Drinking alone

take everything

https://drunkard.com/the-zen-of-drinking-alone/

I love this article.
So true.

buried

Class. Nothing beats a few beers, the sounds you want to hear pumped up to the max, a nice bit of civil craic with people on a bit of forum action. Happy out.

I'll be out tomorrow night in the pubs and clubs, and I can already guarantee right now it is going to absolutely f**king terrible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pCsz0D6N44

buried

pleas advice

Sing us a song you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight

wakka12

Drinking on your own is lovely sometimes, after a hard week or whatever. Sure everybody knows themselves if its becoming a problem or not, if you're drinking alone the odd time and enjoying it but know its not affecting your life negatively, then don't listen to people saying drinking alone is a bad thing, because you know its not

Yakult

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8Qugtp90NU

Pwindedd

I love a good solitary soiree
Friday night -nice bit of steak for me dinner, accompanied by a glass or two of red to unwind - i either fall asleep here or move onto the spirits and see what takes my fancy. Karaoke for one. Boards therapy session. Maybe a bit of gaming. Just float, forget and do my thing for a while.

ChikiChiki

Came home last night after a hectic week and chilled with a bottle of red, take away and watched some netflix. Absolute bliss until my housemate looked at me funny when she came in and seen i was having a glass of wine on my own. People can be quick to cast judgement on these things.

That might happen once every two weeks. If its a daily occurance then its a bit of an issue.

buried

ChikiChiki wrote: »

That might happen once every two weeks. If its a daily occurance then its a bit of an issue.

Exactly, if you have to do some actual work during the week, dealing with people and situations to help keep the whole game going why not enjoy you're own company, you're own interests, you're own buzz on what you can get some positive energy off, then why not? Doing it every day would take the good and the fun out of it so there would be no point! Enjoying you're own stick, no matter what you are doing, is actual pure Zen.

misstearheus

I will do this sometime before I leave this Planet. I will go for a drink on my own. There is someone on here that does it all the time and it sounds so relaxing..

DaithiMa

I have had a long and difficult week in work (see how I nicely avoided after hours innuendo there ) and I am currently half-way through demolishing two four-packs of Hoegaarden (aka God's nectar). Alone. Life is good.

Pac1Man

I wouldn't go for a drink on my own. Too many judgmental eyeballs to ruin the mood, whether they are staring or not. I can quite happily have a drink at home though.

Had some whiskey tonight while playing an incredible visual novel. It fitted the mood perfectly.

PTH2009

I like drinking on my own and don't think I have a problem cause I found out what drinks agree with me, the best pace to go at and when I have enough. I'd often go into a pub and sit somewhere quite and browse my phone, watch sports on the tv and generally mind my own business. When I when a few In me i might strike up conversation with other people at the bar. I enjoy listening to the addictive RTE gold type radio they have on

how can u not enjoy ur own company, no drama of where to go, what I should be drinking/not drinking etc. Obv it's better to have friends/family drinking with u but it's personal choice at the end of the day

Pwindedd

I would actually love to have the confidence to go into a pub/bar on my own and just have a few drinks and soak up the atmosphere. Maybe have a chat with whomever is at the bar. Girls nights out are great but sometimes i'd like to be able to just go out on my own and see where the wind blows me. It's still not really the "done thing" for women to drink alone in pubs though (yes this maybe my hang-up and not as daunting as it sounds) - call me old fashioned/outdated, but i feel it's more acceptable for men to go for a few cheeky ones alone than it is for girls.

PTH2009

Pwindedd wrote: »

I would actually love to have the confidence to go into a pub/bar on my own and just have a few drinks and soak up the atmosphere. Maybe have a chat with whomever is at the bar. Girls nights out are great but sometimes i'd like to be able to just go out on my own and see where the wind blows me. It's still not really the "done thing" for women to drink alone in pubs though (yes this maybe my hang-up and not as daunting as it sounds) - call me old fashioned/outdated, but i feel it's more acceptable for men to go for a few cheeky ones alone than it is for girls.

a women is more likely to get chatted up/pestered etc if there own there own and a lot with a guy

men just don't give a **** and would drink with the devil himself if thirsty enough

hatrickpatrick

I'm probably coming at this from too scientific an angle, but sometimes I like coffee and beer to get through writer's block - coffee for the dopamine surge and associated rush of motivation, and then beer to lower inhibition which I find can be the ultimate enemy of creativity (with beer you're more likely to at least try writing what's in your head rather than letting the "this isn't good enough, bin it" voice get its own way and ending up staring at an empty page all afternoon).

Now, maybe being inhibited in this way where your brain shuts down any creative thoughts before they can get anywhere is something there's a better solution for, but there's no denying that beer is a pretty good quick fix. It's pretty much the same context as drinking before going on the pull, where you're hoping the "don't bother, rejection sucks" voice will be silenced for a bit so you can make a move.

Pwindedd

PTH2009 wrote: »

a women is more likely to get chatted up/pestered etc if there own there own

men just don't give a **** and would drink with the devil himself if thirsty enough

I don't mind being chatted up as such, tis human nature after all, and flattering if I'm being totally honest.
It's just i fear that when alcohol has been taken, subtle clues (body language, polite deflections etc) that i'm not interested and may be overlooked. I don't want to offend anyone and i'm quite good at mindless chit-chat, but do i really want to run the gauntlet as it were just to enjoy a drink or two.

by no means do i think i'm a looker or anything.. but you know beer goggles and all - I like male company - men are funny and like silly/weird conversations - plus you get to observe a fair amount of slagging between regulars. Would like to dip in and out of that on the odd occasion. Maybe i should just pluck up the courage and go for it one day.

Graces7

If you cannot stand your own company how can you expect others to like it?

Depends, does the worry re drinking alone as posters here say rightly. If you are choosing a bit of peace and solitude, fine. It you are depressed re being alone, a different thing altogether.

animaal

All this talk of non-Vintner-approved alcohol consumption is worrying. Please desist from suggesting that alcohol can be pleasurable unless it adds to publican profits.

We're getting minimum pricing, maybe it's time to start lobbying for the next tax or
"re-education" opportunity.

KERSPLAT!

No real interest in drinking alone. I'd go to the local for a couple the odd time but that's about it. I much prefer a bit of company and a bit of craic with them

Collie D

The Necklacer wrote: »

Most of my friends are sad losers who'd rather stay in, so I have to go drinking alone.

If you refer to your friends as sad losers regularly that's probably more the reason.

I really like having a drink by myself. Most things I enjoy doing by myself. There are a few pubs that are just lovely to sit in with a book and a pint. Now and then a bit of company would be nice but my closest friends are a bit of a distance away and himself isn't a fan of pubs. So I do my own thing. It's nice and free feeling

gifted

Used love going for a pint on my own..even better when you could smoke in a pub....grab a bar stool in the corner of the counter...beer mat to play with....nobody to annoy me...happy as ..well, happy as a man having a pint on his own...

TerrorFirmer

Nothing wrong with drinking alone as long as there's no underlying negative reason. I love nothing more than a good whack of cans once a week or bi-weekly, catching up on the latest episodes of my favorite TV shows, or sometimes playing a decent game.

Something funny about our culture with drinking that some people see going out and getting absolutely battered with friends as 'normal', but having a few cans/glasses of wine on one's own as strange.