Firing at the hip here - I would say it’s the opposite of a problem, yeah. The reason I say that tho, is I’m the sort of person that booze will completely take over. I stay away from it entirely now as well.

Have some complicated thoughts on drinking. Going to rehab was good for me tho. SOMETIMES I miss it, but usually it doesn’t bother me at all.

Alcohol can absolutely taste good. However, it takes time to figure out what you like and the good stuff is often quite expensive or takes skill to mix (cocktails). If you don’t want to spend time and money figuring out what you like to drink that’s totally fine. I might have one drink every three months these days. A lot of people need alcohol as a social lubricant to get over their anxieties and talk to people at parties. If you don’t then that’s cool too! To paper over awkwardness it’s good to stand around with a beverage in your hand anyway, like a fizzy water.

Recovering alcoholic here: You’re not missing much.

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Most everyone doesn’t like the taste of alcohol at first, it’s an acquired taste. You just have to be peer pressured into drinking beer you hate like 25 times and then it just clicks, and suddenly it’s good.

I hate drinking and people who drink in the same vein I despise people who smoke [mostly people who smoke shitty tobacco] indoors or in communal public spaces. It’s also a huge turn off for me for any romantic partner/s.o.

You are much better off never getting into it. I had a father and grandfather that were abusive, sadistic alcoholics, I have an alcoholic brother in law that pisses away 300 dollars a week at bars. it destroys families and lives.

I hate drinking too. Unfortunately, that’s never stopped me.

Always hated it myself, basically a teetotaller and haven’t drank anything in literally years. It tastes bad, and it always seemed like the amount of booze you needed to drink would quickly outpace the capacity of my stomach, making for a poor experience.

I hate being addicted to it for sure

I’ve tried alcohol and it just tastes bad

Yes that’s the point I think, but you get used to it

A part of my upbringing was influenced by hearing my maternal grandfather shout back-and-forth at his new spouse he got with after my grandmother passed away. Every night I spent at his house was like this. They got drunk so damn frequently. My father who also treated me terribly had a major problem with alcoholism. His grandfather (or my great grandfather) literally died to alcohol poisoning.

As you can see, alcohol isn’t a pretty thing for me. I’m repulsed by it, and I don’t go to bars because I know the environment’s gonna be terribly awkward. One time I went to an LGBTQ-themed night club, and I couldn’t even order a Shirley Temple from the bartender without feeling awkward. Obviously, I agree with @baritone_edge@lemmy.ml’s point about socializing. I know you don’t have to drink in those kinds of settings, but socially speaking, it’s still very uncomfortable to go there if you are non-alcoholic.

I now live a straight edge lifestyle, and I prefer socializing at cafés and everything because the only “drugs” I consume are caffeine and the prescription meds I take every day. For me to say I “hate” drinking (as strong as that word is) seems like an understatement at this point. Alcohol itself is something I can’t cease to see as a poison, and the culture around it isn’t any better.

My girlfriend hates the taste of alcohol aswell. She enjoys being drunk but the process of getting there sucks ass. Recently she tried jello shots and those seem to be easier to get down

I come from a family of alcoholics so I’ve tended to avoid it too. I occasionally have a drink here and there if I go out because of peer pressure, but I don’t really care for loud bars or getting hungover. My parents similarly never had alcohol in the house very often, just some beers once in a while during the summer months.

Can’t say I’ve really enjoyed any of the drinks I’ve had either. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with not drinking.

Shit man we don’t drink because it tastes good we drink because that’s how you get drunk. If they invented a way to do it with a pill or nasal spray or a dermal patch I’d be game (boofing is a hard pass tho). Straight alcohol tastes like ass especially beer that’s why I mostly drink sweet wines like moscato or a cocktail with lots of mixer.

I am extremely anxious, insecure, inhibited, self conscious and antisocial so I basically can’t exist in a social situation unless I get at least a little tipsy. I consider it a necessity for socializing. If you don’t have that problem then no reason to force yourself to drink. Lots of people don’t drink. I also don’t know any violent alcoholics and I don’t get hangovers so I don’t have a lot of the negative associations with drinking that many people have.

And there’s a huge leap between bar hopping and drinking alone in your room. You can have a romantic evening sharing a bottle of wine with your partner, you can have share a few drinks with friends around a campfire, you can treat yourself to a little can of something after a day of yard work or a long hike. All nice enjoyable little moments. People have been drinking wine forever for a reason. It’s just nice. But if it’s not your thing that’s okay and you shouldn’t feel bad. Some people might try to make you feel bad about it but that’s just their own insecurity about how much they themselves drink more than anything I think.