Is alcohol overrated?

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yes it is.
i dont even like most alcohol.

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When people went out to get drunk, I used to think that was stupid. Because here I was sober and the child-like nature of being an aspie was great and thought, "Why the hell do I need to consume something potentially poisonous just to act child-like when I can fully appreciate being so while sober?" I still don't drink but I realize alcohol is just a part of many peoples' lives. I do believe drinking alcohol does open alot more social doors and allows one to be exposed to more novel situations, but it's largely an exclusive community. If you don't drink, you don't belong (unless you're the patronized designated driver). Any exclusive community unwilling to accept an Other is filled with weird chameleon-like rules and slippery hyprocrisies. Now it seems, I've likened the drinking community to some quasi-fascist state, and of course, alcohol is not some ultra-authoritarian idea, but it's like I'd rather be marginalized as a non-drinker than participate in the neurochemical brain-washing that inebriation induces.

I am the personification of Aspie Joykill.

But really, I don't have an issue with people who like to drink. As long as their not crashing into me with their cars or banishing me from their coveted intoxication circle just because if a glass or bottle is not fitted in my hand, I must not be allowed to fit in. If you're not one of those kinds of drinkers, then I appreciate your humanity and wish you all the joys that alcohol can bring.

Drinking is waaaay overrated.

Expensive.

Sloppy.

Not very healthy in many ways.

Puts you around people who like to lose control and misbehave and not take responsibility for their words and actions. It also makes people violent.

Overrated? Yes

If I drink a little bit then it's easier to socialize. That way, the bad effects of alcohol don't really come. I'd say my limit is 2-4 shots, to get kind of tipsy. If I have any more then i begin to feel sick, so less is better. Of course, it depends on what makes you feel good

I don't mind a buzzed feeling, but I don't like the feeling of being drunk. I'm a tweeker - I love caffeine.

Never tried it. Figured nothing good could come out of it.

I've liked the taste since I first had it at age three, Crème de menthe (long story) That said though I only drink it to taste, never to get drunk. I don't like feeling out of control. I like half a beer when we get a pizza or something. Drink the other half the next day with reheated pizza.

I would definitely consider alcohol to be overrated. I've been mildly drunk before but I didn't enjoy it at all as I just felt ill. I haven't touched alcohol for over a year because everything about it is completely unappealing to me.

Since it's a mild sedative, it can remove anxiety one may feel from social situations; anxiety inhibits a lot of people, even "normal" people (social anxiety is common).

Sedatives don't do anything for me.

I like it and may sometimes drink with people. But it doesnt do alot for me really, I can have a good time without it.

I've never found alcohol as being overrated. It feels good to get drunk every once in a while. The only drug I've ever done that ACTUALLY makes me feel better is alcohol. Weed hardly ever made me feel better, pills rarely made me feel better, etc. The only things I don't like about alcohol is that it makes some people turn into idiots. I'm too in tune with my mind and body to be able to allow it to overpower me. The whole going to bars thing never interested me for two reasons:

I don't particularly enjoy socializing with people
I find it irrational to spend 4x the amount of money on something (booze) that is expensive as hell to begin with

If you don't enjoy drinking alcoholic beverages then don't drink them, end of story. I find I can kind of get by socially without drinking, even when everyone else is, though if you're only around people you know who are getting drunk then it might be kind of boring.

Alcohol holds no purpose in my life. I'm messed up enough without assing 'binge drinking alcoholic' to the list...

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Because we are not social, we don't enjoy drinking.