Funny, i went from the typical culturally alcoholic or at the very least binge drinking Brit to having a drink only when ‘forced’ to by circumstances which equates to one or two pints every few years when I visit Liverpool, my birthplace.
I feel culturally American now though and huge part of that is feeling alienated, pressured and ridiculed when back in the UK because of my refusal of alcohol.
I don’t even talk about it or ‘holier than thou’ about it or even care at all about others drinking but many people back there see it as a personal insult if I choose not to drink. Even if i sneak a Shandy or 0% beer.
So weird to me now but I was fully part of that culture until aged 28. I even remember ‘jokingly’ bullying people into drinking to excess.
I’m now 46 and have been in the USA since 2005 full time.
Three older relatives died of liver disease.
I met one uncle at the pub last month.
He’s yellow.
I feel culturally American now though and huge part of that is feeling alienated, pressured and ridiculed when back in the UK because of my refusal of alcohol.
I don’t even talk about it or ‘holier than thou’ about it or even care at all about others drinking but many people back there see it as a personal insult if I choose not to drink. Even if i sneak a Shandy or 0% beer.
So weird to me now but I was fully part of that culture until aged 28. I even remember ‘jokingly’ bullying people into drinking to excess.
I’m now 46 and have been in the USA since 2005 full time.
Three older relatives died of liver disease.
I met one uncle at the pub last month.
He’s yellow.