9 Reasons Drinkers Are Jealous Of You Going Teetotal

If you have gone teetotal recently or have been a teetotaler all your life, you must have experienced the ridicule drinkers pour on you when you declare your abstinence from alcohol.

You know the drill.

The obnoxious laugh they share with an implied message that you are not cool, the jokes about you being a mama’s boy, and the constant barrage of “what’s wrong with you” looks by the corner of your friends’ eyes.

It’s no illusion. Drinkers loathe people around them who are teetotal.

And underneath that hate, is driven by jealousy and envy.

Here’s why.

1) They lack the will to quit

I find it hypocrisy at the very highest level when drinkers ask smokers why they don’t quit when they themselves cannot harness enough willpower to stay away from booze.

Deep down casual drinkers and alcoholics know that alcohol will destroy their body.

They know they should stop drinking, and yet unable to enforce the discipline to do so.

The fact that you have accomplished it ignites the envy in them. And they have no shame in trying to get you on cheap beer again… so that they feel less inferior.

If anything it shows that you are stronger than them on the inside.

2) You don’t need to drink to look cool

If you haven’t heard of it, one of the main reasons people drink is to look cool and be cool.

Somehow the adolescent urge to buy beer at the convenient store before they reached the legal drinking age has followed them into adulthood.

Teenagers drink to look cool and add that little bit of edge to their facade.

By staying away from alcohol, you have deep inner game that reveal that you do not need cocktails to look cool and socialize.

On a medieval battlefield, it would be like all warriors wielding a sword and armor while you are basically bashing the enemy with your bare knuckles.

You don’t need a drink to showcase your manhood or womanhood.

3) You don’t need to get high to socialize

One of the biggest fears in people is the fear to talk to others especially with strangers and those they are not familiar with.

This especially the case when contemplating whether to chat up a beautiful girl.

Alcohol and getting high can help to mask that timidness in people and create an illusion of courage.

It also serves as a convenient excuse to look foolish after having advances rejected… cause they were high and didn’t know what they were doing as they were not themselves…

You on the other hand, are so comfortable with yourself that you don’t need an alcoholic catalyst to start conversations and keep them interesting.

4) You are able to vividly recall exactly what happened at parties

People who get intoxicated all the time will know that the most stupid things are done when people get high.

It’s fun. And can create lasting memories to talk about for years to come.

But sometimes, events can be really embarrassing…

Having someone who is sober around means having someone capable of clearly remembering what exactly happened.

Those who have made a fool of themselves will have little alibi as you are a key sober witness to everything that happened.

No one will be able to question you of the authenticity of events when you point out the person who pooped on the floor.

Better yet. You will never be that person.

5) You are the only one who can drive home with peace of mind

Drink driving is a serious offense.

Pedestrians, other drivers on the road, passengers, and you can get seriously hurt in an accident.

This why police patrols are constantly setting up road blocks and patrols and night to prevent and deter drunk drivers.

Getting caught driving under the influence of alcohol can mean harsh financial penalties and even jail time.

That’s just the good part. It would be worst if there’s an accident with injuries or death involved.

By going teetotal, you will have no fear of flashing red and blue lights appearing on your rear view mirror.

Yet get to drive home with peace of mind.

Drunks will either have to drive home cautiously, stay a the club till the morning when the alcohol in the blood dissipates, hire a cab or valet, or be a child and let others drive them home.

You basically become the only adult in the group.

6) You can have a productive day tomorrow

It’s almost a given that those who party the night away with liquor will have little left in the tank for anything else the day after.

It could look cool to go to school the next day with a hangover. But if you are a working adult, you are basically screwed.

Drunks might argue that they hate their jobs anyway… which is why they hate you even more.

You love your job enough that you don’t need to numb yourself to get through a work day.

You are living the life.

7) You have nothing to get drunk over

Getting hepped up is one of the most used methods by people to distract themselves from the real problems in life.

It could be a devastating love life, a financially crippling disaster, a stagnant career, or even a mother who constantly nags at everything.

Something you determine as a small issue can be seen as a huge problem to someone else.

Getting high on weed and wine can help one alleviate the suffering at least for a couple of hours… if it even helps.

By not drinking, it subtly communicates that you nothing in life is stressing you out so much that you need to douse yourself in controlled substances.

You are happy with your life and others will wonder how you got it all together.

8) You are not wasting money on drinks that are killing you

You must be living on a deserted island if you don’t know that alcoholic drinks are one of the most overpriced vices in a club.

For something that cost $20, you can usually buy at 7-Eleven for less than $5.

Even worse, it’s for a drink that is harming your liver.

Drinkers are effectively paying good money to kill themselves from the inside.

One disturbing reason why friends continue to urge you into drinking is so that you will be joining them in wasting money at obscenely-priced drinks that have no positive effects on the human body.

Deep down, they know that they are getting poorer with each jug… but would feel much better if they are able to drag you into the hole they have got themselves into.

Not only are you keeping more of your hard earned money, you are (in theory) healthier too.

9) You make more meaningful friends

Conversations with drunks seldom get meaningful.

Regular drinkers who only know how to hang out at bars and clubs might ridicule you for not having a life, but they know that they are the ones who don’t.

In fact, if you only became a teetotaller in recent years, you might even start to question why you are hanging out with certain people in the first place.

You have nothing in common. And it just seems that those were friends who can accompany you so that you didn’t have to drink alone at the bar.

This might be a trigger for your to start reaching out to long lost friends or make new ones who actually has something going on in life.

You will start filling up your schedule with more meaningful events and outings that are more fun rather than stuffing your mouth with beer and pretending to love each other.

This is the ultimate jealousy drinkers will have over teetotalers.