Is there ANYONE in their twenties...

[aubreynoramarie]

I just turned twenty three and am a recovering alcoholic. I was totally into partying and drinking to get drunk, but by the end of it I had become a total beer snob as well. Didn't think anything of throwing 18 bucks out on one glass of good gnarly beer. I miss that part of it, but not the long drunken partying nights. I am also finding now that I've quit I still have my friends, but they sure don't call me anymore. I've made tons of other ones though that know my situation and invite me to other fun things like swing dancing and dinners and stuff. They're out there, they're just really hard to find sometimes..

 

[Pinky]

Thank you

It really is addicting. I had no clue, but I don't want to rot my teeth out while i'm still young

 

[LindsayB]

I'm 25 and I have a drink maybe once a month?? And its usually a margarita while eating out or a glass of wine at home. I probably get "intoxicated" once a year...and its usually at home with family/friends. I've never really been a big party person, even though all of my friends were growing up. Drinking kinda messes up my tummy and plus I don't want to look like an idiot anywhere! ....My husband calls me an old lady...I like to cook, sew, make jam/jellies, bake and work in the garden...

 

[Frosty]

DD is almost 23 and drinks to excess, DS is almost 21 and has no interest in the stuff.

I don't know if folks realize that what they think is funny when they are drunk is just obnoxious to those of us who aren't. I used to hate it at work when folks would come in on Monday and tell stories about how drunk they got over the weekend. Just made me want to

I'm proud of you! I know it doesn't help socially to be the odd one out, but honestly, you sound very mature for your age. There was a reason that I dated guys that were ten years older than me when I was in my early 20's... I wanted someone who could think outside the bottle.

 

[SilverPhoenix]

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I completely understand the discomfort. Watching others who are drunk is only amusing for a short while! Then I just feel like I'm babysitting. Some of my friends hardly drink at all. The others I feel drink for the novelty of the fact that they can.

I just turned 22 in February and I already feel so much older than my peers. I am very close to my parents though and I enjoy doing many of the activities they do, which is mostly things an older generation would enjoy. I guess that's where I get my taste in activities from! I find it very difficult to find others who can just sit and relax. Most people (no matter the age) have to be up and doing something. Our main family activity during the summer is sitting on the front porch in rocking chairs talking about our days. At school it's always go, go, go!

Yes, it can be a little irritating! And especially when I'm being pressured by random people I don't know to drink. Talk about rude! I find that if I'm around friends who are drunk I eventually end up acting a little drunk myself, though, haha. It's okay when it's good friends (though they generally just don't drink around me), but when it's a party I usually end up opting out rather than deal with all the antics while being the sober one in the room. Like you said, watching a bunch of drunk people is only amusing for so long.

I have a lot of older friends, actually--my hobbies being poultry and wildlife rehabilitation and animal rescue in general (well, along with some other things more common in my age group, like anime and whatnot), oftentimes I end up making friends that are more around my parents' ages. Which is fine with me--I suppose it adds some balance and maturity to my life, and I'm thankful to have friends to talk about my hobbies with. Many of my friends my own age moved away for college, though, so I find myself sometimes missing the company of people my own age. Oh well!

 

[KristyHall]

I didn't start drinking until I was 24. I just turned 28 2 days ago and I have only been drunk a hand full of times. I do enjoy a good drink, now and then, but getting falling down drunk really messes with ones ability to have fun IMO. I would like to be able to dance, watch a movie, take a walk, or have a conversation without falling over, slurring my speech or throwing up.
BTW I have never had a full blown hang over. I have only had a slight one when I had a bad interaction with alcohol and a migraine medication I was on (I did not take the medicine anywhere near the time I drank and there was no warnings about it in the pamphlet other than it warned it would make me drowsy with alcohol, needless to say I have been far more cautious about drug interactions since)

Do not feel bad. You'll find people who enjoy partying and having fun without getting inebriated to do so.It can take a while, but you can do it. You should go to a coffee house/book store on Friday and saterday nights. A lot of fun people who don't need to drink to have a good time like to go there ( at least around here they do)
Also try family friendly events, events at parks, local art centers, paintball courses, and athletic centers if you want to meet people who look for natural highs.

 

[elizabethbinary]

I used to hop around the world working in bars in countries everywhere. I've noticed no matter where you are, drunk still sounds the same. Drunks bore me, unless they're colourful places. (For some reason I find I have LESS problems working in bad neighbourhoods with drunks than I ever did working in NICE neighbourhoods with drunks. The bad neighbourhoods are just regular drunks usually while the good neighbourhoods are wild teens being little badwords).

I am 24, I HATE drinking except for a glass of wine with my cheese and grapes and even then, I can only manage a glass before I mope about the wasting of the last 2/3rds a bottle.

I started drinking more when my liver failed though... it was because I HADN'T drank when my liver failed and when someone tells you that you can never drink again and you might die... you really REALLY want a drink. So I drink a liiiittle more now, but my liver is also better now.

 

[michickenwrangler]

I'm 30, so just out of my 20s.

I was engaged to an alcoholic in my late teens so that has really turned me off to drinking. I was very lucky to find a husband that doesn't drink. Also, because I commuted to college and had a mortgage, I never indulged in partying and only rarely went out drinking with friends (2 drinks max as I was usually driving and also becoming a teacher, didn't want a DUI).

Now that my husband has died and I'm single again, if I remarry, it won't be anyone I meet in a bar.

 

[Raiquee]

I am 25, and didn't have my first drink until I turned 21. I would say back then, 21-22 I did get "drunk" on occassion, as thats what people want to do. But I quickly learned that GOSH, it kinda sucks! You spend a stupid amount of money on drinks at the bar, you feel stupid/say stupid things while drunk, and then the next morning your puking and your head hurts and you have stomach cramps until the night. Why does that sound appealing to anyone?

I would like to like wine more. I do like a white zin, and a few glasses is not uncommon once in awhile. I do also love my pina coladas. But I don't -need- to have 6 of them and puke the next morning. It's not...classy to me.

My husband now has a beer every single night. Not in an alcoholic type way, he just likes the flavor. He does go out and does get drunk occassionally, but on most nights he just wants to have a beer to have a beer. He also brews his own beer, which I think is awesome. He likes the flavors of beer, rather than just to drink to drink. A lot of his friends go and get drunk every single night, but it's just not in him now. He did have a bad streak, but he got over it.

 

[LindsayB]

The only kind of wine I like is arbor mist...lol not sure if that even classifies as a real wine.