For those that don't drink, how to deal with christmas/New years.

I like to have a drink or two a couple of times a week and at the weekend a little more (read: not drink 2-3 days a week). Looking at a lot of the replies on this thread I am probably considdered a Raging Alcoholic, but although I recognise I could do with drinking a little less (for my moobs sake if nothing else) I disagree.
Anywho. With this said I have sympathy with the OP. As a regular drinker it will be difficult to go against what has prob been the norm since the age of 17-18 and stay sober over xmas and new year - the time normally assosiated with getting smashed several times over a couple of weeks.
Not got much to add to the thead really other than GL and just think of the <not bad stuff> you'll be doing to your liver and the $$$ in your wallet.

<right-on>and your friends are duffus's if they cannot recognise what you're trying to do</right-on>*


*you have primed them... right...?
 
Nate Silvers said:
I like this thread, you are all my friends. Just waiting for the booze SCUM to get home and flood this thread with OMG YOU SADDOS DON'T DRINK. :D
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I guess you'll wait for other mindless, banana eaters to back you up.

Oh wait the zoo is closed.


Seriously, what's with people being so antagonistic towards drink?
 
For me, this holiday means being with my family, I live 300 miles away. This means it isn't a **** up, in fact I'm sure years have gone by where the only thing I've had to drink is a couple of glasses of champagne on the 25th.

I do drink (apparently because I'm such a manly man :rolleyes:), but I'm now 300 miles from the people I drink with.

So my advice to the OP is to spend some time with family over the holidays.
 
I don't really enjoy alcohol, so just tend to ignore it. It's hard though, especially at this time of year, because people don't invite you out as much. I'm seen as strange and anti-social, I'm perfectly happy to be social I just don't want to drink.

My grandad was an alcoholic, and my best friend died from alcohol poisoning a few years ago, which without a doubt helped sculpt my current views.

My advice to a recovering alcoholic over Christmas; get some exercise, you need healthy endorphins to replace the lack of alcohol. This will also help you sleep. Find someone you can talk to if things get too much.
Change your usual routine; if you normally have a drink straight after the Christmas roast, go for a walk or something.
 
There are lots of things to drink if you don't have alcohol. It's the people you're with that make Christmas/New Year and not the booze.

If you really at a loss for some drinks then take a look here. :)
 
budwozza said:
Why would "friends" give you gip for not drinking - true friends would understand why you are not drinking - also what about people who cannot drink for health reasons?
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Because that's banter and like 90% of young bits think clocking off time is start boozing time.

Why the hell else would anyone want to do a 15 pub crawl in one afternoon? Maddness.
 
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