sundries Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Just out of curiosity, how many people here are tee-total or drink very little? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berenger Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Hi sundries, This is really relevant to me as i've just been out with some drinkers tonight and i really wished i'd left the car at home and drank too. I felt bad and i had to drink loads of coke, about 4 pints !. I usually only drink when i feel bad in some way and want to escape the feelings, to change my mindset, i can start drinking and it relaxes me. I have now gone 10 days without doing this, as i also unfortunately combine the booze with pills, to try to sedate myself for instance. I think i would be teetotal, though it was difficult tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 T total Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadian mike Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 I used to drink, too much. Not all of the time, but when I did drink, I binged. Then my father drank himself to death, in 2006. I think I had 2 beers in 2007. Before, I actually prefered weed to booze, but booze was more readily available. Now, I have the odd toke or pour myself a drink, occasionally. I've poured more half-full drinks down the drain in the last couple of years than I'd care to count, just because I wasn't enjoying them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasmineRose Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 I don't drink, and never have. It has no attraction for me whatsoever. I think it's mainly because of the effect my father's drinking had on him - and me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenthing Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 i have been lucky - alcohol makes me so ill that i could not end up an alcoholic. when i was younger i used to drink myself into oblivion from time to time (and then spend a week recovering). until recently i did drink occasionally, but now one of my medications specifically prohibits it (i'm on it for life) so i'm teetotal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanta Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 I don't drink makes me feel sick but I did when I was young I found it would trigger my migraine when I was younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benway Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Hi,I don't drink - I drank a bit as a teenager , but once i has my son at 19 I really cut down to the point where i have a Baileys at xmas only (which i don't even really enjoy, thinking about it...). It wouldn't bother me to never drink again. Plus it makes me either belligerent or morose. I really don't need that, moods so volatile already. edit - i smoked a fair bit of weed tho, but i'm giving it up, it makes me paranoid & introspective, and anxious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love&Me Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 I don't drink alcohol as it has no nutritional value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpsewithpulse Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 I used to drink very regularly and habitually but I've cut down to the extent that I'm close to being teetotal. I've not drank for over a month and prior to that, went the entire Autumn without touching a drop. If I do drink then I give at least a week's notice which ensures that my drinks are done neither impulsively or habitually. I'm likely to drink during the Manchester derby with a friend but that's all I've got for the foreseeable future. Chances are I'll probably wind down to being a teetotaller eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everycloud Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Nope don't drink, can't remember the last time I did have a drink... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenny1471 Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 I don't drink either.. I could have an occassional glass of wine or something when out but I'd actually prefer a glass of coke over wine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fedup! Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Nice one CWP xxxxxxxxxxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurorablues Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 I would say i was T-Total nowadays. Between the ages of 14-27, i used to drink copious amounts of alcohol. Then i just stopped. Not fully sure why, i think i just stopped enjoying it. As i got older, i didn't like how the alcohol made me feel and the hangovers got worse. I also stopped cooking in pubs around that time, where i was around alcohol constantly. Rarely i crave an ice cold bottle of Lager or Fancy Cider on a hot summers day, and may even give in to that urge, but one is all i would have. Aurora :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walker Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 used to be T-total - not due to any virtue, simply because the taste of alcohol is vile!! HOWEVER have odd glass of wine v occasionally with a meal (prefer red - but it seems to make me violently sick after just a few sips) PORT on the other hand - now that is good - it is sweet enough to handle the bitterness of alcohol and strong enough to numb the head quite quickly sadly its not cheap - but it is the thing we drink and do so quite often these days since they wont let us have diaz (cant do it in secret tho' as it makes face go bright red !!) (was drinking a couple of bottles a week which is a lot for someone who doesnt drink!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addy2 Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 I used to drink alot between the ages of 15 and 18 i was rarely sober got me into alot of trouble but when my daughter was born i just seemed to stop i needed to look after her not be waking up in strange places not knowing how i got there, now i don't drink at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnam Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 i rarely drink due to alcoholic mum, and seeing the effects it had on her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imdebbiem Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 I used to drink way too much (pretty close to becoming an alcoholic at one point)... and I am not very good at handling my drink once I get to the stage of been drunk. So I probably drink about once a month or something like but it is only a social drink with my partner. xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doormouse Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 I drink very very little, mostly because I don't like the taste, although there are some things I have developed a taste for. I generally, also prefer a coke, or lemonade or whatever. My family aren't heavy drinkers, but I do think I could very easily use alchohol as an escape if I were in to it. Have vaugely tried it a couple of times, not really somthing I want to get into a habit of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelk01 Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Yeah I don't drink at all. It is to do with seeing my dad getting drunk and his behaviour changing rapidly from happy to angry and abusive so the changes I see in him make me not want to drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverwolf Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 I'm T-Total wiv alcohol now, just cos if I have a drink on my meds i fall asleep , so sorta defeats the point really as i don't get to the merry stage, i bypass it and go to the sleep stage, I used to drink as a teenager (18-21yrs) but only massive amounts in one go a few times a year - i guess just to blot things out. I mainly used to smoke cannabis back then which i kinda went a bit mental wiv, as in it was very excessive quantity's. From around 23yrs onwards though i just wanted to be able to let my meds try and do their thing, as i felt using alcohol could stop them from working properly (had already stopped cannabis by this time) so it wouldn't give me a true idea as to whether they were working for me or not. My Grandma was an alcoholic so this prevented me from ever immersing myself completely in alcohol. x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
successful_workthru Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 I'm tea total, well I drink decaf coffee. For the past 2-3years I have been tapering off valium and was forced to stop alcohol, because valium and alcohol act on the same nerve receptors, and therefore, drinking alc during this valium reduction period would slow recovery. I am not a total sober-sides though, as I have struggles with substance misues issues. I like to smoke cannabis and also to take dihydrocodeine painkillers every few days as they make the mental torture bearable. I struggle a bit when round people who have had a drink as it alters their personalities and we end up on a different level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle59 Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Always liked the effect of alcohol, especially for my head, right from my very first drink, even though I didn't especially like the taste. Carried on till it finally brought me to my knees So, not quite T-total, but abstinent and in recovery some 10 years now. Curious Sundries why you be curious? Pickle.x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundries Posted April 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Interesting how many people here who are light or zilch drinkers - far more than on the bipolar site I go on. Just curious cos as someone who drinks very very little myself as I don't like the taste it has always been rather an issue when I've tried socialising and I guess I just want to see how alone I am. Clearly I'm not alone :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natfredricks Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 I am teetotal, alcohol makes me sick. I've noticed so many people on this forum are teetotal. I wonder if drinkers are in general more mentally stable? Any theories? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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