Alcohol is overrated and many use it as a crutch. I just like the taste of spirits.
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I really liked drinking, but mostly because it allowed me to mask my autism and be social, until the alcohol induced anxiety set in, and it became a way of just staving off even more anxiety than I’d had before I started drinking. This led me pretty far down the road of alcoholism, and it took years and serious consequences for me to shake it, and then another 5 years to even get back to where I was before I started drinking, and to this day I still feel like my development is behind many others because of how long I spent drinking instead of growing.
Don’t feel bad about not liking to drink, you’re only saving yourself trouble later on. I know some people can drink “healthily”, but honestly, I don’t think there is healthy drinking. No one I’ve ever met since getting sober is enjoyable to be around when inebriated, and I shudder to think how other sober people saw me when I was in the depths of my shit.
I hate it. It tastes like shit and if someone only wants to go to the bar instead of a nice day in the park or something i just take it as a red flag. Hell, even caffeine I realised how much I hated and just stopped that too. I think that in the coming years there will be a lot more people who don't drink. I don't think it's a problem.
My ex was an alcoholic and one of thr reasons we slit up washe was barely sober on weekends towards the end. Liked to drink 30+ cans in a weekend, which I didn't know was problem drinking until much later. It was a giant hole in our finances too, when she wasn't even working either.
When we started dating she thought it would he fun to try and get me drunk. So we spent one night with all these various drinks and hard liquors and she made stuff for me to drink. I hated every single one. The only one thay I could even finish was kahlua mudslides because it was mostly a chocolate beverage but it still tasted like horrible alcohol.
So I never drink anymore, it is expensive and tastes bad and people are usually asses when they're drunk. The most I'll have is a sip of champagne at a celebration but it tastes like hogwash so one sip is all I can handle.
I swear part of the reason it's remained legal where weed hasn't is that it's incredibly unpleasant. Every time I touch hard liquor it all just tastes like burning and I get the worst heartburn of my life when i try to sleep.
I generally like the taste, it's OK, and I don't get drunk easily or anything. But I always feel like shit after just a few. It's just bloating and heartburn and too much in my stomach.
Getting a little buzzed in social settings can be really fun but there are plenty of drugs and herbs that give a better buzz than alcohol. Like kanna or kava or phenibut or microdosing. Even like a strong saffron or yerba mate tea could feel nice.