What does I don't "really" drink mean (to you)?

[Anonymous]

I don’t really drink (that much). If I didn’t have my husband with me, I probably would not drink at all. I do enjoy sitting with him and having a Prosecco — but that’s about it, and I do that maybe once a week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t really drink. For me that means that I often go 2-3 weeks without consuming any alcohol. I drink a single glass of wine at dinner or a single cocktail when out with friends. I will have 1 beer at a work happy hour. I would estimate I drink 2-10 alcoholic beverages per month.

I drink when it compliments a nice meal or when I have a chance to drink something I really enjoy and savor it. I don’t ever drink “because I had a hard day” or to “let loose”. I can have fun or enjoy taking to people without alcohol. I can manage my stress without alcohol.

What? 10 drinks in a month makes you a moderate drinker. You absolutely drink, even if it's not a daily habit.

[Anonymous]

I say that I don’t really drink. I mean I never drink but never say never. Might have a glass of something good once every couple years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Over the weekend the wealthy heir to a pro sports franchise was interviewed after his family's baseball team made the playoffs. As the players were showering themselves with beer and champagne in the locker room, a reporter at 3:30 asks the 59 year old heir what he planned to drink to celebrate. While standing next to his 14 year old son, he says, "I don't really drink . . . so maybe a bottled water or Gatorade Zero (calorie)."

A Mormon or someone who does not drink ever would have said so, right? Made me wonder what I don't "really" drink means. Maybe a glass of wine once in a while? He looks pretty darn good for being nearly 60!

I’m near 60 and hardly drink. It’s cause I don’t like how it makes me feel (even a little bit) the next day. Makes me more tired than I already feel too much. I went out to brunch w friends recently, who drink straight whisky and one said to me “you don’t drink” with a small shooing hand-wave. It’s true. I drink fruity drinks occasionally sangria, Mascato (sp)……

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Anonymous wrote:Over the weekend the wealthy heir to a pro sports franchise was interviewed after his family's baseball team made the playoffs. As the players were showering themselves with beer and champagne in the locker room, a reporter at 3:30 asks the 59 year old heir what he planned to drink to celebrate. While standing next to his 14 year old son, he says, "I don't really drink . . . so maybe a bottled water or Gatorade Zero (calorie)."

A Mormon or someone who does not drink ever would have said so, right? Made me wonder what I don't "really" drink means. Maybe a glass of wine once in a while? He looks pretty darn good for being nearly 60!

I’m near 60 and hardly drink. It’s cause I don’t like how it makes me feel (even a little bit) the next day. Makes me more tired than I already feel too much. I went out to brunch w friends recently, who drink straight whisky and one said to me “you don’t drink” with a small shooing hand-wave. It’s true. I drink fruity drinks occasionally sangria, Mascato (sp)……

PP and if someone happened to be counting I guess I may have 3 or 4 drinks a year including at my sister’s annual cinco de mayo party w lots of tequila which I don’t have.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:That's something I would say if my 14 yo was with me too!

Really? Lying is more acceptable to you than responsibly and moderately imbibing?

There is no acceptable amount that is healthy. But if he said that then drinkers would get upset.

I don’t see where I said drinking was healthy. But responsible, moderate drinking can be part of a healthy life, just as eating a steak or a bowl of ice cream can be. You don’t need to be abstinent to be healthy. This black or white thinking is so off-putting and frankly childish. It’s how I thought when I was 8.

These things are not the same. Steak has protein, ice cream has calcium, alcohol has poison. There isn't a nutritional value in alcohol, especially the way some of y'all drink it.

You'll try some "red wine has..." and so does a tomato, without the carcinogens.

So yeah, those of us who don't drink (at all) will often hedge it a bit ("I don't really drink") because y'all tend to freak out when we say it's not for us at all.

No. It’s because you come off as smug, judgmental prats, just like vegans. Everyone hates you. But you wouldn’t know that, because you’re sitting at home at night, watching The Gilded Age, instead of out being sociable. Stay home with your bustles and muffs, Carrie Nation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:That's something I would say if my 14 yo was with me too!

Really? Lying is more acceptable to you than responsibly and moderately imbibing?

There is no acceptable amount that is healthy. But if he said that then drinkers would get upset.

I don’t see where I said drinking was healthy. But responsible, moderate drinking can be part of a healthy life, just as eating a steak or a bowl of ice cream can be. You don’t need to be abstinent to be healthy. This black or white thinking is so off-putting and frankly childish. It’s how I thought when I was 8.

It isn't childish because it is correct. There is nothing good that you get from drinking alcohol. And I honestly,
What do you care what I think? If you read the latest studies alcohol is responsible for six different cancers. But. Go ahead and drink. I don't care if you rot your brain or liver. As long as you don't drink and drive it is your life.

No one knows what I think about alcohol but while I don't push you to stop alcoholics will push you to drink or call you names. Like you pp. Maybe you are the immature one. Eh?

This person is the reason we add the qualifier, "really" in our response.^ She has such an issue with alcohol that there is no room for an occasional drink a few times per year.

I mean, if you drink alcohol, you drink. Do you think someone who eats meat a few times a year is a vegetarian? I don’t. They’re a flexitarian. Or a hypocrite. You choose.

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Anonymous wrote:That's something I would say if my 14 yo was with me too!

Really? Lying is more acceptable to you than responsibly and moderately imbibing?

There is no acceptable amount that is healthy. But if he said that then drinkers would get upset.

I don’t see where I said drinking was healthy. But responsible, moderate drinking can be part of a healthy life, just as eating a steak or a bowl of ice cream can be. You don’t need to be abstinent to be healthy. This black or white thinking is so off-putting and frankly childish. It’s how I thought when I was 8.

These things are not the same. Steak has protein, ice cream has calcium, alcohol has poison. There isn't a nutritional value in alcohol, especially the way some of y'all drink it.

You'll try some "red wine has..." and so does a tomato, without the carcinogens.

So yeah, those of us who don't drink (at all) will often hedge it a bit ("I don't really drink") because y'all tend to freak out when we say it's not for us at all.

No. It’s because you come off as smug, judgmental prats, just like vegans. Everyone hates you. But you wouldn’t know that, because you’re sitting at home at night, watching The Gilded Age, instead of out being sociable. Stay home with your bustles and muffs, Carrie Nation.

Dp. Actually, you are the smug one when you assume because people like pp and me are alone because we don't drink. We don't need alcohol to be social. While you are anxious and need that drink to calm you we non drinkers are not.

And honestly, we don't care if you 'hate' us.

[Anonymous]

You get fewer questions if you don’t speak in absolutes. Drinkers get offended when you say “I don’t drink”.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't care if you don't drink alcohol, but drinking Gatorade Zero is disgusting. The entire point of gatorade is sugar and salt. Putting fake sugar in there takes away 50% of the benefit.

Disgusting is drinking regular Gatorade if you’re not doing intense physical activities.

[Anonymous]

I drink grape juice sometimes. That has alcohol. As does kombucha, yogurt, soy sauce, vinegar, fruit, bread etc... As does a single sip of a champagne toast.

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I say that. It means I might have a glass of wine at a wedding or NYE but generally not other wise

[Anonymous]

I don't really drink. That is the statement I will say. I will take a glass of wine as a dinner or holiday celebration guest. I will sip it for a while and not finish it. I will have a shot of whiskey if I have to, as it might be considered rude to refuse, depending on the situation.
I will never drink alcohol unless it is rude to refuse, and even then I will try to politely refuse and hold it in my hand for a long time.

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Anonymous wrote:That's something I would say if my 14 yo was with me too!

Really? Lying is more acceptable to you than responsibly and moderately imbibing?

There is no acceptable amount that is healthy. But if he said that then drinkers would get upset.

I don’t see where I said drinking was healthy. But responsible, moderate drinking can be part of a healthy life, just as eating a steak or a bowl of ice cream can be. You don’t need to be abstinent to be healthy. This black or white thinking is so off-putting and frankly childish. It’s how I thought when I was 8.

It isn't childish because it is correct. There is nothing good that you get from drinking alcohol. And I honestly,
What do you care what I think? If you read the latest studies alcohol is responsible for six different cancers. But. Go ahead and drink. I don't care if you rot your brain or liver. As long as you don't drink and drive it is your life.

No one knows what I think about alcohol but while I don't push you to stop alcoholics will push you to drink or call you names. Like you pp. Maybe you are the immature one. Eh?

If you care at all about convincing anyone of the validity of your position on alcohol, PP, it’s probably not the most successful strategy, fwiw.

My mom didn’t “really” drink. One or two per year. That doesn’t feel dishonest to me, but alcohol consumption seems to be up there with sororities and travel sports for prompting hysterical responses on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

I drink on special occasions - holidays, celebratory events, etc. and therefore not frequently. That's what that statement means to me.