Drinking Habits

Aidric

I, like many others I'm sure have gone through many phases of drinking. I went through the regular binge drinking phase for a lot of college, progressed to the getting sloshed every weekend phase through the early to mid twenties. Now in my late twenties I drink in moderation, albeit regularly enough. I'd have a bottle or two of beer or glass of wine at home most nights kicking back but I might only go out two weekends in a month or if there is an occasion. Even at that I wouldn't be necking 'em like I used to.

How would you describe your current drinking habits, on average? Answers will of course be somewhat reflective of age I guess.

Sheeps

Crap poll. There's no option for large amount couple of nights a week.

Uriel.

I don't drink

Sheeps wrote: »

Crap poll. There's no option for large amount couple of nights a week.

Alcoholic?

My name is URL

There's no "I'm an alcoholic but not yet ready to admit it on a forum" option

Fail :pac:

Sheeps

Uriel. wrote: »

Alcoholic?

No, you can drink a lot of alcohol with out being an addict.

Uriel.

I don't drink

Mostly weekends and perhaps one night a week.

Only thing is, when I drink.. I generally tend to REALLY drink!

I go through phases though, mightn't touch a drop in months on end. It all depends how my social life is going. I don't tend to drink at home unless there are friends/family over.

I have been going out an awful loooot lately, so much going on... so for the past 2 months or so I probably qualify as being an alcoholic. I'll be a pioneer when the social life settles down again probably.

Uriel.

I don't drink

Sheeps wrote: »

No, you can drink a lot of alcohol with out being an addict.

Unless you're in denial and don't recognise your dependence!

Aidric

small amount every night

My name is URL wrote: »

There's no "I'm an alcoholic but not yet ready to admit it on a forum" option

Fail :pac:

How are those AA meetings going?

Terry

I don't drink

Hi! My name is Terry and I'm an alcoholic.

I've been drunk for about 350 nights over the past year. I like to break stuff.

PeterIanStaker

I'm an alcoholic

Your not an alcoholic until youre drinking mouthwash and nail polish remover.

. . . that you've shoplifted.

JONJO THE MISER

I get really hammered around twice a week in the pub and then 3 days/nights of the week i either have 1 or 2 bottles of wine or a 8 pack of Beamish.

drakshug

weekends only

I have a drink every night. Usually about 4 pints minimum. I like it.

I go to work, help the kids with their homework, do all the usual stuff, live my life and have a bevvy every night. Been doing that for all my adult life and I am not an alkie. Then again it is normal where I come from.

WesternNight

Closest option is I don't drink.

Snowie

I'm an alcoholic

i only drink in pubs, drinking at home on your own,.........


No thanks....

alwaysadub

Go out drinking about once a month at this stage...really have to start getting a life:o

starbelgrade

I'm an alcoholic

I wonder where the inspiration for this thread came from?

Aidric

small amount every night

starbelgrade wrote: »

I wonder where the inspiration for this thread came from?

I can assure you that wasn't the inspiration.


*although subconsciously maybe, hhhhmmmm*

Dudess

One night in the pub most weeks, more than one night a week would be a rarity for me and I'm not at all able for two nights in a row. When I go out though, I can get quite drunk (not every single time but quite a lot of the time - I never mix drinks though, vodka and diet Coke only) and I generally wouldn't stay in by choice on a weekend.

minidazzler

I'm an alcoholic

I'm a heavy weekday drinker, not every weekday, but it is when I drink most often.

Probably be classed as a drunkard, but not an alcoholic!

Seloth

small amount every night

Oh the joy of being a student

strokemyclover

I'm an alcoholic

Poll should have included a Toiseach-related option. No one ever considers na Taoisigh!

starlit

I'm an alcoholic

I'd have the odd drink during the week and during the weekend at home but would mainly go out at the weekends for a few drinks. Don't go out every weekend but go out what ever weekend I can manage. Maybe once a week sometimes or say every once every two weekends or say once or twice in a given month depends.

Terry

I don't drink

I love Velvet Sky (on the right).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emnu-zDZ62k

starbelgrade

I'm an alcoholic

I drink a pint of heroin every afternoon at about 3pm.

Terry

I don't drink

starbelgrade wrote: »

I drink a pint of heroin every afternoon at about 3pm.

Nice one.
I drink about a pint of heroine* every Friday.
Her name is Ming Lee.


*Misused words on boards thread.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

I'm an alcoholic

I was drinking about 5/6 nights a week till I started working, now that I'm working I can't afford to....
Somethings not right there.....

Prof.Badass

I'm an alcoholic

Reccomended drinking guidelines annoy me.

They seem to think alcohol is some sort of tasty drink people want to enjoy like a cup of tea and ignore the fact that many/most people (myself included) instead see it as a drug they take to help them forget their troubles and enjoy themselves for a short while.

I'd be inclined to think it's easier to avoid addiction with sporadic binge drinking than regular drinking, even if it's in smaller amounts. Therefore, even though it's less healthy i actually think it's the more resposible way of drinking (unless you drink to excess. A technical "binge" is not "in excess" for most guys).

AnnyHallsal

small amount every night

I used to binge drink a brutal amount twice a week. Now I'm heading towards thirty I've swapped to half a bottle of wine or the equivalent three or four nights a week. I hope that's progress, though it does concern one ..

orourkeda

I don't drink

Get sh*tters as often as possible.

Liam Byrne

Crap poll.

There's no "small amount the odd night" option, so I can't vote.

And what does "weekends only" mean ? Small amount @ weekends, moderate amount @ weekends, or "I'm one of those idiots who goes out and gets ratarsed" ?

psycho-hope

I'm an alcoholic

can go weeks without a drink, never drink at home and how much i drink on a night out depends who im with

fonecrusher1

I'm an alcoholic

Im strictly a weekend drinker.

Nothing to do with wanting to be healthier or anything. It just facilitates my need to look down on people who drink during the week. You vile bunch, its a matter of time till you end up on the street suckin on cheap wine in your grubby cardboard boxes.:mad:

the_dark_side

a bottle of wine a night

Aidric

small amount every night

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Crap poll.

There's no "small amount the odd night" option, so I can't vote.

And what does "weekends only" mean ? Small amount @ weekends, moderate amount @ weekends, or "I'm one of those idiots who goes out and gets ratarsed" ?

It means I drink only at the weekends. Everyone else seemed to be able to grasp that. A bit slow are we?

Minstrel27

Aidric wrote: »

How would you describe your current drinking habits, on average? Answers will of course be somewhat reflective of age I guess.

No option for a few pints every 3 or 4 weeks.

kfallon

Mainly just an all day Saturday drinker now, the odd Friday night too!

Up til about a year ago it was Wed, Thurs, Fri night in pub and all day Saturday. The odd Sunday afternoon drink also. I've cut right back and feel much the better for it healthwise!

Feeona

I'm an alcoholic

Aidric wrote: »

It means I drink only at the weekends. Everyone else seemed to be able to grasp that. A bit slow are we?

This thread is like a night out drinking. We're all nice and polite, making quips at the start. Then it starts to get ratty :P

Yooooor me bess paall.....wha do yer mean by tha'? Yuuu don know meeee.......ah c'mere aiiii love ya to bitssss

kfallon

Drinking is all fun and games til the taco fries you had on the way home kick in the next day!

Me arse ends up looking like an angry dot!!!

yoyo

Used to drink most days a week but not only really do it friday, saterday & sunday, the odd thursday here and there and I will be enjoying a few scoops to celebrate arthurs day this thursday I'm sure, any excuse for a few

Nick

--Kaiser--

I'm an alcoholic

I don't drink anymore.


I don't drink any less either.

Shenshen

I like how I've only got a choice between "small amounts most nights" and "I don't drink".

So, for the record, not being Irish I never experience the "binge drinking stage", and looking around myself on a Saturday night, I would guess I didn't miss much and saved a sh1tload of money.
In my late teens and throughout my twenties, I would go out most weekends, either Friday or Saturday, rarely both. I guess I averaged about 2 to 3 pints an evening.
I never drank at home, unless I had guests.

These days, I might have a small drink now and again, maybe two a month, possibly less.

Links234

I'm an alcoholic

I don't really drink too much, and when i do its not much, except the rare time I'll go for a a few.

flyton5

Maybe one or two beers every night. Cant remember the last time I didnt have a beer at night. Probably months ago. But it's good beer. Beers of the world. None of your Heineken or Budweiser ****e...

mikemac

A bottle of wine and one or two cans most nights

biko

I'm an alcoholic

What's the point of drinking unless you get drunk?
It's like eating without getting full.

I'm a weekend in the pubs guy, never drink in the house.

kylith

I went for ' I don't drink' because there's no option for 'I rarely drink'.

I went through the usual hammered-all-the-time phase in college, then switched to hammered-most-weekends after college. These days the shine has worn off the booze somewhat. Buying it is expensive, getting home afterward is expensive, and I can't handle being in bits for 2 days afterward any more. I drank for the first time in months last weekend.

Sunnyisland

I started of some nights then went to most nights then went to all weekends & most nights, then went to any time i could, then thankfully i stoped drinking in 2008 & started having my life back,but i am still just one drink away from being that alcoholic again.:-)

Noodleworm

hmm, no option for less than weekly?
Too weekends in a row is a lot of me, there can be months in between.
I never drank when I was younger. And after I was 18 and tried it a bit, I just found it overrated.
Only nice thing is having a nice relaxed atmosphere with friends... and theres no real reason drinking should be necessary for that..

Wompa1

Noodleworm wrote: »

hmm, no option for less than weekly?
Too weekends in a row is a lot of me, there can be months in between.
I never drank when I was younger. And after I was 18 and tried it a bit, I just found it overrated.
Only nice thing is having a nice relaxed atmosphere with friends... and theres no real reason drinking should be necessary for that..

Agreed! Although I can't stick being around people when they are drunk and I am sober. Funny enough it wasn't as big of a problem until I started to drink a bit myself. I might drink once a month. Sometimes I might push it and drink twice a month.

I much prefer going on a couple holidays a year or going to sports events or gigs.

Rabies

I binge drink
Hit it maybe twice a month. But drink enough to drown a fish.

Although this month I've been drunk 6 times in 3 weeks. Thats loads for me.

On the dry for the next few weeks now.

jackiebaron

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

i only drink in pubs, drinking at home on your own,.........


No thanks....

Never understood people who don't drink at home. I have a wine rack with about 80 bottles of red and white in it. I have a storage room with several crates of different German and Czech Pilsners and a few bottles of spirits in the house. If I want to crack a beer or a wine open and quaff it down with a snack or a cigarette in front of the TV I'm gonna do it. I'm not going to walk round the corner to the fücking bar just to buy a glass of their sh!t plonk or overpriced lager.
Sure I'll go to the tavern to get pissed up and meet friends, but to not enjoy a frosty beer at home while watching a good flick?


Does not compute.