Drinking and Your Records

Anthony Walsh

How long have you gone with out having a drink?
I honestly don't think it was ever more than 4 days.

Also what is the longest binge drinking you have done? You can state in hours or days, and im not talking about going out friday night and going to bed and sleeping till 4 and then going out saturday. I mean continuous without stopping.

And Longest run in days of drinking like the last one but doesn't matter if you slept it off or not.

Dravokivich

Off the booze: 1 year, didn't drink at all when I was 20...

On the Booze: not proud of this... but from Nov 07 - Feb / March 08. not entirelly sure when I stopped... Knocked back about €7,000 euro... feel like a sap for doing that...

Kiera

I've gone a few months without having a drink. I'm not too fussed on getting hammered anymore (old age).

Longest binge was about 3 days i think. I'd die now if i tried even 24 hours.

Lux23

I normally only drink once a week so a week I guess.

orourkeda

Anthony Walsh wrote: »

How long have you gone with out having a drink?
I honestly don't think it was ever more than 4 days.

Also what is the longest binge drinking you have done? You can state in hours or days, and im not talking about going out friday night and going to bed and sleeping till 4 and then going out saturday. I mean continuous without stopping.

And Longest run in days of drinking like the last one but doesn't matter if you slept it off or not.

I didnt start drinking until I was twenty. I've gone off it for lent a few times since.

I've done a few weekenders but nothing mad

Banned Account

Don't really drink during the week - at the weekends I'll have a few depending on the occasion but I can take it or leave it at this stage.

Back in my days of youth t'was a different story - longest binge? About 3 years from 18-21 - don't remember much of it, but I think I had sex at some stage:o

joe316

Not meant to be a dig at the OP

I get so depressed when I hear that at lent, people struggle so much to keep off the drink for the 40 days or cant go two weekends without a drink, are we as a nationso addicted to the stuff? Or are we so boring that we cant come up with something else to do.

Now I like a drink and have many a night where I wish I stopped hours earlier but dont understand why people see it as the only thing to do or their lives arent worth it if they have gone a certain amount of time without a drink.

bonerm

6.5 months (so far)

off - probably a couple of years. longer if you count that the only break was half a pint

on - few hours probably.

Same as poster above - I get depressed hearing about people proudly announcing it's been x days or even x weeks off alcohol. You sound like addicts, and yeah it's a problem...

bonerm

bluewolf wrote: »

off - probably a couple of years. longer if you count that the only break was half a pint

on - few hours probably.

Same as poster above - I get depressed hearing about people proudly announcing it's been x days or even x weeks off alcohol. You sound like addicts, and yeah it's a problem...

Screw you maaaann! I can quit quittin' any time I like.....

Eddie Ere

EvErY NiGhT oN tHe ToWn WiV mEh GiRlIeZ. bacardi breezers all night lolz xox

Banned Account

What's with all the preachin'?

L.Jenkins

Quit the drink two years ago. Couldn't be bothered forking out loads of cash to feel like shít the next day. The longest session I had was about 4 - 6 hours but spaced out the drink.

Bonito

Ever play centurion?

Apart from the Leaving Cert and being sick a couple of times, I doubt i've went a week without drink since I was 16.. Even the exams in college were good craic.

Anthony Walsh

Jaysus I was expecting something along the lines of a week long binge, Fitzcaraldo props to you for your 3 year:cool:. To be honest I could go off the drink if i wanted, over the last 3 weeks or so I had a can for UFC, a can for the World Cup and had a few beers because I had relations down from Belfast and have no intention of anything crazy soon. And before that I used to be a mess every friday and saturday. I had a 3 day binge or maybe 4 I honestly couldn't keep track of days.

kfallon

On a side note I hate people who think abstaining on Good Friday is something they can't do, you know the mad hysteria of having to go to the off licence on Thursday and buy 8 'slabs' of cans just cos the pubs aren't open that Friday, get over yourselves, it's one Friday without a drink, it's not armageddon!!!

And I wouldn't mind but it's often the people who rarely go out of a Friday anyway who are the ones stocking up for it!!!

To answer the OP, longest I've gone without a drink is probably a month, can do about two days solid drinking but then the the tiredness (and emotion ) kicks in!

Dravokivich

Dravokivich wrote: »

Off the booze: 1 year, didn't drink at all when I was 20...

On the Booze: not proud of this... but from Nov 07 - Feb / March 08. not entirelly sure when I stopped... Knocked back about 7,000 euro... feel like a sap for doing that...

Jesus.. So was your username a really drunken attempt at writing "i drunk all of it" ?

NothingMan

Longest without? Not sure, maybe 2 weeks. That may have only been a few beers in between but generally I like a drink at the weekends.

Longest session without sleep? 2 weeks ago I started frinking on a Friday at 7 and stopped the next mornig around midday. Probably have gone longer but not that I can remember. Once I decide I need sleep I'm gonna sleep.

Longest session with sleep? 4 days maybe. Festival or a long weekend. I do it surprisingly often, especially this year so far. It's been a very party filled year. Was even out last night and off down to Carlow drinking for the weekend. I'm gonna see Jedward in Dunbrody so God knows I'll need to be hammered to get through that.

mojesius

same as above, can't remember the exact days although it included a night out, boozy flight to NYC, new years party and brunch that carried on.. for a while. I've gone 2/3 months without a drink when I was studying. I do enjoy a snifter of port every once in a while and lots of... PINTS. :eek:

magicface1

2 and a half years. Between 20 and 23ish best thing I ever diid...

Dravokivich

kfallon wrote: »

On a side note I hate people who think abstaining on Good Friday is something they can't do, you know the mad hysteria of having to go to the off licence on Thursday and buy 8 'slabs' of cans just cos the pubs aren't open that Friday, get over yourselves, it's one Friday without a drink, it's not armageddon!!!

Its the fact that the choice is not there for those who want to, due to a religion... 1 I'm not associated with...

Deleted User wrote: »

Jesus.. So was your username a really drunken attempt at writing "i drunk all of it" ?

Haha, not exactly.

NothingMan

kfallon wrote: »

On a side note I hate people who think abstaining on Good Friday is something they can't do, you know the mad hysteria of having to go to the off licence on Thursday and buy 8 'slabs' of cans just cos the pubs aren't open that Friday, get over yourselves, it's one Friday without a drink, it's not armageddon!!!

Well most good Friday's there's a million excellent house parties going on so you need to have some beer. It's still a Friday night after all and people enjoy drinking on the weekends. The fact pubs are closed means lots of sessions, which are better anyway.

Why should people abstain? Weekends are short enough.

W.Shakes-Beer

Eddie Ere wrote: »

EvErY NiGhT oN tHe ToWn WiV mEh GiRlIeZ. bacardi breezers all night lolz xox

I swear to God, the amount of Irish women who actually go on like the above, develop a whole new language and sound as if they're going back to childhood.

Disclaimer: thats some women and not all.

minidazzler

Probably about a month-6weeks off the booze at one stage.

Longest binge, 3 days straight drinking, with nothing but blackout sleeps in between. Longest time spent drinking every day heavily, 2.5 weeks.

Eoin

I reckon I've gone about a month totally dry, but I regularly go a couple of months with just a glass or two of wine at a weekend.

I've never done a solid binge for a few days. My longest session including sleeping it off was probably a two week lads' holidays in the Canaries about 10 years ago, but even then I wasn't able to go mad every night.

kfallon wrote: »

On a side note I hate people who think abstaining on Good Friday is something they can't do, you know the mad hysteria of having to go to the off licence on Thursday and buy 8 'slabs' of cans just cos the pubs aren't open that Friday, get over yourselves, it's one Friday without a drink, it's not armageddon!!!

I think the point of it is that people would like the choice.

Rabies

Longest is prob 20hrs or so of drinking. But early part of the day is easy casual drinks, like one or two an hour.

Longest with out having a drink is somewhere about 3-4 months. Can go for longer if I want. No biggie to stop, but I do enjoy party life at times

petes

Not drinking? No idea.


Longesest drinking would probably be 24 hours. Did a whole weekend once but there was more than drink involved.

Oh and Kiera what are you talking about old age for?

Kiera

Insurgent wrote: »

Oh and Kiera what are you talking about old age for?

I am old (30), cant do benders anymore

cherryghost

Anyone counting the days since their last drop of alcohol is obviously an alcoholic

biko

Usually off it for February and/or Lent so about a month I guess.
It's been years since I went out two days in a row.
If I'm out on a Friday I stay in Sat and Sun, have responsibilities now.

AAAAAAAHHH

Kiera wrote: »

I am old (30), cant do benders anymore

Homophobe.

petes

cherryghost wrote: »

Anyone counting the days since their last drop of alcohol is obviously an alcoholic

Obviously.

NothingMan

cherryghost wrote: »

Anyone counting the days since their last drop of alcohol is obviously an alcoholic

Almost 12 hours now. I'm starting to get the shakes.

no1beemerfan

I was only ever hungover once and it was such a rotten experience and a waste of the next day I swore I'd never do it again. Don't see the point at all. That must be nearly 10 years ago at this stage.

kfallon

Kiera wrote: »

I am old (30), cant do benders anymore

Phnarr, phnarr!!!
Seriously, I'm now 31 and I'd say my ability to hold my drink is better than it ever was. Until about a year ago I used to spend 4 or 5 nights in the pub but decided to clean up my act, get fit and lose a bit of weight which I've done. Now I mostly stick to all day Saturday and maybe an odd Friday night. Defo think I'd rather be on an all day binge in my current state than back when I was 19/20

MoodeRator

Kiera wrote: »

I am old (30), cant do benders anymore

Call THAT old? you are just a pup:)
You should still be well able!

longest without approx 6 days.
longest conitnuous (no sleep) approx 26hrs.
longest continous (with sleep) need clarification on ruules please. if a drink every day counts then prob from age of 17 through to 25

petes

kfallon wrote: »

Phnarr, phnarr!!!
Seriously, I'm now 31 and I'd say my ability to hold my drink is better than it ever was. Until about a year ago I used to spend 4 or 5 nights in the pub but decided to clean up my act, get fit and lose a bit of weight which I've done. Now I mostly stick to all day Saturday and maybe an odd Friday night. Defo think I'd rather be on an all day binge in my current state than back when I was 19/20

I do the whole day Saturday these days too. If I tried it when I was 19/20 I'd be home twisted by 3 o'clock!!

Hasmunch

no1beemerfan wrote: »

I was only ever hungover once and it was such a rotten experience and a waste of the next day I swore I'd never do it again. Don't see the point at all. That must be nearly 10 years ago at this stage.

You need to push through that initial pain..... and thats when it gets oh so good

kfallon

Insurgent wrote: »

I do the whole day Saturday these days too. If I tried it when I was 19/20 I'd be home twisted by 3 o'clock!!

Saturdays are great, up to the pub for the early football kick off, racing on too, few bets, few beers, evening football and then town after that, fooking magic!

bonerm

Kiera wrote: »

I am old (30), cant do benders anymore

It's not the years, it's the milage.

citizen_p

off...2 - 3 weeks at a time since i first really started

on.... 3 days, well 2 and 1/2 at oxegen (i fell asleep standing up in the crowd at black eyed peas because i was up since 12 on thursday)

Kiera

kfallon wrote: »

Phnarr, phnarr!!!
Seriously, I'm now 31 and I'd say my ability to hold my drink is better than it ever was. Until about a year ago I used to spend 4 or 5 nights in the pub but decided to clean up my act, get fit and lose a bit of weight which I've done. Now I mostly stick to all day Saturday and maybe an odd Friday night. Defo think I'd rather be on an all day binge in my current state than back when I was 19/20

I've lost quite a bit of weight too and find i cant drink nearly as much as i used to.

RE: the old thing: I just cant do 3 day hangovers anymore. I was away last weekend at a wedding and drank 4 days in a row and am still paying for it today.

Rabies

Kiera wrote: »

I am old (30), cant do benders anymore

Same age here.
Find it very tough to drink two nights in a row.
Hurts me. Plus it gets very very expensive.
I now I a thing called rent and bills to pay

ScumLord

My longest drinking session was around 10 days. Birthday on the 15th of march, then paddies day, then over to the UK to see a Man U game, I decided to keep drinking the whole time to ward off the horrible comedown so I could go to Manchester. I was in some state on the plane coming home. My skin was cracking open and bleeding. Good times.

Apart from time away from the stuff, my actual drinking record is two bottles of buckfast in half an hour through a beer bong in four halves.
Recommended weekly units is 21 and I got in 22.5 in thirty mins. Didn't get sick till next day, just passed out for a while.

kfallon

Kiera wrote: »

I've lost quite a bit of weight too and find i cant drink nearly as much as i used to.

*high five*

no, no scrap that

*big tens*

Well played, nice darts!

Brendog

I've been drinking for 19 years non stop.......thank god water is free

Kiith

I went 16 years without a drink once.

Its been 5 days since i've had a drink, and i'll be having some more tomorrow. Biggest bender i've had was in Prague 4 years ago. 5 days of pretty much non-stop drinking. Can't do that anymore though. My wallet/kidney's cant handle it.

moonpurple

currently: 5 years plus
moderate to none at all:pac:

fck you drink companies I aint gonna be one of your bitches

Eddie Ere

5 Days straight with sleep, from eleven in the morning until about two or three that night. The day you stop is horrible, get the shakes and then your in the horrors! It was Rag week though so a special effort was put in.