A question for you drinkers
 

What's your HONEST opinion on NON-drinkers?

Note: there's a second part to the question. I will post it later.

Well, if you can have fun without getting drunk, then more power to you, and I give people like that all the props in the world, because I can't.

Re: A question for you drinkers
 

I say to each his or her own.

Several guys in my chapter don't drink... Doesn't make them any worse as brothers. Probably better because you know who the DD is when you go out with 'em:D

I agree, to each his own, but don't look down upon me for drinking!! :mad: That bugs me.

I feel the same way. I have a few friends who don't drink and every time we all go out they make snide comments about me and my friends that do drink. UGH

I had a friend in college who didn't drink, and she was great fun to go out with. She wasn't high and mighty about it. I do feel bad for the non-drinkers sometimes - it must be really annoying to be sober around a bunch of drunk people!

I am pretty uncomfortable around recovering alcoholics, though. I am always worried that my drinking around them will be the thing that pushes them off the wagon...

I don't have a problem with people who don't drink, as long as they don't have a problem with me drinking!

It's really unkind to drink in front of recovering alcoholics.. One of our brothers had a real problem with alcohol and we'd take him out places where there was no alcohol on different nights when he was trying to stay sober.

What I don't like are the people who tell me "I've outgrown drinking." I don't mind non-drinkers but a few of my friends now think its immature to drink just because they stopped drinking.

My standard answer: Hey, more for me. :D

However, I don't want a lecture on why I shouldn't drink, and I don't want to spend the evening with a bump on a log. Just because you are the DD or choose not to drink, doesn't give you license to be a wet blanket and ruin everyone else's fun...if that is how you are going to act, stay at home.

Re: A question for you drinkers
 

I think you're a big freaking pansy - didn't you know drinking is a status symbol?

I pretty much agree with what everyoen else has said.

I think the NON drinkers mind way more than the drinkers, lol. When I get drunk I tend to get either overly affectionate or confrontational. Either one can lead to varying levels of embarassment. So, I love my non drinkers, although I do tend to try to make them drink, lol. Peer pressure!

by non drinkers do we mean people who don't drink AT ALL, or just at say, a certain party?

i don't have a problem with either, just like some people already mentioned, to each their own.

Sometimes I drink, and I have also found that sometimes it's more fun to be the sober one & watch all the silly things the drunk people do :p

Unkind? I'm a very kind and compassionate person, IMO. Mr. xo_kathy and I have about 3 friends who are recovering alcoholics. Whenever we go to their home for dinner, they always encourage us to bring wine to have with our dinner; they happily join groups when we go out after work, they just have seltzer; and say we attend a sporting event together, they don't bat an eye if we grab a beer. I would never take a recovering alcoholic out with me if I was planning a night of excessive drinking! But to assume I am unkind for responsibly having a drink when I am out with a consenting recovering alcoholic who has guarunteed us that it is no problem, well I just think that's a silly thing to say.

I have a lot of respect for somebody who can go to a club and act silly with the rest of us and not drink. Being at clubs with recovering alcoholics makes me nervous, too, since it's my understanding they're suppose to avoid putting themselves in situations that may tempt them. On the other hand, I respect recovering alcoholics as well. It takes a lot of courage to recognize a problem and then take the steps to deal with it.