How much do you drink?

toexpress

I am wondering how much is to much? I drink 2-3 bottles of wine in the course of a week now does that sound like a lot?

How much do you drink?

Ghandee

12-18 Bottles (500ml) of beer a week, Usually the lovely Tyskie (Polish beer)

Not in one stitting mind, between 12 and 18 last me a whole week.

John Doe1

You should probably visit AA

Shiny

I drink one or two beers* most evenings and am quite paranoid that it is too much. According to drinkaware it is anyway....


*problem is that they are craft beers which can range from 1 to 5 units per bottle! :eek:

Ghandee

John Doe1 wrote: »

You should probably visit AA

I dont have a car though

General General

toexpress wrote: »

How much do you drink?

I cannot remember.

saintsaltynuts

30 pints a beer a week.

biko

I wish I could drink more.

Ghandee

biko wrote: »

I wish I could drink more.

Me too....

Stupid God with his 'Two hands, but only one mouth' policy!

KTRIC

saintsaltynuts wrote: »

30 pints a beer a week.

I call BS on that. Are you really trying to tell us you drink on average four and a half pints a day ??? :rolleyes:

Ghandee

KTRIC wrote: »

I call BS on that. Are you really trying to tell us you drink on average four and a half pints a day ??? :rolleyes:

Are you for real?

I know l;ads would spill more than that in a day ffs!

Mr. Presentable

Less than I'd like and more than I should

danniemcq

about 24-40 pints/cans a week, although i have hit triple that or more depending on week.

amacachi

Most weeks I'd have 6-10 litres of strong-ish beer. Others I'd have about 12-18 cans of Dutch Gold. If I'm drinking twice I could probably hit about 15-20 litres. I've cut down a lot in the last while.

Bad Panda

KTRIC wrote: »

I call BS on that. Are you really trying to tell us you drink on average four and a half pints a day ??? :rolleyes:

Maybe he goes out on the lash 3 times a week and drinks 10 pints...or twice a week and drinks 15 (roughly). A lot of people do that.


I don't drink very much, the occasional night out (maybe once a month) and maybe a glass of wine a week otherwise, if even that.

danniemcq

KTRIC wrote: »

I call BS on that. Are you really trying to tell us you drink on average four and a half pints a day ??? :rolleyes:

like mine the total could be skewed from weekend consumption

foxyboxer

2-3 bottles* on a Thursday night.

Same again on Saturday night.

More if I go out at the weekend.

But not getting out much anymore.




* 330ml beer, not wine!

saintsaltynuts

KTRIC wrote: »

I call BS on that. Are you really trying to tell us you drink on average four and a half pints a day ??? :rolleyes:

No bull i go out 3-4 times a week drink 7-8 pints a sitting.Its bad i know but fook it!

Sky King

Generally just about the recommended maximum 21 units in beer or red wine

petethebrick

KTRIC wrote: »

I call BS on that. Are you really trying to tell us you drink on average four and a half pints a day ??? :rolleyes:

I would drink a similar amount. And not 4 and 1/2 pints a day, more like 30 over the course of a weekend. Not all of us in this country drink responsibly you know :rolleyes: And yes I do have a drinking problem

Seachmall

I typically drink a shoulder of vodka on Saturday. If it's a special occasion I might drink a bottle of JD.

If I'm just having pints I rarely drink more than 2 or 3.

amacachi

Seachmall wrote: »

I typically drink a shoulder of vodka on Saturday. If it's a special occasion I might drink a bottle of JD.

If I'm just having pints I rarely drink more than 2 or 3.

What's a shoulder again? 350ml?

KTRIC

Ghandee wrote: »

Are you for real?

I know l;ads would spill more than that in a day ffs!

danniemcq wrote: »

about 24-40 pints/cans a week, although i have hit triple that or more depending on week.

Bad Panda wrote: »

Maybe he goes out on the lash 3 times a week and drinks 10 pints...or twice a week and drinks 15 (roughly). A lot of people do that.


I don't drink very much, the occasional night out (maybe once a month) and maybe a glass of wine a week otherwise, if even that.

saintsaltynuts wrote: »

No bull i go out 3-4 times a week drink 7-8 pints a sitting.Its bad i know but fook it!

Jaysus !!! :eek: I'm a fucking light weight then. I take my hat off to your hardened livers :rolleyes:

When I do drink its a max of about 4 or 5 pints a week.

Seachmall

amacachi wrote: »

What's a shoulder again? 350ml?

Ya

danniemcq

KTRIC wrote: »

Jaysus !!! :eek: I'm a fucking light weight then. I take my hat off to your hardened livers :rolleyes:

When I do drink its a max of about 4 or 5 pints a week.

i'd easily go through that during the second half of a football or rugby game (first half usually 2-3)

last weekend for utd/liverpool game i only managed one first half (hungover from night before) but once that was done and i had the taste i was on the batter for rest of the day having 5-6 a match for 3 matches!

yoyo

8-10 cans once or twice a week, usually twice, cut back loads recently, feel all the better also

Nick

Funglegunk

I drink way too ****ing much. Close to 30 pints a week, with same routine as mentioned above.

the groutch

have a guess :rolleyes:

BraziliaNZ

Trying to lay off it (have been saying this for years), but on a normal week these days, might have about 8-12 pints or 500ml cans or mixture of both on a Friday, similar on a Saturday, and then try and ween myself off with 4 or 5 on a Sunday. Thursday kicks off sometimes too, 8 pinters are common. So about 30 pints a week.

The recent weeks have been a lot better though, really going to try not to drink tonight, have not had a drink since Saturday. And yes I know I have a drinking problem.

Ghandee

Its a bad sign when, stuck for a mixer for vodka, you use the syrup from a can of fruit cocktail!

Ya, I really stooped that low one night, in my days as a student in the holylands of Belfast.


Man, I miss those days!

Couch pulled out on to the actual street on a really warm day, lads pucking a hurling ball up and down the street, Pogues blaring out of the stereo, and some scantily cladded girls neckin alcopops.

Stupid time always pushes on though, and next thing you know your a responsible (debatable) adult!

Seachmall

Ghandee wrote: »

Its a bad sign when, stuck for a mixer for vodka, you use the syrup from a can of fruit cocktail!

Gradually reduce the amount of mixer you use and you'll find yourself drinking straight, or near straight, vodka.

You'll still use a bit of mixer most of the time but when there's no mixer available you won't need one and you certainly won't resort to syrup :P.

Plus it's cheaper.

Couch pulled out on to the actual street on a really warm day, lads pucking a hurling ball up and down the street, Pogues blaring out of the stereo, and some scantily cladded girls neckin alcopops.

Reminds me of Paddy's day 2 or 3 years ago, good times.

Conbhar

Only go out on a Sat nite and always have 6 bottles of corona before i head out and then anywhere between 8 - 12 jagerbombs over the course of the nite. Dont think thats bad at all tbh.

Juwwi

€188 divided by €4.20 a pint = 44 pints a week

I'd drink more only for these stupid cuts the last few years.

BraziliaNZ

Conbhar wrote: »

Only go out on a Sat nite and always have 6 bottles of corona before i head out and then anywhere between 8 - 12 jagerbombs over the course of the nite. Dont think thats bad at all tbh.

Would you not... just buy a normal drink to sip on at all?

rain on

I'm avoiding drink at the moment cos I don't want to undo all my hard work in the gym, but if I was drinking on a typical night I'd have about 3 pints and 2 or 3 shots or Jagerbombs. If I went to a party after the pub I'd be drunk enough at that stage that I'd just nurse a can for the rest of the night. It amazes me how much some people, especially guys, can drink - I've seen my ex go through 10 pints and nearly as many shots and be in the same state that I'd be in after 2 pints, i.e. a bit tipsy but completely coherent. Alcoholism runs in his family though so I guess genetics play a part in your tolerance too.

harry21

I think everybody should go back and edit their post to include how much they spend on drink in a week :P. I propose the following format....


I drink 1 bottle of wine per week (~€8).

Ghandee

Seachmall wrote: »

Gradually reduce the amount of mixer you use and you'll find yourself drinking straight, or near straight, vodka.

You'll still use a bit of mixer most of the time but when there's no mixer available you won't need one and you certainly won't resort to syrup :P.

Plus it's cheaper.

Reminds me of Paddy's day 2 or 3 years ago, good times.

Someone has been frequenting Jerusalme/Palestine/Magdala street also???

Seachmall

Conbhar wrote: »

Only go out on a Sat nite and always have 6 bottles of corona before i head out and then anywhere between 8 - 12 jagerbombs over the course of the nite. Dont think thats bad at all tbh.

****ing hell that's got to be expensive. Buy a bottle of jagermeister and do the jagerbombs before you go out.

Ghandee wrote:

Someone has been frequenting Jerusalme/Palestine/Magdala street also???

Nah, Kilmurry village in UL.

When we got told to bring the couches back in we made grooves in the bushes and sat there for the afternoon, the innovative students that we were :P

theteal

Like I queried with the doctor when registering a couple of months ago, "how do you quantify that?"

i wouldn't have a drink every week, thinking about it now it could be every 3 or 4 weeks. in saying that, it's good that I have the units saved up for when I'm back in Dublin. . .units work like that, don't they????

Triangla

Seachmall wrote: »

****ing hell that's got to be expensive. Buy a bottle of jagermeister and do the jagerbombs before you go out.

Nah, Kilmurry village in UL.

When we got told to bring the couches back in we made grooves in the bushes and sat there for the afternoon, the innovative students that we were :P

Elm Park - couches on the garage roof. In & out through bedroom window. Awesome stuff on sunny days!

ixoy

3-4 bottles of beer once every 3-4 weeks. Roughly 1 bottle a week then, clocking in at about €5 a week.

cojomo2

I do most of my drinking at home, usually 2 nights a week at 10ish pints per night.

If I'm heading out, Ill have 6 cans before I think about leaving the house, Ill then feed the pigeons, I sometimes feed the sparrows too, gives a me a sense of enormous well being.

Corvo

I used to always think I drank more when I was 17 or 18, downing the harder stuff like Jack D etc. but its only recently I have noticed I can pour a good 10 pints of Guiness into me about 3 nights a week along with a few spirits to knock it back.

I'm 23 now and I finally had to make a decision to start to cut it out. Why? Well for one for stomach is in ribbons. Doctors have told me an ulcer will develop pretty quickly if I'm not careful. My hands never..and I mean never stop shaking. Which is weird. I'm not an alco, just like my beer over the weekend.

Two...money. Havent spent a penny on normal things in years.

Three...it can make you seriously depressed after a few years. Or to be better defined...it can make the depressing things in your life multiply x100. Or so it seems.

Four...I'm starting to get blackouts when I'm out. Not a good thing. Either I'm a total ar*ehole anyway, or drink is now starting to make me one.

Moral of the story -

Everyone has different amounts of drink they can handle, but be careful and recognise when your body has had enough.

My mission is to cut it down to one-night per week and start enjoying a few other things in life.

castletownman

I find myself drinking a lot more over the last four months or so. Before that with work and GAA commitments I'd only drink after a championship match with either the club or after the county team played, and maybe on the odd Thursday night during the summer. Everything was rosy then and my parents weren't questioning my drinking.

Now with the GAA commitments on hold for the year, and work commitments having dried up for the time being, (and indeed having broken up with the gf) I find myself drinking every Saturday night and Sunday night. Three euro pints in my two regular drinking holes, leaves me spending around 60 euro a weekend (ten pints per night).

Of course, the parents now believe I have a drinking problem. They'd rather have me staying at home alone like a recluse than actually be out with friends socialising. Thing is I get fairly depressed staying at home, and with relationship problems, work worries and crucial exam results imminent I have a lot on my mind, but also feel depressed when the hangover hits Monday morning. Vicious circle.

beaver111

not enough

amacachi

Griffin1988 wrote: »

Four...I'm starting to get blackouts when I'm out. Not a good thing. Either I'm a total ar*ehole anyway, or drink is now starting to make me one.

I would have thought the odds of getting blackouts would reduce as the body adjusted to the amount of alcohol being consumed.

billymitchell

I've cut way back, only drink about 4-5 pints/bottles a week now. If even that.
Spend about 30 euros on drink a week max

Stiffler2

toexpress wrote: »

I am wondering how much is to much? I drink 2-3 bottles of wine in the course of a week now does that sound like a lot?

How much do you drink?

I drink about the same, buckfast tho not wine, 3 - 4 a week

toexpress

I'm still not sure if I shouldn't be going to the AA ... maybe this could be the start of our own chapter

aujopimur

My nephew works in country pub, a retired farmer, mid 60s, spends all day every day drinking, his daily consumption is about 20 pints of Guinness with a few whiskeys thrown in.

BengaLover

2 glasses of red on a friday night in, still leaves me feeling groggy the next day.
Back in the day half bottle of vodka before going out, then the pints in the pub, followed by more pints in the club didnt knock a stir outta me!