"Can I get you a drink?" *excuses*

[sim1]

I am an epileptic, (no really)
so i had to think of great reasons to not drink, without saying why,

No thanks, I am on antibiotics
No thanks I'm driving
No thanks my yoga teacher says its bad for me
no thanks my tai chi teacher syas it interferes with my chi energy
No thanks my buddhist master says its bad karma
No it intereferes with my anti psychotic meds
i just dont like it lately
mind your business
my father was an alcoholic
i'm morally against binge drinking
i'm only 17!!
i just had one before i drove here
sorry i've been drinking all day
i've had a liver transplant
in a past life i was a drunk prostitute , i'm trying to make it right,
oh do you drink do you?
sorry i leave the drinking and swearing to my husband

[thepixie]

"No thanks, I'm on a list for a liver transplant and if I drink I'll go straight to the bottom"
(sorry sim1 you beat me to it)
Or if you really want to scare people you could get that zealous look in your eye and tell them you're in 'recovery' and invite them to an AA meeting........

[AngelPunks]

the voices in my head say alcohol is good, but my psychologist says the voices in my head are wrong and I shouldn't listen to them

[Meli]

Ok, but I"m only having one tonight because I'm driving, actually let me get this round.
& then you can get a fake drink, or if they don't let you get the round accept it but just don't drink it, carry it around for a while & then 'loose' it.

or "Actually I'm really thirsty can I just get a water / lemonade etc"

[myson]

I have done the thirsty one too Meli....

i better have a water first to quench my thirst, otherwise i might scull the wine and be on my ear...

then get your own later...

[TreeTops]

Something I did once was to approach the bar person straight away and explain the situation to them. I said that if anyone tries to buy me a drink they'll order a vodka, lime and soda or a gin and tonic, and could the bar person please exclude the alcohol? Bear in mind this was a session which started at 2pm, so it was pretty quiet at the time. This trick would fail of course if there was anyone else in the round who wanted the same drink as you. I tried to stay out of rounds and just got DH to buy our drinks, so I would clearly ask him to get me a G&T, and he would just get the T.

Most of the time I say I'm driving.

I've got a friend who knows I've been TTC, but doesn't know I'm pregnant. She's also TTC so abstains herself in the TWW. If she notices I've been 'driving' a lot I'll just say I'm in the TWW.

[Smoke Jaguar]

The water one reminded me! I'm often under-hydrated, so when I was pregnant I used to say "Actually, I haven't drunk water at all today and I'm feeling dehydrated, drink will make it worse". Seems to have worked...no-one saw the announcement coming