My age would bring me lots of respect among my handball teammates because I am 26 and at that age I would not even need to show my ID when buying alcohol (I think I would have to cause I look so young 
) I wrote “WOULD bring me lots of respect” cause it does not since I do not buy alcohol. I can but I do not? This fact caused lots of curiosity. “Why don´t you drink alcohol?” To answer that question when I know I have just short time to tell smth and I do not want to sound like lecturing is not that easy. What reason should I bring first to be able to continue talking and not to be interrupted? Or what reason would “hit the nail on the head” and would make some of those who drink only because of the group pressure understand that it is ok to be sober?
I have many reasons why I do not drink but the original one was that I wanted to reach smth in my life and I did not want to ruin it before I would “enter” the real life. Another reason was that I did not want to end up in an embarassing situation when my “friends” would laugh one day about my behaviour when I had been drunk. I did not want to embarass my parents who both were teachers in a small town were rumour just goes. And living like this, I realized at the age of 18 that I survived puberty without drinking, still having friends, enjoying life fully. Then I got to know EGTYF/Active that brought the additional good side of sobriety into my life. Not just individual reasons but social reasons – that I nowadays consider even stronger. Alcohols industy´s dirty games, children suffering, economical impact on society and – a LIE that alcohol brings into our lifes - a short impression that a problem is solved or forgotten, that one is funny or social, that one is strong or brave. If alcohol is needed for that, then I doubt about each of those.
So yes – my reasons not to drink in short. But to answer that question in a brief face to face conversation, I just said - it is social reasons and on the top of everything I do not think it is neccessary. Surprisingly I had more time to explain and I felt I caused some thinking =)
exactly this question I got very often and I also don´t know where to start… usually I answer I don´t need, I don´t want, I don´t like:D but funny is that people hardly believe that I don´t drink at all
it´s more strange to them not to drink than to drink.. this could be the point where to start “our mission”:D
like this entry! thx for that ..hug
One reason why I do not drink alcohol is, that I want to experience life fully,to perceive moments of life intensely and as purely as possible, and to be aware of them.
And I have been thinking about alcohol and the reasons why people drink… (I am in Germany right now and here I see at ALL times of the day, in ALL places traces of alcohol…) It seems that aig reason for drinking alcohol is to get relaxed, more open, more funny… people obviously want to – especially when partying – get rid of society’s rigid standards, they wanna dance like crazy, t caring for what “the others” think;they want to talk to people, just like that… And to get ito a state where they “dare” to live up to such desires, they consume drugs…
And this is paradox: because we are all the people and this is our world – in the sense that we MAKE this world; so, why don’t we change standards? Why don’t we create a world where everyone can dance just like he/she wants, where can walk through the streets and dance and sing aloud? I want a world where people feel “free” without a bottle full of drugs in the hand.
In that sense, I hope that you can convince some of your team mates =))
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In my experience, telling people you get violent when you drink works like a charm – no more questions asked!
But then again, that approach might work better with people you don’t actually intend to continue a relationship with. And, of course, it’s not true, so it’s maybe a little naughty.
Thanks for a great post, I like your reasons