For those of you who don't drink alcohol, what does your social life consist of?

Gackt said:
Indeed, there is MUCH pressure on people to drink, and if you don't, you can be made to feel like an outcast. I guess it's a matter of realising that going clubbing is in fact, one of the least social things you can do - and is as about as social as walking through a busy town centre.

Enjoy not drinking, find other activities, cinema, video games, trips, social clubs, something like that. You can always turn to soft drinks, drink enough and the sugar/caffeine will make you feel a little tipsy.
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Maybe you need new friends. I can't imagine my friends having a go at me for getting a soft drink whilst out.

I think it's easier to have fun whilst drinking, but it's not necessary. Dull and boring things suddenly become hilarious when drunk:p
 
I stopped drinking nearly five years ago, initially as a temporary measure to save money, and because I was drinking occasionally to get drunk, and then feeling awful the following day.

I started going out with someone new (now my wife) and she stopped drinking too. We just didn't bother drinking again and I don't miss it. I don't go on works nights out most of the time as in my vocation there's a very big drinking culture. Most of my mates have moved away from my home town so people I used to go drinking with aren't around so much. Those still in town have grown up, got married, kids, mortgages and other commitments that mean big nights out just don't feature anymore.
 
Morba said:
This seems to be more about you than anyone else, so i'll ask you a question..

If you could still drink, would you be out clubbing and down the pub all the time, or, would you be doing the stuff like you are now anyway?
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pretty decent point to be fair, drinking doesnt seem to be the issue, are you worried you dont do a lot? are you bored?

i myself dont drink at all (i cant, not that its ever bothered me). Going out to the pub is fine i just have 2 cokes and then some fruit juice as fizzy juice is too much. I have been out clubbing (if you can call it that) and too be fair, its soo boring in a club imo of course, just drunk people dancing like **** not really interesting, too loud for a conversation.

For me going to the pub isnt an issue, clubbing yes, but i spend time with my gf and i go out for tea, have friends round, i game a lot on my 360 and i have a fairly geeky hobby i shall not disclose that i play a lot, occasionally ill even read books.......:eek:

i feel i get along fine
 
I don't like to drink, but it seems most my freinds arn't that keen either so that works out quite well. We just go down the pub and enjoy non-alchoholic beverages in a place quiet enough to actually speak to each other! Sometimes a few might drink but that is certainly not with the intention of getting drunk. Sometimes play sports with some or cinema, days out etc.

Otherwise I have a few hobbies which occupy more than enough of my time!
 
I drink but not much. I do hate going out to pubs and clubs (especially clubs which in my eyes are overglorified cattle marts) simply because they're so crowded and I feel very uncomfortable in large crowds of people. As a result of this I have next to no social life as there is nothing to do in this part of the country which doesn't involve getting paralysed with alcohol.
 
I don't understand people who don't drink any alcohol, a few pints on an evening every few weeks is hardly gonna kill ya.

Besides when I go to the pub I can't be bothered with a taxi, on a week night I will just have the 1 beer and then a coke.



If I say to my mates I am not drinking they would think I was weird but they wouldn't force me, are these people really your mates?


Each to their own but tbh some of you guys are weird, I am not the most sociabal person or even outgoing but how is dancing not fun? Are you dead?

finding a good club is the problem, most of the places are rubbish around here and simply play chart music or crap chav dance music. eurghh.
 
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My social life is exactly the same with or without alcohol. I dont need beer in order to have fun. Nothing stops me from going to the pub with my mates, theres no requirement for me to drink alcohol.
 
I don't drink either.

I don't find it a struggle to have fun, it just means that instead of going to a pub/club, spending stupid amounts of money on booze and then losing stuff, being a plank, and getting in trouble, I find other stuff to do.

If any of my mates don't want to know me without alcohol, then I don't want to know them either. Thankfully they do drink but they just do that with others, and don't think less of me for it.
 
I do drink alcohol. But rarely. So most my nights are just the same except the choice of drink. I don't really associate with people who go and get wrecked at every opportunity, my circle of friends seem to enjoy having one or two for the night and that's it.
 
i don't drink at the moment due to me being very selfconscious as i have injuries i'm recovering from and don't want inhibition loss to upset that.
that said i do drink on occassion but i've been out about 4 times in 18 months? lol.

i used to be able to drink bottles of vodka. now i can manage 4 pints before i can't remember the night lol.

my social life is quite boring but i don't think it would be that different as i am unfortunately going through issues. i just adapt it by walking and seeing my mates. they rarely go out anyway and my hobby has taken a back seat.
 
starfighter said:
Each to their own but tbh some of you guys are weird, I am not the most sociabal person or even outgoing but how is dancing not fun? Are you dead?
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You've just answered your own question, each to their own is the answer.

I don't drink at all, and never have just because I don't like the taste. Because of that, I don't often go out in the evening clubbing etc as I just find it boring. I personally feel that if people can't have fun sober, theres something wrong with them in the first place.
 
What a pathetic post.
From the age of 18 to 40, alcohol (and fags) never passed my lips but I still went out with my mates and not one ever made fun of me.
At 40 I decided to try real ale so now when I go out with my mates I will have one pint then revert back to the soft drinks.
If you have got mates who make a fool of you because you don't drink then get some new mates.
Some people really should grow up.
 
i do exactly what people who drink alcohol do except i substitute alcohol with coke (the drink :D) means i can usually get away with spending between £5 and £10 as well.
 
I do drink alcohol but on occasion I'll go without for a night out or even a few in a row, going to the pub without drinking alcohol isn't so terrible - as mentioned the atmosphere is still usually quite good anyway provided you are willing to actually keep yourself involved, it may be easier with alcohol to do so but it is far from impossible to do it without. Nightclubs are a whole lot less appealing without alcohol however as you notice a lot more and that's almost never a good thing in a nightclub - you may also feel more self-concious while dancing which is somewhat ironic as you're probably better while sober even if you don't feel like it.

As for what to do, I'd suggest starting up a hobby - perhaps climbing or something sociable like that, it's good fun, provides some exercise and you've got to start meeting people.
 
become a christian, the ones that go out seem to have no bother not drinking and still making an ass of themselves, must be high on jesus or something :confused:
 
DanTheMan said:
How do other tea total people get along?
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I'm not "tea total" I'll have the odd pint, but I don't drink more then one or two.

This doesn't stop me going to the pub with my lads, or going to house parties, or to watch the football. I'm just the sober one. Don't do clubs as much as I used to, they're a lot less fun when sober, people in clubs annoy me, quite a lot.

Bouncers, around my way are also complete ***** and when sober you realize how much of a **** they are.

Just because you don't drink doesn't end your social life, I have a very active social life that isn't built around going out and getting wasted, which imo, is a waste of time.
 
semi-pro waster said:
As for what to do, I'd suggest starting up a hobby - perhaps climbing or something sociable like that, it's good fun, provides some exercise and you've got to start meeting people.
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I have a friend who doesn't drink on certain nights (mainly over the weekend) so instead of going out at the weekend, he goes to the gym, which he says is always good fun because there are quite a few people there at that time.
 
I don't drink, and I find it perfectly normal to go to the pub with my friends who do. It only gets uncomfortable when you're in a situation where you're sober and everyone is completely wasted, but then I tend not to stay out with them past a certain point anyway as I like to get to bed at a reasonable time and get enough rest for training.

I guess what makes it easier for me is there is a reason why I don't drink (sport) and I value my sport above simply getting drunk. I've been there and done that, many many times - so I no longer see the need for it.

Also I get affected by hangovers about a hundred times worse than anyone I've ever met. When I used to drink I'd get a hangover after 2 pints... and if I got completely smashed I'd be out of action for the whole weekend with 8+ hours of throwing up (yes really).
 
I dont drink and never have out of personal choice. Its something that baffles my mates who think you cannot have a good time without giving the drinks companies your hard-earned money & throwing up on the sidewalk at 0300hrs. Not surprisingly I hate pubs and avoid them like the plague.

I usually go biking a lot or going to dance-music events. More fun going alone as I like to stay till the events over and the hassle of your mates feeling sleepy and wanting to go home isnt there.

I do have friends and good ones too but 99.9% of *their* social lives involve "pub-hopping". Zzzzzzzz.

spending stupid amounts of money on booze
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Right on....that is something that has always puzzled me. Im constantly amazed at hearing my mates goin on about how they drop £50 odd over an all-nighter at the pubs on a liquid that they later pee out and which hammers their livers. In the meantime the beer companys CEO orders a businessjet and says "Thank you very much!"
 
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