Who’s “not a drinker”

DJ Dudley said:
As a kid I was out every weekend getting hammered but after passing my test cars became my love so couldn’t drink. Fast forward to today and I just can’t do the drinking thing. “Nothings better than a cold pint on a hot day”…… no thanks I’d much prefer a coke. I can’t seem to find anything with alcohol that I enjoy that I can drink more than 1.

Fruit ciders I can drink, but 2 and I’m bloated to fook. I have a sweet tooth so can drink alcopops but a few and your mouth and teeth feel grim.

Tried a glass of Red with the wife but again don’t enjoy it.

Done the shorts but always a mixer coke/lemonade etc and again don’t really enjoy and just end up with a coke on its own or a pint of cordial.

Anyone else in the same boat? Feel like I drank myself out in my youth 😞. I have lost 2 people close to me in the past and the missis has said if this could be a contributing factor.

Not interested in getting steaming, but would like to have a nice social drink and enjoy it.
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Not had one for 4 years and I used to get drunk regularly.
As times gone on, I’ve found myself more and more repulsed by the smell of it.
I also attach that to negative emotional memories I have.
 
I used to drink every Saturday in the pub without fail and often had too much but for some reason or another I have stopped doing so.

I don't like going to the pub and not drinking, the banter is just not the same.

I wouldn't dream of drinking at home, nothing wrong with that and I know plenty who do but I've just never bothered.
 
I like a drink but it's fairly limited these days. I cannot bear to ever have a hangover so never have much.

It's funny but I think most people slow the drinking down often to very little or a stop as they get older. It's like a natural regression. I can pour a glass of wine and 2 hours later I notice it's there and I've only had a couple of sips.

Youngsters don't drink much these days either. Alcohol seems to be disappearing with the old ciggies.
 
SEASIDE2020 said:
I used to drink every Saturday in the pub without fail and often had too much but for some reason or another I have stopped doing so.

I don't like going to the pub and not drinking, the banter is just not the same.

I wouldn't dream of drinking at home, nothing wrong with that and I know plenty who do but I've just never bothered.
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It’s a weird one the whole ‘drinking at home’ thing. I get the impression from some (not you by the way) that drinking at home is somehow more akin to alcoholism than drinking in the pub😂

I’ve got to admit that barring the footy, I’d rarely set foot in a pub (don’t really like them if I’m being honest) and typically preferred to have a drink at home.
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
It’s a weird one the whole ‘drinking at home’ thing. I get the impression from some (not you by the way) that drinking at home is somehow more akin to alcoholism than drinking in the pub😂

I’ve got to admit that barring the footy, I’d rarely set foot in a pub (don’t really like them if I’m being honest) and typically preferred to have a drink at home.
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Exactly the same here, been like that since mid 30s, only real exception was before the match with my Dad.
 
Of to the pub in an hour to meet best friend I've had since school otherwise I'd probably only go in them on match day me and the wife prefer to eat out and if that's a pub restaurant so be it.
 
Vince McLean said:
Each to their own - love a few pints after a round of golf. Nice G&T in the evening, drop of wine with a meal.
Mate of mine said the other day, if you can't have a drink or two after golf, what's the point of living?
Diet Coke, Vimto? ....... You're - having a larf.
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My golf was of a certain standard.... I had to give it up to avoid becoming an alcoholic 😳
 
I'm surprised no-one has mentioned zero alcohol or low alcohol beers and ciders. I stopped drinking alcohol several years ago for medical reasons but still enjoy going to the pub for a pint with friends who drink alcohol. While a large range of zero alcohol beers and ciders are produced (such Stella, Peroni, Moretti, Guinness, Thatchers) not all pubs stock many and a lot of the pubs round where I live only offer one choice - Heineken Zero. Considering the number of customers who would like to drink alcohol but can't for various reasons - health, medication, pregnancy, driver - I don't understand this policy - it's as if they assume that if when you fall into one of these categories, you suddenly lose your taste for beer and get a liking for fruit juice and mocktails.
 
rook said:
I'm surprised no-one has mentioned zero alcohol or low alcohol beers and ciders. I stopped drinking alcohol several years ago for medical reasons but still enjoy going to the pub for a pint with friends who drink alcohol. While a large range of zero alcohol beers and ciders are produced (such Stella, Peroni, Moretti, Guinness, Thatchers) not all pubs stock many and a lot of the pubs round where I live only offer one choice - Heineken Zero. Considering the number of customers who would like to drink alcohol but can't for various reasons - health, medication, pregnancy, driver - I don't understand this policy - it's as if they assume that if when you fall into one of these categories, you suddenly lose your taste for beer and get a liking for fruit juice and mocktails.
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Can't honestly say I drank beer for the "taste" so these zero alcohol drinks do nothing for me. If not drinking I'd rather have a nice coffee. In fact I wouldn't even be in a pub.
 
Macseasider said:
Can't honestly say I drank beer for the "taste" so these zero alcohol drinks do nothing for me. If not drinking I'd rather have a nice coffee. In fact I wouldn't even be in a pub.
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I’m the opposite, I don’t really like soft drinks or tea / coffee, but I love the taste of lager / ale and would happily drink non-alcoholic ones, if they actually tasted remotely decent (which I’m yet to try one that does).
 
highfieldsouthshore said:
Drinking too much at the moment as my mum has dementia and it eases the pain . Probably 6 cans a night . Need to knock it on its head sooner rather than later .couldn’t think of not having a drink at night at the moment .
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So sorry to hear of your mum’s diagnosis. It’s very painful to see someone close to you struggling with Dementia. It must be very emotionally and physically draining for you too. 🧡
 
Good thread.

Never been a heavy drinker; a couple of drinks over an evening is enough for me.

Wouldn't get anywhere near the allowable limits suggested but the NHS on an average week.

I'd also say, I've no problem with anyone drinking but we all know someone who goes from being great to being an absolute horror when they have one too many.

Stop at a point before you become an arsehole.
 
TSSeasider said:
Good thread.

Never been a heavy drinker; a couple of drinks over an evening is enough for me.

Wouldn't get anywhere near the allowable limits suggested but the NHS on an average week.

I'd also say, I've no problem with anyone drinking but we all know someone who goes from being great to being an absolute horror when they have one too many.

Stop at a point before you become an arsehole.
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Depends what you drink, but recommended upper limit for blokes is now equivalent to 5 Pints of Premium Lager or 4-5 Large Glasses of Wine per week.
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
Depends what you drink, but recommended upper limit for blokes is now equivalent to 5 Pints of Premium Lager or 4-5 Large Glasses of Wine per week.
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As low as that? That's quite surprising.

In a week when I drink, I'd probably have 2-3 large glasses of wine but I reckon on average I'd have perhaps 1 week in 3 without any drink whatsoever.

Occasionally, I'll exceed those limits but certainly not on a regular basis.

I've got such a low tolerance I'd be asleep before I got to binge drinking levels and given I'm always taxi for the kids so much, I just don't have it that often.

I feel for those who get addicted; must be hard to avoid it.
 
TSSeasider said:
As low as that? That's quite surprising.

In a week when I drink, I'd probably have 2-3 large glasses of wine but I reckon on average I'd have perhaps 1 week in 3 without any drink whatsoever.

Occasionally, I'll exceed those limits but certainly not on a regular basis.

I've got such a low tolerance I'd be asleep before I got to binge drinking levels and given I'm always taxi for the kids so much, I just don't have it that often.

I feel for those who get addicted; must be hard to avoid it.
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They’ve reduced the upper recommended limit to 14 Units now for men.
 
I generally have the mindset of “go BIG or go home ” !!!

I generally set off with two or three shandies to be sociable , then when everyone picks up the pace I go home.
 
When GP surgeries ask 'that alcohol question', no one drinks above the recommended limit do they? 😵‍💫
18 months ago, I discovered that I have a genetic blood disorder, which can affect many things, including the liver. So I have to take care with regards to my alcohol intake. I now tend to drink Coke Maxi but will have a drink if I feel like. It wasn't good recently having an all inclusive holiday, with minimum alcohol!
My brother in law was a fit & healthy guy, until for no real reason, alcohol gripped him in his 30's and now he's a real physical mess & living on the streets 😥 He's well beyond help.
It's a matter of each to their own 🧡
 
Alcohol is very very addictive. Its ethanol, it’s a poison. Alcoholism doesn’t exist, it isn’t a disease……..it’s simply an addiction, it’s Alcohol addiction

Why is it someone is an “alcoholic” with the “disease of alcoholism” BUT a coke head isn’t a Cocaineaholic with cocaineolism


Alcohol is a very dangerous drug……. it causes untold misery and death…….. that by chance was legalised. If it was invented today it would be regarded the same as Heroin.

I drink btw and enjoy it but that doesn’t change the facts above
 
Ran pubs for 25 years, so I have more than done my share. Don’t bother anymore, just do shandy’s when I have to drink in social settings.
 
When I first started drinking under 50 units was considered safe.
Reduced to 30 in the 70’s and 25 until recently.
14 units is very harsh and difficult to stick to if you have social Weekends.

I just use common sense and lay off the drink for 3/4 days. Enjoy my drinking days and bollocks to the 14 units a week.
As for non alcoholic drinks, Guinness zero is excellent.
 
DJ Dudley said:
As a kid I was out every weekend getting hammered but after passing my test cars became my love so couldn’t drink. Fast forward to today and I just can’t do the drinking thing. “Nothings better than a cold pint on a hot day”…… no thanks I’d much prefer a coke. I can’t seem to find anything with alcohol that I enjoy that I can drink more than 1.

Fruit ciders I can drink, but 2 and I’m bloated to fook. I have a sweet tooth so can drink alcopops but a few and your mouth and teeth feel grim.

Tried a glass of Red with the wife but again don’t enjoy it.

Done the shorts but always a mixer coke/lemonade etc and again don’t really enjoy and just end up with a coke on its own or a pint of cordial.

Anyone else in the same boat? Feel like I drank myself out in my youth 😞. I have lost 2 people close to me in the past and the missis has said if this could be a contributing factor.

Not interested in getting steaming, but would like to have a nice social drink and enjoy it.
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A bit like some others on here when younger used to drink 6/7 nights a week nowadays when I’m in the UK very rarely but when I do I drink plenty. I do however live in Cyprus for part of the year and find it a lot more easier to drink in the Sun especially with a bar near me serving the best cocktails and ice cold lager (Oniro) look it up in Paphos. I also tend to moderate more when away not go stupid and rarely therefore have the hangover. A good drink I have found at home however if I don’t fancy a lager is Aspall Cider the one in the blue bottle served ice cold in a cold glass with ice. Not too gassy and quite dry suppose it’s a bit posh cider but available from Sainsbury’s, makes a nice change and is good on the thirst - Be careful it’s quite powerful though
 
GrahamwantshisOates said:
When I first started drinking under 50 units was considered safe.
Reduced to 30 in the 70’s and 25 until recently.
14 units is very harsh and difficult to stick to if you have social Weekends.

I just use common sense and lay off the drink for 3/4 days. Enjoy my drinking days and bollocks to the 14 units a week.
As for non alcoholic drinks, Guinness zero is excellent.
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Just trying one for the first time, not too bad at all 👍
 
DJ Dudley said:
As a kid I was out every weekend getting hammered but after passing my test cars became my love so couldn’t drink. Fast forward to today and I just can’t do the drinking thing. “Nothings better than a cold pint on a hot day”…… no thanks I’d much prefer a coke. I can’t seem to find anything with alcohol that I enjoy that I can drink more than 1.

Fruit ciders I can drink, but 2 and I’m bloated to fook. I have a sweet tooth so can drink alcopops but a few and your mouth and teeth feel grim.

Tried a glass of Red with the wife but again don’t enjoy it.

Done the shorts but always a mixer coke/lemonade etc and again don’t really enjoy and just end up with a coke on its own or a pint of cordial.

Anyone else in the same boat? Feel like I drank myself out in my youth 😞. I have lost 2 people close to me in the past and the missis has said if this could be a contributing factor.

Not interested in getting steaming, but would like to have a nice social drink and enjoy it.
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It’s over rated I prefer to save my money
 
Really glad to see I’m not the one, feel better for hearing everyone’s thoughts as I felt I was I e of only a select few. Nothing against those who like to proper get on it, nor those who like to have a few every night, just seems that in my group of friends I’m not that into drinking
 
It's like most things, keep it in moderation and you should be fine, however beware once you start drinking on a daily basis and especially if you start hitting spirits instead of staying on beer you can go downhill fast. I remember visiting my good friend Barry Eastwood (RIP) in hospital a few weeks before he died, many will remember Barry as licensee of places like the Belle Vue, Mardi Gras, The Star and the Wheatsheaf, Barry succumbed to liver failure because of alcohol, he said to me whatever you do stay away from that 'top shelf" stuff because that will finish you off, it's one thing your liver dealing with a 4% lager, quite another thing having to process 40% spirits regularly. Drink sensibly everyone.
 
I rarely go out to a pub these days but am not adverse to a drink at home when not being an unpaid taxi for my girls! Last time i went out was with an old work friend who had come for a visit from Spain. Had 6 pints with him and spent £30 , broke my heart paying so much knowing how much i could of bought from my local off license for £30. Not another sinner in the pub as well between 3pm and 5pm on a thursday plus the barman was more interested in being on his phone than serving his two customers.
 
I love a beer and in the temperatures we get over here, I can knock back several large bottles (620ml) of Ice cold Singha each night. Tonight will be no different as I watch the cricket from 5pm onwards......

I gave up for 7 months about 3 years ago in an attempt to get fit / lose weight for the Khon Kaen half marathon (run in 30 degrees heat). That was pretty dull, let me tell you (the giving up, not the half marathon which was ace!!!). I'm probably a bit of a pi$$ head if the truth be known.....
 
Rarely drink these days can’t do the hangovers, just social events where I tend to end up falling over due to being a lightweight
 
I’ve been on a proper bender this weekend and I can say for sure that I feel horrific today. Exhausted, anxious, guilty and sick. Loved every second of the ride but not t he come down.
 
Up to my early 20s I'd down 6-8 pints, really just to peer pressure.
I've been a light drinker since then. Much more enjoyable, and I don't give a flying f*** if anyone thinks I'm a lightweight.
I'd lost an uncle due to alcohol induced liver disease when I was about 14 and never wanted to risk going the same way.
 
straightatthewall said:
I’ve been on a proper bender this weekend and I can say for sure that I feel horrific today. Exhausted, anxious, guilty and sick. Loved every second of the ride but not t he come down.
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That’s one, if not the main reason I won’t do it. I can’t even stand the brief comedown from two drinks ,
makes me irritable and discombobulated.

A full on bender of a hangover is akin to a couple of days in purgatory and who wants that 🥹
Anyway, get plenty of fluid down you and keep reminding yourself that your thoughts today aren’t rational or they will turn you into a proper depressed and needy sort.

#dirtybeer
 
GrahamwantshisOates said:
When I first started drinking under 50 units was considered safe.
Reduced to 30 in the 70’s and 25 until recently.
14 units is very harsh and difficult to stick to if you have social Weekends.

I just use common sense and lay off the drink for 3/4 days. Enjoy my drinking days and bollocks to the 14 units a week.
As for non alcoholic drinks, Guinness zero is excellent.
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It baffles me how Guiness zero costs the same as the alcohol version, surely it's like pop and should be a similar price 😵‍💫
I picked a four pack up at Asda, then saw the price and swapped it for Coke Maxi, which was far cheaper 🧡
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
It’s a weird one the whole ‘drinking at home’ thing. I get the impression from some (not you by the way) that drinking at home is somehow more akin to alcoholism than drinking in the pub😂

I’ve got to admit that barring the footy, I’d rarely set foot in a pub (don’t really like them if I’m being honest) and typically preferred to have a drink at home.
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No problemmo.

I've just never drunk at home myself.

I appreciate that you were not telling me what I thought but while I don't consider drinking at home to be more akin to alcoholism, I do consider drinking at the pub/football/out elsewhere to be more sociable.

I also appreciate that most have a more normal sociable environment at home then me.
 
I like a beer, not to excess but a pint now and then.
Also like a wine (usually Red) with a meal.
I can't remember ever being really drunk.
Even doing National Service in Germany I couldn't afford to get sloshed when the beer was nine pence (that's Old Pence) a pint in the NAAFI.
When in France recently I bought a 4.5 litre box of Red.
Now I wished I'd bought a couple more to bring back because it's great value.
Always bought them when living in France. Merlot or Cabernet Sauvignon.
 
SEASIDE2020 said:
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No problemmo.

I've just never drunk at home myself.

I appreciate that you were not telling me what I thought but while I don't consider drinking at home to be more akin to alcoholism, I do consider drinking at the pub/football/out elsewhere to be more sociable.

I also appreciate that most have a more normal sociable environment at home then me.
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It’s a weird one… I’ll be honest… I’ve always viewed pub goers as piss cans, which is why I raised the question really….Though I appreciate not everyone is like that😂

I’m not particularly sociable in fairness…
 
straightatthewall said:
I’ve been on a proper bender this weekend and I can say for sure that I feel horrific today. Exhausted, anxious, guilty and sick. Loved every second of the ride but not t he come down.
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It's funny that Straighters.

Not your pain, it's just that although I don't drink as much these days, in recent times if I go on a bender and drink as much so that I can't remember everything - not big and not clever - I recover almost immediately the next day.

When I was younger and drank more often, I experienced many mornings/next days when I was "never drinking again" until the next time of course.

I don't know where my later life immunity from hangovers came from and was just wondering if I was on my own.
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
It’s a weird one… I’ll be honest… I’ve always views pub goers as piss cans, which is why I raised the question really….Though I appreciate not everyone is like that😂

I’m not particularly sociable in fairness…
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There are plenty of p1ssheads in the boozer !!!!!!!!!!

My local would have more than plenty.
 
SEASIDE2020 said:
There are plenty of p1ssheads in the boozer !!!!!!!!!!

My local would have more than plenty.
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I know, I regularly see them hanging out of the doors having a fag when I’m walking the dog.

The reason I brought it up was a few people had mentioned it on the thread… “I’m just a social drinker…. I don’t drink at home” etc..

It’s almost as if people are trying to excuse their drinking habits in some way… a kind of … “I do drink, but I’m not as bad as the ones who drink at home” kind of thing.

There’s been a couple of other examples like “I do drink, but I stick to beer and don’t touch the top shelf”… like it makes the slightest bit of difference…

It’s all quite odd…. And loads of people do it… it’s like people create their own little drinking rules (where essentially their version is acceptable and others is not - myself included) 😂
 
Lala said:
That’s one, if not the main reason I won’t do it. I can’t even stand the brief comedown from two drinks ,
makes me irritable and discombobulated.

A full on bender of a hangover is akin to a couple of days in purgatory and who wants that 🥹
Anyway, get plenty of fluid down you and keep reminding yourself that your thoughts today aren’t rational or they will turn you into a proper depressed and needy sort.

#dirtybeer
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Lala said:
That’s one, if not the main reason I won’t do it. I can’t even stand the brief comedown from two drinks ,
makes me irritable and discombobulated.

A full on bender of a hangover is akin to a couple of days in purgatory and who wants that 🥹
Anyway, get plenty of fluid down you and keep reminding yourself that your thoughts today aren’t rational or they will turn you into a proper depressed and needy sort.

#dirtybeer
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Thanks Karen. Definitely feeling a bit sorry for myself today and need to get out of that mindset.
 
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