Alcohol

[vickij]

I'm 21 next month, and have never been drunk. This is simply because I'm frightened of being sick. I got engaged last year and couldn't have a galss of champagne to celebrate because I was convinced I was going to be sick....my friends take the p*ss out of me because I won't touch a drop - not even watered down wine - my 7 year old nephew loves the stuff!


Just wondered if anyone else was the same and avoided alcohol at all costs?


Let me know I'm not alone! [img]smileys/smilies_12.gif[/img]

[Jenneh]

YOUR NOT ALONE!!!


i wont go anywhere near alcohol.. which cuts all parties out!!


hate the stuff.. wont have it. nah ah.


ur not alone


Jen xxxx

[cwarren]

I won't touch alcohol at all, for exactly the same reasons. It's better for your mind and body in general not to drink, think of all the brain cells you'll save! lol


Seriously though, don't let yourself get bullied into it. At the end of the day, it's your decision, it's your life.

[Melikasa]

I will have a drink once in a while. Only enough for the taste like a Mud Slide or fancy martini.I don't much care for the taste though of a lot of the alcohol. I am scared of drinking too much as well.I like to sometimes take the edge off as well a glass of Vodka and juice relaxes me.
It happened twice and it was because so called friends thought it would be funny to see. Beware of drinking too much red wine or some mixed drinks that don't taste like they have alcohol in them. (My evil drink was called KillerKoolaid andI thought ti was harmless cause itdidn't take effect right away.I didn't feel gross till the next morning though at least.
A glass of wine or champagne won't make you drunk. Even when you haven't had it before. TWO might make you tipsy.
It takes more than a sip to make you sick.
I think its perfectly fine thought that you don't drink. I personally think there are too many people that drink and drink way too much I might add.
If it isn't something you are comfortable with then don't worry about what others say. Next time ask them WHY are they sooo bent on getting you to drink?
When you are ready to maybe try something then good for you but truthfully I never found anything special about any of the drinks.

[jgirl236]

I agree with Melikasa - you won't get drunk from trying a sip or two of alcohol. But I can uderstand why you are scared.


I drink occassionally - and I used to drink quite a bit. You are safe with a drink or two. And it can be fun if you don't let yourself get too worked up about it. There are a lot of good drinks out there! Do what makes you feel confortable.


I can relate to your friends - all of mine are big drinkers and used to pressure me all the time. They never had a problem getting so drunk - that they would get sick and that scared the hell out of me. But I pushed through it and stood my ground. If you don't want to drink - don't ever feel that you have to! And if they don't like that - too bad!


Jessica[img]smileys/smilies_04.gif[/img]

[vickij]

I really appreciate the replies - especially from Melikasa - you are indeed very wise and it's what I needed to hear.


Last night I had about half a bottle of a vodka milkshake - 4%. I actually really enjoyed it, but didn't feel I had to finish the bottle like I normally would. I drank it because I wanted to!


I also received a hypnoanalysis cd that I'd ordered over t'internet and listened to that last night. Whilst I'm not convinced I'm cured of my phobia, I do feel more positive in myself and have decided to tackle my phobia head on. I've made an appointment with a local hypnoanalysis for next week and am determined to overcome this!


Thanks to all for your kind words and encouragement. [img]smileys/smilies_39.gif[/img]

[trickyvicky]

I'm 32 nearly and i haven't drank since i was 18,but i would get some people say "go on have a drink",but i just used to say that i was allergic to it and it makes me really ill.....So i covered myself,because as friends do,they can think,"oh i'd like to c them drunk",and they could spike your drink but if u say your allergic to it they shouldn't try and spike it and just lets the subject go....I did drink from the age of 16 thou but only maybe 2 mailu's and coke a night,when out with the girls...but i just hate the taste of alchol...so i decided to not drink from my 18th b'day onwards.And my father wasa drinkingalcholic up until 8yrs ago for 45yrs so i can c what damage it can do mentally and physically,so that made me c it in a different light...


vicky x

[Melikasa]

hehe vicky I agree with you I detest most alcohol tastes. There are only a few that are tasty and they are usually mostly juice or coffee liquor flavor. Then I drink them because they taste yumm. There aren't oo many that I can say that about. Especially beer Blech.

[kmarie]

Im 21 and have never tasted alcohol (that includes wine) in my life..people are trying ahrd to get me to try it but at this point i just dont care to. perhaps donw the road i will..but right now i happy being completely alcohol free.


if you want to have a drink..do it for you..and only for you. dont feel you have to drink the whole thing..if you want a sip or two..have a sip or two. If people are pressuring you just tell them its your choice and you choose not to and if they cant except that then they need to grow up!!

[mbs730]

Okay
I have been seriously drunk two times in my life, once when I was 15
(first time) and second time when I was 19. I DID v from both
incidents but let me tell you something. When you are DRUNK you dont
CARE about getting sick, at least I didnt anyway. When I was 15 I was
just curious and wanted to try it. I figured that too, if I were to v I
would be too drunk to care. And I was. I dont even remember
feeling n either time, I just remember v'ing but again, being so drunk
like that you just are in another world anyway. I dont recommend
getting drunk like that for other reasons. When I was drunk like that
at 19, it was New Years eve 94/95 I did some serious damage at
someone's house. I was so wasted that I thought I was at my house and
was ready to take a shower. So my shower door was the door that you
pull lol, this is funny. I was undressing myself in front of EVERYONE
and their shower door was the sliding kind but believing I was at my
house due to my condition at the time I PULLED the shower door that was
supposed to slide and broke it off lol. Oh man I dont understand why I
did some of the things I did but its over and done with now. Oh yeah
you WONT, I repeat WONT get sick after one drink!! I still have a drink
now and then and I am FINE! I can get sick and not worry about it
when I am drunk but being sober and fully awake is another story!! No
way in hell could I be sick then



Miriam

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[brandon_r_edson]

I'm the exact same way. I personally don't give a s*** about what other people think. If I don't want to drink alcohol, no ones going to force me too. I say...**** them!!

[hanarky]

alcohol is bad for you (no offense to anyone) but I just feel way
better if I DON'T DRINK...
I quit ages ago... and I still party like an animal (that's when I
AM at a party -that happens once in a blue moon)
all my friends are aware of it and they are totally cool I HAVE
THE straight edge trademark now.. so enjoy life and be
healthy.. [img]smileys/smilies_04.gif[/img]

[mbs730]

Right
on hanarky, I didnt exactly see any joy in it. I will have a few drinks
here and there but nothing at all more than that again.



Miriam

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[chloe]

I too have always avoided alcohol...I WILL NOT touch it at all! I don't even feel very comfortable around my friends (who know about my emet) on a night out if they are drinking - yet I don't want to spoil their fun. I know if one of them does get ill from the alcohol I can't "catch" it so to speak but the fear of seeing them unwell might make ME be unwell scared me.


I'm 22 - never been drunk never intend to drink...just yet...maybe if I can get over this phobia more I might try to have ONE (one can't hurt...so I've been told)


I had an awful experiece 3 years ago where I was staying with my aunt in Epsom and my cousin thought I should "lighten up a bit and have some fun" so she got the barman to put some vodka in my orange juice...luckily I spotted her plan but ended up terrified of this drink in front of me. I wanted to go to the toilets and ring my aunt to come and pick me up (she sufferes from that same attitude that I have to drink to have fun). In the end I was compelled to tell my couisn WHY I was not going to drink this drink...I have considered my cousin an "enemy" for the last 10 years or more as she bullied me in school (has since moved to England)...she's 6 months younger than me. I'm just terrified she going to use my phobia against me. I got home from that weekend feeling very angry that I was subjected to such fear. It was that incident that reallly made me determined to overcome emet - I was really annoyed at feeling so helpless over a drink...the situation was not helped by the fact that after I'd told my cousin about my fear she told me tales and tales about the times when drink had made her ill. I was glad to be going home the following day I can tell you! She made me wanna cry from the moment she ordered the drink - I held back the tears until she started on the tales - She'd cornered me by then and I had no way out. I can't help but feels she was satisfied in making me cry...


Anyway- the number of responses here tell you that you are not alone in not touching alcohol [img]smileys/smilies_01.gif[/img]We emets all stick together withoutr realising it. It is hard tho when people "tease" you - however lightly about drinking cos you feel there's something wrong with you. there is nothing wrong. Infact I think it takes a stronger person to say NO to the pressure put on us youngsters to drink than one who gives in and says YES.


Stand up and be strong - do not do something you don't feel comfortable with.


X

[sweetanya]

I never have been drunk too.I'm TOO scared for that. I drank maybe 5 or 6 glass of alcohol in all my life and it is enough.I have not touched to alcohol for now almost 3 years, and i feel better like that. My friend and all people that i know knows that i don't drink so they don't talk to me about that and they never offer alcohol to me. I go out sometimes, but i only drink water in clubs. And i almost never go to parties because i'm too afraid to see somebody v*. I'm really scared of it when i go in clubs, but i never saw anybody do it in the clubs where i go so i'm hoping that it will continue like that.....

[mbs730]

I
have been to bars and ONE TIME I went into the washroom, okay this is a
bit graphic and SMELLED v, didnt actually see it but smelled it and I
got out of there RIGHT away! I had to go to the bathroom so badly but
just had to put up with holding it in until I had gotten home, no way I
was going to use that one! I never went to that bar again but funny
enough I still went to bars after that, just didnt go into the
bathrooms lol. I hate public washrooms to begin with and only use
them IF I ABSOLUTELY have to!



Miriam

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[icicledreamz]

i used to drink quite a bit, but ever since i became and emet, i quit drinking..and wont go near it.. im convinced i will get sick from even one drink...i dont even like being around people that have been drinking because i fear that they will end up being sick...

[mjewell]

It's funny, when i was high school and college age I used to think quitting drinking was unimaginable...I thought it was the only way to have fun, I guess that is a college attitude though. You drink every weekend, you drink to get drunk, etc. But now that I am "grown up" never drinking again would not be a big deal. It just doesn't matter once you get older. Your friends will eventually grow out of the party phase, so you don't have to worry about the pressure forever.

[bexcelica]

yea, I used to drink too. I wouldn't touch it until I was about 19
because of my fear of being sick. Once I tried drinking to get a "buzz"
I couldn't stop. I drank almost everyday, no... EVERY day for like 4
months. I loved it. Then I got sick becuase I drank too much... red
wine, white wine, champagne, beer... YUCK! Don't combine those things.
So now I don't drink anymore, but I wish I could go out and have a beer
without worrying.

[*mandi*]

I DONT drink any sort of alcohol whatsoever b.c. im terrified it will make me sick. Ive had a few drinks in the past. Like one daquiri on new years. I didnt get sick from it. And I have a few sips of my boyfriend wine every now and then. But thats it. I will never ever drink alcohol!

[tayda]

I drink every once in a while. But not to get drunk. I have a Halloween party to go to this saturday and there's going to be alcohol there. I don't have friends that drink until they're drunk (but it happens sometimes), but no one has ever gotten sick. (Knock on wood). I used to get nervious about it a lot, but wanted to fit in when I was younger, so I would go. But I agree that alcohol isn't great for your health... but once in a while it's alright. Nothing hard though. The hardest I go are appletini's and watermelontini

[roxy]

i used to drink alcohol...when i was 14 :/ but now i wont touch the stuff...

i used to drink it cos i thought it was cool and all my m8s did it..but
it always made me feel sick...so i stoped and havent touched it since...

on my 18th bday i was the only one that didnt have a glass of wine to
celebreate...and i was my bday... my m8s where all like...oh go on have
a sip...just one... but i cudnt, cos i was too scared that even a sip
wud make me be sick.

i get people asking me all the time...why i dont drink. its not only
that im scared of it that i dont drink, i dont see the point in it, i
can have a good time without drinking alcohol...people just dont
understand that...they think you have to drink to have a good time...

[liriodendron]

I drink some and get lightly drunk on rare occasions but I only drink what I can handle and I don't drink on an empty stomach.

[mythicpixie]

I am in a sorority, which equals drinking. And I love to dance, so I do go to clubs and stuff with my sisters. I have emet pretty bad, but my sisters are very supportive because they know that it makes me nervous even walking into a club or bar, and if someone is sick, I'll leave immediately. Usually they look out for me and if someone looks pale or if they see someone sick, they'll get me out of the area as quickly as possible. They're so supportive.


As far as drinking goes, the group I roll with does not drink to get drunk. I drink with them, but I've never been sick from it. I've only had a real buzz like once, but usually I'll stop after one (maybe two) drinks just to be sure everything is fine.


I do have a lot of friends at work who drink to excess, but most of the people I hang out with know about my emet and are very sensitive to it as well. A couple of weekends ago I had an incident where i was riding in a truck with a couple of guys and one of them v*'d out the window right beside me. Everyone in the truck got to see what really happens to me when someone around is ill, and that has made them even more courteous about the whole issue.


So, I got off on a tangent but my point is, if you want to drink, go for it. (But I'm super-proud of those of you who have been alcohol-free.) There's nothing wrong with it, and there's nothing wrong with telling your friends about your issue. I've found that more than likely they'll be supportive of you. And, if you ever decide you want to go to a party, just watch out. Usually, everyone in the place will be fine until it begins to get late,, (around 2 or 3 where I'm from)so just leave when you begin to feel really uncomfortable. I've only been around someone who has v*'d in a club/barmaybe twiceand I go out almost every weekend. It's actually pretty rare. I've just found that the hardest part about the whole thing is getting through the door.


good luck!

[divaofdarkness]

I wouldnt touch a drop through fear of getting sick. But I will now have ONE small glass of wine. But thats my absolute limit. Yeah people think we are kill joys and party poopers cos we dont drink. Well let them. At least we dont get into the rediculous drunken states they get into!! When you are sober it really does show you how awful drink is. Fri/Sat nights, pubs/clubs coming out in the cities.......chaos!! Glad I am not a part of that!! LOL

[samara's on tv]

When I turned 21 I was the same way. Except I went out to a club and ended up having a Vodka and Cranberry Juice and 4 shots of Bacardi Rum. That was a big mistake since I hadn't drank anything in years it went straight to my head! I was drunk...not fall down, can't talk, throwing up drunk, but I was drunk. Then some bad things happened and after that night I decided never to get drunk again. I'll have a beer once or twice a week though. But everyone's right, drinking a glass of wine or champaigne isn't going to do anything to you.


~Monica

[liriodendron]

One night I was in a college dorm room with a friend who was visiting
from out of town. We were just getting to sleep and my room mate walked
in and into the attached bathroom and tried to make himself throw up.
It was a very loud and unpleasant noise and it freaked me out. I said,
"What the f are you doing!" He said he drank too much and was trying to
make himself V to feel better. I told him in choice words that it was
bothering me and not to V. He said OK and went to bed.