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Wouldn't your life be better? How much did you spend on alcohol? Imagine you invested this money or started a business with it?

If you never had any alcohol you would have avoided many mistakes, work harder and more easily, you would be smarter, richer, more healthy and with better friends ;)

I don't drink or smoke so I already save a lot of money  :D.

Same here, don't drink, smoke, or do any drugs. Still poor, so lol.

You could think like this about most things... drink, drugs, smoking, junk food, clothes etc etc. We sadly waste a lot of money on crap.

YES!!!.. and this is the reason why I don't drink alcohol anymore.

I became alcoholic for 2 years because of depression. Fortunate I'm ok now and I'm not a heavy drinker anymore.

Had a good laugh though.  ;)

Exactly!


Same for me; I drink one drink max


Haha, not drinking is not magical to get wealthy; what is the problem in your case?

I avoided drinking to much I know full well that is not good for me. I only drink on special occasion.

Lucky for me, I've never drank alcohol. I'm in my mid-twenties.

Mild drinker here... would say that everyone in the world should drink alcohol at least once per week.

For what purpose?

Lol, not for a second! :D
I don't regret anything I've done because of drinking (I don't care anyway lol), I've had awesome times while drunk, and if I get to drunk to remember anything my friends will have some awesome stories to tell me next time we meet! ;D
Yeah, sure, it costs me money, but on the other hand, I better use my money to have fun rather than buying more stuff that will only make me feel empty!

yeah actually i do

yes.

what i really wish for is that i was that i never smoked that plastic/opium combination that one time.  have had a cough ever since

just try spending an hour or two with drunks while you remain sober. you wont envy them. in fact, you will barely be able to tolerate them. drinking is a waste of time.

There's a difference between being an alcoholic drunk and having recreational drinks.

One or two drinks can help people loosen up and have a better time.

Somewhat agree.

For many countries, alcohol is expensive and zap family resources.

You also wouldn't have the personality or the friends you do now.  :)

Quit alcohol a long time ago.

Thought it was cool to drink when I was young, realize how stupid I was.

I only drink when I go out with friends and never to the point of intoxication. So it wouldn't be enough to start a business with it lol.
But there are people who really exaggerate, and would be better off not touching alcohol. :/

No.
And I couldn't have started bussines with those money :D
Haven't spend nearly that much for drinks.

I don't drink myself, I once was with a bunch of friends and well, since we're actual lifetime friends,  i was forced to drink a bunch of cups, all i can remember from that night is a lot of noise and a lot of lights, it ruins the whole fun of anything you try to do if you're drunk, imagine you having sex with a chick with half your corpse asleep

I don't regret drinking or taking every drug under the sun, yeah i wish i still had all that money but i've got some great memories, just wish i could remember them.

Nope.

Zero.

Already done ;D

Not at all. I just think it's fun to get drunk, and also to hear about the stupid things I've done while drunk (and forgot about).
Some people other drugs, some prefer not doing drugs at all. But I like alcohol, simple as that.

Other than gifts I haven't spent over $100 on booze in my lifetime.

If you want to accomplish long term success in love, financially or in any field, alcohol gets in the way of that


Good for you, people who had a lot to drink would probably have a better life, more money, better physical and financial health

i don't drink alcohol, too much love my clear mind :)

Yeah, if I abuse it. Drinking while partying, and maybe having a beer every now and then, is not a problem.

LOL.  Alcohol doesn't make me lose my memory; it just hurts the next day.  :)

Any alcohol is bad for your skin, heart, lever, arteries, ect. and will raise the probability that you do something stupid or take more useless risks
Drinking a lot at a party is very bad for your mental health and your brain, it raise the probability of being depressed


It does both ;)

I never had enough money for alcohol and I don't really hang out with the people who party hard here in college.

Personally haven't drank much myself, but yes.  Maybe I'd have a family that loves me had my dad not drink beer nearly everyday of my life.

The only thing alcohol is good for is death.

I'm having a nice cold beer now, cant beat it after a hard days work.

What about the drugs dank?

I like beer way to much to think that my life would be better without alcohol. But with that said I almost never get drunk, hangovers hit hard when you get older  ::)

Alcohol and drugs are bad for your period. I'm sorry that my life has taken the path it is, to bring me to where i'm at, but i feel like God, or maybe even the "cosmic forces of the universe" set me on this road less traveled for a reason, and i turned to be ok afterall, happily drug free for 2 years!

I like beer, but not in excess

I actually dont regret anything, it was cool times

I still enjoy a cold beer every now and then myself. all good things, in moderation of course.

Yes, I do wish I never had any alcohol. The only thing I may change is if I have any more. I wouldn't humblebrag that I've never had any in this tread. There are some things one just has to find out for themselves. I've made good decisions and poor ones. 

Nice story, I think you can know that some stuff are bad without trying them and you agree right?
Someone that is bad is obvious for some but not for others

It wasted 3 years of my life. My chance to get promoted in my work and would have healthy body right now.

This is why I don't ever want to step close to drinking or smoking,
I have some friends my age(unfortunately-See my profile) that smoke and drink. I instantly lose all my respect for them.
It just consumes your life slowly without you knowing it and before you know, your life is gone.

Good for you but you may be exaggerating a little, it feels like it goes fast after 25 no matter what

drinking is for casuals

I shouldve drink today.. But then again.. nevermind.

i always wish i did things i didn't do.  this makes me feel more fulfilled as a robot

That is a bit exaggerated, but it is possible if it is started from an early age in my POV, I have friends in High classes that are under performing.

I never had any alcohol in my life, at least in my conscious life.

drinking until you're unconscious isn't the healthiest choice

It is very bad even if you only drink once in a while.


You are likely to die younger is you drink

Story of my life. I don't smoke, and drink only cheep beer very rarely. Not wasting money on any earthy desire either... Still poor.

You can make your own alcohol! Extremely cheap and potentially very good tasting.
You know what? I'll give you a recipe on a drink called "Mäsk" or "Kilju". This is an extremely easy drink to make and will be about 12% alcohol (it's essentially sugar wine btw):


1L water
200g sugar
A tea spoon of dry yeast

Take a 1.5L soda bottle, clean it properly.
Pour 1L water into the bottle.
Add the sugar.
Shake the bottle until the sugar dissolves.
Add the yeast.
Shake again.
Take of the cap.
Take a balloon and put around the opening of the bottle (don't just put the cap on again, because the CO2 the yeast produces will make the bottle explode).
(If you don't have a balloon, take a small plastic bag (preferably clear and strong), press the air out of it, and tape it around the opening)
Use some tape to make sure the balloon doesn't move.

Wait until the mixture gets clear (2-4 weeks).
Use a siphon (some kind of tube that can transport liquid) to put the liquid into new bottles.

Enjoy (or more like, try not to puke, because the taste can be pretty awful)!

Optional: Buy a bottle of juice to replace the water. Just make sure there are place in the bottle for the yeast to work, so pour some of the juice out (cranberry or apple works very well (and if you use grape juice it will essentially become regular wine)).

Every time I see this thread, I am reminded that there is some nice cold wine in the frig.

:)

Life is too short. We need to keep trying to uncover every aspect of it. Drinking might help with that mission. Everything is for humans after all. You just need to take responsibility for your actions.

every time i see this thread, i'm like.  ok i'm the duggar family, how am i happier now

What does drinking until you're unconscious have to do with uncovering every aspect of life?

Life is indeed very short especially if you overuse your body and mind early on


Very interesting but it's even worse for your health than alcohol you'd buy in a store

I wish I didnt drink so much when I was younger but couldn't imagine not at least getting hammered once a week. Life is to boring to be sober all the time.

Not really, it just becomes water with alcohol.
You see, if the yeast doesn't get enough oxygen from the air it takes it from the sugar, converting it to alcohol. The yeast then dies, when the alcohol level gets to high, and will sink to the bottom of the bottle! :)

I like beer way to much to think that my life would be better without alcohol. But with that said I almost never get drunk, hangovers hit hard when you get older

So to be safe it is recommended not to drink the bottom of the bottle


When you get older, if you don't smoke, don't exercise and drink regularly you will most likely get fat.

I quit alcohol 8 years ago. The world has been a gradually opening present of wonders since then. Saved thousands - in fact I don't even socialise in alcohol establishments now because it's boring, topic is usually in the gutter and the conversation worsens the drunker my friends get.

Give me a coffee and a night round the campfire / out investigating any day :)

Exactly. Or, well, it's not dangerous to do so, it just tastes like shit (and will make your stomach hurt. A lot.)

It depends on the company, you can have good conversations in a place where they serve alcohol if your friends are not drunk and here to have a good conversation


OK

This is just very naive :D You could work for some anti-alcohol agency :D life is just more complicated than that

I just read the question again and realized that you made some stupid arguments; Why would non-drinkers be smarter than drinkers?
And why would non-drinking friends be better friends than the drinking ones?

Because it seems he uses similiar assumption to "religion is good, drugs are bad" - and as B. Maher said "... and I just couldn't disagree more" :D

Alcohol kills your brain cells, makes you not study and focus, is bad for your health in general and can cause depression
Non-drinking friends will be more focus on their health, sport activities, studies and succeed in their professional fields than drinkers that are less reliable and less healthy


Life is complicated but I think you are better off not drinking compared to drinking everything else being equal.

Alcohol actually doesn't kill brain cells, it's a myth. And sure, when you're drunk it can be pretty hard to focus, but it doesn't affect your ability to do so sober.
And honestly, the most reliable and ambiguous people I know all drink.

Yep I accidentally drank methane because I confused it with ethanol.

:(

Did you explode?

Wtf did I just read?

And on topic: well, I drink rarely, and never got drunk, so cheers for me.

I rarely drink, but I still have none of those lol.  ::)

You would agree alcohol is not good for sanity and for the brain, it is bad for hundreds of other health related reasons and it impairs your judgment dramatically

I still enjoy a drink once in a while but it is good to know how bad it can be ;)

i never drink alcohol
so i have already saved a lot of money avoiding them

I drink beer once a week. :) I really have too.

But you missed a loooooot from not drinking.

What? being sick...laughing at anything & others laughing at you because how stupid you look...getting points on your license. Being curled up on a ball on a park bench in the middle of winter whilst it pisses down in the morning. Losing half your teeth.

That's the best thing about drinking you get shitfaced and don't remember 90% of it....and you get to kill off brain cells for free.

same here never took a sip of alcohol, never smoked but still poor  :D

Without alcohol, I'd be a yogi living in the trees high up on a mountain.  Probably high on strange berries.

  In this scenario money wouldn't matter anyways.

It's a myth that it kills brain cells. And being shitfaced is awesome! ;D

@HysteriaBit
That's what I call a good night out.

everyone has a choice.. its matter of quitting that life style and staying committed.

Getting buzzed from alcohol can break down social borders and allow people to talk more freely then they normally would otherwise (can be good or bad)
Obviously different types of alcohol have different effects but I think alcohol could be good when used in moderation. If not moderated, it will knock most of your asses out or cause you to knock yourself out on a toilet bowl, passed out in your own vomit  :D   Sounds like a blast.

http://s24.postimg.org/e591hfj6t/Screen_Shot_2014_11_06_at_1_10_10_PM.png

Get drunk, not blitzed.  ;)

haha that picture.

and the quote of no stories start w. a salad lolol.

A lot of horror stories that you don't want to happen to you start with alcohol : rape, stupid mistake, cheating ect.

I'm going to say that I wouldn't be where I am today if I didn't drink.  My life is better because if it.  There are personal reasons, but it's better than it would have ever been had I not started.  I don't think about the money I've spent.  It's better that it went to alcohol then elsewhere or some other habit.  It hasn't inhibited my work ethic, I sometimes need alcohol to unwind after a stressful day, and it's helped better my social life.  I probably wouldn't have had my son either if it wasn't for alcohol, and he's the best part of my life.  I'd like to note that I don't drink as much now that I have a family.  The only draw back.....I do feel dumber.  But that could also be because I'm getting older.

I'm drinking alcohol right. Now.  It tastes fucking good.  ::)

It can help unwind after a long stressing day but so does running or sleeping; it can make you connect more easily with people in a party if you don't abuse it.

I agree with you, but I don't have any alcohol in my life anyways.
Oh well, good luck to guys out there that got addicted to alcohol, or any other drugs.

yeah most of my friends are drunks that rage at everything. but become super friendly when they are buzzed.

Yes and no. Alcohol is an enjoyable substance when treated with respect. Same with anything.

yeah i wish i would never had tried it ever because now i feel addicted to it...

Yes I do. It lasts for about half a day before I thank my stars that its evening again and I can go get a drink :D

It's all about being able to control that addiction.  I feel it too sometimes, but when I feel that way I know it's time to take a small break. 

Yeah, Alcohol was the first drug I was addicted to. I wish there were no drugs except the ones that grow from the ground naturally..

Alcohol is not really unnatural, and it actually exist naturally in nature (thanks to naturally occurring yeast).

this how people in prison make alcohol right, from collecting fruits.

Well, I think it generally involves dirty socks, fruit juice boxes, and a whole lot of unintentional vinegar production - but yeah, basically. :P

Making wine at home is terribly easy and costs roughly nothing in supplies outside the actual fruit you use (assuming you're not fortunate enough to have fruits on your property or in a public place where you can pick). You can even use bread yeast if you don't want to spend extra on higher-ABV brewing or wine yeast. You can take a 2L soda bottle, or a fruit juice bottle, or a gallon jug, keep the cap very loosely closed (so at no pressure difference, there's no exchange of air, but it starts hissing at you or popping it's lid a bit once the yeast starts outputting gas) and ensure you've sterilized everything you're using (boil or freeze the fruit, use a weak bleach solution and fill the container you want to use, sloshing it around every 20m or so, then rinse thoroughly -- allegedly, hobos simply make their wine in discarded bleach containers since they're effectively sterilized already and not at a high-enough concentration to harm the yeast while having a slight anti-microbial effect on whatever nasties might try growing). That makes gross wine, though -- it needs to be filtered, preferably at least three times through a coffee filter.

Liquor is more difficult. You want to start with a filtered wine which has completely finished fermenting with wine yeast. I've successfully distilled using a large pot (with a thick, ceramic bowl floating in the center) over an electric stove with aluminum foil on top using ice on top of the foil to make the divot and encourage condensation. You simply put the wine in the large pot, turn the heat on ~medium, and check the temperature. Once the wine reaches ~172*F, dump everything from your floating ceramic bowl into the sink (it's mostly methanol) and bring the heat down until the wine temperature stabilizes at ~200*F. Keep it there for a couple hours (replenishing ice stocks as needed). Then empty whatever's left in the large pot, clean it, and dump the contents of the ceramic bowl into the large pot. Repeat this process two more times (once with liquor @ 190*F, and a last pass @ 180*F) and you should have some fairly strong alcohol. Just be prepared to get a little from a lot - similar to cheesemaking -- you start with this massive amount and you're going through multiple processes to get out the stuff you don't want. Similar to cheesemaking, good equipment is going to give you far superior results, and the ghetto pot method's a pretty shitty and cumbersome process compared to some of the stuff you can build at home or buy online (yes, you can buy little distilleries for the home, and some even work with conduction heaters).

With the end liquor, though, you can do whatever you'd like to make it into a quick, rough approximation your preferred liquor. TBH, there shouldn't be much more than a negligible amount of flavor from whatever you produced it from -- all this "vodka from [insert exotic ingredient]" bullshit is just that. You can, for example, turn rice wine to a rough version of whiskey with a mason jar and some charcoal (umm... natural charcoal -- don't use briquettes, for God's sake!) - and because you have a high amount of surface volume, you don't need to wait years for age like you would if you had a giant supply of liquor aging in traditional, giant charred barrel.



Cigarettes, similarly, can be made easily and cheaply at home, and of course, they're quite natural, too (not to say, in any way, that they're healthful). I have no idea why people are buying cigarettes at stores and gas stations these days. Use that Internet you pay for, invest ~$40 in an injection roller which lasts practically forever (alternately, some states allow you to lease time on fancy automatic rolling machines at tobacco stores, but this is an unnecessary expense and who the Hell wants to wait around in a tobacco shop with all those damned weirdos?), buy 5lbs of "pipe tobacco" and ~10 200-packs of filters, and you're good to go. It doesn't take long to get the muscle memory right to push out a few cartons of perfect cigarettes an hour, which should hopefully last an addict at least a couple weeks. :-X I actually ran the numbers on this one... it should cost significantly under $20 to make a carton of cigarettes at home, while most people are paying $40-50, or something like $80 in the particularly tax-happy states of the US.

If you're really too lazy for that biz (and I'll admit, it can be messy, but we have an unfinished basement serving almost no purpose, so whatever), you can also simply buy "little cigars" online. Ironically, "cigarette" literally means "little cigar," but legally, a "cigar" generally only needs to be wrapped in tobacco leaves (including pulverized leaves which look just like brown paper) to avoid the punitive tax rates in most states - and yes, they companies making this do put filters on these just like "real cigarettes" because the law's that fucking stupid. I'm sure there're better brands, but the only ones I've tried are here (http://windycitycigars.com/cigarillos/ohm-filtered-cigars/ohm-filtered-cigars-carton-menthol/), and they taste like shit, smoke like you're trying to suck air out of a clenched asshole.... but they're unbelievably cheap. (side-note: WCC is crazy about promo codes and clearance sales -- I've bought decent and large cigars at ~$.85/ea shipped there)

I've been doing some hobo wine (not in bleach containers though) recently (because I'm a student, I'm poor and I like alcohol lol). Some of it has actually turned out quite nice. I'm actually gonna go right now and check if my apple wine is done yet.

Alcohol is natural but a lot of natural things can be dangerous. I won't give examples as you can all come up with tens of them in a minute.


Be careful not to hurt your health too much, maybe some very cheap wine would be a better option?

i haven't had alcohol or been drunk since new years eve of 2010.. i don't care for it much. i prefer to get high, but i'm not much of a weed smoker either.

This is cheap wine. Not more dangerous than the ones you buy from stores.

I am sure it is not if it is made correctly but badly made liquor can hurt you more than cheap liquor you would buy in the store, correct?


It is very hard to pursue your life dreams on Weed.

Not really, that's actually a myth. You can't accidentally make methanol (it's the "bad" alcohol that makes you blind/kills you) from fermenting.
However, the finished homemade product might not taste good though.

So what should I think of what I heard : people drink bad vodka in Russia and it is worse for their health than the vodka you would buy in a store

Sometimes illegal producers add methanol or ethylene glycol to the booze just to make more profit (since that is cheaper).
Therefore you should only buy stuff you know comes from serious vendors. However, if you make your own homemade stuff, that's not dangerous.

I've had lots of good times on alcohol and will continue to ruin myself occasionally with it. Never having a hangover probably helps.

The more time I spend around other drinkers though, the more I notice how few either drink purely for fun or behave in a reasonably acceptable manner while drunk.

I wouldn't bother if I was constantly causing trouble or felt I was dependent on it. I don't go to gatherings where booze will cause problems, which is most of them. And there's no way in hell I'd ever be in a relationship with a problem drinker.

For me it's entirely a tool for pleasure. If it ever wasn't that then I'd quit.

Yes but the risk is to damage your health or that it becomes something else than a tool for pleasure before you quit


OK thanks for the information; I won't buy any alcohol from illegal producers but it is nice to know more about it

Wine won't contain enough methanol to damage you (unless you're a full-retard drunk). The issue comes in distilling since, like ethanol, methanol has a boiling point significantly below water's boiling point (side-note: the boiling points given for ethanol, methanol, and water need to be used with a grain of salt, since the boiling point will change given the liquids are not divided up in pure forms and thus will not exactly "conform" to the boiling points for the pure substances). This is why you want to dump the alcohol as it comes up to temperature (if you're only doing one pass, you'll want to dump out a bit more at the beginning). Even though it's probably the highest-proof alcohol you'll distill in the pass, it's largely methanol -- no good. Anyone with enough knowledge to set up a still should know this. The reason why we talk about methanol not as a theoretical problem but a real problem is because the US government blinded and murdered thousands (http://www.vox.com/2014/8/8/5975605/alcohol-prohibition-poison) by requiring methanol as a pseudo-denaturuant in alcohol production as an attempt to enforce prohibition.

n 1926, the federal government increased the amount of methanol, a poisonous alcohol-based substance, required in industrial alcohols, which people at the time used to make bootleg liquor. Faced with the ongoing failure of Prohibition, the increase was intended to discourage people from drinking.

"It gives a greater warning to the drinker that he is getting hold of something that he should leave alone," a government chemist told the New York Times at the time.

A good example of supposedly good intention of the government that is harming the people; they always have a good excuse to take your freedom, haven't they?

http://www.vox.com/2014/8/8/5975605/alcohol-prohibition-poison is something to remember!

i wish I never tasted beer before. I could prob save enough money from it, to get actual 1 bitcoin.

I wished I followed my own advice ;D

Who stopped drinking alcohol as a New Year's resolution? And who successfully not drank for 8 days?

I rarely drink these days, and even when I do, it's only one or two. I got over that feeling of loss of control, I've made many stupid decisions while like that or said some embarrassing things .

Being sober at parties, you really get a sense of how stupid people get while drinking and spotting the people that really shouldn't drink (because they get violent, depressed, etc).

Not really, I believe that my life is significantly enhanced precisely because I am a moderate consumer of quality alcohol

Drinking an alcohol can be a pleasure but destroys your body. So does sugar, salt and basically everything I guess.


Drinking a lot while being young and outside can lead to endanger yourself badly.

After reading all previous comments I must say: Everything is for people, really. You just need to know when to restrain yourself. That is all. You do not have to be teetotaler. You just need to think about your action and consequences.

every damn night

Never drink alcohol since my religion dont allow it

It is better to leave the choice to people to use it or not but it's good to know alcohol can bring a lot of problems in your life if not used correctly.

I'm not much of a drinker. When I told somebody that I rarely drink just recently, he asked me if I was a vegetarian too. I'm not sure he entirely believed that I'm not. (This was at a New Year's Eve party and I think everybody but me had at least one beer.) Another funny story: I was sitting at a restaurant table with four other people who were drinking various alcoholic beverages (I think my dad had three beers) and, when it was almost time to leave, everybody was arguing about who was the least drunk. And I was just quietly sitting there with my glass of Pepsi. Of course I offered to drive home.

On the contrary, I wish I had the money and stamina to remain in a drunken stupor, just like NC did in Leaving Las Vegas. Naturally, I wouldn't recommend this to anyone, but I have my reasons.

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You are probably very healthy and you are likely to live long ;D


Alcohol can be fun but be careful, maybe talk about it to someone.

nothing wrong with a beer from time to time.
most people can handle alcohol very well and also maintain a healthy lifestyle.

-_- I never had any....

Drinking and smoking is a waste. A waste of money and a waste of time. Not to mention some people are more susceptible to addictions.

Smoking and drinking alcohol are obviously terrible for your health, when you smoke and drink a lot you wake up feeling very bad and not ready to work efficiently.

Whoa, whoa, whoa - everyone knows smoking is good for work productivity. People who aren't smoking aren't stressed enough. People who aren't over-stressed aren't working hard enough. Management 101

Don?t drink enough alcohol to wish anything, its about moderation in life  :P

I actually don't drink much. I only wish I could. It's just whenever I think about my life and the general state of the world (which is like all the time - I can't NOT think about it) I find it really depressing. I've talked to plenty of people about it over the years (pretty much anyone who'll listen), but unless the world itself changes for the better (which I can't see ever happening anymore) I'm never going to feel any better. So ya, drinking myself to death doesn't seem like such a bad proposition after all, considering I believe we're all dead already. We just don't know it yet. But hey, don't mind me, since there's nothing you can do about it anyway. In fact, I suggest everyone just keep wearing their rose colored glasses. Ignorance is bliss. (Which is why I've stopped talking about it with people for the most part.)

 ;)
Smoking relax you in the short term but stress you overall. Everyone has his little thing to accept the abuse and the stress, some play, some fu.ck, some smoke, some drink ect..

Don't blame yourself too much because it's greater to stop drinking than it was bad to drink!

Yes, good for him!

no.

Why would I have such desires?

You would if you reach the point where you need to drink everyday in order to don't suffer

Wouldnt be any better, just quit drinking, drugs or any sort of waste of money.

Yes.  But you'd have to realize if alcohol was outlawed there'd probably be "another drug" that everyoned be takin

Just because a substance is problematic for you, doesn't mean that it is for everyone else.

In moderation I find that alcohol is beneficial to one's life (for health and social reasons).

I drink red wine everyday. My doctor said it is good for my heart if drink moderately. I have no regrets about drinking alcohol because I can control myself.

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"μέτρoν ἄριστoν" or "moderation is the best thing"

I dont drink or smoke so i've saved a lot of money and health.

Yes you did! If it means you don't interract with others much, you lost some valuable interractions but you could still have them if you make the effort of interracting more.

To me it sounds like you are trying to justify your position. The fact is that no matter what choices you make in life there are always different and perhaps better ones. That does not make you "right" it only makes you a self-righteous prick that thinks he is better than other people. Enjoy that false feeling of superiority while I enjoy a nice cold beer.

I'll drink some 151 now because the URL where I am has 151 on it.

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Alcohol is good in moderation.

I rarely ever drink. I don't think I have really lost much at all.

i never consume alcohol until now...

:)

Of course not.
Miss out on the good things in life? Nah....

I enjoy drinking while reading this thread. 

Industry would crash.  Basically Hell on Earth.

I'm not sure what his intentions were for making the reply, but he's right in regards to interactions. We all know where the most alcohol is being drunk and that's when and where we socialize freely (due to its effect).
To the people saying that not drinking will save you money; that isn't really correct. While some spend their money on alcohol you're going to spend it somewhere else.                                                                     Also it's quite obvious that some people can afford it, people waste money on a lot of different things.

Smarter? Definitely not. Better friends? Define "better"? I've never been betrayed by a drinking buddy.

NO

While i may drink from time to time most things I enjoy in life require a clear mind so

If you enjoy drinking , it is legal where you live and you can do so without harming any others why not drink.

Alcohol makes the world round literally.

It's OK as long as you don't go over the top and spend all day every day drinking,

I don't drink.

People drink alcohol for different reasons, and those reasons are not always obvious. That's why Drinking helps me deal with my problems in order forget my troubles or drown my sorrows. In fact it's the same nothing happened.

I'm from Finland so hell no!  ;D

We drink so much that we have created our own vocabulary for it.

http://media.riemurasia.net/albumit/mmedia/lp/8kv/hggt/3175/1644311202.jpg

All things in excess is not good for you, it's what being a responsible adult is about. Weed is legal in my country, yet I do not smoke it. I play games, those can be addictive as well, actually everything can and will be  on the long run. I like alcohol, though if it would get on the market today, they would rate it as a class 1 controlled substance.

i am not alcoholic right now

You will save money but you will spend it on something else, maybe something worse like drugs. That is individual choice you can spend your money on what you want. Nobody that doesn't drink or smoke has a lot of money because he saved the money he would give to buy alcohol or cigarettes.

oh really? maybe you would even be unhealthier as it would be harder to undergo the problems

Such a waste of money time and our life..
Make oru family relationship bitter
not better
Drinking alcohol is harmful

I used to think the world was so messed up it only came into focus through the bottom of a bottle. Gods, I nearly died from some of the stuff I got up to. I kind of miss it sometimes, always having my brain shut off, but it's hard to miss it when I can't remember most of it! No question I have a lot more money since I stepped away, though.

i didn't have any alcohol experiance and yes i am smarter

Something that I forgot to bring up when initially responding to this thread.
Where is your investment? Similar nonsense is said by non smokers to smokers. However, I do not see any of the potential savings being invested into anything by nonsmokers or nondrinkers.

Nah, there are plenty of vices besides smoking and drinking. A Starbucks habit costs just as much. When I quit smoking, I put up the money I would have spent and made the down payment on my first car with it.

In excessive quantities.

There are certain health benefits to drinking alcohol in moderation (http://"http://www.medicaldaily.com/7-health-benefits-drinking-alcohol-247552").

sometimes things are so hard and bad that it is needed.

what would be the other option?

Actually where I live Starbucks would be more expensive. Drinking something medium-big costs 4-5 euros and a pack of cigarettes is just under 5. However, people usually drink more than 1 coffee/whatever during the day while a pack of smokes can last more than a day easily.

No, because I spend so little money on alcohol.

lucky me..
until now i'm no drug, no smoking and no drink any alcohol..
that's all because of i love my health..

Yes I didn't have alcohol in my life.

Well, you'll be damned when you hear this!

I DO NOT drink alcohol. IT TASTES AWFUL! I tried about 5 times and I just could NOT, NOT EVEN to get a buzz!

The most I had at any time of those 5 was 2 glass beer bottles. Still failed head on. No buzz from that, really either.

I thought in the end. Why the hell drink. Tastes like diesel fuel or petrol and I can't like it, no matter what I do.

I have no problem with alcohol

I don't drink alcohol, I don't like the idea of confuse my brain with it.

No, I don't have such wish. I like yo drink alcohol in the evening and sometimes earlier on holidays.

I don't drink much, 0.5 - 1 litre of beer is enough for me in general to feel good.

But I understand those who have problems with alcohol and wish they never had any alcohol, that's fair, you better never try alcohol than you have problems with it. I suggest to not drink before 20 anyway.

When i was young i never understand why people keeps on drinkng alcohol even after it all they just ended up like a crazy and a helpless person that dont have any idea what they are doing.

Obviously there a short term benefits while you drink (e.g. you don't worry about things). It gets to the described phase only if you are completely smashed.

There's nothing wrong with a bit of alcohol though its not my drug of choice but like anything its about moderation. If you use drugs to mask some other problem its going to end up bad.


Because they're an addict. You can get addicted to many things not just alcohol.

I never drink alcoholic beverages

This is tha phrase that i repeat everytime after drinking to much haha. After that phrase there is " i will never drink again in my life", " this is last time i promise" etc..

Quit alcohol a long time ago.

I don't drink much alcohol - I'm not an addict, thankfully. Only rarely on occasions and god-forbid "social events"

no, my relation with alcohol is good

why? if u don't drink to much alcohol isn't dangerous

i am not drink any alcohol until now
but only root beer and i like it ;D

I don't drink any alcohol now.

No, no regrets, maybe cuz I've never done anything too crazy while being drunk

For experience is fine to drink.

Nah it's good to know what happend to your body if u drink.

yes, some regrets, some not.

Mostly not. I did live and enjoyed myself a lot being with friends and had a drink.

Never did anything stupid, like fighting or so.

 ;D dont try it to drinking alcohol

I wish i drink more alcohol than i do

I like to drink on the weekends a liitle. The key is not to do it too regularly otherwise it becomes a bad habit.

No, I have a good control over my needs and tastes. I had tasted alcohol fewer times and now I drink water only and not alcohol.

I am not an alcohol person, but I do with that certain people in my family never touch alcohol.  I have has a number of family members and friends who ruined their lives because of the amount of alcohol they consumed. These people never realized how much they hurt other people with how much they drank.

Agree, too much alcohol in our body would do more harm than good.

I wish I had all the alcohol I wanted for free. Then I would run my car on it.

 ;D

Yes I do wish I never started drinking alcohol. I have since stopped. But I lost a lot of money and friends over it and crashed a vehicle when I was younger but who hasn't?

meth is a mother f@$%^&! lmao  :'(

I absolutely agree with you!

I mean, I know that alcohol is not bad for you health if you drink in certain amounts, but people having a problem when they have to control about something, especially when it comes to alcohol. It doesn't matter if it is bear, wine or brandy, if you have control on how much you drink, you will not have problems.

Alcohol can be on the same level with the cigarettes, but the cigarettes will kill you slowly, because they need years to destroy your body and alcohol can drive your live in a wrong direction in a blink of an eye. Statistically, every year there more victims from alcohol then cigarettes. So, I think that alcohol is not a problem, people are. They don't know when to stop after the first 2-3 glasses.

Here is my advice to those who are fans of alcohol. Do more sports activities! :D

Right. Drinking alcohol limits the amount of oxygen in the body. As oxygen leaves, pathogens come in.

Rather than drinking alcohol, eat foods and drink drinks that let the body improve its oxygen intake and usage.

One good oxygenator is small amounts of the mild bleach, chlorine dioxide, when freshly made. When ingested daily, a small amount of chlorine dioxide in water will help to remove all kinds of pathogens from your body, in the same way it is used to purify water.

:)