Why do us english think its wierd and u cant have a good time if someone doesnt drink alchol?!
Answers: i dont drink and never have..yet when i tell ppl they either think im wierd or a recovering alcholic. why do we english ppl think u cant have a good time without a drink? im sick of the amount of times i have to explain why i dont drink. i can have a good time without drinking..my mates ahve to be drunk before getting up to do kareoke but i can do that without a drink. when ppl tell me im wierd i tell them that at least i dont have to drink to get confidence and have fun! no wonde with ppl like this kids drink from a younge age..its embedded in us that we have to drink!
You know I have exactly the same problem I never have and never will touch Alcohol, to me it just has no appeal whatsoever. I don't see the need to get drunk to enjoy myself. I fail to understand the fun in drinking yourself silly and then having to ask me (my friends) what they did before and then complaining about having a sore head or being sick.
I have the same problem were people think I'm a recovering alcoholic or having to explain why but there's no point as they think you're weird anyway. Sure i have the time of my life when I'm out but just could never touch drink for personal reasons it's something I'll never do.
I've saw a lot of good people fade away over the years, people who've found it hard to realise they've got a problem people who numbed the pain by drinking the life inside of them, I wish I'd wake up to a society where drink has no place it saddens me that our children are taught from an early age you can't enjoy yourself without being out of mind.
Beautiful question
Thank you for posting
I'll drink to that.
God! you're weird, are you a recovering alcoholic ?
It's British culture - people don't go out to have fun, they go out to get drunk. Their mentality is : 'Why have one drink when you can have ten?'
I dont think you have to have adrink to have a good time- please dont globalise as you are not the only one! I do think that alcohol can add to things interms of if I am feeling shy it will loosen me up but if I am feeling too shy I'm not really likely to want to go out to meet strange people, drink or no drink!
I never have had a hangover as I have never gotten over the top fall over drunk, drinks are for mellowing people not for taking the place of a person and if someone wants to drink to that effect then to be honest if anything we should feel sorry for them as they are obviously so sad within thier lives that they dont want to experience real life or have real relationships. Its thier loss not mine!
People drink to get drunk not only to gain the confidence factor but also to let go of their troubles for the moment. If you're feeling depressed, having family problems, trouble at work, stressed out over relationships...drinking seems to have all that fade away. Some think it's worth the bad hangover the next day. Some simply don't know their limit. They keep drinking, thinking they're fine but then before they know jit they're falling over the bar stools and needing assistance to walk out.
I'm having a few beers now. Can't imagine a Saturday without my beer!
Well good for you - but I work full time, have a young son and need a bit of escape from reality. I'm not afraid to say that comes in the form of alcohol. I love a drink!
Can not knock something you never tried.I drink and get hammerd but I like it and it tastes great! Sounds weird so maybe its best off you don't.
Ever smoke weed? lol
My feelings are exactly yours..never really seen the point to it..infact loss friends when I was much younger because I wouldn't join in. Drink is used to dampen feelings on one hand but increase confidence on the other..I never got that really. I think that most people drink to fit in socially.
i live in the UK, and your right , i do drink , but my mates some times sleep on park benches because they cant get home, i would rather have a good time and get home safe...........
I am a recovering alcoholic and come up against this type of reaction all the time, it makes me feel like I am some sort of social outcast!! I don't say I am a recovering alcoholic but just that I had a couple of bad experiences. The ones that really question me are usually ones with an alcohol problem themselves! Most people will just accept it. I completely empathise. xx
I don't drink either, and I'm English through and through. Not all English are the same you know. I do know what you mean though, because I get it off some people. Called boring etc etc. I love not drinking It's fantastic.
i won't do karaoke sober or drunk. i think i'm more annoying to other people when i'm drunk so have decided to stay sober more when i go out. i do have friends who call me boring but i ignore them. they just don't want to show them selves up. i drive as an excuse, it saves money on taxi's too.