To not ever drink again? Semi serious?!

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I have a hangover, I drank half a bottle of wine with food (and water!) so hardly excessive. I just don't think my body can take it.

I know everyone says that when they have a hangover, but at some point last night when I was willing myself not to be sick as the world was spinning I thought this is so not worth two large glasses of wine!

Argh I feel lame

I gave up drinking about 10yrs ago after a really bad hangover. Never missed drinking so didn't bother trying again. I've now become 'intolerant' to alcohol because I can't eat a sherry trifle without waking up with flu like symptoms and feeling really poorly! Just give up if you want to! My friends have accepted I don't drink and never push it. I hope your head clears and you feel better soon

I gave up white wine for this reason....it does terrible things to me and I really enjoy drinking.

Champagne or Prosecco, cocktails, hard liquor....all good!

That and a start early, drink slowly policy means hangover free since 2003 but you get the gist.

TBH though don't do it if you don't enjoy it....just why would you?

You need gin or vodka

Another one here who doesn't bother anymore.
I used to be able to drink more than most men in my younger days (early 20s.
Three children later, there is now no way. I actually choose to be the designated driver nowadays. It then puts me in a position, in that I can't drink. The hangover really isn't worth it.
I have a lot of family and friends, where alcohol is part of their every day lives, it was annoying at first with everyone going on about why I was not drinking, I simply asked them who was going to get up at 5am with three very hyperactive children, they soon stopped asking

Just say to all the people putting social pressure on you.

Iv been to the gp and he/she say Iv developed an intolerance to alcohol. he/she says it's actually quite common and there's no real reason behind it but I need to stop drinking due to it so a soda and lime please.

Or fuck off! A soda and lime please

To be honest ever since I've had my children my tolerance has been rubbish!!! Getting old and alcohol do not mix.

Do whatever suits you and sod every one else

I only ever drink a small glass of wine. I'd feel sick if I drank half a bottle. I think it's a lot.

I love spirits like vodka but only ever have a tiny tiny amount.

I think it's very normal to be teatotal these days. Two of my Uni age DC are teatotal and they still go clubbing and partying as much as anyone they just choose not to drink. It's not a big deal.

I've stopped drinking for many reasons, mainly that three close family members have died in the last few years from alcoholic liver disease. Not nice to watch. It's just poison. I'm a fitness freak / gym bunny and I just hate the way it makes me feel - as if I'm nailed to the floor, and that's just a couple of glasses of wine. I'm not religious about it and I love the odd glass of champagne, but that's my lot these days.

I might just tell people I'm intolerant and alcohol doesn't agree with me. Thats a good idea thank you! That's actually true anyway!

I'm going to attempt some brunch now

I can tolerate maybe one gin and tonic or half a beer or a small glass of wine on ocassion. But I think this is it, I guess people will get used to me not drinking! It's good to know I'm not unusual in in not tolerating alcohol well. Most (small people) I know can drink a whole bottle of wine and just feel tipsy. I think I might genuinely die of alcohol poisoning if I drunk that much based on how I feel now

The last three times I had a drink, I was SO ill that I literally couldn't move for the entire next day until about 5 pm. I've got two children I couldn't pick up from where they'd been staying because I couldn't get out of bed. After the third time I thought to myself, I am spending money to become so ill that I think I could die and I can't look after my children. That's it. No more drinking. I do miss it sometimes but can't risk it anymore. I think it's age too.

Nicki, was that on just one or two?

OP, we kind of are intolerant of alcohol if just one or two make us feel that bad so it's the truth.

First time was loads, what I used to drink in my twenties. Second time, a reasonable amount as didn't want to go through that again, still felt as bad, last time was four glasses of champagne but still just as bad. I honestly don't dare risk it again even with one or two.

If you'd let yourself be sick last night when you had the helicopters then probably you'd feel less ill today.

Just drink less or not at all - who cares whether other people drink more, or more frequently than you? It's not a competition

I stopped drinking because I have a drinking problem. Ironically, I tell people who ask it's because I can't handle more than a couple now, as I'm getting older...

Snap. I used to quite happily have a few glasses and no hangover. The last two times after 2-3 glasses I've been sick the next morning and had a banging head. Never used to happen. And I'm not drunk, I'm merry, but not drunk. I'm lucid and can give yoy a full version of events of the evening.The last two hangovers have been akin to the ones I used to have in my highly alcohol induced youth when I had drunk to excess and basically deserved it.

So although I'm not giving up booze completely (because with two small kids and without the promise of a glass of wine at 7.30pm I may go insane) I am no longer going beyond a glass and a half.

I'm pretty sure its age related, and I'm a shortarse too.

YANBU. I haven't been able to drink more than one, or two on a full stomach, since I turned 35.
I rarely drink now. New Year's Eve I had two, two at a party last month.
I don't get massively ill but my mood hits the floor and I wake at 5am unable to get back to sleep regardless of what time I went to bed.
Just not worth it for me.

Yeah, I've stopped drinking too because I have a drinking problem as well. Funnily enough, no-one has ever ever really asked me why I am not drinking, except for an odd 'Oh have you stopped?' . People are usually thinking about their own drinking, not mine!!

Love being the designated driver too. :) That is always a good excuse too. Or, health kick for a year.

I get asked often when I'm going to start drinking again, probably because I always use temporary excuses like health kicks, challenges etc, whereas in reality I never intend to drink again, EVER (but that freaks people out!)
I guess they miss my silly and entertaining ways