To not really understand the need for people to drink alcohol all the time?

[BusWankers]

I really don't understand why people socialise and drink alcohol all the time, or go out specifically to get drunk and have fun, or all the "LOL Prosecco time!" At 11am in a Sunday. And people buying boxes if beers and 4 bottles of wine as part of the weekly shop.

I do drink, very rarely, sometimes for weddings or whatever.bit I really don't understand the normality of everyday drinking.

I know I'm in the minority, bit
..what gives?????

Me neither.
People get much more aggressive when drinking too.
More fights break out etc.
No thanks.

Judgy McJudgy.

I thought obesity related diseases cost the nhs more than alcohol related diseases and car accidents.

Yep, that’s me! I then wake up fresh as a daisy, have tons of energy, feel present with my kids & have a fun/busy weekend ✌️
edit - 10.30pm, nighty night 😴😆

I drink the same way you do. VERY rarely. People enjoy a beer or wine after a long day. I like a coke and /or chocolate and a book once the kids are in bed. Others enjoy a beer and a TV show, etc. personal preference.

Non returning OP - what a surprise.

YANBU. People can’t go for a picnic anymore without cracking open a bottle of wine, it’s expected by some at children’s parties. Ludicrous.

You're very fortunate to have lived a blessed life. Some have coped with enormous trauma, difficult families, hardship. Alcohol is an escape from reality. Or it adda a bit of zing to an evening.
Whatever the reason, perhaps don't be so bloody judgemental.

I’m with you here OP. I know everyone seems to be getting a bit defensive over ‘everyone has fun in different ways’ but I feel like the assumption that everyone over the age of 18 MUST be going to drink at any event as well as when they’re at home doing nothing is ridiculous. I’m not even 30 yet and haven’t ever been a huge drinker, then the past 10 years or so it’s maybe one at work Christmas do, very once in a blue moon on a night out or whatever. The reaction to saying you’re not having alcohol is so extreme too, utter disbelief you could socialise and/or have a good time without it. I also find there seems to be some judgement to it, as if you’re a total stick in the mud if you don’t drink. To be perfectly honest, I question those who can’t manage without! Drunk people are usually a total ick and I don’t enjoy being around them either. Also agree with it seeming gross when people have half a trolley loaded with alcohol on the food shop, plus in the current cost of living climate it seems a huge waste of money.

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Alcohol's a depressant so is unfortunately probably making things worse.

You don't know what OP's life is like, only that she's chosen not to introduce more trauma, family difficulties and hardship by adding a booze habit into the mix.

Why do you think they can’t go without rather than they just enjoy it? And as long as you’re not giving it to the children, I really don’t see the issue with wine at a children’s party either.

Goady threads on Mumsnet aren’t going to change that.

I only drink at Christmas as have kids, work weekends and I get a hangover after even one glass of wine because am in my 40s but I get it, tastes nice and is a bit of fun unless you go for a hangover film type night out (which was fun on a Wednesday night in my 20s in college!). To each their own op- I personally don’t get the coffee thing, but I like tea so can’t talk!

I'm reading it all. But am actually busy so haven't responded properly yet.

Ha ha. I do have hobbies and stuff thanks.

I never suggested they were drinking the whole lot in one day. The buying of alcohol as part of the weekly shop is hardly new, people did it when I was working in supermarkets at 19! That's 30 years ago now. And yep, regular weekly drinks, same people ,same weekly shop etc also it was obvious when it was for a party

Why was it any of your business?

@DontReplyIWillLie no but reading comments on here did make me question my own alcohol consumption. And now I’ve given up and my life is immeasurably better. It’s changing anyways, many young people I know are into fitness, hiking, looking good, self improvement and achieving their ambitions.

Not saying you can’t have those things and drink! But my life as a young person revolved around alcohol, and it hindered many things for me personally, looking back.

Plus it makes you and the occasions fun and people who don't drink are boring blah blah.

Oooh, is it nearly Prosecco time, OP? 🥂🕚😎

It’s a social construct, part of the culture I suppose. I don’t drink, I have done in the past but I can take it or leave it. I do however find the school mums that bang on about ‘oooo is it wine o’clock yet?’ a little annoying! Do it, don’t it, no one cares, stop banging on as if it make you a fun person if you drink 🙄 it’s more and more acceptable now to order non alcoholic beer/wine/spirits etc when out in pubs etc so hopefully more people will be comfortable being ‘out out’ without pressure to drink. My son ironically has worked for most of the last few years as a bartender, now at uni and doesn’t drink, he’s an athlete with intense training schedule and he said alcohol is a waste of calories and makes him feel sluggish…

Well, 40% of all violent crimes involve alcohol for a start, which doesn’t tend to be such an issue with cake.

You obviously haven’t seen me when someone tries to take the last brownie.