How much do you drink?

Bambi985

So recently I decided to totally cut out alcohol in an attempt to both save money and get fit. Never really was a huge drinker anyway, but with work events, client dinners, family visits, nights out with friends etc - those two gin and tonics here or few glasses of prosecco there would begin to add up.

This has led to some astonishingly social awkward situations and a real eye-opener in terms of how deeply ingrained alcohol is into the fibre of our culture, as well as just how much other people drink on a regular basis. Well above the recommended 14 units a week for most regular drinkers is what Ive observed.

So I'm interest in a general poll. How much do you drink in any given week AH?

El Weirdo

4.

The_Valeyard

Beer.

cravings

0. haven't had a drink in 20 years. i pretty much never find it awkward though.

GBX

I tried to work it out but my calculator fell into my pint glass.

Skatedude

Too much for my liver, but not enough to fix my problems.

sibergoth

I don't drink any alcohol at all and if anyone ever saw it as a problem i'd simply tell them to go fck themselves. i've never believed in social pressures...

andekwarhola

Probably between 4-8 pints a week albeit most months, I have two 'dry' weeks so that's usually every second weekend and sometimes it's over 2-3 days.

Assetbacked

5-7 pints in a night once every three/four weeks is the average these days - as an aging man this gets me very tipsy (not drunk) but leaves a groggy hangover rendering me unfit for living the next day to the point where it is not worth it to (a) do this often and (b) drink more than this.

A glass or two of wine twice per week is the norm.

Like the OP, my reasons for cutting down from binge-drinking as I did in my early 20s are health and cost related.

LadyMacBeth_

Hmm I don't drink that often, maybe once or twice a month. I have to be careful when I drink though, I can have one or two and leave it but every once in a while (probably every couple of years now), I get black out drunk and do something stupid/make a fool of myself and then I cop myself on for another couple of years. Part of the reason that I don't go on nights out that often. I usually drink spirits so that doesn't help.

Mena Mitty

Nil by mouth ;-)

fancy pigeon

^^^
Suppository? :eek:

KERSPLAT!

Recently about one session a month which would involve 8-10 pints give or take and maybe a few shorts.

schizo1014

It could easily be over 10 pints with a few shots for good measure, that would be the same for a few of my mates. If I go out on a Saturday night I usually end up drinking all day Sunday and drinking the same amount at a slower pace.

Cee-Jay-Cee

I had two bottles of beer at Christmas (not on the same night)

I was on holidays in June, I had 2 bottles of beer 4 of the nights and one night I went completely apeshít mental and had 3 bottles.

I haven't had a drink since.


So this year I've had 11 bottles of beer (Corona incidentally) as the drinks at Christmas were actually in 2016.

super_furry

More than I should, less than I used to.

SEPT 23 1989

Lightweights

theteal

I had 3 large bottles of San Miguel last Saturday. That's a decent bit more than I would have regularly had in a sitting over the last couple of years.

I felt it Sunday morning too.

TPD

Probably too much. At least one night of the weekend I'd have 8 cans or so, plus a few pints in the pub. Midweek could have a few pints in the pub too. Should probably take a break for a few weeks... do have 8 cans sitting in the fridge though...

D3V!L

I have 3 cans of Guinness once a week.

bmwguy

Not quite 30 pints or more pintman stuff but I'd say I have drank 20+ pints on numerous occasions. Mid 30 male can drink from lunchtime to closing no problem at approx 30 mins a pint. A usual night out would be 12 pints or so. Any more I'd feel it next day but around the dirty dozen I tend to be ok. If I don't really want to drink loads I swap out my usual Guinness for pint bottles of Bulmers with ice and don't go in rounds. Just at my own slow pace.
Drank every weekend of my life up to the last year or so now I just do it when there is an event
on. I just got fed up of it. Don't just go to the pub because it's Saturday anymore. No social issues with it but aware of the health issues of doubling weekly allowance in one sitting.
Would never drink at home. Not even a single drop.

Sam Kade

A few times during the year I could polish off half a bottle of whiskey in one evening. Sunday night was the last time and up for work at 5.30 the following morning only slightly groggy.

I don´t have big nights out or sessions. I´m lucky that I can have one and leave it at that. I could have four pints over a weekend and I might have another pint on a random day of the week. I´m not able to manage drunkenness anymore. I end up vomiting and then passing out. Too old for that craic.

I'm a very occasional drinker, and as I get older it's less and less worth the bother as I tolerate it less and less. I think I've had a single glass of wine this year, so far.

I don't find it awkward though, never have really. Some people will go on a bit about it but that's their issue. People can think that you're watching what they drink and judging them but the reality is I don't care what or how much anyone else drinks, it's their business.

I do have to be careful how I talk about it sometimes, people can jump on any perceived sanctimony.

TheBully

8-10 pints on a Saturday night, and a the same on a Sunday, I may have 2 or 3 pint bottles of beer one or 2 nights a week also.

I drink to much but I enjoy it although I have been trying to cut down.

osarusan

A single or double whiskey once or twice a week. Maybe a bottle of beer once a week.

Rarely more than that, but sometimes less. Last week, nothing at all...just didn't feel like it.

Winterlong

My dad told me never to trust anyone who did not have a drink. So I try to come across as very trusting.

OldMrBrennan83

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LirW

None. I'm the child of an ex-alcoholic, ruined the family. This makes it sore and I don't enjoy it. Doesn't bother me though when other drink.

LirW

LirW wrote: »

None. I'm the child of an ex-alcoholic, ruined the family. This makes it sore and I don't enjoy it. Doesn't bother me though when other drink.

I'm really sorry to hear that, I can see how it would affect your own relationship with it.

Sometimes I've been asked if I have a 'problem' when I say I don't drink, and it always surprised me. I just say my only problem is that I don't really like the taste.

LirW

I just say my only problem is that I don't really like the taste.

That's what I usually say. No need to explain the whole story.

y0ssar1an22

Bambi985 wrote: »

So recently I decided to totally cut out alcohol in an attempt to both save money and get fit. Never really was a huge drinker anyway, but with work events, client dinners, family visits, nights out with friends etc - those two gin and tonics here or few glasses of prosecco there would begin to add up.

This has led to some astonishingly social awkward situations and a real eye-opener in terms of how deeply ingrained alcohol is into the fibre of our culture, as well as just how much other people drink on a regular basis. Well above the recommended 14 units a week for most regular drinkers is what Ive observed.

So I'm interest in a general poll. How much do you drink in any given week AH?

wanna share?

i usually drink too much when i'm out, but sher you're only young once

The Backwards Man

Oul lad was stopped staggering down the road in the local town by a Garda

'How much have you had to drink?' she asks him

'My dear lady', says he, 'there's nothing left'.

BillyBobBS

Life is short and im here to enjoy it. We seem to have an industry built up by health guru's and do gooder fitness freaks telling us booze is bad for you, well guess what im sure if you booze 3 glasses of wine a day and then go on a binge every weekend it is but there is no problem with going out and getting pissed every now and then and letting your hair down (if you are lucky enough to still have some left). I'd say over the course of a year i drink about an average of 4 pints a week. Everything in moderation is fine it's the people who can't control it that are the problem.

Bambi985

Deleted User wrote: »

I´m not able to manage drunkenness anymore. I end up vomiting and then passing out. Too old for that craic.

Same. Sometimes my reaction to as few as one or two drinks can be so awful the next day with just absolute lethargy, banging headache, depression and rumination etc that I've convinced myself i have some sort of intolerance issues with it. My body is allergic or something. The hangovers after just two glasses of wine are just excruciating and that was what played into my recent decision to just stop altogether.

LirW wrote: »

None. I'm the child of an ex-alcoholic, ruined the family. This makes it sore and I don't enjoy it. Doesn't bother me though when other drink.

I can understand that completely. My ex had major problems with it which has made me so wary of big drinkers as it's such a thin line between someone who's out knocking back pints and shots for the laugh because why not versus someone that can't control it and is masking a deeper issue under "having the craic...great bants...let's get wasted wahey!"

r93kaey5p2izun

I haven't drank in over a decade. I just don't feel like it, I'd have no problem having a drink if the mood struck me. I don't say I don't drink and it's not something I'm bothered discussing, but sometimes people become very odd about it, and feel free to say/ask the most intrusive and inappropriate things.

Bambi985

Bambi985 wrote: »

Same. Sometimes my reaction to as few as one or two drinks can be so awful the next day with just absolute lethargy, banging headache, depression and rumination etc that I've convinced myself i have some sort of intolerance issues with it. My body is allergic or something. The hangovers after just two glasses of wine are just excruciating and that was what played into my recent decision to just stop altogether.

It's awful isn't it. I remember thinking my drink had been spiked or maybe I had an illness which caused me to feel this way. Nope! I just can't handle too much booze!

Three pints is my absolute maximum. Even drinking more than that but slowly over a long night doesn't make a difference. It's scary how quick the drunkenness hits me. As for wine or spirits? Forget it. A glass here and there is all.

It's funny because reading some of my posts makes it seem like I'm mad for the drink but it really is a case of one nice pint, packet of crisps, and off home

_Kaiser_

Very rarely.. I'm usually driving anyway, but even if not I wouldn't really bother with more than 2/3 pints on a night out (which can be months apart). Don't bother with drinking at home (it was always a social thing for me anyway).

Of course I did the whole mad sessions in my 20s but I wouldn't even have any interest in that sort of life now to be honest.

andekwarhola

Although I like a drink now, I didn't starting drinking until I was about 23-24 so I would certainly have had The Questions from others, espcially in college. I don't really remember feeling chastised for not drinking. I think a lot of it is down to how secure you feel about the decision and yourself and I couldn't have cared less at the time.

Knex*

Too much, tbh. I need to cut it down. I'm a restless enough person so I definitely feel the need to go out at least once a week.

I don't even necessarily feel the need to get drunk, but I could drink half a bottle of whiskey over the space of a night, no problem, and still stroll home without anyone knowing I had more than a drink or two. I'd be grand again in the morning as well.

It scares me a little that my body is somewhat conditioned to the point where drinking that much doesn't really affect me. So yeah, definitely need to cut back.

Aglomerado

I had a buddy visiting for two nights over the weekend. Drank a ridiculous amount of 6% craft beers and wine and all kinds of stuff.

There are about 32 beer bottles and 2 wine bottles in the recycling bag...

I feel bloated and irritable today, time to give up for a bit, I normally wouldn't drink that much in a month, let alone a weekend.

hairyslug

I havnt drank in about a year ago, I was never much of a drinker, only on social occasions which became fewer and fewer as time went on. I was diagnosed with epilepsy a few years ago, when they finally found the meds that suited me, they didn't suit alcohol though.

PTH2009

Drank for the first time in 2 weeks last night feeling a bit sick now

I used to drink a lot but realized how much money I was wasting so only drink once a week or sometimes once every 2 weeks . I'd have a few for matches and concerts

monkeybutter

One...

One shelf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLsIMpdTFm4

grogi

Bambi985 wrote: »

So I'm interest in a general poll. How much do you drink in any given week AH?

Four beers on a good week. Zilch on a bad...

retro:electro

I'd have a glass of wine with dinner every Saturday, am happy enough to just have the one.
Would go on a mad one maybe once every two months, and have maybe 6-8 g&t's, maybe some whiskey. Those nights are getting less and less frequent now though.

begbysback

I try to get the recommended 4 litres of water a day, usually only manage about 2 - the bottled stuff only, don't trust the stuff outta the tap no more - maybe a couple of kombuchas during the week and at least one cappuccino a day. If I need the extra energy then maybe a red bull or coke, but this is rare.

team_actimel

A lot of non-drinkers on Boards - fair play to ye.

I couldn't do it though. I enjoy my nice few G&Ts socialising every 2 weeks or so on a night out.

Stonedpilot

Booze blocks people off spiritually. Ever notice after a skinful all the worst traits in people abound. Look at any city at 2am when pubs shut. It's a crap drug. I spent a fortune on it back in the day.

Lot here drinking 10 or more pints in one go. That's pretty heavy going, know alcoholics who wouldn't have drank that much in one go. Although it's well known that heavy drinkers can often drink more than alcoholics.

rainbow kirby

Nothing at the moment, but would have been 1-2 drinks on a Friday and Saturday before.

blue note

Most weeks I'd have a glass of wine with Sunday dinner. On the friday / Saturday night I'd have a couple of drinks - maybe share a bottle of wine over the two nights or a couple of bottles of beer. During the week I'd have the odd whiskey / beer. Maybe one or two a fortnight.

Then everyone two or three weeks I'd have a bit of a night out with about 5 pints. And then occasionally, at a wedding or stag or something usually, I'd have a proper binging session where I don't want to know how much I drink, which is convenient because I'd struggle to work it out.