• Hey Guest. Check out your NeoGAF Wrapped 2025 results here!

I am 22, and I have never had an alcoholic beverage.

Status
Not open for further replies.
I'm 20 and haven't either. I don't really feel the need to. The only time I've had anything with alcohol is when it's cooked into food. I suppose it's not really the same, though.
 
Deft Beck said:
I accidentally had a sip of my uncle's beer as a kid, but I otherwise have never had an alcoholic beverage.

I don't feel like I need to drink. My father's side of the family has had a bad history with alcohol.

I might want to drink on occasion, but I am concerned about its health effects. I also do not want to have a negative emotional reaction.

Am I weird?
Click to expand...

Honestly.. you are not missing anything. Be grateful that you havent...
 
The English Conquistador said:
Nothing wrong with not being into alcohol. I mean, what exactly are the positives of it? There are none.
Click to expand...

For most young people, it's a mainly social thing. But besides that, it tastes good? Wine is great. It's not like it's something you have suffer in order to get some great benefit.
 
Don't worry that you're not doing something that everyone else is doing. No one cares as much as you think because they're also not doing something that everyone else is doing.
 
You don't want to drink, then you don't drink. There's nothing wrong with that.

I'll have a White Russian or an oreo mudslide on occasion, but I've never been drunk or even tipsy and I'm 27. I've had no problem enjoying life up to this point.
 
The English Conquistador said:
Nothing wrong with not being into alcohol. I mean, what exactly are the positives of it? There are none.
Click to expand...

I mostly drink with certain meals. A couple of cold beers with a steak and fries or chili and cornmuffins is a divine flavor. I find that it compliments certain meals quite well. I'm not much of a drink to get drunk guy tho. A nice buzz is all I need.
 
There's nothing wrong with that. If you have good reason to worry about alcoholism, abstaining is probably a good idea.
 
I have a cousin who was born with fetal alcohol syndrome. My aunt drank whiskey every single day, even while pregnant. She got full on drunk often. When he was born and the problems became evident, she quit. Well, that was a couple of years too late. He does ok, but he'll never be fully independent and he's always at a disadvantage in everything he does in life.

I've had another aunt that had to go and receive treatment multiple times for alcoholism. She got to wear she always had a glass of wine at her side, no matter the time of day. You rarely saw her at any state other than drunk. It was terrible. It took her a long, long time to overcome her addiction. She died way too young, barely into her 50s. So many of her years wasted.

Now, I don't drink at all. Not a drop. Some of that is for religious reasons (I'm LDS), but even if not for that, I would still avoid alcohol like it was straight poison given the history in my family.

So I'm fine with people who enjoy alcohol responsibly. That's cool. More than half of my friends drink regularly and they don't hassle me to join them. I'm always willing to drive if needed, and I even help them buy beer when needed. It's just not for me.

If beer/alcohol/drugs are not for you, that's totally cool.
 
Alcoholism also runs in my family, so I've steered clear. 26 now and no interest in the stuff. I've tried some a couple times, but never liked the taste or how I felt, but nowhere near drunk.
 
OP i was in your situation too. I just never really had any desire to drink and my father's side of the family were alcoholics as well. At least try having a nice glass of red wine with steak, that's what i do.
 
Alcohol is awesome.

Nothing wrong with not being a drinker though. Although socialising and getting girls is easier when you are a drinker thanks to clubs and bars being good pickup spots.

Try smoking weed if alcohol isn't for you.
 
I'm 43 and never had a drink. Not for any religious reasons or anything like that.

Started off as a bet with my uncle when I was 16, that I wouldn't drink until I was 21. I took the bet and ended up watching my friends get horribly drunk as teenagers and through university. It never really appealed, so I never bothered with it and never have since.

Now, I don't mind both not having a drink nor being with people who are drinking. Doesn't bother me at all. My friends don't think any less of me. If you don't want to drink OP, then you don't have to. Do what you want, not what other people want you to do.

(My uncle actually moved abroad before I was 21, so never paid up.)

Edit: I'm sure I missed out on some positive and negative experiences growing up though.
 
23 and only started drinking since I was about 21 (closer to 22). I drank quite a bit in that year (new circle of friends) but am quickly realizing its something I wouldn't like to do often. To me it has its place and I do enjoy it at times, but not something I enjoy doing often
 
Go find you one of these..

bottles.png


It'll keep you from drinking..
 
Nothing wrong about it. I'm also 22 but don't drink any alcohol. Only drink it once during a party and didn't really like it.
 
Enter The 36 Chambers said:
Would I be right in thinking a lot of people who don't drink (not all of course) aren't very social and are the introverted types?
Click to expand...

Got a bunch of super extroverted acquaintances that are totally straight-edge, some never trying alcohol or drugs, some growing out of it and some quitting after going way overboard with it (one of whom is in AA). Anecdotal evidence of course, but it doesn't seem to be relevant as far as how social someone is, at least around here. Conversely, I live with an introverted guy who will still go WAY overboard with alcohol in the rare instances he goes out and sometimes even when he's just at home.

I on the other hand fit your thought process.
 
28 here, can count on one hand the number of times in my life I've had alcohol. Always for some special occasion or another, always offered to me by others. The most recent was a margarita my friend bought me when she and I had lunch together for my birthday in 2009. I've never once bought any or gone out of my way to have it.

Really just not into alcohol and don't see the appeal. I don't talk about it much though because people get put off when you say that to them. Since '09, I've politely declined every offer to drink alcohol and made up some excuse or another.

Happily, my long-time girlfriend doesn't drink at all either so it's never an issue anymore.
 
Deft Beck said:
I accidentally had a sip of my uncle's beer as a kid, but I otherwise have never had an alcoholic beverage.

I don't feel like I need to drink. My father's side of the family has had a bad history with alcohol.

I might want to drink on occasion, but I am concerned about its health effects. I also do not want to have a negative emotional reaction.

Am I weird?
Click to expand...

I'm 30+ and I haven't and don't jntend to either
 
You're weird. Drinking in moderation would have little impact on your health.

Of course don't do it just to get drunk. Drinks with good friends is an amazing time.
 
There was an npr show that people with parents or grandparents who were alcoholic were 8x likely to become alcoholic, it's better not to take the risk in that regard and destroy your life and others In the process. It has to do with a gene
 
I'm 26, and I only get one drink at most if I'm out with friends. I don't see the point in continually forking out money for booze, though my perspective is admittedly biased because I run in the kind of circles where the parties have open bars and I can choose whether to get one or not.

It's only a social stigma if you make it one. You can go through life perfectly fine without drinking. Don't let anyone tell you differently, and if they do, stop hanging out with them. You're better off without their influence anyway.
 
I'm amazed at how many people popped in this thread in the same situation as the OP, I've personally never met anyone in person who hadn't tasted alcohol.

Yeah it's fine but I think you are missing out big time on the whole fun and social side of it specially when you are young. Drinking moderately and even heavily on ocasion won't turn you into an alcoholic or ruin your health.
 
I didn't drink til I was like 19. Alcahol tasted terrible, and I sorta held a "I'm too cool for this" attitude about it.

But then I did, I got drunk, I got really drunk, and it changed me a LOT. I used to be a lot more introverted, and was indifferent about socialising with people.

But when I got drunk, my filter turned off, I wanted to talk with everybody about anything. My state of mind changed so much when I was drunk, It surprised me how effective it was, and I started taking stuff I learned while drunk to my normal life. because I started enjoying hanging out with people. Even people I didn't even know.

have had some of the most fun in my life when drinking with mates, and wouldn't change it for the world.
I would reccomend everyone try get drunk atleast once in their lives.
 
Not weird. I am 10+ years older than you and have drank maybe a total of 8 times. None of which were heavy. Haven't had a drink in 4 years at least.
 
I had my party years in college with my fraternity, but by my
super
senior year I had all been finished with that kind of drinking. I had friends in my fraternity that never drink so no it's not weird at all. Now I'll make myself and the girlfriend a drink say Friday evenings when we want to relax, but I havnt been "drunk" in years.
 
Drinking is great, I love what it does to me. But it's not weird to not drink.

However I'd find it hard to believe the many people who don't drink are also in social situations where alcohol is present and everyone else is drinking. And if you're not, the fact that you don't drink is a big whoopty doo.

Edit: actually well I guess it's...commendable? that you've managed to avoid these situations for so long.
 
SpeedOfNuts said:
I'm amazed at how many people popped in this thread in the same situation as the OP, I've personally never met anyone in person who hadn't tasted alcohol.

Yeah it's fine but I think you are missing out big time on the whole fun and social side of it specially when you are young. Drinking moderately and even heavily on ocasion won't turn you into an alcoholic or ruin your health.
Click to expand...

Supireses me ass well, only person I know that doesn't drink is my dad but he quit because of health reasons.
 
Yeah, nothing wrong with not drinking. But I would just say that if you only drink every once and awhile and aren't drinking a TON each outing it's unlikely that you'd have to worry about health problems as you mentioned in the OP. However, if you think addiction might be a problem then by all means stay the hell away from it. That's mostly why I've never gotten high.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

I am dead inside
2
67
708
gundalf replied
I wish I had someone to talk and relate to. I need friends.
2
81
2K
DeVeAn replied
I am frankelda
11
744
Heimdall_Xtreme replied
Dunkin testing out new Beverage Buckets
2
90
923
StreetsofBeige replied
I am on my like 4th office chair
24
460
FudgeIt replied
Top Bottom