# Fo non-alcoholics, how would you react to not being able to drink again? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 14, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fo-non-alcoholics-how-would-you-react-to-not-being-able-to-drink-again/536019 "2010-04-14T02:38:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fo-non-alcoholics-how-would-you-react-to-not-being-able-to-drink-again/536019/141 "2010-04-16T21:07:34Z")
I already can’t drink, and haven’t been able to for my whole life, because of (apparently) an enzyme deficiency. Any amount of alcohol at all, even a single sip, makes me sick. The only annoyance it’s caused me is that if a friend homebrews something, or the like, I can’t sample it. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fo-non-alcoholics-how-would-you-react-to-not-being-able-to-drink-again/536019/142 "2010-04-17T10:57:59Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I already can’t drink, and haven’t been able to for my whole life, because of (apparently) an enzyme deficiency. Any amount of alcohol at all, even a single sip, makes me sick. The only annoyance it’s caused me is that if a friend homebrews something, or the like, I can’t sample it. Lactose-intolerant people lack the proper enzyme to digest lactose, and they can take a shot of Milk-Tyme or something and get the proper enzymes into their system, as I understand it. I’m not judging, but isn’t it possible to do the same thing therefore for alcohol? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fo-non-alcoholics-how-would-you-react-to-not-being-able-to-drink-again/536019.md?page=7)