Alcohol thread

Luckyfran

Look im first to say at the weekend i over do it. Most weekends i do ground hog day. However how feckin boring would life be without an aul drink. Id be world champ at staring at the walls. Boozing gets an unfair rep imo

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

Well I'd rather a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy, that's for sure.

Lights On

Not sure about boring, I've had just as many fun times without any, but it definitely helps that's for sure! We'd have an awful low birth rate in this country without it as well

Spanish Eyes

A few drinks are fine, a few more after the few drinks might be dodgy though.

As long as you will not attack, rape, kill, or maim someone well what the heck.

There are far more dangerous things to do these days, and drinking is not one of them.

Although Nanny State will tell you drink is the curse of productive Ireland.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Sign me up.

Sunnyisland

Luckyfran wrote: »

Look im first to say at the weekend i over do it. Most weekends i do ground hog day. However how feckin boring would life be without an aul drink. Id be world champ at staring at the walls. Boozing gets an unfair rep imo

Sorry but have to disagree, since I stopped drinking and having groundhog days after days my life has just got better and better.
In fact I am sorry I ever drank alcohol in the first place...

HugsiePie

Alcohol may not bethe answer but its worth a shot.

Luckyfran

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy wrote: »

Well I'd rather a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy, that's for sure.

Thats what im saying most of the populace would go round the bend if booze was banned

Luckyfran

Coolaboola n all

RobertKK

Luckyfran wrote: »

Look im first to say at the weekend i over do it. Most weekends i do ground hog day. However how feckin boring would life be without an aul drink. Id be world champ at staring at the walls. Boozing gets an unfair rep imo

Life is boring if you need alcohol to make it interesting. Not saying drinking alcohol means a person's life is boring.

There is so much to do and enjoy in the world that doesn't need alcohol.
Though I was at a wedding where I did drink, it was Tia Maria and coca cola, after about 8 over the duration of the wedding, I was high on caffeine, and caffeine is so much better than alcohol...which is why tea and coffee are superior to alcohol.

the evasion_kid

cross the line into alcoholism and youll see the unfair rep it gets.,,

kleefarr

Luckyfran wrote: »

Thats what im saying most of the populace would go round the bend if booze was banned

Yes and they allow it even though it is one of the biggest killers.
If you don't over do it there should be no problems if you're lucky.

Luckyfran

realies wrote: »

Sorry but have to disagree, since I stopped drinking and having groundhog days after days my life has just got better and better.
In fact I am sorry I ever drank alcohol in the first place...

Well that depends if u have a problem with drink pal

the evasion_kid

Luckyfran wrote: »

Well that depends if u have a problem with drink pal

a lot of this country have a problem with drink,whether its abuse,binging,dependency or full blown alcoholism,infact id say you would be hard pressed to find a family that it hasnt had a tragic effect on some member or take a trip into beaumont a&e on a weekend night and watch what falls in the door in the early hours

Luckyfran

Lets be honest what are the alternitives. More i think about it alcohol is a state medicine. The youth would have nothing to do the place would be wrecked

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Luckyfran wrote: »

Thats what im saying most of the populace would go round the bend if booze was banned

Ah, No. Most of the populace? Not at all. Don't generalise without facts.

There's a great big world out there without drink involved.

I have to say that without drink I'd have missed out on most of the best times I've had in my life so far.

the evasion_kid

Luckyfran wrote: »

Lets be honest what are the alternitives. More i think about it alcohol is a state medicine. The youth would have nothing to do the place would be wrecked

spent 5 years delivering the stuff to various parts of ireland up to 20 bars a day...in the words of my boss whos a multi millionaire from selling the stuff....."its all a cod really"

Renegade Mechanic

Alcohol ain't the answer. But at least you forget the question!

Fr_Dougal

Luckyfran wrote: »

Well that depends if u have a problem with drink pal

I remember a now banned poster of a similar name to yours. He sounded like he was suffering from alcoholism, I believe cider was his drink of choice. Had a young kid too, which made the whole thing quite sad.

MilesMorales1

I never have and never will drink, not even once. Its not a bad life.

Luckyfran

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

I remember a now banned poster of a similar name to yours. He sounded like he was suffering from alcoholism, I believe cider was his drink of choice. Had a young kid too, which made the whole thing quite sad.

^^^^^^^
alzheimers

L.Jenkins

Luckyfran wrote: »

Lets be honest what are the alternatives. More i think about it alcohol is a state medicine. The youth would have nothing to do the place would be wrecked

Seriously? Do people of any age sincerely lack the creativity to do anything else, that doesn't involve wrecking the place or drinking. I don't drink and haven't gone on any sort of a drinking binge in over 8 years. I work, run or walk and I volunteer when I can.

Rough Sleeper

Yara Poor Monument wrote: »

I have to say that without drink I'd have missed out on most of the best times I've had in my life so far.

I'd probably be of a somewhat similar opinion if I'd never lobbed a pinger down my gullet. Puts things in perspective a bit.

Luckyfran

Which is to be commended, however for the majority of irish people adult and young alcohol is a staple to deny is burying yer head in the sand. Itzy

seamusk84

I love a nicely crafted beer at the weekend. I haven't had a drink in over a week now and can't wait for a nice Irish pale ale later.
Everything in moderation.

Lusocu

Lights On wrote: »

Not sure about boring, I've had just as many fun times without any, but it definitely helps that's for sure! We'd have an awful low birth rate in this country without it as well

And a lower rate of foetal alcohol syndrome and related birth defects, drink driving related deaths, health and societal problems, alcohol related accidents. Alcohol causes more trouble in this world than it is worth.

Renegade Mechanic

Itzy wrote: »

Seriously? Do people of any age sincerely lack the creativity to do anything else, that doesn't involve wrecking the place or drinking. I don't drink and haven't gone on any sort of a drinking binge in over 8 years. I work, run or walk and I volunteer when I can.

Schools have a lot to answer for. No, actually parents and the American suing culture do.

In secondary school, the place was so afraid of a kid getting hurt and their parents looking for an easy way out of their mortgage, that they literally banned running. I'm not joking, if you were caught running instead of walking - even during sos or lunch - you were detained or given lines.

We formed a circle one day and started playing keepy uppy with a ball of tinfoil. It was confiscated and we were told not to do it again.....

And people wonder why leaving certs are being given to lumps of lard with no life skills..

Sunnyisland

Luckyfran wrote: »

Well that depends if u have a problem with drink pal

Yep mate got a problem with it ok, it ruined me so I stopped, So now the problem is solved.

Luckyfran

realies wrote: »

Yep mate got a problem with it ok, it ruined me so I stopped, So now the problem is solved.

I hear u pal and im sorry alcohol was a bad influence on your life. I believe alcohol is a medicine for the masses, there will always be those who indulge but lets be honest those are the exception

L.Jenkins

My only problem with alcohol is, people mostly and not all, go to excess and see it as the be all end all of past times. I know a lad and if he's not working or actually doing something constructive, he lives in his local, while another friend is an alcoholic and denies it to the last, as well as an Uncle of mine.

In Athlone, on most weekends you can hardly drive through town at night without some fighting, drunkenness or someone almost stepping in front of a moving car.