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I never had a single drink for my first 40 years on the planet, and, yes, people absolutely look at you like you've got two heads. I started drinking (about on
by tjic 13y ago
I never had a single drink for my first 40 years on the planet, and, yes, people absolutely look at you like you've got two heads.
I started drinking (about once a week) two years ago.
It's moderately nice from time to time, but I also think the decision to avoid it for twenty years of adulthood was a good one - I established who I am and what my coping mechanisms are for stress, and now it's a nice little social adjunct.
My advice: if you're even the least bit undecided about drinking, don't do it. You can always give it a shot later. Or perhaps you'll never drink; that's great too.
- debt 13y agoTHIS. I quit drinking a few years ago and it was the hardest time of my life. Not because, I was having booze withdrawl, but because I didn't know how to be a person. Most of my interactions with other people involved getting obliterated so I was never able to really by myself around other people. First become a real person and develop a healthy coping mechanism for stress. THEN, maybe, think about getting your drink on. If you drink too early in life and too often you might become a complete social retard like I did.
- moocowduckquack 13y agoI agree with you in many respects, but it also made me think about the flip side, which is not getting drunk because you want to talk to other people, but getting drunk because you want to talk to yourself. There is a bit of writing in the wonderfully titled "Modern Drunkard" magazine that puts it well, "The Zen of Drinking Alone" - http://www.drunkard.com/issues/03_03/03-03_zen_drinking_alone.htm http://www.drunkard.com/issues/03_03/03-03_zen_drinking_alon... I would say that drinking early does not on the whole make someone a social retard, given the patterns of alcohol consumption among the communities generally deemed to be sociable, but two of the most useful things I ever learned was how to have a good night in a pub while sober and how to have a good night on my own while drunk.
- shanselman 13y agoYep, I've never had a drink in my 40 years as well. I just never got around to it. I'm not that interested in the culture, either. That said, it does kind of suck to be the sober guy at 3am in Vegas. Always.