re: Question for the non drinkers

I drank a lot in college. I quit shortly after graduation. Now it doesn't appeal to me at all. One beer gets ves me a headache. Just not worth it.

I never really took up drinking. Luckily for me, I didn't care for the taste of either beer or alcohol. Has probably saved me a lot of money over the years

I finally admitted I was on a very destructive path that was very negatively affecting my relationships with everyone in my life.

I was an awful bitch to those I cared about while drinking. Like I'm surprised I wasn't fully cut off by most of them. I was walking a very fine line. Everyone except for me knew I had a problem with alcohol and they were all reaching their breaking point.

An event happened a few weeks ago that nearly cost me my family and the life we built together and I realized I needed to stop for good.

I just simply can't casually drink like a normal person. Alcohol had complete control and I was all in after that first sip. I tried for 15+ years to drink in moderation. I quit countless times that only lasted a day or two before the cravings took over again. That's not normal. Luckily I never did drugs, because I knew I'd like them, or who knows where I'd be now, if I was even alive.

Still freshly sober but nearing 3 weeks. Oddly I'm enjoying it and it hasn't been difficult so far. But I'm building a support system and learning tools now to help when the cravings start again, which I know will happen. If it was always easy people wouldn't relapse, even after decades of sobriety.

Taking it one day at a time, but I can already see why people enjoy sober living.

I quit drinking one night after watching Monday Night football. Finished a Bulliet rye Ole Fashioned, put it down and havent had another one since. It's been several hours ago.

I drank heavily in college. I don’t see the point of drinking a beer or alcohol for the taste. If I drink I like to get drunk otherwise it’s just empty calories

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curious as to what caused you to pull the trigger and get on the wagon.

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Classical conditioning. Associating illness with drinking, every drop I now drink makes my stomachs ache badly.

Grew up in family of alcoholic and violence, they owned bars, pkg liquor store..family members died from gun shots, suicide and drunken accidents.. Saw the extreme damage alcohol could lead to..

Was never a heavy or frequent drinker.

Stopped, except maybe a beer once year at crawfish boil, years ago.

Saw close family destroyed by alcohol.

I know myself....if I ever start I will go full tilt. Therefore I never started....late 40s now and never had a sip, ever. And I am around it quite a bit.

I quit daily beer habit about 16 months ago. Multiple reasons why, mainly to show my children there’s a better way than what I witnessed as a kid. And I realized that I’d drank for over half my life and that seemed embarrassing and dumb to me, and a waste. Lost some weight.