Teetotalism

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Are there any fellow teetotalers on here?

Believe it or not, but I've been dry for 50 months now! Abstaining from drinking has not been easy, but I'm glad I did it. I do miss it a lot, though! I miss drowning my troubles and forgetting about my problems.

But I remind myself that I need to keep this commitment going as an act of maturity and willpower. I still go to bars (at least before the pandemic) to socialize, but I only drink carbonated water.

Not sure if I actually qualify as an official "teetotaler" but I haven't had any alcohol in about 3-4 years, kinda lost track. I lost my ability to process it and it gives me an instantaneous hangover of epic proportions.
I used to drink in college, but got married and had a baby shortly after that so drank very little for years and years (2-3 drinks a couple times a month) till all three of my kids were grown.
Once my kids were all in college and then off on their own, I was ready to enjoy myself. However, never drank more than maybe 4-5 glasses of wine a week. That only lasted for 3 years or so and then all of the sudden I started getting super sick super fast. Tried lowest sulfates organic wines etc but nothing worked.
I miss a nice glass of wine .

I haven't had a drink in 22 years, 3 months, and 4 days. Not that I'm counting.

I am 100% teetotal. I've never been drunk in my life, and it's very rare that I have even a sip of alcohol. I feel like a one and only.

Technically, I'm.

But not like I'm trying. Because I never truly acquired the taste of alcohol yet.

.. Nor it mattered. Sober or not, I'm functionally worse than drunk anyway.

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I haven't drank or smoked in years now, drinking was giving me some weird depression where I would go out on a weekend with friends and go to lots of different pubs etc but then for the entire week after I was like mega depressed to the point I struggled eating or getting out of bed so I stopped drinking completely and haven't felt the need to touch it since.

I think drinking/drugs just isn't good for some people. I much prefer going on these group hikes with a club I joined instead now, there's this thing we have in the UK called Ramblers which is a walking association and I have met some of the best people ever through it way more than going to a club or pub.

I try to avoid paracetamol and pretty much everything if I can as well because I don't want to become reliant on the stuff and it works better when you don't use it much.

I havent touched alcohol since i found out i was pregnant with my now 16y/o son

before then i was an alcoholic

I don't drink much. I might buy a sixpack of beer once or twice a year.

I was straight-edge for like 8 years after my 1st relationship fell apart when I was 20. She had problems with drugs & alcohol & I had BAD anxiety & BAD OCD worrying about her. It didn't help that she was 15 & I felt like a dad with her at times because of the age difference & her issues as well as her never having a dad. I became very unstable & controlling as a result & took things out on her which of corse made things worse for her & was a major factor for us breaking up. I fell into a psychotic depression around that time & shortly after we broke up she was bragging online about how she drank so much she ended up in the hospital. I flipped out & slashed my upper arm 9x & had to go to the ER. I spent the next 5 years seeing a psychiatrist & taking meds. I blamed the drugs & alcohol because I could NOT handle blaming myself anymore than I already was. Blaming myself more for screwing up things for her woulda made me commit suicide. Rebelling against drugs & alcohol was my poor desperate attempt of coping & protecting myself. As my depression gradually got better & I learned, grew, & matured, I started to realize what the real problems were. I do drink occasionally these days but I never been drunk or gotten myself into any trouble. I mostly drink as a way to help relax & wind down though I also drink when I'm in social situations where I can drink for free which I'm practically never in.

I haven't drank alcohol in 23 years. I guess that makes me the ultimate teetotaler.

I don’t know if I really count since it isn’t a hard-and-fast rule for me and there isn’t really any restraint on my part. I haven’t found any kind of alcohol that doesn’t taste nasty to me and have never really had much of a desire to drink anyway. One time I might have had up to five sips, when my mom got a wine flight and I tried a few, and that’s the most alcohol I’ve ever had in one day.

One problem I've had in the past is that if I drank much, I would get to liking it too much and rapidly start drinking frequently and often to the point of being drunk. When I realized that many years ago, I forced myself to not drink any alcohol for quite a while and since then I only drink on occasion.

For example, last year I bought two six packs of beer -- one early in the year (I don't remember precisely when) and the other right before Thanksgiving. I never drank more than one beer a day when I bought that beer. In fact, of the beer I bought right before Thanksgiving, I didn't get to the last one until some time in late January or early February.

I bought some beer recently. So far, I've drank one of them and used the other in cooking.

I did something similar with oxycontin in the mid 1990s. When I had a wisdom tooth pulled (actually chipped out piece by piece -- it took quite a while), the dentist prescribed oxycontin and that really helped with the pain. There were ten pills in the bottle and when I finished them I refilled the prescription.

About half way through the second bottle, I realized that I was starting to like the oxycontin pills for themselves more than to relieve pain. So I flushed the remaining contents of the bottle down the crapper and never refilled them.

No i am not a teetotaler.I do not have a problem with that philosophy or lifestyle per se....its just that its a offical rule in my social circle that you dont drink at all.So its a sticky subject.However I try to drink everyday.I drank more in my 20's but always in moderation.I drink red wine for the health benefits and i like a cold bud light on a hot summers day or when i am at a eatery.I dont drink for the mind altering effects.