I want to drink more now since I can’t anymore …when I could drink I didn’t drink much since we didn’t go to p!aces that had hard booze and I don’t like non flavored beer also it took such an insane amount tfor me to get drunk that it wasn’t. Worth it so I didn’t drink more than a few times a year
Now the doc said I can’t drink and social security uses it to take checks sway I haven’t drank n about 6 or 7 years…
In the last few years, the only times I seriously consider having something to drink is when I want a little help falling asleep. And even then, melatonin is quicker and easier, especially since we don’t keep much alcohol in the house.
I’m not anti-drinking. I just don’t get the appeal. Most alcohol tastes nasty to me, and even the stuff I like makes me sleepy - certainly not something to have when wanting to socialize. So to answer the OP, nope - never just feel like drinking.
Last night was one. I wanted to be sure I’d sleep really hard. I blended up the tequila and margarita mix, added lots of ice, and enjoyed the sensation. Yesterday afternoon you see, I just buried my best friend ever, my dog Nathan. It’s a beautiful spot, at the pet cemetery, and I’ll be able to visit often, but I wanted no dreams last night.
Yes, but only on Monday’s usually. I never drink on the weekend. I guess the stress of my job drives me to drink during the week but it is always beer or wine.
There’s also the hangover factor. The older I get, the less I can handle hangovers. Best just to avoid them altogether. And more and more these days, I find a smaller amount of overindulgence will discombobulate me for much of the following day. I just can’t be bothered. I’m not a college student anymore. If it doesn’t feel good, why do it?
I’m a social drinker and have to be careful not to overdo it at parties and outings. Alone at home, if I make a drink, I won’t finish it. It just doesn’t taste as good.
It ticks me off when a doctor asks if I consume alcohol and the only choices are yes or no. It’s not a yes or no thing. If I respond positively, it sounds like I’m a regular drinker, which I’m not, but I can’t say honestly that I don’t drink or that I wouldn’t if the right opportunity arose.
The right opportunity certainly includes a hot summer day on the water (pool, river, lake, ocean). Then a person just has to have a beer or margarita. Not to have one would be wrong.
I was out with my brother in January. He wanted to stop at a liquor store. While he was shopping, I thought to myself that I hadn’t bought any liquor in a while so we both ended up buying a bottle.
I noticed he threw his empty bottle out two days later. It’s May and I’m about half way through mine.
On May 29th at 2 am we had to put down our wonderful 12 year old dog. We made an emergency vet visit. She had been just great just hours before. Thought for sure that she had 2 years left. She had started bleeding internally from a tumor that we did not know about.
Emergency surgery may have given her another 3-6 months, if she survived the surgery.
Nope! Never. It just doesn’t appeal to me. Not that I’ve never had a drink, but it’s nothing that I even think about. I’m glad because there are alcoholics in my extended family. So apparently I didn’t get the gene. I’ve seen what it does to everyone involved. Not worth it. My husband quit drinking a year ago and I’m so proud of him. Drinking brings out the worst in people. You really notice it when you’re a non-drinker and watch the drinkers at a party. UGH