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Re:Ask HN: Do you drink alcohol? by samuraiseoul on Monday December 31, 2018 @12:06PM (#18795485)
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...

Re:Ask HN: Do you drink alcohol? by gtsteve on Monday December 31, 2018 @06:11AM (#18794051)
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.

Re:Ask HN: Do you drink alcohol? by 23sgdh4t34t on Sunday December 30, 2018 @11:33PM (#18793029)
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.
Re:Ask HN: Do you drink alcohol? by TbobbyZ on Sunday December 30, 2018 @11:44PM (#18793058)
Nope, never have. I'll be 31 in a few months. Proud teetotaler! I have no temptation to drink at bars/clubs with friends.
Re:Ask HN: Do you drink alcohol? by mkbkn on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @11:26AM (#18807310)
Same except that I'm a bit younger.
Re:Ask HN: Do you drink alcohol? by arandr0x on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @09:17AM (#18806253)
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.

Re:Ask HN: Do you drink alcohol? by sterlind on Monday December 31, 2018 @01:06AM (#18793324)
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.

Re:Ask HN: Do you drink alcohol? by xupybd on Sunday December 30, 2018 @10:55PM (#18792900)
Yes, but I avoid getting drunk.

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

Re:Ask HN: Do you drink alcohol? by matt_the_bass on Monday December 31, 2018 @10:47AM (#18794987)
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?

Re:Ask HN: Do you drink alcohol? by 725686 on Monday December 31, 2018 @12:55AM (#18793279)
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?
Re:Ask HN: Do you drink alcohol? by happppy on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @02:59AM (#18799405)
Nope. Never gonna taste at all.
Re:Ask HN: Do you drink alcohol? by abhijat on Monday December 31, 2018 @11:30AM (#18795275)
I used to, but quit completely around three years ago.
Re:Ask HN: Do you drink alcohol? by objektif on Sunday December 30, 2018 @11:26PM (#18793005)
Yes but dislike the aftermath more and more.
Re:Ask HN: Do you drink alcohol? by quickthrower2 on Monday December 31, 2018 @12:17AM (#18793151)
Yes, but I don't like drinking alone.
Re:Ask HN: Do you drink alcohol? by known on Monday December 31, 2018 @12:54AM (#18793276)
Re:Ask HN: Do you drink alcohol? by ams6110 on Sunday December 30, 2018 @11:24PM (#18793000)
Yes. I am drinking now.
Re:Ask HN: Do you drink alcohol? by nunez on Monday December 31, 2018 @02:47PM (#18796516)
absolutely, but never alone at home
Re:Ask HN: Do you drink alcohol? by rocannon on Monday December 31, 2018 @07:37AM (#18794248)
nope, it tastes awful to me.