That last line definitely had me

Beer is nothing but a big ton of useless calories. You might as well just velcro the bottles or cans to your butt or your gut.

Not to mention alcohol doesn't tend to make people terribly pleasant to be around. As a non-drinking person all my life drinkers have no idea how asinine and/or annoying they are after only a couple of drinks.

And kissing someone with beer breath? UGH!

Nothing wrong with enjoying a beer every once in awhile, but the people around you and your bathroom scale will thank you for giving it up.

Personally, beer in particular is the one alcoholic drink I could never understand how people could bear to drink it. It stinks like hell and tastes worse. Blech!

I've never liked liquor or wine, but I developed a taste for beer when I was a teenager.

or something similar such as it's an acquired taste. I just can't understand how one willing drinks something gross until they decide it isn't gross anymore. I'd be stopping at the first gross taste of anything. Which is probably why I've never been a drinker. Don't like the taste of any of it, but beer is by far the worst to me.

Kind of odd for a bartender, I know.

Getting a feel for what a few beers can do to your state of mind also helps in acquiring a taste for it. Even though alcohol is all the same no matter the drink, different types of drinks produce a little different kind of buzz. That is, until you get shit-faced. Then it's all the same.

Can I assume you were drinking full calorie (not light) beer?

I switched to light beer for a short time and then I gave it up entirely.

Recently I was sick enough to be in the hospital. The doctors told me my kidney infection would have killed me if I hadn't done something about it. One of the things that happened because of it was that I quit drinking altogether. It's been over a month and the very thought of drinking makes my skin crawl and shiver. I've also lost weight and I'm sure hoping that now that I'm not sick anymore I can lose more weight.

Keep it up!