# anyone else not drink much? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 20, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-drink-much/189806 "2003-07-20T23:08:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-drink-much/189806/1 "2003-07-20T23:08:12Z")
I went out after work on Friday and had 4 pints. First time I’d drunk for over a month I think. I’ve felt a bit lethargic all weekend since, and it feels like I’ve wasted the weekend. Is it just because I dont drink ofetn or does alcohol do that to you? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-drink-much/189806/2 "2003-07-20T23:26:30Z")
More than anything, I’d say you’d feel a lot better now if you’d drunk lots of water too (and during certain periods I’ve averaged 4 pints a day for a week or two at a time). ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-drink-much/189806/3 "2003-07-20T23:34:48Z")
I drink maybe once every two or three months and have only been drunk once, two days after my twenty-first birthday. I don’t see the appeal… either in its taste or in its affects. Most alcohol (and especially beer) taste absolutely horrid and it’s taken me a while to find drinks I like (mostly tequila, either straight or in a cocktail) and while it relaxes me, it also makes me feel really lethargic and like I’m immersed in water. Not the most pleasant of experiences. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-drink-much/189806/4 "2003-07-20T23:37:11Z")
I don’t drink much. There just never seems to be any occasion to. (Besides, I’ve started the Atkins thing and I can’t have alcohol – especially beer – anyway.) Drink lots of water. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-drink-much/189806/5 "2003-07-21T00:00:46Z")
I don’t drink much at all. I’ll buy a sixer of good beer when I’m in the mood, but I usually wind up cooking with most of it and drinking one or two bottles. I’ll have a beer from time to time, but I mean “a beer”. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-drink-much/189806/6 "2003-07-21T00:32:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny L.A. \* > \*\*I don’t drink much. There just never seems to be any occasion to. (Besides, I’ve started the Atkins thing and I can’t have alcohol – especially beer – anyway.) > > Drink lots of water. \*\* Have you tried Michelob Ultra yet? I hate the stuff, but my Atkinsing buddies swear by it… ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-drink-much/189806/7 "2003-07-21T00:35:09Z")
Sadly, I cannot drink. I was never able to get into the habit of paying good money to drink piss that makes you stupid and then sick. ---
**Author:** ![green\_dragon\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/13edae/32.png) [@green\_dragon\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_dragon_1)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-drink-much/189806/8 "2003-07-21T00:39:07Z")
I drink little enough and rarely enough for me to say ‘I don’t drink’ when asked. Tried it, thought it was ok but waaaaay too nice (vodka was my drink) so I stopped drinking it out of nervousness of becoming addicted. Course now I’m a martial artist so I have another good reason not to drink 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-drink-much/189806/9 "2003-07-21T00:49:43Z")
I hardly ever drink, either. If I’m lucky, I may go through 24 cans/bottles in a year, and I rarely touch hard liquor. I just don’t see a need to drink beyond _a_ beer, really, in the vein of **GMRyujin**. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-drink-much/189806/10 "2003-07-21T01:02:36Z")
I rarely drink, but there are a few things I do enjoy: On a cold day, spiking hot chocolate with Bailey’s Irish Cream or Kahlua On a hot day, frozen mudslides - equal parts vodka, Bailey’s, Kahlua, mixed with ice cream - Mmmm! And on extremely rare occasions, a couple shots of black sambuca. Whee! ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-drink-much/189806/11 "2003-07-21T01:14:05Z")
I enjoy a drink once in a while, but only socially, and even then never much. Usually when I drink I get a terrible constricting feeling in my chest, like my ribcage is crushing in on my heart and lungs. I cough uncontrollably and just generally feel like crap. This happens almost every time I drink, so needless to say, I do it very infrequently. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-drink-much/189806/12 "2003-07-21T01:53:10Z")
I don’t drink all that much – a glass of wine with dinner, or a whiskey sour or two at a big bash. I used to have an occasional liqueur, but I haven’t lately. If I feel the alcohol, I usually stop (I seem to metabolize it quickly). ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-drink-much/189806/13 "2003-07-21T02:57:10Z")
I rarely drink, and when I do it’s purely social. Never had more than three drinks at a sitting. Never been drunk. And frankly, I have no interest in being drunk; it doesn’t look like much fun. I’m not opposed to alcohol, I just don’t drink much because I really don’t like the taste. When people ask why I’m not drinking, my usual response is, “I have enough expensive habits already.” Last time I had a drink was…hm. I tasted a Tequila Sunrise or two a couple of weeks ago, but that wasn’t a full drink. For that, I’d probably have to go back several months, to a single glass of wine. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-drink-much/189806/14 "2003-07-21T03:24:18Z")
[Carrie Nation] I don’t touch the stuff.[/Carrie Nation] Truth is I can’t go near it unless I’m dumping it into a pot of minestrone. Not because I have anything against it, but because even a measly half glass of champagne begets a big ole hulking migraine. Damn things. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-drink-much/189806/15 "2003-07-21T03:30:41Z")
Drink every few months, never more then one drink a day, and usually only then because someone else bought the drinks. Drink a lot of water, partially because it’s cheap and partially I’m trying to avoid excess calories. ---
**Author:** ![lilbtagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-drink-much/189806/16 "2003-07-21T03:34:37Z")
Count me as another person who just doesn’t like the taste of alcohol. I can handle my liquor, I just don’t like the taste. I’ve tried a little bit of several different drinks, and the only one that hasn’t made me gag is hard lemonade. Of course, that doesn’t tast like alcohol at all. This is especially hard for me to deal with right now. I’ve recently turned 21, and for some reason, EVERYONE feels the need to get me drunk. This includes people I barely know. I don’t feel any pressure to get drunk, but it’s getting harder and harder for me to be polite about it when people try to get me to order all sorts of stuff because “it tastes so damn good.” Drinking lots of water or Gatorade seems to help the people I know who go out and get wasted every Thursday night. Too much water might make you feel kind of sick. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-drink-much/189806/17 "2003-07-21T03:37:48Z")
Don’t drink at all. Seems to be a problem on my bio dad’s side of the family. I figure might be genetically predisposed to the stuff so better safe than sorry. I get a lot of funny looks when people offer me a drink and I tell them I don’t drink. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-drink-much/189806/18 "2003-07-21T04:23:51Z")
I don’t drinkl much, usually at a party or when my wife pours wine. Beer sits in my fridge untouched for a year. I’d usually rather have ice tea or Coke. I think it’s genetic, since my father rarely drank anything and my brother doesn’t either. I don’t hate the taste, I just don’t like it. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-drink-much/189806/19 "2003-07-21T04:24:20Z")
I’m 33 years old and I am proud to say that I am a complete teetotaler. I’ve never had any alcohol. It isn’t for religious reasons that I don’t drink. I just don’t understand the reasons people like to get drunk and then get hung over and be puking their guts out with a headache the next day. I just don’t feel comfortable with drinking something that is going to destroy irreplaceable brain cells, alter my perception and judgment and alter my behavior. If my friends choose to drink, fine, but I don’t give them any sympathy if they complain about the symptoms of their hangovers. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-drink-much/189806/20 "2003-07-21T04:26:35Z")
Personally speaking, alcohol doesn’t do a lot for me. I like caffiene. It keeps me awake and energetic and no hangovers. I never seem to find the “fun” most people insist is in alcohol. I’ll drink, like I said above, every now and then. But it’s wine as complement to a meal, or beer because I’m in the mood. I seldom drink just to drink and don’t really understand the people who do. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-drink-much/189806.md?page=2)