Ask HN: Do you drink alcohol?

I do not drink anymore.

I use to be quite an alcoholic(about 14-16 beers or .5 to .75 liters of whisky) and it caused me quite a few problems in my life. A few months ago for my two year sober-versary, I wrote a little bit about it, and alcohol culture in development.

https://dev.to/samuraiseoul/alcohol-and-developer-culture-19...

Yes, but it's hitting me harder the older I age.

I wonder if I'm on the wrong side of history sometimes; I wonder if our children will consider drinking to be similar to how most of us view smoking today.

Yes, smoke too... Are you looking for an excuse to drink? Don't look for excuses from others to enjoy some vice. Enjoy it for yourself.

Nope, never have. I'll be 31 in a few months. Proud teetotaler! I have no temptation to drink at bars/clubs with friends.

I gave it up for 2019 -- I'm a social drinker, nothing bad, but I was liking my post-drinking sleep less and less. (It seems to have side effects on me in the aftermath even when I don't drink enough to actually get drunk... or I'm getting old... whichever...)

Several of my coworkers are either completely abstinent or the "don't like it will sip 5ml of this beer" type and I've seen firsthand it can be rough socially. I'm going to just ignore the haters mostly.

Nope! I'm on a number of meds to treat my Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, so abstaining helps me avoid interactions. Honestly though, I never enjoyed the effects. Somehow alcohol causes me anxiety, as the mental whiteboard I rely upon vanishes and I can't escape into my mind.

If I want to get fucked up, I rabbit hole on cosmology and particle physics. Once I read about what the "local group" really means. My partner found me in the throes of an existential crisis. I then explained entropy to zir and neither of us could sleep that night.

The universe is a trip, man.

Yes, but I avoid getting drunk.

Also I enjoy it but like any rich food feel worse for it.

I enjoy a nice red wine or a nice liquor in moderation. But I don’t drink beer or cheap alcohol.

I’m drinking for the tastes so I don’t care to get drunk or drink lousy stuff.

Why do you ask?

I'm grateful that my body refuses to take more after 2 or 3 drinks. I feel bad for people that just can't stop. Why the question?

Nope. Never gonna taste at all.

I used to, but quit completely around three years ago.

Yes but dislike the aftermath more and more.

Yes, but I don't like drinking alone.

Yes. I am drinking now.

absolutely, but never alone at home

nope, it tastes awful to me.