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Has anyone just stopped enjoying booze?

82 replies

Merryoldgoat · 31/12/2022 00:42

I don’t drink much, but occasionally have a ‘big night’ (maybe 3/4 times a year) and the odd Prosecco or G&T.

However I just don’t like it much and it’s cone in quite suddenly.

I think I might stop drinking which is obviously not a big deal but it seems a bit odd to just have lost my taste for it.

Has this happened to anyone else?

OP posts:
Notanotherone123 · 31/12/2022 09:33

Yes. I just stopped one day and haven't ever restarted, I don't have alcohol in the house anymore and I don't have a drink when out either.

FlowerLilyFix · 31/12/2022 09:33

Yes deffo I just don’t see the point and hate being so tired the next day.

OMG12 · 31/12/2022 09:41

Yes when I hit my 40s. Now I just think it’s a waste of time when I feel hung over the next morning even for a few hours when I could be doing something more productive.

most alcohol doesn’t taste v nice (maybe the odd wine). It’s empty calories. Objectively speaking there’s not a lot going for it tbh

inthedeepshade · 31/12/2022 09:42

I always love one drink but it's diminishing returns for me so I always stick to just one these days. I very rarely crave a drink and would never open a bottle for myself - I just have a glass at a group meal or occasionally a G&T with a can of tonic.

This is definitely a far cry from my twenties when I used to get hammered every week! Yet annoyingly I am fatter than ever.

Almostbacktoschool · 31/12/2022 09:44

Yep…used to love drinking at the weekends, then got pregnant at 39, stopped drinking, had a couple when dd was 1 or so, but wasn’t that fussed as was so tired and couldn’t let go in the same way with a baby to think about the next day. Covid hit and I had it at the start, after that any drink I had, I had a terrible reaction. Only just started to have the occasional one without having a massive effect the past few months, but still don’t enjoy it. Almost forced myself to have a glass of Baileys at Christmas. It’s healthier for sure but also quite annoying!

Titsywoo · 31/12/2022 09:46

I'm also 44 and completely lost interest in the last few years. I started flushing red on my face and chest when drinking then peri gave me massive anxiety and panic attacks which are always made worse by booze so I just don't bother. Wish I could say I feel better for it but peri is kicking my arse right now!

skippingthroughthedaisies · 31/12/2022 09:49

I only have the occasional drink these days. We have family staying who are struggling with that concept…

Original poster
Merryoldgoat · 31/12/2022 09:53

@hopsalong

I’m not especially healthy but it would be unlikely I had something serious wrong I think.

Alcohol doesn’t make me feel unwell, just don’t enjoy it as I used to.

OP posts:
talkingmorenonsense · 31/12/2022 09:55

Neither of us drinks anymore. It gives me heartburn and raises DH’s BP. We don’t miss it.

YouLookinSusBro · 31/12/2022 09:56

I've gone off all alcohol except prosecco and a few dry whites, and even those are less enjoyable than they once were. Everything else is a no go. Plus the anxiety, messed up sleep and palpitations if I have more than one glass....I'm 43.

FangsForTheMemory · 31/12/2022 09:59

I’m post menopause. I do still drink but much less than I used to and I do find if l am ill or even off colour I don’t want to drink it all.

AlwaysGinPlease · 31/12/2022 10:00

I have OP. I just don't enjoy it. I didn't drink at all for a few months leading up to Christmas then had a few drinks over Christmas and no matter what I chose, I realized I wasn't enjoying it. I've never been much of a drinker so nothing to miss to be honest, so that's it for me now.

Ijuststoodonlego · 31/12/2022 10:02

Haven't drunk in a year. I think I'm intolerant to it (face goes bright red, not rosey cheeked, it's as if I've rubbed blusher all over my face). I get a headache within ten minutes of drinking some and feel really bloody ill. Over an hour (one small glass) I will have felt euphoria and then argued white is black and then gone silent and feel teary. So I stay away from it. I have so little time and real life support that I have to be "ok" for my kids, I don't have time to be hung over. I have never needed a drink to dance too. I can have fun without alcohol.

Clarich007 · 31/12/2022 10:03

I'm the same really. I've never been a big drinker, have been drunk only about 3 times in my life. It was awful, felt so out of control and ill for days.
These days we open a bottle of wine and it lasts us 3 days. Just out of interest one day, I measured the amount i pour in my glass. It was 120 mls, and I tend to pour the last bit into my husband's glass.

NewMoonPhase · 31/12/2022 10:20

Yep. So sick of it. Peri menopause.

Doje · 31/12/2022 10:30

Yep, me. I'm 40+ and Covid slowed me down as I was always a social drinker rather than a drink-at-home-er.

These days other things are more important. I'm trying to keep my weight in check, which is more difficult than ever, by eating well and exercising. Both of which are difficult after a big night. I also don't like feeling tired the whole next day.

My best friend has also recently become / admitted she's an alcoholic so a) I've lost a drinking partner (!) and b) makes the whole drinking thing more complicated....

Wonnle · 31/12/2022 10:35

Nat6999 · 31/12/2022 02:03

I haven't had a drink for 5 years, I don't miss it at all.

8 years here and exactly the same

Thepeopleversuswork · 31/12/2022 10:36

Me: used to really enjoy a drink. Since menopause I find the downsides hugely outweigh the upsides.

Even a fairly small amount of alcohol makes me feel depressed and sluggish the next day, ruins my concentration and prevents me exercising (and I would rather run than drink). Hangovers are now utterly horrific.

Just had an (almost) dry Christmas and didn’t miss it at all. Thinking of packing it in altogether.

anotheruser173 · 31/12/2022 10:38

Hmmm. I thought it was lockdown related, but having read all these other posts, I wonder if me losing interest is just a sign of me getting older... Well, that's mildly depressing!

CandidaAlbicans2 · 31/12/2022 11:47

I still love booze, and if I see someone on TV drinking a glass of wine my instant reaction is fancying one myself. But now I'm 50s it doesn't agree with me so much any more which is good in a way but a bit of a shame in another. When I do drink, which isn't often these days, I only tend to do it during the day with a big meal because drinking in the evening messes with my sleep and makes me really groggy the next day (or worse if I've had more than 3 glasses of wine). Also, the older I get the faster time seems to go, and I don't want to squander it by nursing the bad effects of alcohol I'd rather squander my time on here 😉

coffeepleeease · 31/12/2022 11:49

I went off alcohol since having my DD 6.5 years ago

mamabear715 · 31/12/2022 11:51

Not touched it in years.
As many have said, effects on the (ageing) bod, not really liking the taste, being around people who drink, all totally put me off.
I do like a drop of rum or brandy in Christmas pud though! I swear booze was invented to be put into food rather than be a poisonous drink! :-)

Fantina · 31/12/2022 12:19

I probably have one alcoholic drink three times a year or so. Usually in the summer when it is something like a refreshing talk glass of Pimms. Sadly my excess weight is sugar related, not alcohol related so it hasn’t helped with that.

Figgypudding123 · 31/12/2022 16:27

Same here. Menopause has definitely knocked my drinking on the head...

Someo · 31/12/2022 16:31

I'm the same as @Ijuststoodonlego I'd love to be able to enjoy it but even a little I go all hot and bothered and my face goes beetroot.

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