I never got into it and I feel like I'm missing a huge social part of my life. I've tried alcohol and it just tastes bad. Maybe if I had enough to get inebriated I'd feel different, but so far nothing about the experience of drinking has been good. Also I grew up around Baptists who don't have drinking in the culture, so maybe that's part of it? My parents never had alcohol in the house and there was never beer/wine at family gatherings. I never even saw a full glass of beer in person until I was like 23.

Bars are too loud and there's too much expectation to drink, parties have the same problem, drinking at home alone sounds sad. I go to concerts and I'm the only person without a huge glass of beer. People hand me drinks and I'm like "nah" and they get mega confused.

What do I do

Is this the opposite of a problem?

  • sammer510 [none/use name]
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    9 months ago

    Alcohol causes significantly more anxiety than it cures

    Maybe I'm built different but I've been drinking for a good decade now and this has not been my experience at all. Is this typical for other people?

    • Tayphix [any]
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      9 months ago

      Same here. I've never experienced anxiety as a result of alcohol.