Originally Posted by Kirsteen

I don't believe that a big, muscly masculine man in great shape needs to hide behind all that booze. You can have an equally good time without it - maybe better. You don't need to tell people you're cutting it down. Just don't drink so fast, ask for a pint of water with a straight spirit, opt out of some of the rounds, and if people keep buying you beer, wander off with the beer in your hand and leave it somewhere else so folk don't realise you're not drinking it. I'm female, so it's easy for me to choose not to drink, but when I was out regularly in bars, I'd have guys spilling their drinks over me, burning me with their fags, trying to chat me up while barely able to string a proper sentence together, and generally looking (and sounding) like idiots. Not a pretty sight, however well-toned their pecs were.