So I want to know the reasons..

I've tried to become an alcohol drinker to make me a happier person. But it tastes horrible and getting up three times in a night to dry heave because I already puked out everything in my stomach got old after just one time.

The reasons I did drink when I drank were either everyone else was doing it so I was doing it to fit in and be liked, or I was drinking to try to re-experience that good feeling except all alone. It didn't work. I kept drinking and drinking until my face was numb, but I was still alone. And instead of being happy, I hated myself even more. I loved those I loved even more. The hurt, was so much more.

I haven't had a drink in over 6 months.

Mmm... beer.

Simply put: It tastes goooooooooooooooood!

I dont drink during the week anymore since I have been out of college( or if I do its like one beer or somthing) on the weekend somtimes I will drink at home when I get lonely usually 3-5 drinks occasionally a whole fifth or most of one. I'm really weird with alcohol I can go like months without or just the odd drink here and there and then spend a couple days on weekend drinking heavily

My alcohol consumption has been very minimal...my sis is Episcopal and if I attend church with her I'll drink communion wine. That's really not even enough alcohol to be worth mentioning...not much more than you'd find in NyQuil.

I have no moral issues with drinking in moderation. Most of my family drinks and so do most of my friends. They are careful and I trust them to stay under control.

It is uncomfortable for me because I have had so many family members whose lives were destroyed by alcoholism. The biggest factor, though, is that I had a very close friend drown two years ago after being out drinking at a pond with some friends (excessive drinking wasn't a habit but things got out of control that night). Because of that (it was only two years ago), it still has a strong emotional effect on me.

Like I said, though, it's not a moral issue. I don't have any reason to believe that, if consumed in moderation, it's wrong. I don't have any less respect for anyone who drinks than I would otherwise. Just, for me, right now, it's uncomfortable. I may get past that, and I may not. That's where I am now, though. We'll see what happens...I definitely reserve the right to change my mind.

I'm too paranoid about getting myself in trouble to drink anything more than that. Heck i got pulled over for a tail light out on my way home tonight, thats exciting enough for me i dont need a DUI or DWI to add to that "excitement".

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That's why you drink at home. That, and it's a LOT cheaper and the selection is usually better at the liquor store. I only like drinking out at brew pubs.

Guiness - Like beer but way stronger and thicker.

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Dude, Guiness is a beer. It's a stout. Welcome to the wonderful wide world of beer, one that consists of more than the lagers typical of American macrobrews.

Vodka -Better than beer. Smells like rubbing alchohol though...

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Vodka is not better than beer. Vodka is for Communists and drunks.

It has a bland taste befitting planned economies, making drinks you can't taste the alcohol in, and supplanting superior licquor.

Thanks to Commie subversives, lots of drinks nowadays are made with vodka that should be made with Gin.


What kind of beer have you drank besides Guiness?

I used to drink .. I did so in my teens coz my mates did .. got drunk and threw up. One christmas I was so bad I was thowing up all morning and I vowed never to get drunk again. Well I became a Christian and chose not to drink as a witness thing. My work mates say what do you drink and I say I havent since 1983 and have saved $12000 . Of course I do have christian mates who drink thats fine I just dont.
Uf I ddi drink I would only have stuff I really enjoyed whilst before it was yuk apart from Woodpecker Cider lol

For me, i just dont like the taste. But most of my family are drinkers and i can see the damage it causes in there lives. I look at them and the kind of people the hang out with and i thank God i didnt go down that path. I so easily could have. I also know that if i did drink, i would be an alcoholic, as i have that type of personality. Most members of my family who have died lately, died because of alcohol.

...because milk is for babies, I'm a Man.

BeckyH said:

Well I am a teetotaler and always will be because I have witnessed the damaging effects of alcohol.

I just want to know why those who drink do?

I just want to hear some views, thats all.

What do you think makes alcohol so appealing?

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I'm sure I'll get bashed for irresponsible drinking, but here goes...

I've never not really had alcohol. I wasn't getting smashed every weekend, but it wasn't uncommon once I reached 14, 15 or 16 to have a glass of wine once a month or at holidays with dinner.

I enjoy the taste of wine. But its also how wine was seen in my household too. Really, its one of the few things I do drink, since [technically] being legal for the last 3 years.

I drink mostly because of how it goes with food. A drink is something you nurse, and it just I guess accentuates the experience of food. You can be eating take out noodles or something, and wine can just make it better.

There's also the effect, which is nice too. Then, the cultural component, and what I tend to associate wine with, so... that tends to be why I drink.

For me... I'll have the occasional margarita with friends if we're out at a restaurant. And every once in a while I'll have a Mike's Hard Lemonade/Limeade.

I hate beer, though. Taste like liquid cardboard. Nasty, nasty. My roommate says I drink "girly-drinks", but I don't give a freakin' flip what he says. I ain't going to drink something that I don't like just because it's a "man's" drink.

All in all, since I turned 21, I've have three margaritas (three different kinds), and the blended ones aren't too bad. I think they were made with rum, which has a funny after-flavor that I'm not fond of.

I've had Vodka straight (which makes your throat all warm after you swallow) and then Vodka and Sprite soda mixed, (I think those are called "Lemon Drops"), and that was actually pretty good.

Then for bottled stuff I've had Mike's Hard Lemonade and Limeade, which would be my favorite if were to have a favorite.

Then there was the Shiner Bock beer... nastiest drink I've ever downed.

And then some watermelon Barcardi, which was nice and sweet, but almost too-much so.

The bad thing about sweet alcoholic drinks is that sometimes if they're too sweet, you can drink too much without realizing it.

Due to my current job, I don't drink almost at all. At the most it's about once or twice every two months, if that.

CoreyO said:

All in all, since I turned 21, I've have three margaritas (three different kinds), and the blended ones aren't too bad. I think they were made with rum, which has a funny after-flavor that I'm not fond of.

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Those may have been Daquiris there ma'am.


(just kidding about the ma'am, seemed funny after your room mate comment)

Spicy McHaggis said:

Those may have been Daquiris there ma'am.


(just kidding about the ma'am, seemed funny after your room mate comment)

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Ack, I guess you're right, I've had two daquiri's and two margarita's. It was the daquiris that I liked and the margarita's not so much. Too bitter.

CoreyO said:

Ack, I guess you're right, I've had two daquiri's and two margarita's. It was the daquiris that I liked and the margarita's not so much. Too bitter.

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well, margarita = tequila, daquiri = rum. apart from that they're not all that different.

just a little tip from your uncle McHaggis.

Though interestingly, in certain places they serve the margarita with the tequila separate and you can mix it in if you want...strange.

NathanfromMichigan said:

Though interestingly, in certain places they serve the margarita with the tequila separate and you can mix it in if you want...strange.

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and possibly to show that you got all the tequila you payed for.

NathanfromMichigan said:

Though interestingly, in certain places they serve the margarita with the tequila separate and you can mix it in if you want...strange.

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this is interesting.

I responded to your post, but it showedup on page three.

time stamps are all wonky, and I basically quoted you before you posted according to that.

time for some scary music.

ooooWEEEEEEEEoooooooooo...

I'm not a teetotaler, but I generally do not drink. I think I might have consumed alcohol a total of three times, and I've been over the drinking age for several years now. I also have a personal rule not to drink at all if I'm driving.

twistedsketch said:

I'm not a teetotaler, but I generally do not drink. I think I might have consumed alcohol a total of three times, and I've been over the drinking age for several years now. I also have a personal rule not to drink at all if I'm driving.

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Speaking as someone who has had to talk a friend out driving when they had had too much to drink (which I did successfully thankfully) that's a good rule. While I've had alchol more times than you I still probably haven't had it on more than an average of around 10 times a year. And even then it might be only 1-2.

BeckyH said:

Well I am a teetotaler and always will be because I have witnessed the damaging effects of alcohol.

I just want to know why those who drink do?

I just want to hear some views, thats all.

What do you think makes alcohol so appealing?

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the taste of alcoholic drinks.

i love the taste of hearty beers. i love the taste of hearty wines. i love the taste of whiskey that gives you the whiskey face and how gin just smoothly burns, ever so bittersweet.

Alcohol is appealing because it can be relaxing, and it comes in various flavors. Probably the same reasons you drink tea.