We dont drink often once or few times a year but its not good for my health. I want to keep friends but dont want to drink
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I guess just be honest. You dont need to make any stories up for them. Explain its bad for your mental health or doesn’t mix well with your meds. And you still wanna catch up and hang but without getting drunk together. If they cant handle hanging out without you drinking with them then it seems they might not have much in common.
I feel with friends (especially guy friends), there needs to be some common interest or reason to hang out. Its hard to just sit there talking forever and not doing anything. I think chick’s can do that more easily but with dudes there needs to be something that binds them together. Like a hobby, sport or some nerdy interest. It sounds like the thing binding you and your mates is drinking. Replace it with something else thats fun maybe.
Thats just what Ive found in my life. Everyones different though. I could be wrong.
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Maybe make new friends
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Nobody wants to be friends with sz
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Idk it is definetely harder
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Right on the money, man. Also, with dude friends, I feel like you can go months or sometimes longer without hitting each other up, and it’s perfectly fine lol as long as you have a shared interest, it’s cool to hangout with them
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I have no friends so it is true for me.
Maybe i wont ever.
Friendships are difficult yes.
Especially as vulnerable ppl
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Yes we are vulnerable alot
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I never drink even with friends. They don’t force me to. Only a minority of them drink. All I do is eat lol When I did a diet and lost 70kg I did not even eat outside, I was watching them eat lol I take diet coke
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Just be firm and confident with your friend about your choice not to drink.
I have friends in my apartment building who don’t drink and I don’t either.
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I’m sure they won’t mind. If you don’t want to drink then keep to it
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