Tell me about the people in your life that dont drink alcohol

I have quite a few friends who don't drink.

One was a big drinker but has been deliberately sober for 20 years.

Another 2 just don't like it much so never drink alcohol.

Another doesn't because of the effects after the menopause but she was never that bothered.

I drink but will generally meet the first 3 somewhere in between us and we'll both drive so it just doesn't crop up. We'll have 5 hours lunches sometimes. The other one is mostly at my house so I'll drink when I see her but she doesn't, she doesn't mind at all.

I've been pretty much teatotal all my life. I do drink very occasionally though. I love a Pimm's or G&T on warm summer evenings, but that will be one or two a week.... And I will have some mulled wine and champagne at Xmas, but again, just a couple of glasses in a week. Most of the time I drink fizzy water or Ginger cordial.

DH on the other hand .... Will hoover up wine, whiskey, brandy etc. Our recycling will be overflowing with bottles!

MIL can’t drink because of medication. I accidentally offered her mulled wine last Xmas. She got all angry and was yelling at me. It seems that she is not happy to be non drinker.

To add that the non drinkers in my life are a mix of people who dont because they just never enjoyed it (though quite a few of them are big smokers instead) and those who have given up cos the repercussions weren’t worth it. I’m going that way too..

I only drink alcohol a couple of times a year. I enjoy it at the time, but it doesn't cross my mind otherwise. I like the odd cocktail.

Other than that, God help anyone who ever tried to come between me and my crack pipe a nice cup of tea.

I wish I knew someone like you. I can't drink very much these days and would prefer what I did drink to be something really good.

I think my sense of taste is failing which doesn't help.

Dh gave up alcohol about 7 years ago due to medication at the time but now just drinks Guinness 0.0%. I drink Peroni 0% and occasionally Freixenet which is an alcohol free prosecco. Alcohol free Kopparberg strawberry and lime cider, I drink it in a wine glass as I have beautiful wine glasses.

Regular drinks wise we have a bean to cup coffee machine, we drink different teas, water because we like it. I have a soda stream so drink carbonated water and Dh drinks sugar free cordial and we drink Pepsi Max with a slice of lemon from the freezer, prepared ahead and in a tub ready for my glass. Pressed apple juice, apple with ginger, any Scholer drink.

My eldest son drinks occasionally, my youngest son who is 20 and at uni doesn't drink and has never even tried it. I know lots of people who get to 50 and feel so rough after just one glass of wine, it is like their body doesn't agree with it anymore.

7 months sober here 🎉🎉 I don’t mind people drinking around me, but I’m so proud to be sober after trying for so many years.

I'm teetotal, as are both of my daughters, 1 son-in-law, my best mate and several other friends. We don't need alcohol to enjoy ourselves.

One of my siblings hasn't touched a drop of alcohol for just over a year now. While I can't go that far, as I said I'm about 99% teetotal, I'm so proud of her for sticking at it and she has lots to celebrate in doing this.

My other half doesn't drink he gave up alcohol in 1987 as he was in the navy and had ripped the a* off it getting hammered every night. I rarely drink now as I don't enjoy it.

Me!

I used to drink casually just like most people however I was sick of the cycle of going on nights out with friends, losing control of how much I drank, having parts of the night missing from my memory and waking up with anxiety and an empty bank account!

I can’t think of any negatives that have come from stopping drinking alcohol, only positives.

Alcohol is literally a poison to our bodies and is the only drug that is glorified and normalised in every day life. If a drug was invented tomorrow that gave us the same effects alcohol did, acting the way we do drunk, memory loss etc it would be banned, not sold in every shop.

I’m trying to think of someone I know that doesn’t drink and I realise I don’t know anyone. Our grown up kids drink very little, like so many 20 somethings.

I know, my mum doesn’t drink but I can’t think what the OP would like to know about her! Mid 60, works part time, likes watercolour painting and walking her dog…

I don’t drink alcohol and neither does anybody in my family, siblings or parents etc. We were never brought up around it so none of us have ever been bothered by it.

My mum doesn’t drink, doesn’t like the taste, personal choice

Tell me about the people in your life that dont drink alcohol

Tell you what about them, exactly? What is there to say other than 'yes, my friend/relative doesn't drink'?

I know a few people who don't (or only very rarely) drink alcohol but there's nothing about this that makes them more interesting than anybody else.

I rarely drink. I don't enjoy the taste, I'd rather a cup of tea or hot chocolate. I don't like the feeling, again, I'd prefer a cup of tea or hot chocolate to relax with. I hate the hangover the next day. I don't like not being in control and risking doing something stupid. Taxis are expensive, I'd rather stay sober and drive than drink and get a taxi.
I do have social anxiety and got drunk to manage it when I was younger. The more nervous I was the more I would drink and the worse I'd feel the next day. If I didn't have social anxiety I don't think I would have ever taken to drinking.

My DW, brain injury cant drink, my son in law, recovering alcoholic, my best friend hates the taste of alochol. Plenty of other people that only have a glass once or twice a year, l love a drink...

I do drink but age is definitely slowing me down in that respect.
I have lots of people in my life who dont drink though. Some just never been drinkers and lots who have given up in the last few years. It’s becoming much more prevalent and the norm to have at least a few non drinkers at most dinner parties. I always get soft drinks in to accommodate non drinkers whether they are usual non drinkers or incase anyone is having a night or period off.

Very rarely do I drink a glass of champagne or prosecco. I would say I'm over 99% teetotal. One of my siblings and my best friend are also teetotal.

I was at a Christmas get together the other night and only me was drinking Diet Coke. Everyone else, including those driving, at least had a drink. I would never, ever even have one if driving, I don't agree with it. That in comparison to meeting up with siblings and their partners and it's soft drinks all round.

I'm usually driving anyway. I don't understand the allure of drinking at home, or feel I need to if out having a meal either. If I was told you'd never be able to have that odd glass of champagne ever again, it would certainly be no loss.

I do know people who have had stomach issues and ulcers etc caused by alcohol.

Yup. I reckon my drinking during my 20s and 30s contributed significantly to my getting cancer in my 40s.

When you quit booze you become hyper aware of how normalised alcohol is in our culture. It’s the only drug you have to justify not taking. Maybe with the exception of caffeine.

ETA that even in my boozy childhood household Christmas wasn’t really a heavy drinking event. That was Hogmanay.

I rarely drink. I had a glass of Prosecco at a Christmas do last week and I think the last drink before that was a Pimms in the summer. I don't like the taste of most of it. I always drove when younger and was totally on board with don't drink and drive. My preferences when out are apple juice, cloudy lemonade and elderflower cordials. At home it's black tea. DH will have one or two beers at home at the weekend. Adult DC doesn't drink at home but will have a heavy night out maybe once a month. He drinks cider and cocktails!

I drink very occasionally but live a good cuppa and my downfall is Diet Coke

I had a dry Christmas last year as I got so hammered the week before I really didn't want a drink. Christmas was fine but not quite the same. Worst thing was I couldn't settle on what to drink. Nothing hit the right spot - don't like tea, don't drink too many coffees, soft drinks too sweet, can't drink much water...

This year I'm going to go easier on our night out, fuck another dry Christmas.