It's a choice

I am not opposed to drinking, but the prices for drinks at bars, restaurants and especially concerts are usually so high that I can't justify the expense. So I usually volunteer to be the designated driver. If you tell people you're the designated driver, no one will pressure you to drink, and you will probably get free soft drinks all night.

I dont drink. I used to be an alcoholic and drink 12 drinks a day minimum. I don't drink is a perfectly fine answer too.

As a non-drinker, some of these are great but some are non-tenable.

“Just don’t like the taste” will lead to all kinds of suggestions where “you can’t even taste the alcohol!!!!” (it inevitably tastes like nothing but a sweeter form of alcohol).

Things like “I’m driving later” or “ate something earlier” are one-time use tokens.

I used to also feel this way, but people would tell me it's an acquired taste. That sounded like bullshit to me but turned out to be true.

That being said, not drinking shouldn't be something to have to explain or be ashamed about.

I'm an alcoholic. I hate the taste of alcohol. I think it's kinda funny you say it tastes like acid. There's a lot of acids that I enjoy the taste of. Tomatoes, vinegar, oranges.

Alcohol tastes bad. It's your body correctly identifying poison. It's bad for you. The only reason I drink so much is that everything else is so much worse. It's basically a legal and deadly antianxiety.

I'll never understand how or why people drink it casually. Unless you're drinking to get drunk I cannot fathom why you'd want to drink it.

I recommend not drinking straight ethanol next time, if your decide to try again

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How dare you! I'm the wallflower!