Submitted by tn_notahick t3_11uc8sz in LifeProTips
I was (and am) constantly asked "why aren't you drinking?" and while I really don't mind explaining, it gets tiresome.
When I'm carrying around a "beer" bottle or a glass with a colorful liquid in it, the question never comes up.
And, BTW, there's a lot of n/a beers out there now, and many microbreweries even have them! You don't always have to be stuck with odouls!
For me, it's not even friends. I swear, random people just ask. I honestly don't mind telling people why I don't drink, I have nothing to hide.. but it does get tiring.
We cruise a lot on Carnival, and drinking seems to be part of the environment, so it's probably that. I'm too old to bother with bars and clubs unless on vacation. Lol
Learn how to jab. A face punch does wonders for keeping strangers away
Who cares what people think. I drank a glass of milk at a strip club. Make it weird for people.
Use a straw and blow bubbles in your milk while maintaining sever eye contact
So ask for chocolate milk.
Order a tonic with lime on the rocks. Looks like a vodka/gin cocktail. Otherwise, just forget the haters and own it.
A much better pro tip for life would be to increase the quality of people that you spend time with. Anyone who hassles you because you are choosing not to drink, regardless of your reason, does not deserve the company of another warm blooded individual.
I order club soda and lime.
Same here
Me too, but it comes in a pint glass, so it doesn't look like an alcoholic drink. But, I've never had anyone hassle me about not drinking.
I always just ask what their best virgin drinks are. And then I usually grab a cranberry ginger ale.
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Just keep in mind that those people complaining of you not drinking alcohol are insecure sissies who think they can only be the man/gal/whatever when drinking alcohol, and those remarks become only more silly. They do not realize that they only make an ass of themselves with those remarks.
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I'm right there with you. My go to fav...Cranberry, pineapple juice and club soda. Try it sometime. I was at Whiskey Cowgirl last week and 3 people asked what I was drinking, I said the bartender made me something special.
Ok will give that a try, thanks! We cruise a lot and I always get the "bottomless bubbles" which is unlimited soda and juice. I get my money's worth with cranberry/grapefruit/pineapple-- equal parts. Tastes great AND the cranberry is pretty good for me. :)
That sounds pretty good too. I'll give that a go next time. Thanks.
Get a non alcoholic beer and pour it in a glass
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I order a carbonated drink of whatever I'm feeling at the time.
I'm usually the DD anyways and I don't have to explain myself to others.
As someone who used to have paralyzing anxiety, over time I learned to just not care what other people think. It's certainly not an easy thing to achieve, but if I can do it, others can too.
You kinda just need to care less or hang out with people who care less. I don't drink and i go to bars and clubs all the time literally nobody has ever cared about what im drinking or not drinking.
Another solution is "fuck off".
Ginger beer and cranberry juice was an incredible sober October drink for me
"Why are you drinking?"
"I am drinking, see?"
"That's a weird question to ask a stranger."
I don’t hang with people who need to be that rude about my choice not to drink.
I am on a break from drinking for a while (still am on the break now, been about 6 months) and I dead ass order a water with a lime or lemon at bars, and tip like it's a drink. But it's water so it's technically free.
Yet to have anyone say anything about it and I always joke I'm the most hydrated bitch at the bar
Lol @whoever is seemingly upset that I'm hydrated and tip for water 😅
I take it you have never drank Non Alcoholic beer. It tastes like shit does not give alcoholics the satisifying craving of booze.
The best one and soaring thr market right now is athletic brewing.
Been drinking it for about 15 years, after I found out that it's not the alcohol that I like, it's the taste and just the act of drinking. What you stated may be true for you, but I don't mind n/a beer.
I probably am not an alcoholic except by the strictest of definitions. I just decided I didn't like the hangovers. So maybe what you say is more true for true alcoholics who crave the feeling of being drunk.
Many many people in recovery drink NA beer to curb cravings.
The new NAs that have been coming out are pretty damn good. I’ve been enjoying the variety of IPAs from Athletic. Only one of our local breweries makes a NA and it’s not too bad. In the past few years it’s gotten better. Especially since Odouls.
Kevin69138 t1_jcniw34 wrote
Fuck whoever hassles you about not drinking. Get new friends.