I like the actual tastes of some mixed drinks but I don't like the alcohol part of the recipe.

Here are some tasty ones:

Grasshoppers: They taste as good coming up as they did going down.
Strawberry dackary: Snow cone!

Long Island Iced tea: Wow that will knock you on your butt, but it tastes amazingly great.

Screw drivers: Orange Juice and cherry!

Yep. I let others be who they are.

I let my brother be who he was until he died. There was nothing I could do.

Before my brother died, while he was busy destroying his and his family's lives, I wrote him a letter and I put it up on the Internet.

I doubt if he ever read it, but I needed to express my anger towards him and how his destructive life effected his family. He is gone now, but the letter still sits in cyperspace for people who google "letter to an alcoholic."

I've gotten both positive and negative feedback on the letter. Here is a link to it if anyone is interested.

http://www.springfieldcolorado.com/toalcoholic.html

I don't care if people drink but I don't like to be around drunks.

Same with smokers.

I think its easier to be around drunks if you are drunk yourself.

no.
i don't drink either.
so high five.
:D

Some people are unable to drink alcohol because of medications they are taking..Not everyone who has a drink will become an alcoholic, it doesn't me if someone doesn't want a drink..

I don't agree with this at all.

why is that

I would not try to get them to drink.

I was a bartender and cocktail waitress a for a while and I learned how to deal with drinkers .. at work. It went with the job. If you are friendly and kind, they can be great tippers, or they can be a holes too.

But I never put up with crap from them, and I have thrown a few drunks out of the bar a few times.

He had many very close brushes with death throughout his life. It was a miracle he lived as long as he did. His struggle with demons and drugs and alcohol all his life was a symptom of deeper problems. His brain worked over time and he heard voices all the time in his head. In spite of all of that, he wasn't really dangerous or violent.

That kind of thing also prevents a person from growing up and learning how to handle responsibility.

No, I don;t drink, I don't mind others drinking as long as they don't become abusive.
If I went out with a friend who knew I didnt drink but tried to pressure me into it. Then they would no longer be classed as my friend.
I would respect their decision to drink as a friend, so would expect the same courtesy.
A True friend will not try and change you

Yes, I think that is was happens. Schizophrenics will self medicate. My brother drank to quiet the noises in his head.

When I drank I thought there was something wrong with those that didn't drink. When I stopped drinking I thought there was something wrong with people who still drank. Paraphrased, I think my ex said it best when she said, "We still have unrecoverable differences." Today, I know that I don't have a drinking problem. My old sponsor helped me with that. He said, "There isn't anything wrong with my swallowing." Today, I have a living problem. But then who doesn't?

I had a friend who when asked if he drank he responded, "No, I prefer narcotics."

I know a man named Daniel but his friends call him Danielle. His husband goes to AA but would drop him off at our NA. His husband did come one time to sit with him in the meetings but most times just dropped him off. The one guy that got onto him in the meetings for calling himself Danielle instead calling himself Daniel went back out to using again. Danielle is still in recovery. "A rose by any other name would be just as sweet."

No no no no no no no. I don't drink, haven't touched the stuff since I was 22, and never will again. If I made a new friend who didn't drink, I would do everything in my power to support them in their decision.

I'm like what I'm hearing, but it seem that not all feel the same way. The reason I ask this question is because it happens to me alot. I tell people I never drink before and I have no plans on starting, and they take it as a personal challenge. Thank you all for you input, I'm happy to know not all people who drink are the same.

It's too bad that people try to do that.

It can go the other way as well. Some people who don't drink want to try and tell those who do that they're wrong/bad/whatever for drinking.

Changing the subject slightly...

I am extremely accepting of a person’s lifestyle choices i.e. their decision not to drink and/or smoke. I don’t comment or try to get them to take up smoking and/or drinking, I just accept them for who they are.

What I find irritating, is that it doesn’t always work in the reverse i.e. non/reformed smokers and/or drinkers accepting my lifestyle choices - my decision to smoke and drink...especially if they’ve met me knowing that I smoke and drink.

Even more irritating is being with a non smoker and/or non drinker who encourage my smoking and drinking. It’s almost like they are giving me their permission...if I’m smoking and/or drinking less, it’s either out of consideration to them or because I don’t want another drink and/or cigarette. Either way, it is my decision...accept it!