Drinking problem

LegacyUser

Hi, my drinking problem is not that i drink to0 much its that i cant drink.
I'm 20 and a student and all my friends go out every odd night drinking and i cannot. if i start drinking i either feel sick or tired! what is wrong with me?

smileysurfer

Have you spoken to a doctor?
there could be a number of reasons.
Sometimes drink relaxes you and you might feel a bit tired, some ppl have the opposite effect.
How many times have you drunk alcohol?

estar

you dont have to be drinking under a bridge talking to your hand to have a problem with drink ie- drink just doesnt suit certain people.

you dont have to drink heavily if it doesnt suit you. some people just dont have the correct level of enzymes or metabolism or whatever to drink every day

dont your friends have something better to do rather than drink every day? isnt that kind of limiting and boring?

what about once a week drinking moderately and then having other things during the week ?

this could be a blessing in disguise and force you at a young age to develop a life outside drinking which many people onyl do in later life when they realise they are not the worlds greatest drinker

listen to your body!

LegacyUser

ah yano loads but not as much as my friends. i get pressured to go out but dont enjoy it becasue mid-night im yawning/ feeling iffy sometimes? cant understand it

Oryx

What do you drink, and when you say start, how quickly do you feel sick, after the first mouthful or the first pint? You could have a low tolerance for alcohol, or be drinking a drink that doesnt suit you, or it might simply hit you quickly. (I wouldnt see that as a bad thing, tbh. )

If you are generally tired, alcohol will exacerbate that.

LegacyUser

i could go out all good in the mood, after 2 pints i feel crap! then i cant get drunk becasue i feel like im going to puke, it puts me off going out!

sardineta

Some people just can't metabolise alcohol well. Think of it a blessing for all the money you'll save and clear headed mornings. Oh, and find a non-alcoholic drink that isn't too heavy on the sugar.

star-pants

I can't drink most drinks because they don't sit well, or I'm allergic to them. And the past year or so I've been on meds which means I can't drink. I was never a big drinker to begin with, so it never bothered me if others got drunk and I didn't. I'd rather enjoy my night than be wrecked or ill halfway through just to 'fit in' with the others. People always wonder 'why aren't you drinking??' and it can be annoying that some don't understand that you just don't want to drink. But at the end of the day - who cares - if you're out with friends and having fun - drink isn't always needed.

As someone else said there -find something alcohol free and not overly sugary. Like non alcoholic beers or juices.

Oryx

Unregistered wrote: »

i could go out all good in the mood, after 2 pints i feel crap! then i cant get drunk becasue i feel like im going to puke, it puts me off going out!

Then drink something non alcoholic and see if you can still 'fit in' with the crowd, or dont drink a gassy drink like beer, and see if that helps.

estar

if someone else had this problem what would you advise them?

drink more and build up a tolerance?

puke more?

realise that you are not able to metabolise alcohol?

you could be allergic to part of the ingrediants.

try and drink organic wine and see if this helps. vodlka is a clean
alcohol in terms of preservatives.

some beers are very heavy in yeast and many people cant eat
a lot of yeast

but seriously if its that much hard work and you dont enjoy it ?

and tell your friends to cop on if they start going on about it.

drinking isnt the be-all and the end-all. some of us manage perfect

social lives without it. in fact i have more money, am less tired than

my friends and get more done, due to the fact i can't drink. i probably

get out more than them because of this.

my sister has your problem - cant drink more than two drinks or gets

sleepy and / or pukes.

she just cant metabolise like others.

so your choices are - keep trying to drink like you are and look like a loser

asleep in the corner of the pub

or accept your limits and look like someone who is wise and self aware

Loxosceles

I'm much more fond of coffee anyhow, believe me after your young friends hit 30 and they're unmarried and still drunk, they will be out the same amount of money on drink that you will have set aside as a substantial down payment on a house.

A heavy drinker is out 5 grand a year, imagine how it adds up over a decade especially if you add smoking to that. Every drink you don't drink is going to that house and car and lovely holiday that you can afford. But as they keep on they will budget alcohol as a necessity, the same as nicotine, and you won't need it because you won't have an addiction to it.

Yeah, they will feel like begrudging you when you seem to have more disposable income, even if you make less. But shrug it off. Drunk people do not feel any better or happier than sober people-most often, they feel worse. I suggest shedding the worries and secretly harbouring a good dose of snide self-righteousness for your own body keeping you in line. I'd high-five you but it's just ascii. Oh well. Good luck!

LegacyUser

but im only young drinking is what we do! i feel left out not drinking and not drinking when out or drinking non alchol is way too hard! catch 22

LegacyUser

OP you will get used to it. Just drink slower and avoid shorts. Dont drink to impress other people eg by drinking vast amounts or drinking really quick