alcoholic, as is my uncle and was my grandfather, so I blame them for my boozy tendancies. I quit smoking last year and drugs about 5 years ago, but I doubt very much that I'll ever stop drinking completely, I need some vice. I'm a pretty compulsive person.

I shall, however, attempt to remain sober all January... and my god I'll be a grumpy asshole if I do...

I don't drink, for me it came mostly from not enjoying it. I'm a picky eater/drinker and as a result I find that I don't like the taste of alcohol. The only drinks I can tolerate are stuff that doesn't taste of alcohol and even that I don't like much. So, instead I'm the perpetual designated driver, I don't really mind much.

I don't mind being the sober one in a group of drunk people, they tend to mind more than I do. It also saves me a ton of money and empty calories.

-Curtis

There are way too many great vices out there to let alcohol ruin them.

What astounds me is how the general population views the act of getting drunk. To me, it's really disgusting. Being at a bar at 2 am is like being at Old Country Buffet for the lunch rush.

I can excuse drunkenness in "youngsters" (16-27) but not in an adult population that "values" things like contracts, marriages, jobs, etc.

I enjoy drinking beer. I don't drink too much of it at a time because it makes me stupid. That's all it does. I guess someone could argue the merits of stupidity ala "ignorance is bliss" but fuck that. Stupid is as stupid does.

There are much better ways to alter one's perceptions. The good ones bring you closer to each other and don't leave you swimming in an acohol induced confusion-fog.

One thing that really bothers me about drunks: They don't ever get to see themselves drunk!! Hell, they don't even really remember it.

Put it this way......your physical hangover is my mental hangover of watching you behave like an ass. Now I gotta respect you today?

That's a tall order.