Does anyone here not drink alcohol?

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wanted to say something because I did drink before, but not anymore. I never liked the taste or smell, but I really wanted to fit in. I also liked that when others were drinking it seemed like they were nicer and friendlier to me and they didn't seem to treat me like I was weird.

I think I used it as a coping mechanism to fight off how uncomfortable I felt in social situations. It was bad because I regularly got way too drunk because I would just keep drinking. At first I kept drinking to try and feel more comfortable and then things just started to fall apart. There was a point were I drank regularly, it helped me less awkward and anxious. But it was destructive and I think it made me act worse.

Maybe Asperger’s and alcohol just don't go well together.

As for your girl, just tell her that you want to hang out but. . . just you'd prefer to do something else if she wants, like go to the park or something else. It might kill the potential friendship, but you shouldn't have to force yourself to do something you don't want to do just to make a friend. Or you can go to the bar, and just order soda or something, that's what I do now. It does get funny comments sometimes, but no one ever tries to force me to drink and the teasing comments are usually not more than a single sentence long, and then they forget about it.

Alcohol in moderation can be a good thing but it's ok not to drink if you don't like.

Looking at previous comments this is quite the post bump But I'll say what I think on the subject anyway.

I've had the same issue, I've had a few different offers to go out drinking with people. I've declined them all as I feel just going out to drink really isn't a healthy way to socialize. I think people that have to be intoxicated to socialize may have greater issues than I do. I would much rather go out to do fun activities like going bowling or going to the cinema than sitting in some place to purposely harm my body.

I guess that would be my advice to anyone in the same situation. Offer to do something different that you suspect you would both have fun doing, probably have a better time as a result. But if their insistent on drinking then decline, or if you really like them I guess you could stay on the soft drinks and chuckle at their drunken behavior.

I don't drink. When asked if I want a drink I just politely say no thank you and get something non-alcoholic.
I can set my own rules, its my body. I don't care what other people think. If they feel guilty because I choose not to drink .. well they have a problem then.
Set your own rules and boundaries in life, and if not drinking is one of them. .well they should accept that.

I don't drink alcohol due to intense phobia of being sick. Also I just seem scared of getting drunk, even if it means getting a bit tipsy, I'm still afraid to. Also I do have a lot of anger in me, and I'm scared it all might come out when being drunk, even just a little bit drunk, and I don't really want to end up in that state. My brother used to be quite a depressed person when he was my age, and when he first drank the first few times, he kept coming home crying and threatening to commit suicide and throwing big tantrums and hitting himself in the head and laying on the floor and refusing to get up. Once my mum and dad had to call the ambulance to help calm him down - and he wasn't even that drunk. He always remembered what he'd done. A few drinks used to affect his depression real bad, and I'm afraid it might affect me like that with my anger so I don't want to go down that road. (My brother is NT, by the way).

It is hard though, when you don't drink. When I was last at the pub, everyone around me were more chatty and louder, even the introverted people, and I couldn't help but feel a bit left out. But that's worse at night when there's a big crowd of you and everyone's dancing and getting drunk. Meeting up with a couple of friends and having a drink in the day or evening somewhere quiet is a little different, you don't have to get drunk to fit in, most people don't in that situation.

I'm not going to say I don't drink alcohol but I don't drink to be sick or drunk... I do actually get along with the people I see generally the Sunday but there are days I don't but most often then not, I've decided not to drink alcohol.
Doesn't mean to say I'll be stopping anytime soon but maybe I can decide to at some point.

I dont drink partially due to age, religion, and losing composure/mental fitness.
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I dont drink partially due to age, religion, and losing composure/mental fitness.
basically same issue with masturbation

I don't drink - haven't since before I was 21.

So you want to go, go. You don't want to drink, don't drink ... drink, but not alcohol.
It might be slightly more awkward than also drinking alcohol - like most everybody else, but it's not a big deal to not drink - wherever, whenever. Part of who you are - remain true to yourself. If it doesn't work out, so what, it probably wouldn't have worked out anyway. And if it works out, great. So really, try not to worry about it too much. Go, have a good time (or at least try to), and don't drink alcohol.

And if anyone asks why you're not drinking, you don't have to be overly forthcoming. Sure, be truthful, but too much information can be a bad (or non-optimal) thing, depending upon circumstances. E.g. you could say something like, "Oh, alcohol hasn't mixed well with my family, so I don't want to mix alcohol with me."

I quit drinking over a decade ago and won't drink at all now.

I don't drink. Just ask for a J20 or something similarly non alcoholic, people don't usually care.

I find it can be fun if done once in a while, but not frequently. I used to barhop with a couple friends a few years ago almost every other weekend. More often than not, I would leave the bar with a couple phone numbers, or with some random girl. I never kept these people in my life and I never bothered to call most people I got numbers from. If I start to associate a friend with going out and drinking, I get tired of that person and leave them behind. So yes, I can see why others don't like to drink alcohol, or just don't find any fun in doing so.
But I do like to have some occasional nights with the roommates and some friends and have a few drinks. Those are the best people to do it with because they are always in my life. And sometimes, I find some strange sense of relief from whatever is stressing me out if done right.

I occasionally drink alcohol, but not a lot at one time and not over a period of days; it pulls me down into a bad depression afterwords. Same thing with caffeine, lol.

Well I do drink but I've decided to cut down to an extreme extent......I prefer psychedelics anyways

In college, being the one guy who refuses drinks feels awful. I know that I should be drinking, but I don't. I explained this to a parent, who figured she could break the reluctance by offering me some.

I've had it twice, both small quantities. First time tasted gross, second time not so much. But what disturbed me is the feeling of, hours later, thinking that I would like more of it. That's exactly how I felt when I first tried caffeine (to which I am now hopelessly addicted), and I was disturbed enough that I haven't touched it since.