I have never been drunk in my life, is this unusual?

Yes, many times in my clubbing years and girls holidays. I was a real lightweight though and couldn't keep up with everyone else. My mum used to despair on a Sunday, after spending time cooking a Sunday roast, my sister and I sat at the table heads hanging with a green pallor cos we felt so hungover. I had great times though and don't regret any of it. Now I don't really drink, a couple of glasses of wine if I go to a show and Christmas Day.

I dont think I've ever been drunk. I hate being out of control!

Never ! Grew up in a teetotal ( Methodist) household and though I drink now, have never had any desire to be senseless and out of control.

kitty ??

The first time was as a teen on holiday in Spain with mum and dad.
There have only been a handful of times in the 50yrs since.
I won't be drinking J.D. ever again ?

kittylester

Apparently, the best Christmas dinner I ever made was when I had a bottle of champagne in the kitchen and everyone else was at the pub. I don't remember much about it.

Good one, kitty.?

Apparently, the best Christmas dinner I ever made was when I had a bottle of champagne in the kitchen and everyone else was at the pub. I don't remember much about it.

welbeck

i presume you prefer coffee, not too strong ?

I didn't really drink coffee until I was 30. Coffee is good in moderation. I don't want to get addicted. Strength negotiable.

I'm terrible at coming up with usernames so just looked at what I had around me. I happened to have a coffee on the table.

i presume you prefer coffee, not too strong ?

I've never been drunk in my life either. No big deal.

The last time I was seriously drunk was a few years ago, drinking Kir Royale on a hot day. I was ill for two days afterwards and vowed never again ?

My response to not wanting a drink has always been just that 'No thank you I do not want a drink I would prefer a soft drink. If any one pressurises me I get bolshie intransigent.

My big problem at the moment is that since the sugar tax, soft drinks manufacturers have replaced much of the sugar in soft drinks with sweeteners. Unfortunately I can taste and smell these and the taste hangs in my mouth for hours, so I am finding that there are fewer and fewer soft drinks for me to choose from. I got caught out with a J2O last week I hadn't had one for ages. Asked for one, took a mouthful and nearly spat it out. I am getting sick of fizzy water.

Sarnia, i know what you mean about some people's attitudes.
in UK there is sometimes a prejudice against those who do not drink, esp where the population is less diverse.
i find saying, i'm not drinking at the moment, seems to be more acceptable than saying i don't drink.
perhaps it's perceived as a kind of criticism of those who do drink, so saying not at the moment sound like it is only temporary, maybe for medical reasons, so can be excused, rather than having gone over to another tribe, the non -drinkers.

No, never. I’m an incredible lightweight when it comes to alcohol, and it’s got worse as I get older. I absolutely hate the feeling of a swimmy head and rarely have more than one heavily-diluted G&T.
Never had a hangover and no desire to experience one! I can easily enjoy myself without having alcohol ?

I like alcohol (or rather the effects) but it doesn’t like me.
I have drinking friends who can drink all night and be up showering and singing in the morning whilst I will have the hangover from hell and the effects could go on for nearly two days. I love the first whoosh it gives but can honestly say I wish it had never been invented.

Tipsy, very tipsy, even, but never drunk.

I loathe the feeling of being even slightly tipsy. the whoozyness, the need to put an awful lot of effort into thinking, the queaziness and headache the next day. Thanks, but no thanks.

You do not need to be paralytic, completely out of it or aggressive when you are drunk to be obnoxious. Stupid conversations, insisting black is white, walking as if it is an effort, all are part of getting drunk and are equally obnoxious.

I am not teetotal, and never have been. I enjoy a glass of really good red wine when I eat out, and a pint of shandy when it is hot, an occasional aperitif and the occasional drink of an evening. But drunkeness - yuk.

Only once, when I went on a pub crawl to raise money for mobile incubators for the local hospital's neo-natal unit. I would have welcomed snuffing it compared to the way I felt the next day and I thought if this is how people feel after drinking too much, then it's not for me. I never got drunk again, nor am I a drinker, disliking both spirits and beers. I can thoroughly enjoy myself on a cup of tea or a soft drink. Some people give me odd looks though when I say I don't drink.

Yes...once, at my friend’s 16th ?. Her mum made this punch. I didn’t know it had alcohol in it! It just tasted of fruit. Delicious.

After that I dabbled with Pernod ( with lots of black current), and Snowballs. I never really liked the taste of anything, and it gave me horrendous migraines. By the time I was 21....I gave up. It just made me feel ill.

I love Baileys...but still have the same problem with headaches, so it not worth it. Shame.

Not absolutely drunk but have been very tipsy on numerous occasions in my twenties, we always had a good punch at parties, and some were quite strong.
These days a glass of wine or two is usually what I fancy or a bailey's Irish cream at Christmas or birthdays.

The last time I was 'feeling no pain' as my husband puts it was last night. I love a gin & tonic. I never mix spirits with wine or beer. The measures here in Spain are wonderful. However every year I stop drinking during the winter. I love sitting outside a bar in the sunshine people watching. I have never smoked or taken drugs.

watermeadow

I’ve never been drunk. I occasionally have gin or a beer but can’t bear anything acidic. Wine just tastes like vinegar.
I’m very greedy for cheese or cake but not interested in drinks.

I absolutely agree about wine tasting like vinegar no matter how expensive it is..?

Started drinking at 15, from the first drink I always got drunk, got myself in some awful situations particularly with men, how I’ve survived to be 68 I really don’t know. ?I did join AA at the age of 28 and that got me sober and have been so ever since …

Have been a bit tipsy but never really drunk. I do the nose test if I have a few drinks. If my nose has gone numb I have had enough.

Depends what you call drunk. Getting into a state where the next morning I can’t remember what I did, never. (thank goodness!)

Having one too many, throwing up and feeling dreadful all night, unable to sleep because of head spinning, yes, but not for an awful long time - I soon got to know when even another couple of mouthfuls would do it.

First time I was only about 14 - it was around Christmas or NY IIRC - coming home after a party I threw up in our snowy front garden. ?

My folks were amused rather than appalled - they took the attitude that it was a useful lesson.
Unfortunately it took several more years before I learned it.

Have only ever got merry,never got to the stage where I couldn't remember what I had done, or been sick. I feel uncomfortable around people who are clearly drunk and out of control and wouldn't want to be like that. My first husband and his brother and father used to drink a lot, often having shouting matches with each other and hardly able to stand up. Once his brother kicked a hole in the kitchen door.It was in the days before breathalysers and they also regularly drove after drinking too much. I enjoy a glass or two of red wine and the lovely relaxed feeling it gives, but won't have more.