What part of "I don't drink alcohol" do you not understand?

[Jester]

There is no reason why I don't drink other than choosing not to.

Which is a perfectly valid reason not to drink.

Being a CC cannot drink while out and have to stay out of bars.

What is a CC?

[pitmonkey]

canceled carry

[JustaCashier]

What is a CC?

Concealed/Carry?

Mike

ETA: Ooooops! Didn't see that pitmonkey had already answered that!

[Broomjockey]

canceled carry

Okay, so what's a canceled carry?

[aurelemsrealm]

I don't drink all the time, but will indulge when the situation seems appropriate and I decide I want alcohol. So, I might drink a beer or two at home before bedtime, or a beer with dinner when I go out. Beer and wine cooler beverages are my usual choice for alcohol, but I will sometimes opt for a glass of wine or mixed drink. I don't do shots because straight liquor tears my stomach up, and I don't want to deal with 3 a.m., heartburn. I rarely ever go to bars since most of my family and friends drink very little or not at all. The few who do drink prefer to drink at home or with dinner like me. I usually just buy myself a case of beer or whatever I decide I want to try, and do my drinking at home in front of the TV or computer so I don't have to worry about the hassles of drinking and driving or trying to get home from a bar.

As for tobacco use, I grew up in a family of smokers, so I developed the smoking habit when I was single and on my own. When my wife and I started dating, she adamantly expressed her dislike for smoking, so I just did it away from her. When we got married, she started harping on me to give up cigarettes. It was one of our ugliest battles to date. For a while, we were at a stand off on that particular subject while we could agree on anything and everything else. I refused to give it up entirely, and offered to compromise by not smoking around her, in the home, in her car, or around the kids. She would not hear of it, and insisted that I quit entirely. I refused to give it up entirely, especially at work since customers and bosses often do suck and create stress. So, for a while I had sneak around to buy myself a pack of cigarettes, and be creative about hiding them so she wouldn't find them and harp on me for smoking. I loved her, but I wasn't interested in giving up smoking even though it's an unhealthy habit. I tried smokeless products like Skoal pouches/bandits as an alternative, but that wasn't for me because I find the need to spit disgusting. Just the thought of having to spit and carry a spit can was enough to make me puke. So, I settled for sneaking around with cigarettes for a while longer. She even threatened to leave when she found one pack of cigarettes I'd hidden. Finally, my store got a trial display of Stonewall dissolvable tobacco tablets with some samples. I tried it, and that seemed an acceptable alternative since I didn't have to spit and I could get a nicotine fix without smoking. I hid them from my wife at first, then got careless. She found them one day, and asked me what they were and why I had them. I braced myself for what I thought was going to be a no tobacco products rant, but she just listened as I told her how I felt about her imposition of a smoking ban. It was bad enough that I was considering leaving if she didn't back off and accept my compromise not to do it around her or in the house. I felt as strongly about that as she felt about no smoking. It just served to stress me out even more, and make me want it that much more. As I said, it was a very ugly battle of wills between two very independent and stubborn individuals. Yes, I know smoking is a bad, unhealthy habit, but don't hassle me about it! So, she and I did some online research together about the Stonewalls, and she finally said she was okay with that if it made me happy because at least I wasn't smoking when I used them and I was more bearable to be around. The Stonewalls didn't catch on, and they became hard to find as local stores dropped them. I had to order them online to keep my supply stocked at home. That got difficult at times when I ran low. I slipped into sneaking an occasional pack of cigarettes to supplement my nicotine habit that I refused to give up once again. So, again smoking became an issue. I didn't learn about Swedish snus until Camel SNUS came out. Now that you can get Camel SNUS at several local convenience stores, the issue has again calmed down. I just recently found out that the local Kroger stores are now carrying Stonewalls, too. I just hated it when Walgreens decided to stop carrying Stonewalls before Camel SNUS caught on around here.