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I’m a high functioning alcoholic.
You need to pump those numbers up bro. You are going to make us functioning alcoholics look bad.
Oh, I just meant I’m high all the time too. ;)
I’m not judging them for not drinking, I’m judging them for having a superiority complex because they don’t drink.
i don't drink but i don't really care if anyone else drinks. my body is compatible with weed not alcohol
I would argue that people who do drink are far more insufferable than people who don't. Of course, people who think they're superior because they don't drink are pretty insufferable, but while it might not be as common as the internet implies, people are judged for not drinking alcohol. There are some people who try to get someone to drink as if their life depends on it. THOSE are the insufferable people.
The goal isn't to be better than people who drink; the goal is being better than who I am when I drink (sure, the difference between me being drunk and me being sober is having slower reactions and a feeling akin to having my brain bounce around inside my head; I did not get in trouble nor have I passed out during the few times I had drinks, but still).
That’s it! I didn’t like who I was when I drank, so I stopped. It’s a me thing, not an anyone else thing. I’m perfectly happy and fine not drinking around drinkers. I’m not nor was an alcoholic. I just said this ain’t for me anymore and stopped. I still have a drink on special occasions. I don’t feel the need to get plastered anymore. And I’m better off for it, health wise.
Non drinkers can be judged and ostracized from gatherings because they don't drink.
Non drinkers shouldn't judge or preach at drinkers true; but not all of us do that so it sounds like you've just surrounded yourself with a bunch of assholes that don't drink but are still assholes when they're sober. So maybe don't hang out with assholes? 🤷♀️
I mean, I've never been judged for it, but I also don't really hang out where drinking happens, so... Non-issue for me.
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You said they don’t get judged but… you just did it. And I have no skin in the game, I’m a high functioning alcoholic.