Famous non-drinkers?

Dave!

Hey folks,

Just thought it'd be fun to collect a list of well-known non-drinkers

The most recent one I heard is Cristiano Ronaldo! :eek: Alex Ferguson mentioned it in response to allegations that Ronaldo was out drinking in LA

Any others?

unreggd

I dont know any


Only loads of people who went sober after bein bad alcoholics

juvenal

Padraig Harrington

monkeyfudge

Ehhh.... Mickey Mouse?

newballsplease

ronaldo does drink.
i heard phil taylor the darts player doesnt

Dave!

newballsplease wrote: »

ronaldo does drink.
i heard phil taylor the darts player doesnt

http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-news/243037/cristiano-ronaldo-i-hate-smoking-i-don-t-drink-and-i-m-not-a-big-spender/1/

‘Many people have images of footballers as people who like to go out all the time, spend their money lavishly and like to date many women,' he tells Hello!

‘But I don’t drink alcohol, I hate smoking and I’m not a big spender. I live in a rural part of Cheshire, where squirrels, birds and cows are my closest neighbours.'

Ciaran500

Henry Rollins

Feeonaw

Des Bishop! This I know cos I was talkin' to him in the International. This was before I started the NDG of course. I'd actually love to talk to him about it when I get back from travelling in December and maybe he could put on a gig for us? :pac: he's such a motivated guy and he'd be really supportive I'd say. There are actually quite a few comedians who are non-drinkers.

hupyago

Feeonaw wrote: »

. There are actually quite a few comedians who are non-drinkers.

dylan moran being one despite apperances
also the irish guy from prison break said on tubridy that he wasn't drinking n e more
that bill cullen (I'm terrific) gazillionare seems to be one of us as well
I remember saying something like you can do what hes done (have money comin out your ears) by not doin the drinkin and the smokin and the drugs

Zarbon

Me.

(Shut up!)

Ok....

kelle

I think Madonna is a non-drinker. I can't be too sure though.

Tha Gopher

50 Cent doesnt drink as much Bacardi as his choons suggest.

Hitler.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_teetotalers

As for C Ronaldo there was a photo in the paper only a few weeks back showing him looking fairly pissed. Not like him tp mislead his fans!

Nailz

Paul Davis, keyboardist for the Happy Mondays doesn't drink, but he did drugs! How's that possible??

pocketdooz

Warren Buffett
JD Rockefeller
Donald Trump

I remember reading an article once about how there were a higher disproportionate number of non-drinkers who were successful in areas of business and politics.

Also, the Irish guy who owns all the mines and distillerys - John Teeling

I suppose it's down to time, motivation etc. which drinking kills.

I also think Hitler and Bismark didn't drink but I'm sure they're not the examples we're looking for !!!!!!!!

Podge2k7

Shane McGowan :):)

Feeonaw

Podge2k7 wrote: »

Shane McGowan :):)

The glamourous side of drinking

thusspakeblixa

Che Guevara
Muhammad Ali
David Beckham
Jim Carrey
Russell Brand
George W.Bush
Eric Clapton
Richard E.Grant
Franz Kafka
Elton John
Crazy Horse
Stephen King
Ewan McGregor
Friedrich Nietzche
Ross Noble
Peter Kay
Bruce Lee
Gwyneth Paltrow
Malcolm X
Tom Waits
Chris Martin
Donald Trump
Henry Rollins


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_teetotalers

Bottle_of_Smoke

MArtin Cahill

Dave!

thusspakeblixa wrote: »

Che Guevara
Muhammad Ali
David Beckham
Jim Carrey
Russell Brand
George W.Bush
Eric Clapton
Richard E.Grant
Franz Kafka
Elton John
Crazy Horse
Stephen King
Ewan McGregor
Friedrich Nietzche
Ross Noble
Peter Kay
Bruce Lee
Gwyneth Paltrow
Malcolm X
Tom Waits
Chris Martin
Donald Trump
Henry Rollins


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_teetotalers

Now take away the recovering alcoholics

thusspakeblixa

Dave! wrote: »

Now take away the recovering alcoholics

Yeah, a lot of them (George W.Bush,Peter Kay) would be...
Still, the likes of
Che Guevara,Muhammad Ali,Henry Rollins, and Bruce Lee never drank
oh
And lets not forget ''Big'' Jim Larkin, he of the statue on O'Connell Street

mikemac

pocketdooz wrote: »

I also think Hitler and Bismark didn't drink but I'm sure they're not the examples we're looking for !!!!!!!!

Hitler did drink the occasional beer.
I think you're mixing up his hatred for smoking. It seems he couldn't stand smoking and nobody could smoke in his prescence.

Celtic67

thusspakeblixa wrote: »

Yeah, a lot of them (George W.Bush,Peter Kay) would be...
Still, the likes of
Che Guevara,Muhammad Ali,Henry Rollins, and Bruce Lee never drank
oh
And lets not forget ''Big'' Jim Larkin, he of the statue on O'Connell Street

Don't think Peter Kay ever drank - not a recovering alcoholic.

Currently reading a book on Che Guevara and there are several references to him drinking.

thusspakeblixa

Celtic67 wrote: »

Currently reading a book on Che Guevara and there are several references to him drinking.

In ''Bolivian Diary'' Che states that the drink never agreed with him and he stopped by the time he was in his late 20's. When he did drink he didn't drink much, apparently.

CDfm

I heard the Duke of York or whatever Prince Andrew is called is teetotal.

So how come he married Fergie?

David Bowie and Peter Tork from the Monkees.

And that drummer guy from Derek and the Dominos who is in jail in California for killing his mother - I suppose that doesnt count.

dartsfan

newballsplease wrote: »

ronaldo does drink.
i heard phil taylor the darts player doesnt

Phil Taylor definitely does drink. Unless it was water I seen him drink out of a Budweiser bottle!

CDfm

micmclo wrote: »

Hitler did drink the occasional beer.
I think you're mixing up his hatred for smoking. It seems he couldn't stand smoking and nobody could smoke in his prescence.

he also was a vegetarian and had a problem with flatulence

Dave!

He killed a load of Jews and gypsies too!

Oh and he was big into architecture

CDfm

and his brother worked in the Shelbourne Hotel in Stephens Green and married an Irish girl called Bridget Dowling that he met at the RDS and had a son called Patrick Hitler.

In later years Bridget claimed to have devised the famous hitler tache

Paddy@CIRL

Tha Gopher wrote: »

50 Cent doesnt drink as much Bacardi as his choons suggest.

Hitler.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_teetotalers

As for C Ronaldo there was a photo in the paper only a few weeks back showing him looking fairly pissed. Not like him tp mislead his fans!

Not to be defending the gimp, but I ALWAYS look drunk in photographs yet I've never drank so he might suffer from that conundrum !

CDfm

I think Hitler had the odd beer -but was vegetarian and hated smoking.

It was probably better he didnt drink much cos he was a bit of a p**** sober

witnessmenow

Mark Hoppus(sp?) from Blink182 (the taller of the two) doesn't drink

idPlease

hupyago wrote: »

to be one of us as well

I like that quote!! :):):):):):):cool::):D

Will Smith doesnt drink

irlirishkev

Elvis Presley didn't drink. He also hated people drinking around him, and couldn't abide how it made people act.

He was fond of the aul' cigars though, and was known to take the odd pill here and there.. all legal of course

dennistuam

saddam hussain and hitler did not drink both were taureeans who normally drink out of a boot

celticwe

hupyago wrote: »

dylan moran being one despite apperances
also the irish guy from prison break said on tubridy that he wasn't drinking n e more
that bill cullen (I'm terrific) gazillionare seems to be one of us as well
I remember saying something like you can do what hes done (have money comin out your ears) by not doin the drinkin and the smokin and the drugs

are you serious or takin z piss

hotspur

Dylan Moran has guzzled more wine than some small French towns. Also the reason Des Bishop doesn't drink is because he was among other things an alcoholic teenager.

brandmantra

informative thread. thanks for sharing your ideas. I've not seen this kind of thread at any forum.

CDfm

any non drinking stuff over XMAS

OK-Cancel-Apply

CDfm wrote: »

any non drinking stuff over XMAS

Christmas ain't the time for non-drinking!

roneythetube

good thread. as mentioned lots of good comedians dinna drink..Peter Kaye, Des Bishop and not mentioned yet is PJ Gallagher - him of Naked Camera fame.:)

gaf1983

Johnny Delaney, former drummer with The Saw Doctors.

When the band used to tour he'd drink tea with the driver instead of going drinking with the rest of them and get up at the crack of dawn the next morning for a run. These days he's running about 100 marathons in 4 years to raise money for charity.

Dave!

That's a Jim Fixx waiting to happen!

Noodleworm

If your into rock music there's quite a few musicians who don't but some of those probably just gave up after overdoing it before..
There was also a whole early punk movement that revolved around not drinking or doing drugs..

CDfm

The Dalai Lama

zero_nine

Lead singer...Serious man altogether

Tableman

Michael Collins quit drinking (after he signed the treaty and returned to Ireland, I think!). But there is documentation that he did quit at some stage!

SpitfireIV

Tableman wrote: »

Michael Collins quit drinking (after he signed the treaty and returned to Ireland, I think!). But there is documentation that he did quit at some stage!

The last day of his life he had downed a few, and why not! :P There had been a few stops along the journey for 'refreshments', some 'Clonakilty Wrestler'. May have contributed to his death in some way, ie not having clear judgement due to alchohol consumed (combined of course with a kidney infection and heavy cold).

So I think we can remove Collins from the list.

Just as an interesting sidenote, I heard once that in 1916, when stationed in the GPO he took a number of barrells of alchohol and poured them down the drain out of fear that the men would be drunk and thus not be able to perform their duties.

How ironic eh :rolleyes:

Trained Monkey

DJ Carey

Mick O'Dwyer

Probably some more famous Irish sports people but cant think of them at the minute

CDfm

Fr Matthew

thusspakeblixa

Judge Roberto Mendoza from The West Wing didn't drink :P

Affable

George Galloway and now Alistair Campbell after being heavy into it.