Alchomoholification?

cocoa

I've found some of the best nights out I've had were fairly sober house parties, where it wasn't that loud and we weren't that hammered. We were all sober enough to have amazing craic and actually make good jokes, instead of drinking enough to think just about anything was funny.

Stayed up til 7am last Thursday having banter in a mates house. Excellent stuff

JC 2K3

Alcohol is a nice drug. It can be used in many different social contexts in varying amounts. Not being able to enjoy oneself without it is a bad thing in some respects, but considering that boozing is the primary form of recreation in this country, it's not so bad. Personally, variety being the spice of life and all, I think being able to enjoy both being sober and drunk is something to aspire to (I also find it quite depressing that the only recreational drug a lot of people will ever try is alcohol, though I won't go into that here).

As for my drinking habits, I tend to go in waves. I never say to myself I'm not going to drink on a night out, I just go with the flow and drink if I feel I want to, and sometimes this means not drinking at all. For example, if I go out dancing in a club with music I like, I often don't bother, since that's something I can enjoy sober - although vodka and red bull can be a nice inhibition freeing, energy buzz inducing drink, which goes well with dancing.

Insect Overlord

I took the Pledge at my Confirmation, but within 2 years of secondary school I had pretty much given up on Christianity. I still wanted to stay away from alcohol until I turned 18, just to prove that it could be done, and used that as my motivation as I moved away from any kind of religious belief.

On the day of my 18th I shared a beer with my dad, my first taste of alcohol since Christmas the year I was 12. I had a small party with my friends and only drank one pint and a tiny glass of cheap champagne. In the 30 months since then I've only been properly drunk twice. I've also been fairly tipsy on several other occasions, but not to the same degree as those 2 particular sessions (both with college buddies. Hmmm, rag week could be messy...).

There have been periods of several weeks to a month where I was off drink to keep fit for important GAA matches, and that's never caused any trouble for me. I got to know it was possible to have fun without drinking before I turned 18. That said, it seems that the best nights out are always the ones when we stay out later and drink more than we had originally planned.

fonpokno

Acacia wrote: »

I don't usually get hungover. I've yet to experience the 'I Want To Die' feeling my friends have complained about- woo!

I used to never ever ever get hangovers but then one night, after a boards function with a lot of very generous people I wanted to die. Didn't drink for about 3 months afterwards. I'm now even more of a lightweight than I was before but i barely drink now. 2 glasses of West Coast Cooler and I'm well on my way to being floored.

Diriculous.

I agree with blixa though, it's entirely possible to have a fantastic night without alcohol. You can dance the night away without stumbling into everyone else around and you know when to change into your flat shoes so your feet aren't crippled beyond belief the next morning. Also it's much easier to sneak into the house at 4.30 in the morning when you can control your feet and remember to take of your noisy shoes in the porch...

It's nice to have one or two every now and again. No need to get sh*t-faced.

Davidius

Water > Everything.

Oisinjm

Usually drink once a weekend, I seem to be immune to hangovers so woop!

Gavin "shels"

Used to drink twice a weekend, until money and the lack of studying for the Leaving, so me and my mates have cut back to one night a week now.

deleriumtremens

Love getting hammered meself, although to be honest it saddens me to see 15 years old doing likewise, it just dosent seem right.

Pyr0

I like going out when I can, it's a nice break from work to meet up with friends and have a few drinks, sure I get drunk but never TOO drunk..Well..Bar that time a few weeks ago..I wasn't *That* drunk though, It was what I had during the night that made me sick :pac:

You know you're sober when you actually care about half the burger on your trouser leg after a night out.

eVeNtInE

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Insect Overlord

I'm drunk right now! :pac:

Okay, I'm not really, but I was pretty tipsy when I logged on a while ago. Rag Week FTW :cool:

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

Thinking of giving the ol' booze a rest for a while actually. I've been a regular binge drinker for the past four years or so, and (I never thought I'd say this) the novelty is wearing off. Recently been hanging out with people who either don't drink or don't get ****faced, so I didn't either, and you know what? It was okay! Unfortunately most of my close group of friends drink like cirrhosis-ridden fish, so it's tricky

cautioner

Contrary to popular belief, alcohol is in fact satan's piss.

Insect Overlord

cautioner wrote: »

Contrary to popular belief, alcohol is in fact satan's piss.

FACT.

Lol.

Delta Kilo

thusspakeblixa wrote: »

I don't drink alcohol, never have and never will.
I don't need it. I don't need it socially, I don't need it to have fun, don't need it to "lose myself", and most certainly do not need it to act like a big eejit.

I have confidence in myself and as a result do not need alcohol.

Exactly how I feel. I just like to be in control of myself. I still have loads of fun and thankfully, most of my friends respect my decision. I still get the odd - "o he's a dry****e" or "he's no fun at all" comment but I just ignore them. Dosen't really bother me at all. I drive as well so its great coming out of a night club and just driving home. No queuing for taxis or anything and I save a lot of money because it costs €12 to get a taxi home for me.

Its nice to wake up the morning ever feeling really fresh and able to remember everything. (Although that can be somewhat of a disadvantage from time to time)

JC 2K3

cautioner wrote: »

Contrary to popular belief, alcohol is in fact satan's piss.

Really?

That guy must be constantly wasted...

SligoBrewer

John Keats wrote:

O for a draught of vintage! that hath been[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE] Cool'd a long age in the deep-delvèd earth,[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE] Tasting of Flora and the country-green,[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE] Dance, and Provençal song, and sunburnt mirth![SIZE=-2] [/SIZE] O for a beaker full of the warm South![SIZE=-2] 15[/SIZE] Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene,[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE] With beaded bubbles winking at the brim,[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE] And purple-stainèd mouth;[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE] That I might drink, and leave the world unseen,[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE] And with thee fade away into the forest dim:[SIZE=-2] 20[/SIZE] Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE] What thou among the leaves hast never known,[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE] The weariness, the fever, and the fret[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE] Here, where men sit and hear each other groan;[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE] Where palsy shakes a few, sad, last grey hairs,[SIZE=-2] 25[/SIZE] Where youth grows pale, and spectre-thin, and dies;[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE] Where but to think is to be full of sorrow[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE] And leaden-eyed despairs;[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE] Where beauty cannot keep her lustrous eyes,[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE] Or new Love pine at them beyond to-morrow.[SIZE=-2] 30[/SIZE] Away! away! for I will fly to thee,[SIZE=-2] [/SIZE] Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards,

I love booze.
Keats did too.
Thumbs up!

cautioner

Despite popular misconceptions, Keats was in fact satan's whore.

SligoBrewer

cautioner wrote: »

Despite popular misconceptions, Keats was in fact satan's whore.

Satan was in fact the notorious Adrienne Rich

Aisling(",)

cautioner wrote: »

Despite popular misconceptions, Keats was in fact satan's whore.

i believe it

depressing fecker:mad:

Insect Overlord

cautioner wrote: »

Despite popular misconceptions, Keats was in fact satan's whore.

What's with the sudden Satan obsession?

Aisling(",)

An File wrote: »

What's with the sudden Satan obsession?

he's got some cool threads and a nice warm toasty gaff to kick it in

Piste

Gah I thought you're not meant to get hangovers until your late twenties, but nono. I'd chalked my hangovers down to drinking way too much, which in fairness most of them have been. But on Valentine's day all I had were 2 glasses of (delicious!) wine in a restaurant then 2/3 champagne flutes of sparkling rosé back at the Boy's house and I still felt a bit groggy and queasy the next morning- no fair

Insect Overlord

That might have been down to dehydration.

Limerick Dude

Yeah I think drinking water and eating before going to bed can help with hangovers the next day but only to a certain extent. I know myself that i have a threshold, and once its crossed no amount of water and bacon double cheeseburgers is going to help my hangover the next day, just means ill be puking up alot more shít!

Diabhal Beag

SligoBrewer wrote: »

Satan was in fact the notorious Adrienne Rich

That crazy lesbian :eek:

Aisling(",)

i do like to go out and have a few drinks but i dont need it to have a good night.
that being said i still dont think id go out to a club if i wasnt drinking because when im sober drunk people are really annoying.

rainbow kirby

I've had a total of precisely one beer since New Year's. I think I broke my inner drinker then - had way too much to drink and had the "holy crap, I want to die" feeling for the first time in years. I also can't afford it, and given that I'm trying to lose weight I'm better off with a diet 7up or a diet coke when I'm out.

Ginja Ninja

cautioner wrote: »

Contrary to popular belief, alcohol is in fact satan's piss.

do you drink from the bottle?_{sorry,I had to}

Insect Overlord

Limerick Dude wrote: »

Yeah I think drinking water and eating before going to bed can help with hangovers the next day but only to a certain extent. I know myself that i have a threshold, and once its crossed no amount of water and bacon double cheeseburgers is going to help my hangover the next day, just means ill be puking up alot more shít!

I hope the birthday/the morning after went well!