Do you drink?

[glass]

I also have a very low tolerance for alcohol, and I find the sensation of being 'tipsy' very unpleasant.

Of course your alcohol tolerance will be low if you don't drink. Mine was low when I was 15. It's rather higher now...

I'm not saying you should start drinking to boost your tolerance, it was just an observation .


glass.

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

I drink alcohol so rarely it's close to a 'No'. Part of it is reasoning - my brain is my greatest asset and I don't want to ruin it - but the larger part is simple: I just don't like the taste of most beverages. Cider is fine and so are some kinds of wine, but that's about it. And these are generally not the kind of thing you'd drink when at a pub with some friends.

That's similar to me as well. I'll have wine a few times a year with dinner, or go out with friends and have a singel drink sometimes. I don't see why cider is not something you drink at the pub with friends other than the fact that many places don't serve it.

 

[Belen]

I have not had a drop since July 2000. I detest the taste of alcohol. My vice is Diet Dr. Pepper.

 

[wingsandsword]

I drink rarely. I have at most one or two drinks a month, and then only with a meal or with somebody else. People say I'm a happy, funny drunk when I've had a margarita or a rum & coke or two, and if I've had a rough day it does help relax, but I don't like to lose control of my body or be reliant on an outside substance for an emotional state, so I sharply limit my alcohol intake.

Now, I wouldn't say that gamers don't drink though. Admittedly, most of the gamers I know are college students (or college dropouts), and from a game I'm in on Wed. night we've got one player who comes straight from a bar every night, and one who has dropped out of the game because he's always at that same bar getting drunk (and everybody pretty much knows he's an alcoholic), so as cautious as I am around alcohol, I know people who imbibe with reckless abandon.

 

[The_Universe]

I don't have a philosophical problem with drinking, but I've never been drunk (not even on the day I turned 21!) and I probably never will be. When I was growing up, neither of my parents drank (although they did usually share a single wine cooler on the New Years Eves I can remember from early childhood) so it's just not something I ever associated with "normal" social activity.

Over time, this has put me at somewhat of a disadvantage, because nearly everyone else *does* associate socializing with drinking.

But as to my specific tastes, I'm not a fan of most beers, though there are a few I don't loathe (Yuengling, to wit). I don't care for most wines (though some of the sweeter white wines are ok) and so if I *am* going to drink, I usually go right to the hard stuff.

If we're at a friend's party, I'll have a vodka and diet coke and then call it good. I don't want to be rude, but I don't really want to get trashed, either. I know my limits (I start to get tipsy at around 7 drinks) but I've rarely tested them.

EDIT: But my real vice is diet sunkist. I can drink an entire 12 pack on a good day.

 

[Mista Collins]

If I'm at a place like a comedy club that has a drink minimum, I usually order a Tom Collins. It's like alchololic lemonade.

Ahhh, Tom Collins. He is a good man, he is a family man.

I think what saved me from giving up drinking is that I never had a huge 21st B-day celebration. For all of you who remember that HUGE power outage the Midwest/Northeast portion of the States had, well that happened on my 21st B-day. No bars were open in my area, so I sat at home played Euchre (Michigan Rummy as some call it) and had a tall glass of coke (family doesn't stock alcohol).

Anyways, I drink socially. If i go out to eat at dinner I like to order a drink. I hate beer. I can tolerate most wine, and I love mixed drinks. The best drink I have ever had is from Bennigan's and it is called Jameson Irish Lemonade. I liked it so much I asked exactly how they make it, and they told me. I searched high and low to find one ingredient, but could not find anywhere that stocked it. So I went back to Bennigan's and bought a bottle of that from the store. Since then, Bennigan's will order an extra bottle of the ingredient and I usually buy it off of them (for the cost it costs them). If you drink, if you like mix drinks, and if there is a Bennigans near you, GO NOW and have it.

 

[Desdichado]

My vice is Diet Dr. Pepper.

Especially Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper.

 

[fusangite]

I worked in politics for 13 years, at the end of which time I was basically an alcoholic. To my surprise, I have been steadily cutting back every year without joining a twelve-step program or anything. I now drink about three times a week, down from four about a year ago. I think between about 1998 and 2000, I was drunk almost constantly.

EDIT: I looked into some nutritional information a few years ago and determined that I could theoretically meet nearly all my nutritional and recreational needs with Guiness and sushi.

 

[reveal]

I actually did more drinking, and getting drunk, before I turned 21 than after. It's not much fun when it's legal.

When we buy beer, it's a luxury. Maybe once a month. I don't like all beers but I do enjoy the actual taste of beer and don't like to get drunk anymore. When I buy beer, I get the ones I enjoy (like Tsing Tao, Blue Moon, or Guiness). Wine is more to my liking. I love a good wine and am a huge fan of Reislings. I think a good wine can compliment a good meal greatly (and in some cases make a bad meal a lot better ). If I'm not driving, or I know I won't be driving for a while, I will usually have one or two glasses of wine when we eat out, depending on the restaurant of course.

 

[Psion]

I drank while I was in the Navy. While I had some fun, I never got enough out of the experience to be worth the day after (which seemed to get worse as I got older), and I am generally of the opinion looking at the lives of some close to me that have suffered from alcohol abuse that I am better off without it.