If you are the only person not drinking

[Mint]

Does anybody know from experience what it's like when you are with people that are drinking when you aren't? It's just that after recent events I don't want to drink but still want to go out with them. I can imagine it being rather funny laughing at them but I might also be more shy talking to random people as I've not had a drink etc. Would really appreciate good, honest answers here please.

[cocaine]

im guessing you'd be the spare tool looking after everyone else really. it wont be as much fun

[Bun]

it's a load of crp. was on anti-biotics before and yeah you end up chasing around after people and everyone is having a better time than you basically, don't do it.

[Absently]

i hate it when everyone else is drunk and i'm not, i remember i went through a period where i'd never drink when everyone else was but i'd just end up going home 'cos I'd get super annoyed.

[Black_Apalachi]

I'm exactly the same - I need to drink to overcome my shyness :P. I haven't experienced being the only one not drinking yet, but I imagine I will do because now I'm driving, if it's just a night out at the pub, I'd much rather sacrifice the drink rather than walk there :P (save a few quid as well!)

[Nicola]

Er it pretty much sucks. I always feel really uncomfortable if everyone else is drinking and I'm not.

[Soy]

It's like going to a gym and not working out

pointless

[RandomManJay]

My friend was on Ibprofen and Paracetamol once, he had a problem with his shoulder and thats what the docter advised him to take. I think we were at an 18th and he couldn't drink cause of the medication, and I wasn't really in the mood for drinking, had work in the morning and couldn't be arsed. Basically we left rather early cause we just didn't enjoy it as much. So it does affect how you perceive the night :(.

[IceNineKills]

This is why they invented drugs.

[le harry]

hit up the pingers bro.

[Starburst..x]

Pretty much what everyone else has said...it sucks!
It doesnt help I really can't tolerate 'drunk' people when I havent been drinking, as their extremely unfunny, annoying and you dont want to spend the night feeling obliged to be their carer.
On the other hand it really does depend on how much they are going to drink, because sometimes you can pick up on their energy so its not always that bad.

[CHA!NGANG]

Depends where you go and what you do :P There are other things you can do with mates apart from get smashed.

But yeah I mirror what people say. Normally if most people are drunk and your not you end up taking care of other people which is a pain.

[Blinger1]

Depends where you go and what you do :P There are other things you can do with mates apart from get smashed.

Going to the movies is good with mates etc, but if you go clubbing then its stupid to not drink imo.

[Arch]

This is why they invented drugs.

i was thinking that



SMOKE A FAT BLUNT , AND ROCKS ALLLLLLDAYYYY

[Ontario]

I don't drink and everything is ok for me when i go out. Best part is no hangover:D

[GommeInc]

I've often been the only one not drinking, I don't get the appeal to be honest, and never had the urge to join. I drink occasionally with friends, but when I don't feel like it I just carry on conversations as usual :) Heck, when we go clubbing (Uni venues usually :P) I don't drink, but I'm crazy and know a good time without having a reliance on drink or durgs (which is why I tend to dislike drugs, they're for boring people :P).

[Meree.]

Hate when everyone around me is drinking and i'm not, haha. :)

[Judge Judy]

Seeing as I can't drink (allergies), regardless of looking after some of my drunken friends I find it rather amusing of that they make 'pillocks' of them selves... hell I get good conversations from them :P

[Arch]

This rly doesnt benefit the thread at all but i just thought id say im watching judge judy right now

and also yeah i dunno its kinda funny cuz pople say funny stuff

[chantellehugs]

It can be fun, depending on what your friends are likely to do, for example when one of my friends gets drunk, she goes really quiet and just starts doing random things. She once said, 'There's my mum!' and crouched down in middle of the road with her arms over her head. It was really funny, but sometimes it gets boring, like all my friends will be drinking and stuff and making prats of themselves and I'm there trying to stop them.
On the other hand, things can get pretty violent sometimes, if they start having arguments, things get very heated quickly. I don't ever drink/smoke/etc but I can still have a pretty good time with them when they are drunk :D