Because when I drink it’s to get blackout drunk and everytime I get blackout drunk, I need people to retell me what the fuck I did last night and last time I burned my friends purse on her stove between stealing shots of whiskey from her kitchen, so yeah, no more
I don’t like it, alcoholism runs in my family, I’ve seen it kill a lot of people, and I have this weird genetic thing where I metabolize it too quickly to get pleasantly drunk.
My friend doesn’t drink nor smoke… He says that he doesn’t like the taste and the aftertaste… “bro, it kinda burns” he says… He’s more for the sweet-smooth drinks: juices and sparkling alcohol-free drinks. Oh, I forgot to mention, he’s 34, by the way…
I only drink on special occasions as it destroys your muscles, I’m not going to the gym to loose all my progress drinking. Also, gotta save my liver for dbol.
Drank too much as a kid and it mentally fucked me up. I was quite literally a sloppy drunk and an embarrassment to myself. I would get black out drunk, so dumb shit and feel sick and anxious the next day.
Several – 1. it’s a solvent, not a drink 2. it tastes bad, especially gin, 3. I hate hangovers, 4. they hate me, 5. alcohol limit one’s ability to drive legally, 6. I snowball drink, meaning: “one drink is too many; two drinks is just right; three drinks is never enough.”
Grandma is an alcoholic and drug addict.(you can smell the alcohol coming out of her skin from how much she drinks) Had to grow up fast and now I have a leash on my gf about alcohol. But it made me Into the mom of the group so I guess thats the upside to all of this….
I have tried a few different types of alcohol, but at the end of the day…. I don’t like the taste and it’s way more expensive than my soda. My friends enjoy having a fun friend that can drive legally after we hang out shooting pool or whatever. I’m 42 and have never been drunk.
I just don’t think about it or put it on my to do list. The last time I had a beer at a social event I wished it had been a banana milkshake. IMHO a lot of cocktails look nice but taste gross but nobody wants to admit after shelling out a small fortune for one.
I quit drinking for “dry January” this year and have kept it going because I don’t miss it. Also, so many things have improved: I’m sleeping better; My skin is better; Weight is staying off; Way, WAY less anxiety in general; Performing better at the gym; I’ve learned I can still have plenty of fun and late nights etc. with the people I enjoy being with.
Why do I need a reason to not do something? Because I don’t want to is the only reason I need. Why aren’t you writing on your face with sharpie or giving yourself a wedgie? Oh you are? Continue on then.
It’s probably the worst of the legal drugs. It ruins your health, is quite addicting, destroys families and causes other violent behaviour. Tobacco also harms you and the others around you, but at least you’re not the one doing that. Weed is maybe the “least worst” of those drugs here. It’s also much nicer overall.
When I was 21 I left my shoes at a bar that was my first time drinking now I’ll only drink if I go out for fun which is rare and I never drink too much
Feels bad, tastes bad, makes you bloated, emotionally detaches you, distracts you from goals and responsibilities, makes you befriend people you have nothing in common with, makes you do stuff you regret, costs a lot, is terrible for your health, ruins sleep I can go on forever. I think if it came out today it would be a schedule 1 drug, it absolutely destroys people’s lives
Aside from religious values, never saw the point of drinking something that made me behave crazy. I already do that with too much sugar closer to bed time. My body somehow has the ability to get drunk on its own.
Single dad. Never wanted to be in a position where I couldn’t take him someplace because i had some alcohol in me. Also this single dad is poor and alcohol is expensive. Finally slight allergy ti beer. Budweiser makes me puke. Sooooo a bunch of reasons
My biological father is one of the most evil people I’ve ever known and was a raging alcoholic.
I don’t ever want to be like him and I’m afraid of going down that path. I also don’t find it appealing to drink literal poison for fun.
I just don’t like the taste but also because it’s expensive and nothing good ever comes from it. But more so because I’m married to an alcoholic who can’t handle it and once she starts drinking she doesn’t stop. Watching her get blackout drunk and make a fool of herself at all and any family or social gathering is enough to make me never have it again. I hope and pray one day she will wake up and realize how foolish this is but she’s pretty set on alcohol being her first love. 💔
I’ve never had any alcohol at all . I take medicine why don’t drink. I have been told i’m not missing anything by not drink when asked if was missing by not drinking.
I used to drink (not a lot but anytime I had a friend over, watching a game, going out).
Now I decided that I would just get a beer or a cocktail if there is something special and limiting the quantity (2 in general, 2 beers, 2 glasses of wine, 2 mojitos).
Good thing is: I’m still in the mood for whatever the occasion + no headache/hungover
The reason is just that I really want to take care of my body and what I am eating/drinking.
(my partner got really sick 5 years ago and she had to be super strict on her diet, I follow her almost to the dot and it has become natural now to be careful on what’s going inside my stomach)
Since I decided on that, drinking is not automatic anymore.
Don’t like hangovers. Used to drink like a fish in my twenties, now I’m mid 30s and one beer will give me a headache in the morning so I just don’t do it
One day, cooking dinner with a glass of wine, I abruptly just didn’t like the flavour or the hot buzz it was giving me anymore and I just stopped mid glass. I still drink the occasional wine, beer or spirit but I’ll go for months without a drink.
I usually do drink, but my wife is pregnant with our first kid and I have decided not to drink while she can’t. Not gonna lie, it’s been pretty rough do far…
I haven’t officially said that I don’t drink any more. But I have had one glass of wine in 6 months. When I look back in my youth I realise how much of it I regret because of booze, heavy drinking from 16-30 spending a fortune on drink, taxis, hotels, missed flights and losing days feeling like shit. I started a new job last summer and made the decision to change my life. The only regrets I have on a weekend now are when I don’t do anything because I am still trying to figure out how to live my life without it revolving around drink.
I don’t like being drunk. I will occationally drink a glass of wine, if it is really good wine, or taste my father-in-laws home-brewed beer as a courtesy, but I have not been drunk for about 15 years. I naver had a problem with drinking, from the first time I tried being drunk when I was 16, I just didn’t get the appeal.
I fell into the habit of get home, grab a beer, small bag of crisps, crisps would make me thirsty, so grab another beer. Have another beer with dinner, and then settle in front of TV with a beer, and I’m up to four a day, plus bags of crisps.
Dumped the lot, and dumped some weight, and my blood test results look a lot healthier.
I’m allergic to alcohol. Think I have an enzyme abnormality that means I don’t metabolise it effectively. Makes me smug, though, when I wake without a hangover.😉
I don’t like the taste and the feeling of being even a little intoxicated. No thanks! I’ll happily be a designated driver and minder for friends who are imbibing.
I gave it up before a back surgery a year ago to speed up my recovery process and I like the health benefits that came with not drinking more than I thought I would.
My dad was a mean alcoholic growing up and it destroyed his life. He’s nearly 60 and hasn’t had a job since he was 19. Nobody wants anything to do with him because he’s burnt too many bridges so I look at his life and think absolutely not!
Even away from that I have rarely met anyone who isn’t insufferable when drunk… I find like only one in ten people are not absolute cretins when they’ve had a drink.
It is literally poison, for one. There are multiple relatively recent studies showing that drinking any amount of alcohol has cumulative negative effects to your overall health.
I don’t care all that much about that, though. I don’t drink, because I saw what alcohol addiction does to a person. It’s horrific.
I can fuck up my life perfectly fine on my own terms. I don’t need any sort of poisonous substance to help me with that.
My face, neck and chest get red and itchy. It looks like I have hives. I think I’m allergic to it to some extent. Plus you know, alcoholism runs in my family so, not worth it.
I saw so many people in denial because on how the product transform their vision of reality. It almost killed me. You think you have friend in bar but it is just alcohol connection. With alcohol everything is fake and you think you are going somewhere and see the reality. Among the worst drug in the world imo
Nobody in my family drinks so I didn’t grow up with it around. I tried a hard lemonade on my 21st birthday and it was gross. I also tried a free wine sample from Olive Garden and that was even worse so I’ve had no desire to try anything again.
Not a fan of the taste, and I can pick up on even the subtlest hint of it (friends think some drink is practically juice and I taste the alcohol just fine)
Also I’m pretty sure I have some degree of intolerance. That definitely doesn’t help
The hangovers make it not worth it anymore. To give up a few days just isn’t worth it. Also I’ve lost a mom and step brother to alcohol and it just seems crazy to die that way. I replaced it with caffeine and anxiety.
The hangover isn’t worth it. Few hours of pleasure in exhange for feeling like dirt for a full day or longer isn’t worth. And just getting tipsy ain’t it for me so I just dont drink.
I can have a pint now and then but if I have more then about 2 pints in a day and repeat a few times in a week I get into a low mood. It’ll stay till I go off the booze for a few weeks then I’m good again. Took me years to figure out even a small amount of alcohol ruins my mental health. I just don’t now and I’m much better for it.
Mainly for religious reasons — I’m Christian so I prefer to keep a sober mind. But also, I really don’t enjoy the hangovers, especially living at home… my family makes them feel 10x worse 😅
I cut back on my drinking recently. Finally made myself accept that I was just paying for expensive poison and using it on myself. Alcohol increases rates of cancer, harms your reproductive system, and damages your brain among many other negative health effects.
Because there’s no good reason to. Do I just wanna make myself sick the next day? No? Then why the hell would I drink when I can act crazy completely sober 😂
When I say that I’m was always recommended cocktails or other drinks that “have a mild flavour” “don’t taste like alcohol” “just tastes sweet” they still have the taste of alcohol, some are mild taste of alcohol and make me wonder if there’s a non-alcoholic version that doesn’t taste disgusting.
I can drink some dessert wine, but it’s still not tasty.
Drinking brought one very specific situation around that at one point almost had me ending my life. Between that and my kids, I don’t need to drink any more.
Was born with a condition that can be made worse by the consumption of alcohol, grew out of that and never really felt the need before developing another condition that rules alcohol out yet again
Because on the few days after it feels like i lost 20+ points of IQ. Like swallowing my words, having trouble keeping my train of thought, worst reflexes etcetera.
Cognitive ability seems like something that you shouldnt mess with.
Plus its expensive, causes other health issues, gives social approval for others around you to drink, and more.
So giving it up has a cluster of benefits, which makes it easier.
Was a big social drinker until I met my wife. She doesn’t really drink, so I gradually got out of the habit, then I went on a health kick a couple of years ago and knocked it on the head completely.
It’s not no more never, I had a small brandy last Christmas for example, but I don’t really think to drink any more.
Biggest pain was people making a big deal out of it when we went to the pub, so I drink no-alcohol beer now – once people see a bottle of beer in your hand, they forget it’s 0% and stop banging on about it.
Mostly due to vanity and love for my health. It causes premature ageing and a myriad of health issues I don’t want to look like a shrivelled prune and not be able to enjoy a full life.
I don’t want to. I like being sober and I see no reason to. Also it’s really funny being able to actively deny people’s alcohol, it catches them off guard lmao
I do not see the point in drinking a bit (not enough to get drunk) also I cannot deal with hangovers. I work 45 hours a week Monday-Friday. I enjoy spending time with my wife and daughter that doing it with a hangover, is not enjoyable.
It stopped being fun. I grew up in a family where drinking everyday was normalised, I played team sports with a big drinking culture and I spent a good 25 years binge drinking at every social event and most weekends. About 2 and a half years ago I was drinking and hanging out and I just thought to myself ‘why are you doing this? It’s no longer a good time.’ And I haven’t had a drink since.
religious regions 🙂 it’s likely because drinking too much can take away decision-making, which is an important aspect of my faith. in the end though, God has asked me to, and that’s good enough for me!
I drink occasionally but it simply doesn’t appeal to me like it does to some people. Also, my wife can’t drive so in the back of my mind I’m always thinking I need to be ready to drive in case of an emergency.
witnessing my father turning aggressive and throwing shit around in rage, made me to scared about what alcohol could/would turn me into…should i ever try it.
I was in the hospitality industry for 30 years and it became too much of a party lifestyle for me. So much, in fact, that I jaundiced out, nearly died, and now have a shunt in my liver. Technically it is called a “venous wallstent” by Boston Scientific (thanks guys!). Before that was surgically implanted I underwent more than a year of weekly paracentesis procedures, where they shove a long needle through your side into your stomach lining to drain ascites and the fluid buildup. The most they ever took at once was an astonishing 12.2L of fluid, and I honestly looked pregnant and the pain was so intense I cried in the waiting room. Think about it, that’s over SIX 2-liter soda bottles. I felt like I was going to explode. Hell, I almost wanted to.
Think about that next time you pop open a cold one or take a few shots to fit in socially. Edit: 4 years sober next month
I’ve seen how drunk people behave and I have no interest of putting myself in such position where I have little control over what I say or do. Hangover also sounds pretty miserable. It’s also just plain unhealthy, and I’m someone who’s really into the healthy lifestyle, so alcohol just doesn’t align with my lifestyle and health goals at all. I also don’t like any of the drinking environments, like pubs, bars, clubs, etc, just don’t align with my tastes and aesthetics. And last but not least, I just dont think I need it to have fun. To me, drinking doesn’t sound like fun, there are other things I do for fun.
I’ve seen my dad literally in huge pain while drinking on a beach with our relatives. He can barely stand up, just rolls, screams in pain, and begging for my mom’s help while he’s drunk. He wasn’t even able to drive due to pain. That traumatized me and I got scared. Another is the possible dangers of it, whether health hazards or the people around me.
Diagnosed with Hereditary hemochromois or iron overload as its commonly known, It can lead to serious and fatal conditions Mainly the heart liver and pancreas, So In 2021 I stopped drinking, wasn’t really a big drinker anyway ,Theres plenty of 00 options out there
Being drunk in an emergency means you can’t function to any high level whereas being stoned i can not only function highly in an emergency I can actually enjoy the emergency.
Don’t like the taste, don’t enjoy the feeling of being drunk. I find social drinking kind of boring. Although, drunk people can be hilarious, I also think to a certain extent that the social and emotional effects of being drunk is somewhat a placebo . Don’t get me wrong , I believe the physical effects are very real , the inability to walk, inability to drive, seeing double, speech slurring etc it’s all true but when people become “more” aggressive and “more” obnoxious and borderline abusive or hurtful . People who go home and beat up their wives , their kids …Those people are really choosing subconsciously to be this way and are using the excuse of being drunk to showcase this side of themselves . I think some people genuinely believe that because they are drunk that poor behaviour is somehow miraculously justified. I say this as someone who used to drink and someone who has alcoholics in my family. I never changed personality. My behaviour , my attitude was the same even when I couldn’t walk straight and my speech was slurred. So I don’t see how people think they can get away with being assholes just because of a silly liquid .
Raised in a family where we don’t drink alcohol for religious reasons. Now I’m no longer religious but I stick to that one rule because I have never missed it and it’s not healthy so might as well not touch it.
tastes like shit and is expensive and unhealthy. Why on earth would I FORCE myself to down something that tastes like shit when the effects of it on both my health and wallet are negative?
I honestly never understood why anyone drank alcohol. It makes me feel like complete shit. Even tipsy I feel like my body is suffering. So I just assumed people just mostly did it for socialization, and I don’t give a shit about socializing or feeling “accepted”
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I don’t like how it smells or tastes, I’ve tried drinking once, and I’m never doing that again.
Alcohol doesn’t appeal to me, and I don’t care to try it.
Because when I drink it’s to get blackout drunk and everytime I get blackout drunk, I need people to retell me what the fuck I did last night and last time I burned my friends purse on her stove between stealing shots of whiskey from her kitchen, so yeah, no more
It makes me soft.
Clyde
I don’t have a reason to drink it – so why start?
I just never got the taste for it. It has a funny after taste too.
Honestly waste of money and I don’t see the thrill people get off it
I don’t like it, alcoholism runs in my family, I’ve seen it kill a lot of people, and I have this weird genetic thing where I metabolize it too quickly to get pleasantly drunk.
Tastes like shit
My friend doesn’t drink nor smoke… He says that he doesn’t like the taste and the aftertaste… “bro, it kinda burns” he says… He’s more for the sweet-smooth drinks: juices and sparkling alcohol-free drinks. Oh, I forgot to mention, he’s 34, by the way…
I only drink on special occasions as it destroys your muscles, I’m not going to the gym to loose all my progress drinking. Also, gotta save my liver for dbol.
Already drank it all.
Bad memories
If it were healthy to, I’d drink every day! haha
But no, I rarely drink now…for my health.
What’s your reason for not drinking bottled piss?
it’s terrible for you and i dont like it
Medical reasons
It’s literally poison.
After a brain tumour removal I feel really sick and dizzy all the time.
It’s not worth the expense. I don’t need it to have fun.
It doesn’t appeal to me. Why would I intentionally alter my mind, even temporarily, and risk doing something stupid?
Nearly killed myself by indulging too much for too long.
I hate the taste of it.
I always feel sick after, even with small amounts. I figure it’s probably for the best anyway given the cost and calories.
Drank too much as a kid and it mentally fucked me up. I was quite literally a sloppy drunk and an embarrassment to myself. I would get black out drunk, so dumb shit and feel sick and anxious the next day.
Expensive, makes me sleepy, don’t like the taste of most wine or any whiskey.
I’ll have a fancy/sweet cocktail on occasion though, like a mojito.
Don’t wanna.
Several – 1. it’s a solvent, not a drink 2. it tastes bad, especially gin, 3. I hate hangovers, 4. they hate me, 5. alcohol limit one’s ability to drive legally, 6. I snowball drink, meaning: “one drink is too many; two drinks is just right; three drinks is never enough.”
Don’t like it, simple as.
Don’t want to be like my parents, simple as.
Grandma is an alcoholic and drug addict.(you can smell the alcohol coming out of her skin from how much she drinks) Had to grow up fast and now I have a leash on my gf about alcohol. But it made me Into the mom of the group so I guess thats the upside to all of this….
It tastes disgusting. But it’s also unhealthy. As well as expensive.
Save my money, health, and taste buds
It just never appealed to me.
I have determined that for me drinking intensifies negative emotions like sadness and depression. I can live without that
I have tried a few different types of alcohol, but at the end of the day…. I don’t like the taste and it’s way more expensive than my soda. My friends enjoy having a fun friend that can drive legally after we hang out shooting pool or whatever. I’m 42 and have never been drunk.
Would like to keep my body with a bit less thing to care about, I already have a lot of health issues from nature, I wouldn’t like to add more
Its expensive, hang overs aren’t fun. I can say something to piss people off.
I just don’t think about it or put it on my to do list. The last time I had a beer at a social event I wished it had been a banana milkshake. IMHO a lot of cocktails look nice but taste gross but nobody wants to admit after shelling out a small fortune for one.
I’m in control of the first drink, I’m not in control of any after that.
I m just poor
I’ve spent a lifetime dealing with alcoholics and frankly drunken debauchery gives me the ick. I find absolutely no joy in it.
I quit drinking for “dry January” this year and have kept it going because I don’t miss it. Also, so many things have improved: I’m sleeping better; My skin is better; Weight is staying off; Way, WAY less anxiety in general; Performing better at the gym; I’ve learned I can still have plenty of fun and late nights etc. with the people I enjoy being with.
Why do I need a reason to not do something? Because I don’t want to is the only reason I need. Why aren’t you writing on your face with sharpie or giving yourself a wedgie? Oh you are? Continue on then.
I don’t wanna be drunk.
I dont like the hangovers anymore, takes me several days to detox.
It’s probably the worst of the legal drugs. It ruins your health, is quite addicting, destroys families and causes other violent behaviour. Tobacco also harms you and the others around you, but at least you’re not the one doing that. Weed is maybe the “least worst” of those drugs here. It’s also much nicer overall.
When I was 21 I left my shoes at a bar that was my first time drinking now I’ll only drink if I go out for fun which is rare and I never drink too much
Feels bad, tastes bad, makes you bloated, emotionally detaches you, distracts you from goals and responsibilities, makes you befriend people you have nothing in common with, makes you do stuff you regret, costs a lot, is terrible for your health, ruins sleep I can go on forever. I think if it came out today it would be a schedule 1 drug, it absolutely destroys people’s lives
Aside from religious values, never saw the point of drinking something that made me behave crazy. I already do that with too much sugar closer to bed time. My body somehow has the ability to get drunk on its own.
rat park
Only drink casually with friends. Once I got so drunk that almost vomited my guts off, and learned the lesson
I realized my liver was getting bad so I cut down significantly. Take care of your liver guys. Doesn’t mean I totally gave up, but reduced immensely.
Single dad. Never wanted to be in a position where I couldn’t take him someplace because i had some alcohol in me. Also this single dad is poor and alcohol is expensive. Finally slight allergy ti beer. Budweiser makes me puke. Sooooo a bunch of reasons
Poor
It tastes like poison to me. There’s no redeeming it either.
I like being in control of my actions as well
Grew up with alcoholics and I know I have an addictive personality.
allergic
My biological father is one of the most evil people I’ve ever known and was a raging alcoholic.
I don’t ever want to be like him and I’m afraid of going down that path. I also don’t find it appealing to drink literal poison for fun.
I just don’t like the taste but also because it’s expensive and nothing good ever comes from it. But more so because I’m married to an alcoholic who can’t handle it and once she starts drinking she doesn’t stop. Watching her get blackout drunk and make a fool of herself at all and any family or social gathering is enough to make me never have it again. I hope and pray one day she will wake up and realize how foolish this is but she’s pretty set on alcohol being her first love. 💔
I’ll drink maybe a couple beer a year if that sometimes. It’s just never appealed to me. Gimmie all the drugs though
Drunk me’s a coke head
I’ve never had any alcohol at all . I take medicine why don’t drink. I have been told i’m not missing anything by not drink when asked if was missing by not drinking.
Health. It seems silly to watch one’s calories, workout and then drink poison.
I used to drink (not a lot but anytime I had a friend over, watching a game, going out).
Now I decided that I would just get a beer or a cocktail if there is something special and limiting the quantity (2 in general, 2 beers, 2 glasses of wine, 2 mojitos).
Good thing is: I’m still in the mood for whatever the occasion + no headache/hungover
The reason is just that I really want to take care of my body and what I am eating/drinking.
(my partner got really sick 5 years ago and she had to be super strict on her diet, I follow her almost to the dot and it has become natural now to be careful on what’s going inside my stomach)
Since I decided on that, drinking is not automatic anymore.
It’ll cost ya more than a liver
I don’t like how it tastes.
Tastes like shit. Bad for your health. Expensive. Useless.
Too stoned for alcohol
I don’t enjoy the taste
It’s expensive
I’ve seen the bad effects it can have on people’s lives
High in calories
Hangovers are terrible
Don’t like hangovers. Used to drink like a fish in my twenties, now I’m mid 30s and one beer will give me a headache in the morning so I just don’t do it
Drunk Vervet Monkeys have a very similar attraction to alcohol like humans do.
I’m not a T-Toler, but I don’t drink that much. I
Alcoholism.
It’s carcinogenic
One day, cooking dinner with a glass of wine, I abruptly just didn’t like the flavour or the hot buzz it was giving me anymore and I just stopped mid glass. I still drink the occasional wine, beer or spirit but I’ll go for months without a drink.
I don’t know why, it just happened
I usually do drink, but my wife is pregnant with our first kid and I have decided not to drink while she can’t. Not gonna lie, it’s been pretty rough do far…
I haven’t officially said that I don’t drink any more. But I have had one glass of wine in 6 months. When I look back in my youth I realise how much of it I regret because of booze, heavy drinking from 16-30 spending a fortune on drink, taxis, hotels, missed flights and losing days feeling like shit. I started a new job last summer and made the decision to change my life. The only regrets I have on a weekend now are when I don’t do anything because I am still trying to figure out how to live my life without it revolving around drink.
I don’t like being drunk. I will occationally drink a glass of wine, if it is really good wine, or taste my father-in-laws home-brewed beer as a courtesy, but I have not been drunk for about 15 years. I naver had a problem with drinking, from the first time I tried being drunk when I was 16, I just didn’t get the appeal.
Boring
The taste is horrible
I worked in a very busy inner city bar for several years. I realized that the assholes I was throwing out every week were actually me.
Having gone through psychotic episodes, feeling out of control of my own mind is very scary so I’d rather not willingly do that to myself.
Realized around 26 it was a waste of money and I really didn’t like the taste. So I stopped. 55 now. Still don’t drink.
My father and his father and his father’s father were all drunkards, so I decided drinking in the family ends with me
Because literally everything tastes worse when there is alcohol in it.
I am on antidepressants and antipsychotics.
I fell into the habit of get home, grab a beer, small bag of crisps, crisps would make me thirsty, so grab another beer. Have another beer with dinner, and then settle in front of TV with a beer, and I’m up to four a day, plus bags of crisps.
Dumped the lot, and dumped some weight, and my blood test results look a lot healthier.
alcohol give cancer, people know about smoking but forgot about alcohol , almost 10% of people cancer are from alcohol
I’m allergic to alcohol. Think I have an enzyme abnormality that means I don’t metabolise it effectively. Makes me smug, though, when I wake without a hangover.😉
It hurts my stomach.
It’s the lowest tiered drug. Makes you hella dumb. If you roach your liver you have no way to process pain killers so you die screaming.
It’s bad for health and expensive.
I don’t like the taste and the feeling of being even a little intoxicated. No thanks! I’ll happily be a designated driver and minder for friends who are imbibing.
Because f#ck alcohol.
For prople that do, why?
I didn’t want to off myself in a depressed, drunken stupor
I suffer from PTSD so when I drink I can’t really stop myself, then I end up doing dumb shit
I gave it up before a back surgery a year ago to speed up my recovery process and I like the health benefits that came with not drinking more than I thought I would.
Being sober and not an alcoholic is pretty awesome.
My dad was a mean alcoholic growing up and it destroyed his life. He’s nearly 60 and hasn’t had a job since he was 19. Nobody wants anything to do with him because he’s burnt too many bridges so I look at his life and think absolutely not!
Even away from that I have rarely met anyone who isn’t insufferable when drunk… I find like only one in ten people are not absolute cretins when they’ve had a drink.
I don’t like destroying my health willingly with alcohol. I already do that with junk food and all the sugar rich manufactured foods I consume.
Expensive, literal poison, clouds my intuition and judgement, literal brain loss
Does OP realize that the question is a form of “People who do hard but legal drugs, what is you reason?”
Never tasted it. I don’t like the smell and what people do because of it.
It’s bad for my health
It is literally poison, for one. There are multiple relatively recent studies showing that drinking any amount of alcohol has cumulative negative effects to your overall health.
I don’t care all that much about that, though. I don’t drink, because I saw what alcohol addiction does to a person. It’s horrific.
I can fuck up my life perfectly fine on my own terms. I don’t need any sort of poisonous substance to help me with that.
Teetotaler. Biology. Alcoholism runs in my maternal DNA.
My face, neck and chest get red and itchy. It looks like I have hives. I think I’m allergic to it to some extent. Plus you know, alcoholism runs in my family so, not worth it.
I saw so many people in denial because on how the product transform their vision of reality. It almost killed me. You think you have friend in bar but it is just alcohol connection. With alcohol everything is fake and you think you are going somewhere and see the reality. Among the worst drug in the world imo
Dont like to get drunk
Because I’ve realised that drinking something addictive, poisonous and expensive isn’t very smart.
I’ve also watched my ex struggle with alcohol addiction for many years, and experienced the impacts first-hand.
I don’t like not being in control
Not being drunk when I go out means I see how people ACTUALLY behave.
Would be stupid of me to think that I wouldn’t act that dumb, so I don’t drink.
Financial mostly.
It doesn’t do anything positive for me and I’ll be paying for it in medical care later
There is no reason for me to drink. And I’m on meds that don’t work well with it.
Nobody in my family drinks so I didn’t grow up with it around. I tried a hard lemonade on my 21st birthday and it was gross. I also tried a free wine sample from Olive Garden and that was even worse so I’ve had no desire to try anything again.
Not a fan of the taste, and I can pick up on even the subtlest hint of it (friends think some drink is practically juice and I taste the alcohol just fine)
Also I’m pretty sure I have some degree of intolerance. That definitely doesn’t help
Never really cared for it much.
Never liked hangovers. Like them even less as I’m older.
Had terrible adult role models for drinking when I was a kid. Made me not really interested in it.
Alcohol causes several different types of cancer.
Why drink?
The hangovers make it not worth it anymore. To give up a few days just isn’t worth it. Also I’ve lost a mom and step brother to alcohol and it just seems crazy to die that way. I replaced it with caffeine and anxiety.
The hangover isn’t worth it. Few hours of pleasure in exhange for feeling like dirt for a full day or longer isn’t worth. And just getting tipsy ain’t it for me so I just dont drink.
I want to eat any food I want and not exercise. I couldn’t also add drinking and smoking to the mix
I can have a pint now and then but if I have more then about 2 pints in a day and repeat a few times in a week I get into a low mood. It’ll stay till I go off the booze for a few weeks then I’m good again. Took me years to figure out even a small amount of alcohol ruins my mental health. I just don’t now and I’m much better for it.
Mainly for religious reasons — I’m Christian so I prefer to keep a sober mind. But also, I really don’t enjoy the hangovers, especially living at home… my family makes them feel 10x worse 😅
Drank four to eight beers every day for years. Then got bored of it. Haven’t touched a beer in months. Feel better and miss nothing.
Worked as an addictions/substance misuse nurse in the UK for 4 years. Hard pass. Literal poison.
I cut back on my drinking recently. Finally made myself accept that I was just paying for expensive poison and using it on myself. Alcohol increases rates of cancer, harms your reproductive system, and damages your brain among many other negative health effects.
I’m underage ( I live in the US), idk my tolerance level, and I can’t predict how I’d act.
But considering I’m an AuDHDer there’s a high probability of an autism meltdown, that’s all I’m willing to predict.
Because there’s no good reason to. Do I just wanna make myself sick the next day? No? Then why the hell would I drink when I can act crazy completely sober 😂
I hate the taste.
When I say that I’m was always recommended cocktails or other drinks that “have a mild flavour” “don’t taste like alcohol” “just tastes sweet” they still have the taste of alcohol, some are mild taste of alcohol and make me wonder if there’s a non-alcoholic version that doesn’t taste disgusting.
I can drink some dessert wine, but it’s still not tasty.
Drinking brought one very specific situation around that at one point almost had me ending my life. Between that and my kids, I don’t need to drink any more.
Im allergic
I like it too much and I did it a lot alone so I stopped
Life destroying alcoholism.
Does that count?
Was born with a condition that can be made worse by the consumption of alcohol, grew out of that and never really felt the need before developing another condition that rules alcohol out yet again
Never had it, can’t miss it
Because on the few days after it feels like i lost 20+ points of IQ. Like swallowing my words, having trouble keeping my train of thought, worst reflexes etcetera.
Cognitive ability seems like something that you shouldnt mess with.
Plus its expensive, causes other health issues, gives social approval for others around you to drink, and more.
So giving it up has a cluster of benefits, which makes it easier.
Was a big social drinker until I met my wife. She doesn’t really drink, so I gradually got out of the habit, then I went on a health kick a couple of years ago and knocked it on the head completely.
It’s not no more never, I had a small brandy last Christmas for example, but I don’t really think to drink any more.
Biggest pain was people making a big deal out of it when we went to the pub, so I drink no-alcohol beer now – once people see a bottle of beer in your hand, they forget it’s 0% and stop banging on about it.
Because I tried to commit suicide on drink and sleeping pills.
Breastfeeding and when I’m not breastfeeding, it’s the moderation problem.
A bottle of vodka would be gone with me in matters of a couple of hours because I don’t know how to stop. Same goes for wine.
So I just don’t drink at all.
Hate the taste.
Hate the feeling of being drunk.
Now weed 🤤
It fucks up my digestive system and makes me anxious the next day
Mostly due to vanity and love for my health. It causes premature ageing and a myriad of health issues I don’t want to look like a shrivelled prune and not be able to enjoy a full life.
Store is closed
I don’t want to. I like being sober and I see no reason to. Also it’s really funny being able to actively deny people’s alcohol, it catches them off guard lmao
I don’t want be a fucking vegetable and it good terrible taste
I do not see the point in drinking a bit (not enough to get drunk) also I cannot deal with hangovers. I work 45 hours a week Monday-Friday. I enjoy spending time with my wife and daughter that doing it with a hangover, is not enjoyable.
It stopped being fun. I grew up in a family where drinking everyday was normalised, I played team sports with a big drinking culture and I spent a good 25 years binge drinking at every social event and most weekends. About 2 and a half years ago I was drinking and hanging out and I just thought to myself ‘why are you doing this? It’s no longer a good time.’ And I haven’t had a drink since.
Recovering alcoholic. Been sober since July 2024.
religious regions 🙂 it’s likely because drinking too much can take away decision-making, which is an important aspect of my faith. in the end though, God has asked me to, and that’s good enough for me!
Because I have a liver that doesn’t agree and that puts me in the hospital for a week.
Yet I love it. female dog of life 🤣
I drink occasionally but it simply doesn’t appeal to me like it does to some people. Also, my wife can’t drive so in the back of my mind I’m always thinking I need to be ready to drive in case of an emergency.
witnessing my father turning aggressive and throwing shit around in rage, made me to scared about what alcohol could/would turn me into…should i ever try it.
Do I need a reason? I don’t play tennis or crochet either, yet no one’s ever asked me why I don’t do those.
Chronic Migraines
I’m very sensitive to it
I was in the hospitality industry for 30 years and it became too much of a party lifestyle for me. So much, in fact, that I jaundiced out, nearly died, and now have a shunt in my liver. Technically it is called a “venous wallstent” by Boston Scientific (thanks guys!). Before that was surgically implanted I underwent more than a year of weekly paracentesis procedures, where they shove a long needle through your side into your stomach lining to drain ascites and the fluid buildup. The most they ever took at once was an astonishing 12.2L of fluid, and I honestly looked pregnant and the pain was so intense I cried in the waiting room. Think about it, that’s over SIX 2-liter soda bottles. I felt like I was going to explode. Hell, I almost wanted to.
Think about that next time you pop open a cold one or take a few shots to fit in socially. Edit: 4 years sober next month
I’ve seen how drunk people behave and I have no interest of putting myself in such position where I have little control over what I say or do. Hangover also sounds pretty miserable. It’s also just plain unhealthy, and I’m someone who’s really into the healthy lifestyle, so alcohol just doesn’t align with my lifestyle and health goals at all. I also don’t like any of the drinking environments, like pubs, bars, clubs, etc, just don’t align with my tastes and aesthetics. And last but not least, I just dont think I need it to have fun. To me, drinking doesn’t sound like fun, there are other things I do for fun.
I’ve seen my dad literally in huge pain while drinking on a beach with our relatives. He can barely stand up, just rolls, screams in pain, and begging for my mom’s help while he’s drunk. He wasn’t even able to drive due to pain. That traumatized me and I got scared. Another is the possible dangers of it, whether health hazards or the people around me.
My sleep is so bad when I drink alcohol. And that’s why I get sick 4-5 times a year. Therefore, I decided now to drink only on rare occasions.
I have tight schedule. I just can’t afford the time for not being in intellectual condition and then recover from hangover.
Diagnosed with Hereditary hemochromois or iron overload as its commonly known, It can lead to serious and fatal conditions Mainly the heart liver and pancreas, So In 2021 I stopped drinking, wasn’t really a big drinker anyway ,Theres plenty of 00 options out there
It causes liver failure.
It tastes nasty.
Being drunk in an emergency means you can’t function to any high level whereas being stoned i can not only function highly in an emergency I can actually enjoy the emergency.
Don’t like the taste, don’t enjoy the feeling of being drunk. I find social drinking kind of boring. Although, drunk people can be hilarious, I also think to a certain extent that the social and emotional effects of being drunk is somewhat a placebo . Don’t get me wrong , I believe the physical effects are very real , the inability to walk, inability to drive, seeing double, speech slurring etc it’s all true but when people become “more” aggressive and “more” obnoxious and borderline abusive or hurtful . People who go home and beat up their wives , their kids …Those people are really choosing subconsciously to be this way and are using the excuse of being drunk to showcase this side of themselves . I think some people genuinely believe that because they are drunk that poor behaviour is somehow miraculously justified. I say this as someone who used to drink and someone who has alcoholics in my family. I never changed personality. My behaviour , my attitude was the same even when I couldn’t walk straight and my speech was slurred. So I don’t see how people think they can get away with being assholes just because of a silly liquid .
Raised in a family where we don’t drink alcohol for religious reasons. Now I’m no longer religious but I stick to that one rule because I have never missed it and it’s not healthy so might as well not touch it.
I drank so I wouldn’t feel guilt when making terrible decisions that hurt myself and others.
It doesn’t add value to my life and it’s expensive.
Mom is alcoholic
Father was an alcoholic.
It’s expensive.
Can’t drive if any type of family emergency arises.
Makes me depressed.
Medically, it’s basically poison that your liver fights to break down every time you drink it.
Rather have a Celsius.
It’s just not my thing
Simple.
I don’t like it. Don’t like the way it tastes or smells. And I don’t want to deal with the after effects.
Why do they need a reason?
I’ve seen my family members get outrageously stupid as a kid and it scared me
tastes like shit and is expensive and unhealthy. Why on earth would I FORCE myself to down something that tastes like shit when the effects of it on both my health and wallet are negative?
I honestly never understood why anyone drank alcohol. It makes me feel like complete shit. Even tipsy I feel like my body is suffering. So I just assumed people just mostly did it for socialization, and I don’t give a shit about socializing or feeling “accepted”
It’s literally poison, and not drinking it has 0 negative consequences. What other reason are you looking for?