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Has alcohol become less appealing as you've gotten older?

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Like most here, I've stopped the constant binge drinking I did in my 20's. It's more about a cocktail or two after work once in a while. A few beers on a weekend night.

That said, once or twice a year we'll get the old gang together and tear it up. Thank goodness Uber exists these days.
 
I certainly drink less, but when I do drink it's higher quality alcohol. Usually it's just a glass or two of scotch. If I'm feeling like cheating with carbs, instead of picking up a six pack for the night, I'll grab a single bottle of a nice barleywine or barrel aged stout to share. I've always preferred pot to alcohol so I'm thrilled that it's become more acceptable.
 
For how many people is the appeal one of the underlying "it's a cool grown up thing to do" mentality, that hasn't left them since childhood/teen years?

Personally I love a glass of wine the best. I actually like the taste.
 
BumRush said:
Getting drunk has lost its appeal (for sure). I've replaced that with enjoying the taste of booze more - scotch, red wine, craft beers.
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this. I find that if I get drunk enough to actually be hung over I actually lose my taste for it for weeks or months on end. I just picked up some wine last night after ~7 weeks of not touching anything higher than 5.5% beer.

Also, funny thing is when I was younger I thought I hated the taste of beer, wine, etc. It turns out my parents just have really shit taste and drink absolute garbage. I never touched beer until a couple years ago at GAF meetups and now I've tried all kinds of stuff.
 
Pounding beers is less appealing, I don't do it anymore.

Drinking whiskey is more appealing, I love a good glass of bourbon.
 
Rarely drink hard liquor anymore, and at the moment am abstaining from drinking beer for a few months. I still like beer, but it is easier to turn down than it used to be.
 
Drinking yes, drinks with alcohol no. I don't drink much less than before but it's spread much more evenly, i.e. a couple of good beers a night a few times a week instead of getting wasted on the weekend.
 
Don't enjoy drinking as much as I used to, not the idea of drinking to get drunk.

These days I only drink alcoholic drinks for the flavour, so I tend to get a lot more cocktails/ciders/home made punch and the like. And tbh, even then I'll only really drink if going out for a dinner or some celebration.
 
In 2014 ... my son was born. Every father has this gut feeling that you need to look after your kid. Sure, I took a beer everyone once in a while but I refused to get drunk because ... you know : "What if I get home ... my son becomes sick and I'm to drunk to drive him to the doctor/hospital?"

The only time I take a couple of beers is when I'm with friends playing FIFA or when the kids are staying at my parents when we go out ...

I've got two kids now. Nearing age 30 (11th of September, great date ... *sigh*) ... don't feel the need to drink beer/cocktails whatever every week.
 
I don't drink anymore. Maybe once a year in the summer but that's about it. So yes, drinking has become less appaeling.
 
Yeah. So much that when I want to party and drink, I need some cocaine or adderall. Going out just drinking makes me tired as shit. I don't really party much anymore. Maybe once a month if that.
 
Yup. I used to be able to hold my liquor a lot better, but I've been out of college now for >15 years, and my tolerance has dropped to where one or two drinks will make me go nighty-night. The warm-fuzzy feeling that alcohol once gave me is now effectively a nightcap.
 
I like beer..mostly in the summer and i stopped drinking a long time ago but i slowly started again this weekend just to enjoy not to get hammered. Tried captain morgan for the first time and mixed with cola it is pretty tasty.
 
Skux said:
Drinking gets more appealing. Getting drunk gets less.

Once you actually taste quality beer/wine/spirits it's a whole new world.
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This is the same for me. Getting drunk is more of a situational occurrence for me now, and even then, I don't often go overboard - between buzzed to solidly drunk is about my sweet spot.

Drinking good beer, good wine, trying out new whiskeys and experimenting with mixing cocktails are much more appealing to me now that I'm older. A drink or two paired with a meal, or to unwind or accompany some good conversation is how I drink on the majority of my outings nowadays.
 
It's always been as appealing to me as it is right now (which is to say, mildly/occasionally).

Never was into getting super drunk.
 
I've never really been one to drink much, if at all. There hasn't been that much of a change on my alcohol consumption. If I want to try something, I'll try it; but I've never been drunk or had more than one drink
 
I stopped drinking about two years ago and I'm 31. I realized I just didn't like it like I used to. Don't like the way my body feels even after two beers. I used to love drinking, but I think for awhile I was drinking solely out of habit and social reasons. I did go through a big caft beer period before letting it go.

Pretty much just smoke weed now. Booze is really expensive if you're a regular drinker, especially in public, and it's difficult to function drunk. I can make a bag of weed go much farther, function fairly normally stoned, and never have to worry about being hung over or sick.

There's a new arcade bar here in the city, our first one, and I'm so glad I don't drink. All the games are on freeplay (except pinball, which is still cheap) and there's no cover, but the beer is $6.50 a pint or more to compensate. I can have a great time for free (or a few bucks shooting pins) while my friends are dropping $20-40, easily.
 
Yes. I've never actually "liked" the taste of any alcoholic beverages outside of very rare occasions where an ice cold beer is very refreshing. But I used to drink most weekends in and after college. It was fun and I didn't get hangovers...until I did. Somewhere around 26-28 I started getting hangovers when I would drink excessively, and the night of fun didn't seem worth spending an entire Sunday on the couch feeling miserable.

Now, I can still order a beer with dinner or something and not drink to intoxication, but I don't see the point. There are non-alcoholic beverages that taste better (to me).

I haven't had alcohol in probably about 2 years. I'm not saying I won't ever drink again, but I am not worried about it either.
 
It's lost a lot of its allure, especially with how hangovers and sleep disruption fuck with you, and the extra calories. Cutting back has helped me lose a bunch of weight this year. So yeah, as I get older I'm being more responsible about it
 
I don't drink alcohol. Watched too many times what happens to relatives who become alcoholics. No thanks.
 
Honestly, I very rarely buy "hard liquor" anymore. I used to be a pretty avid scotch/bourbon kind of guy and now I pretty much stick to beer. I can have one or two high ABVs or a few cheap pilsners and not feel like shit the next day and still have a pretty good buzz.
 
Yeah, almost completely. I still keep a case of shitty beer (Schlitz, PBR, Lone Star) in the fridge in case I want a comfort drink or something, but that's as far as it goes. I like opening up the fridge and seeing the same stuff my dad used to drink in there.
 
I dont drink to excess at all anymore.
When i do drink ill have a nice glass of red or a malt whisky

Dont drink lager at all anymore but i am partial to some Scottish ales
 
I’ve never saw the appeal to begin with. I’m 27 now and I’ve only drank on a few occasions; once for my 21st birthday and another time when I went out with friends. I didn't enjoy the taste at all, maybe I just had the wrong alcohol. It's just something I never really cared for.
 
chicko1983 said:
As I have gotten older, my beer drinking is waaaaay down. However, my spirits drinking is waaaay up.
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Don't miss it much, to me the local pubs aren't what they used to be either. At least half of them have gone entirely.

Pubs with doormen, families eating, dress codes and all that bollocks won't get my money. Just not a good drinking atmosphere and I've never been a home drinker.

Rather go without and replace the buzz with prescription drugs.

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The last drink I've had was when I was about a year old, so yeah, you could say that.

Seeing my mom get drunk once was enough to deter me for life.
 
I've never drank once in my life. There never was any appeal to me. Makes me feel left out and strange for my age group. I never act like a downer about it, but all my friends over the years made me feel like one because they couldn't separate "I don't drink" from "I don't want to do anything fun." If all the group is doing is drinking and then playing video games or card games, I don't need to be drunk to enjoy the same game or be a contributing factor to THEIR enjoyment of the game. Yet no group of friends I've ever had were understanding about it.

I try not to be bitter about it, but that combined with most people I've been around being terribly annoying drunks, I guess I've been probably permanently soured on it.
 
I still drink but I rarely binge drink. I also shifted from drinking beer to drinking wine or booze and even then I'm not doing shot after shot, usually just a glass of wine or two in the evening some nights or a nice whiskey or something. I can also not state how great hot spiced wine in the winter is. Its delicious and is great for the cold weather.
 
I stopped completely drinking alcohol years back because it because i can dependent on it to be social because of my anxiety and in the end it did more harm than good. Not like in a addiction kind of way even then i rarely drank it was just one of those where it became "i can't go to this" "i cant go to that" unless i am drinking.

I never really cared for alcohol to begin with i never saw the appeal i don't like feeling high or buzzed or drunk.
 
yes OP, I never drink outside social settings, I never drink alone, my urge to drink is now non-existent

on vacation, for sure I will crack a cold beer with friends and drink a glass of wine on holidays

but I could live the rest of my without ever taking a sip again. I dont crave it, I actually dread it,

I hate the burning sensation in the throat, I hate the iirritation it does to my digestive system, I hate how it makes me want to go pee, I hate how it makes me sleepy and above all I hate how it destroys my sex drive
 
It's becoming more appealing as I age. I briefly slowed down after college, but it picked back up when real life kicked in.
 
While I have always drank, I really didn't become a 'drinker' until my late 30's. Current status is rum and coke at home, and craft beer at the bars. That said I am trying to move away from craft beer some. I love it, but man it gives me the worst hangovers even when I don't that cross that line.
 
i party less for sure. i tell myself i can still handle the hangovers. I believe that but maybe it's not the truth? certainly handle them better than the gf.

life was different just 3 years ago. heavily drink (for me) until 1 or 2am on work nights occasionally and go to work still drunk at 7am and do a 10 hour shift and sober up and sort of kind of avoid the hangover because I'd eat and hit the water.

On non work nights, get maggot, wake and bake the next morning and then get ready go snowboarding and sober up on the hill. Job, slopes and ALL amentities within 5 minutes walk.

can't do that now. different country...have to drive to work in the morning and drive during the day so definitely can't sober up on the job and don't want to be hungover anyway... job's a lot more stressful.

responsible me is boring.
 
Massively, I barely drink at all now. Compared to ~20 years ago when I was drinking most nights while at university. I haven't had a drink this year I don't think.
I don't miss it or regret any of the loony antics my and my drunken friends used to get up to.
If I do go to the pub these days I tend to just stick to real ale, not lager or anything else. I also never drink to excess, just don't see the attraction anymore. Still got a few friends that do though, weirdos :)
 
Drinking for the purpose of getting drunk is far less appealing now as dealing with kids in the morning is not easy if you are hungover (or still drunk).

Drinking in general is still very appealing, and I enjoy having a few drinks several times a week with family and friends.
 
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