Boardies Drinking Habits

A_Sober_Paddy

Morning all,

Just got chatting to a very interesting person on the train, and we were talking about drinking and It's costs both financially and socially...

Socially, I can take or leave, but I'm very interested to see what are the costs to the average boards members...

What does a night out on the sauce cost you?

Just a few things-
College: Yes/No
How many times a week do you drink:
What do you spend on drink:
What do you spend on taxi/food:

Would be very interesting to see, as the figures I've just heard seem ludircous, but then again I've cut my drinking by 99.9% in this calendar year.

And if anything else, the replies will keep me occupied on this stupid train...god I hate going to Dublin...

So I'll start
College No
Times a week 0

kmart6

College: No
Times a week: 7
Spend on drink: Anywhere above $250 a week! Realistically its generally more, there's been weeks on closer to $800.
Spend on food: Anywhere above $150 a week.

It is a lot, but I'm working in Hospitality here, so that means the 5 days your working you have a few drinks when your done. Then on the days off your letting your hair down going out for dinners and drinking till 4am so it adds up quickly!

About the only thing I'll be glad to move home for is getting a break from it all!

A_Sober_Paddy

kmart6 wrote: »

College: No
Times a week: 7
Spend on drink: Anywhere above $250 a week! Realistically its generally more, there's been weeks on closer to $800.
Spend on food: Anywhere above $150 a week.

It is a lot, but I'm working in Hospitality here, so that means the 5 days your working you have a few drinks when your done. Then on the days off your letting your hair down going out for dinners and drinking till 4am so it adds up quickly!

About the only thing I'll be glad to move home for is getting a break from it all!

In Oz are we? Remember when I was there, drank way too much, and It's what lead to be cutting it pretty much out this year...

Richard Hillman

College: Yes
How many times a week do you drink: 3
What do you spend on drink: €18. 3x6 €1 cans.
What do you spend on taxi/food: very hard to tell tbh as I live at home but it would be more than 18 quid.

super_furry

College: No
How many times a week do you drink: One, maybe two.
What do you spend on drink: €15/€20 if I'm at home or go to a friend's house. €80 or so if I go out.
What do you spend on taxi/food: Don't eat when I'm drunk, taxi's usually no more than a tenner.

Foxwaldo

College: No
How many times a week do you drink:2/4
What do you spend on drink:Weekdays 10/50 weekend can be 100/150
What do you spend on taxi/food:if i do do out to town it can be between 10/40 depending who i am with. food no more than 15 on a burger and the likes.

No that i think about it i waste a lot of money doing the exact same thing each week.

minidazzler

College: No
Times a week: 2-5
Drink Spending: 80 per night. (Unless working, then I get freebies)
Food/ Spending: Never really remember that far into the night, so about 20 a night maybe?

jossnjuice

College: No
How many times a week do you drink: 1
What do you spend on drink: €50
What do you spend on taxi/food:€10

Mensch Maschine

College: No
How many times a week do you drink: 1-2
What do you spend on drink: Minimum: €50 up to €500 (rare cases)
What do you spend on taxi/food: €10-€40

After breaking up with my ex, I went on a couple of mad ones that involved more than drink if you know what I mean. It included an after party in a hotel, then on to an early house for The Breakfast Club the powering on through the next day, getting taxis, drinking cocktails and getting **** faced and high.

I'm not loaded, I just get paid monthly and have been very stupid with money. Good times though.

This month I'm gonna really cut it out. Go back to having more innocent fun.

Real Life

College: No
How many times a week do you drink: 1 or 2 times
What do you spend on drink: 50-80 euro
What do you spend on taxi/food: 0

kmart6

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

In Oz are we? Remember when I was there, drank way too much, and It's what lead to be cutting it pretty much out this year...

No NYC!

SiegHeilNosey

College: No
How many times a week do you drink: 3-5
What do you spend on drink: Minimum: €200 up to €500 (rare cases)
What do you spend on taxi/food: €60

Ive recently cut down substantially since i worked out how much money i was giving them bastárds.

havent drank since friday...........thats a win for me!

yoyo

College: No
How many times a week do you drink: 2/3 max these days
What do you spend on drink: 16-20€ (can't beat the cans :pac:)
What do you spend on taxi/food: Rarely drink out, hate pubs & clubs . Food usually a frozen pizza or make something, 2-5€

Nick

Mr. Loverman

I gave up drink when I went travelling and realised other countries don't really drink like us... the only countries I've been to who are similar are the UK, Poland, Russia and Mongolia... and all of those places have a serious problem with alcohol.

It feels great being booze free. No more hangovers, way more energy and motivation, more money, better diet, slimmer, etc.

I don't do moderation very well so I'd rather give up altogether than hope I can stop after pint number two...

Nichololas

College: Yes
How many times a week do you drink: 1-2
What do you spend on drink: €20-30
What do you spend on taxi/food:€10

yourdeadwright

College : No
How many times a week: 1
Spent on drink : 100euro
Taxi/food: only taxi 20 to 30 euro,

Nickcaved

I don't drink too often. I prefer to stay in and wine and dinner with a friend.
I only like to rink really if there's food on the table also!

CruelCoin

College: No
How many times a week do you drink: 5-7
What do you spend on drink: 50 a week
What do you spend on taxi/food: Drinking mainly at home so N/A.

A bottle of wine with herself at home, or a few beers most nights. Usually some nice foreign imports.

castletownman

College: No
How many times a week do you drink: One. Two on a bank holiday weekend.
What do you spend on drink: 40-50 per night out. Nearer to 40.
What do you spend on food/taxi: Zero on food. Zero on taxi as I usually get a lift home from my father whose a taxi driver at the end of his night.

That's a revised list of my drinking habits. There was a while there at the start of the year when I was in between jobs and was single where I would literally spend any money I had on me on drink. Out every Sunday night without fail too, despite Monday being my only real guaranteed day of work at the time. Came to a head when I was sat in a pub known as one frequented by heavy drinkers on a Tuesday morning because I literally had nothing else to do. It really hit home how depressing it can get.

So got my life in order, curtailed my drinking down to the normal, i.e Friday or Saturday nights, and made a vow to myself not to go drinking during the week or on a Sunday, with a monetary award for myself if I stick to my promise. Have found myself enjoying my night's out more now. Use them more as a chance to mingle with my friends rather than as a chance to exorcise boredom.

seven_eleven

Op's secretly doing this to gather info for college assignment! GET HIM

brummytom

College: Yes

How many times a week do you drink: Between 2 and 6

What do you spend on drink: Depends where I'm drinking. House party, £10, pub, £20 or so

What do you spend on taxi/food: Nothing on taxis. Food as in bar snacks or my meals? About £5 a week on food (meals), maybe two packs of scampi fries when drinking in a pub

Temptamperu

College: no
Drinks per week: none
Spend on drink: 20 (when I buy friends the odd pint)
Spend on food: 8:50

Zebra3

seven_eleven wrote: »

Op's secretly doing this to gather info for college assignment! GET HIM

Yep, just happened to get talking to someone on the train this morning. :rolleyes:

jinxremoving

College: No
How many times a week do you drink: 1 max
What do you spend on drink: 6 euro (1 bottle of wine in tesco)
What do you spend on taxi/food: Drinking mainly at home so not much. rarely if ever drink when out these days.

I would hate to spend a lot on beer, the money i've wasted over the years!

ash23

College: No
How many times a week do you drink:1-2
What do you spend on drink:€40
What do you spend on taxi/food:€10

phasers

College: yes
How many times a week: 0

Tis a lonely existence being a non-drinker in a class full of dipsos

MadsL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLMYSbHHE40

DEFTLEFTHAND

College: No

How many times a week: 2

I usually do the pubs every couple of Saturdays, will spend in the region of 50-70euro.
On Fridays I drink cans, I usually buy in bulk and keep slabs in the garage and stock up on them when I need to.

A_Sober_Paddy

seven_eleven wrote: »

Op's secretly doing this to gather info for college assignment! GET HIM

I'm out of college...

If I was looking for information for college I'd at least do a survey:p

validusername1

College: Yes
How many times a week do you drink: 3 at the most
What do you spend on drink: I spend about €10 on a carry out and don't normally buy drinks at bars/clubs
What do you spend on taxi/food: Depends where I go. I live close to good student places so I walk instead of taxis most of the time, and I never get food after nights out. If I do get a taxi it wouldn't be more than about €8

When I was at home, I was spending about €50-€60 on one night out. €15 on taxi, €10 entry price and the rest on drinks. I only went out like once a week at home though. So basically I'm spending less on 3 nights out at college in a week than 1 night out at home

Honest opinion

Mr. Loverman wrote: »

I gave up drink when I went travelling and realised other countries don't really drink like us... the only countries I've been to who are similar are the UK, Poland, Russia and Mongolia... and all of those places have a serious problem with alcohol.

It feels great being booze free. No more hangovers, way more energy and motivation, more money, better diet, slimmer, etc.

I don't do moderation very well so I'd rather give up altogether than hope I can stop after pint number two...

Yeh man this one time on my yah?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKFjWR7X5dU

NegativeCreep

College: yes.
I drink around 3 or 4 nights a week. I probably spend around 40 quid a week. (naggins for a fiver In centra, can't go wrong)
I don't buy food or taxis. Tbh, dont know how I get home most times :L
I'm almost definitely a future alcoholic if I'm not one already

Princess Peach

College: Yes
Times a week: 2
Money spent: Depends! Thursday night is quiz night, I get dinner and a few pints, usually $25, leave early enough to catch the bus.

Saturday night might be a house party, so $15 on drink in the house, $15 on the taxi home. If we go out, usually $30 in drink and cover, and then falafal after $5, and taxi home.

My last house was downtown, no taxis ever

Esoteric_

College: Yes
How many times a week do you drink: Once or twice
What do you spend on drink: about 40-50 per night out and pre-drink whatever I happen to have in the house.
What do you spend on taxi/food: nothing. I don't eat after a night out, and usually stay with a mate.

SusieBlue

College: Yes
How many times a week do you drink: 1-2
What do you spend on drink: €6 on a bottle of wine, €6 club entry, so that's €24 a week.
What do you spend on taxi/food: €5 on food, my dad is a taxi driver so he gives me a spin home for free :pac:

thebaz

University of life

Havn't had a drink in over a year - binge drinker - how I didn't drink over summer is a miracle - now I'm battling the cigarettes (again)

LoonyLovegood

College: Yes
How many times a week do you drink: 1/2
What do you spend on drink:€40?
What do you spend on taxi/food: €15

NIALL D

college , no
work , no
but yet im spendin about 300 400 a week on booze . sick of spendin so much , and keep sayin not doin that this weekend !! but still feckin up on it !!!

argh !!

wednesday night an im still dyin after drinkin last fri sat n sun nite , spent about 500 on the 3 days drinkin !!

how do i stop this **** !! :-(

paulyd83

College: No
How many times a week do you drink: 1
What do you spend on drink: €5 club entry, and prob about €50 on drink
What do you spend on taxi/food: €5 on taxi, €2 on a mcflurry!

asherbassad

College: No
Times a week: 6/7
Amount spent: 4x(1pub pint + 6pack at home) = 4 x (5 + 7)= 48...say 50
2 x(6 pub pints) = 2 x 30 = 60
1 x 0 OR 1 x glass wine / G & T/ Can of cider from fridge = 0 to 5
so approx 120.
Live in town so no need for taxis.
Problem is I also pay for the girlfriend but she only has a few half Guinnesses or maybe a couple of glasses of vino .... so maybe she commands 40 euros a week. She prefers a baileys or mixed drink at home and will usually only come to the pub later in the evening or leave earlier.
It's the damn cigarettes that kill me. A pack a day costs 65 a week. But a night on the piss you could burn through 3 pack what with half smoking them outside and with scabs etc. That's nearly 30 quid.

Don't really get food after the pub. Prefer to go to bed with the taste of stale beer in my mouth or make some revolting concoction from dinner leftovers and then try and get the leg over :pac:

asherbassad

NIALL D wrote: »

college , no
work , no
but yet im spendin about 300 400 a week on booze . sick of spendin so much , and keep sayin not doin that this weekend !! but still feckin up on it !!!

argh !!

wednesday night an im still dyin after drinkin last fri sat n sun nite , spent about 500 on the 3 days drinkin !!

how do i stop this **** !! :-(

Where do you get the money? I'm not saying you are an alco....who am I to judge. I love alcohol...well beer, If you want to drink every day it's possible to do it on a much cheaper budget. 10 pints should be enough to anyone pissed......that 50 euros. Times 7 that's 350 a week. The same quantity in cans would only set you back about 80 per week. Do you really need to give all your cash to the pub landlord when you could spend 80 on beer a week and the 270 you save you could have a room in the Gresham each weekend for Friday and Saturday.

Mr. Loverman

NIALL D wrote: »

how do i stop this **** !! :-(

You could start by going to an AA meeting.

The higher power stuff isn't about Jesus. Your higher power can be your love for your dog or the sober people in AA.

AA is about using the strength of a group to keep you sober, as well analysing yourself to try to get rid of your destructive thoughts and behaviour.

smurgen

Mr. Loverman wrote: »

I gave up drink when I went travelling and realised other countries don't really drink like us... the only countries I've been to who are similar are the UK, Poland, Russia and Mongolia... and all of those places have a serious problem with alcohol.

It feels great being booze free. No more hangovers, way more energy and motivation, more money, better diet, slimmer, etc.

I don't do moderation very well so I'd rather give up altogether than hope I can stop after pint number two...

a lot of countries drink as much as us but few countries pack it into a few hours on a friday or saturday night like us!

Mr. Loverman

smurgen wrote: »

a lot of countries drink as much as us but few countries pack it into a few hours on a friday or saturday night like us!

I agree with you, but in Ireland we are in denial about alcoholism. We think if you are functioning you are not an alcoholic, whereas other countries call this a "functioning alcoholic".

I reckon when Irish people think of an alcoholic they think of the drunk homeless guy on the street rather than their friend who has pints a few times a week and binges like crazy during the weekend.

I have attended a few AA meetings abroad with a friend (he's an alcoholic) and seriously the foreigners who are in AA would be considered "normal" people in Ireland.

smurgen

Mr. Loverman wrote: »

I have attended a few AA meetings abroad with a friend (he's an alcoholic) and seriously the foreigners who are in AA would be considered "normal" people in Ireland.

well that doesn't make sence really unless there are hundreds and thousands in AA in th country you are in. I Don't think you understand me. WHO figures which shows average per person pure alcohol drank per year put us at about 16th on the world scale.only slightly behind the french and behind the south south koreans. This means that the average person in france is just slightly less of an alcoholoic than the average person in ireland .

College: No
How many times a week do you drink: Usually 0 maybe 1
What do you spend on drink: 10-20
What do you spend on taxi/food: Taxi is 14, nothing on food

Mr. Loverman

smurgen wrote: »

well that doesn't make sence really unless there are hundreds and thousands in AA in th country you are in. I Don't think you understand me. WHO figures which shows average per person pure alcohol drank per year put us at about 16th on the world scale.only slightly behind the french and behind the south south koreans. This means that the average person in france is just slightly less of an alcoholoic than the average person in ireland .

This is the same WHO which said a tiny island in the pacific are the biggest marijuana smokers? (The WHO's figures were debunked by the BBC).

I've spent a lot of time in different countries and the only ones which I found to be comparable with Ireland were Poland, Russia and Mongolia.

Don't be in denial about Ireland's alcohol problem... we are a nation full of problem drinkers.

I would also add, just because "other countries have problems too" doesn't make it OK that we drink ourselves silly in Ireland.

But whatever, I'm not going to argue with a stranger on the internet.

Cee-Jay-Cee

College: No
How many times a week do you drink: 0 but maybe once every 6 weeks when I go out.
What do you spend on drink: €50-70
What do you spend on taxi/food: €20

DyldeBrill

College: Yes
How many times a week do you drink:2
What do you spend on drink:I'd say about 50-60 euro
What do you spend on taxi/food:Nada, if in town its a 20 euro taxi home

BUBBLE WRAP

College: Yes/No - NO
How many times a week do you drink: ZILCH
What do you spend on drink: ZILCH
What do you spend on taxi/food: ZILCH

Did I win?

eviltwin

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

College: Yes/No - NO
How many times a week do you drink: ZILCH
What do you spend on drink: ZILCH
What do you spend on taxi/food: ZILCH

Did I win?

Ditto...I'm a boring old dry s*hite