excuses for not drinking

I hate that my job requires alcohol and dinners! We are all going out tonight to celebrate the end of the fiscal year. I just told my friend that I am on medication and don't want to go. But everybody is going even my bosses, and some people are going to all ask me why I am not drinking. I am only 4-5 weeks! I always drink when I go out.

Was anyone else in this situation? What did you do?

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I just said I really wasn't feeling well.

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Just say you are on antibiotics - maybe Cipro thats a strong one, and your Dr told you no booze

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* On Antibiotics
* On a Strict Diet / workout routine
* Detoxing your body
* Drank too much this weekend and are still gun-shy

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Detox is a good one!

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Can you say you are training for a big run or something? I might say I am in training and work out early in the mornings and drinking at night has been affecting my performance so I am just laying off temporarily.

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To be honest, if you really don't want anyone asking questions or starting whispers order something that looks like a drink and nurse it.

The medication thing never works.

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This happened with me! OK, here's the trick - corner the waitress or bartender (write a small note to slip to bartender if need be). Ask him to make you a seltzer with cranberry juice and put a lime in it. Tell people you are drinking a vodka tonic with a splash of cranberry. If someone gets the drink for you just say something like "Oh I need another lime" go to the bar, wink at your bartender buddy and he will fix it for you. This worked for me for 3 big business trips where I "partied" with all beer guzzling men for about 20 days on the road. Works like a charm!

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thanks girls.

They all know that I usually just drink wine, and sometimes a beer.

I am a HORRIBLE lier! I just told my friend here that I have a bladder infection and can't drink and I am on antibiotics. he said how do you get that? I said that I dodn't know!

Now I jsut heard that my group is not going tonight and I just wasted that good excuse for nothing!!

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I had moments when I would order a regular drink, have a glass of wine or a beer in my hand and just not drink it. Fake it. If you are all socializing at a bar, you could even take it into the bathroom and pour some out occasionally to make it look like you are drinking!

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Can you get there in advance and order a drink to have in hand? Maybe a pelligrino with a lime - you could say it's gin & tonic.

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That's a tough one but I would go with the antibiotic story....

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when I was younger it was discovered I had elevated liver enzymes. I was told to stay away from alcohol for 6 months to a year. So you could always use that as an excuse. Say you went for your yearly checkup and the doctor adviced you not to drink for a few months.

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While it is a legitimate excuse, the antibiotic story doesn't really fly because people immediately assume you are pregnant.

If you really want to keep your pregnancy a secret you need to order a drink, keep bringing it up to your lips and pretend you are drinking. Don't be afraid to be seen doing it! Obviously, you will not be swallowing anything, just looking like you do, KWIM?

I did it all the time with both my pregnancies. It's a good move to master if you are not ready to reveal but go to a lot of social or family (especially family ) functions where people will be wondering.

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i would get a beer and nurse it

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I had a wedding I had to go to right after I found out I was pregnant. The whole night I ordered seltzer with a lime so it looked like I was drinking my regular Vodka tonics.

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I just recently went through this but with a good group of friends. We were away all together and I wasn't drinking. I used the antibiotics line but they didn't take it. They haunted me for two days and then I gave in and told them. So I m8ust be a really bad lier too.

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taking antibiotics

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I got away with it with friends who know i would usually drink by getting cranberry juice instead of cranberry & vodka........if you usually drink wine its a bit tougher, what about grape juice? or you could be designated driver? or detoxing from a bad night the night before

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i would say you have a sinus infection and the medication is making you sick.

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Tell the you drank last night, or have a headache, or on antiobiotics and cant have alcohol with them!!

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I went to a wedding when I was hiding my pregnancy and ordered a bud light (it's a dark bottle) and just kept bringing it to my lips and pretending i was drinking. Nobody could really see that the beer was still full.