How common has home drinking become?

KM792

I think it's become hugely popular,to the point where addiction centres are now treating people who are exclusively home alcoholics and never ventured into a pub.
Popular with women too as they feel less judged drinking behind closed doors.

Fann Linn

Been doing it for over a decade now.

Purple Mountain

Are you calling me common?

Dakota Dan

KM792 wrote: »

I think it's become hugely popular,to the point where addiction centres are now treating people who are exclusively home alcoholics and never ventured into a pub.
Popular with women too as they feel less judged drinking behind closed doors.

Looks like you answered your own question.

Darc19

Addiction centers are full to capacity and have a waiting list of 3-4 weeks. And that's with private health insurance.

GPs are expecting an increase in demand after Christmas due to the phenomenal priced war on alcohol.

EltonJohn69

Can’t beat a few solo whiskeys and some movies

antimatterx

A few whiskeys at home on your own is absolute bliss.

1o059k7ewrqj3n

Home drinking is best drinking.

Checklist:

• Cheap drink in your fridge
• Cheap food in your fridge
• Your favourite seat
• Watch the movies you want
• Listen to the music you want
• Nobody hears you cry

punisher5112

Common as muck

Dakota Dan

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

Can’t beat a few solo whiskeys and some movies

I used to do that until I ended up drinking half a bottle on a Friday night so I gave it up. Only the odd night around Christmas now. No hangovers with the whiskey made it too easy.

antimatterx

Dakota Dan wrote: »

I used to do that until I ended up drinking half a bottle on a Friday night so I gave it up. Only the odd night around Christmas now. No hangovers with the whiskey made it too easy.

Whiskeys give you a worse hangover then beer.

Mulbert

Cluain Mhuire.

Dakota Dan

antimatterx wrote: »

Whiskeys give you a worse hangover then beer.

Not me, I start work at 5.30am 7 days a week and a half bottle of whiskey never caused me a hang over. Beer doesn’t agree with me.

KM792

Darc19 wrote: »

Addiction centers are full to capacity and have a waiting list of 3-4 weeks. And that's with private health insurance.

GPs are expecting an increase in demand after Christmas due to the phenomenal priced war on alcohol.

In fairness the supermarket price wars on alcohol has everything to do with this.Years ago,you would go behind a curtain in a shop to buy booze..not anymore,there's a traffic jam in the drinks aisle at the weekend.
I'd imagine with the prosecco offer in Lidl tomorrow there will be bitch fights up and down the country..and it's only stink.

andekwarhola

You can see why home drinking is more popular. Pubs in Ireland are expensive. You now have internet, movie streaming, Whatsapp etc at home meaning you can connect with people and have broader entertainment choices. Plus the range of decent alcohol choice in off-sales dwarfs most pub offerings.

KM792

KM792 wrote: »

I think it's become hugely popular,to the point where addiction centres are now treating people who are exclusively home alcoholics and never ventured into a pub.
Popular with women too as they feel less judged drinking behind closed doors.

176 posts. Are you a VFI shill?

If you saw no, you probably are.

IAMAMORON

It depends what you like to do when your drinking. For me I like to go to the pub because I can shoot the breeze with other drinkers and get out of the house for a few hours.

If I am watching a film on the box I like to be sober, it helps me concentrate and enjoy the movie. If you are half cut you lose it.

I basically never drink on my own, I don't think it is healthy. I am not judging anyone who does btw, it is just the way I like to drink.

shamrock55

It's crazy these days, people especially younger people don't venture out till midnight, I don't drink a single drop at home myself

Charlie19

Mulbert wrote: »

Cluain Mhuire.

Sister Margaret.

questionmark?

Few beers or a nice whiskey at home watching a match is much better than Jono ordering a pint of Heino whilst talking ****e during a match he doesn't understand. Steak and a glass of red with the other half after a long week at work. Home drinking can be great.

elperello

I think the drink driving laws have helped to make home drinking more common.

Still often hear older drinkers saying they never drink at home. Guys who really like a drink but it's like a proud boast that they won't have it at home.

Heckler

Had tentative plans last friday and saturday. Bunch of people out. When push came to shove I stopped in with a bottle of whiskey and a movie. Weather was awful. Happy days.

jimbobaloobob

Don't drink at home feel marooned when I did in the past

Strumms

andekwarhola wrote: »

You can see why home drinking is more popular. Pubs in Ireland are expensive. You now have internet, movie streaming, Whatsapp etc at home meaning you can connect with people and have broader entertainment choices. Plus the range of decent alcohol choice in off-sales dwarves most pub offerings.

I think during the ‘boom’ and when publicans were loosing the run of themselves putting up the price of drinks about twice a year it got to the stage where a lot of people were if say used to going to the pub twice or three times a week, just going once and the other nights staying home with a DVD and a few take away beers.

I remembered saying it to the owner in my local when the 3rd or 4th increase in 2 years came around and the reply was a laugh and “ sure there isn’t anything wrong with making money “.

The pure glibness in the way which the remark was even delivered was an eye opener, it was for a friend of mine who was golfing buddies with one of the owners and he after defending them previously when he had heard this he even suggested one night spending our money in another bar all be it one night of the three.

We did this and after a while one of the owners met me in the petrol station... “ ohhh I hear you are very disloyal with your cash all of a sudden !”

Me : “listen my loyalty is to my family, friends and wallet, not your fûcking till”

punisher5112

Whetherspoons I thought would change things but not really yet and even with their low prices they're even laughing all the way to the bank.

Us Irish are been taken for mugs and here we have our guberment bringing in minimum pricing without most knowing about it.

worded

punisher5112 wrote: »

Whetherspoons I thought would change things but not really yet and even with their low prices they're even laughing all the way to the bank.

Us Irish are been taken for mugs and here we have our guberment bringing in minimum pricing without most knowing about it.

That’s to send everyone back into the pubs that are drinking at home .... in my eyes it narrows the gap of being gouged by publicians

EltonJohn69

antimatterx wrote: »

Whiskeys give you a worse hangover then beer.

Well at least it doesn’t give you a belly

Thelonious Monk

I love having a few beers at home in my nice warm living room. Just met my Dad and his 2 mates for a couple of pints and now having a Karpackie on the couch. Life is good!

biko

Drinking alone is definitely a signal you're too fond of the drink.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2_8Igq7ko4

biko

biko wrote: »

Drinking alone is definitely a signal you're too fond of the drink.

Unless you're capable of moderation.

BDI

biko wrote: »

Drinking alone is definitely a signal you're too fond of the drink.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2_8Igq7ko4

What if you just fancy a beer but have no friends?

Id say people who can’t handle social situations without a drink have a worse problem than somebody having 6 or 7 beers on his couch watching sports all Sunday.

The publicans like to tell us drinking at home and drinking alone are problems but I think going to the pub and badgering the Barman and talking to two other barstool warmers is not some sort of dignified drinking.

Joe Kaine

A nice Scottish malt and a few lines of Peruvian at home on a Friday night while watching Tubs is the job

BDI

Joe Kaine wrote: »

A nice Scottish malt and a few lines of Peruvian at home on a Friday night while watching Tubs is the job

Technically I don’t think that is classified as sniffing alone.

Stratvs

Deleted User wrote: »

Unless you're capable of moderation.

Moderation in everything, especially moderation

Not really into spirits but do enjoy a cold beer or couple glasses of wine with Netflix on a weekend.

Joe Kaine

BDI wrote: »

Technically I don’t think that is classified as sniffing alone.

It's a beautiful feeling. A sip of malt, a shot of Peruvian farmers finest and another sip of malt in that order.

SeaFields

Our kids are very young at the moment. That means my social life consists of a few beers and Netflix on the couch at the weekends. I'd be more than delighted to get to the pub on a regular basis but just ain't gonna happen at the moment.

Salary Negotiator

antimatterx wrote: »

Whiskeys give you a worse hangover then beer.

The ginger lady holds a grudge.

Well, I like to have a ice cold vodka sometimes. I'll have, at most two, and it's usually a weekend thing.

Drinking at home is different from getting wasted at home. Just as drinking once/twice a week, is different from drinking every night (or throughout the day).

I never have much alcohol in the house (usually a bottle of Vodka, and two bottles of wine [for dating]). Like many of my friends, I have a severe aversion to ever becoming dependent on alcohol. We all saw people through our lives in Ireland who became addicted, or were a twat while drinking too much/often and we've no interest in behaving that way ourselves.

Whenever I return to Ireland, I'm always amazed at how quiet the bars are in many towns. There's very little going on anymore. I'd be more interested in drinking at home with a good movie, than going to an empty and overpriced bar, with no eye candy available.

Badly Drunk Boy

Mulbert wrote: »

Cluain Mhuire.

Charlie19 wrote: »

Sister Margaret.

I think you're thinking of Cuan Mhuire and Sister Consilio.

And no, in spite of my username, I've never been a client (or whatever).

cj maxx

I am a home drinker
I'm not able to walk far , and obviously can't drive to the pub so home drinking it is

JohnnyFlash

There’s a lot of people putting away a few bottles of wine a week to ‘relax and unwind’.

JeffKenna

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

There’s a lot of people putting away a few bottles of wine a week to ‘relax and unwind’.

And your point is?

Cheaper drink - some pubs, especially in urban areas are pulling the piss.
More variety of drinks - says it all really, can drink what you want at home rather than the 5 or 6 different taps most pubs will have.
No other people - can go for a piss or a fag and not lose your seat or have something dropped in your pint, and you don’t have to hear about some cocks new Passat and holiday in Lake Garda.
Only way to do it really.

That said, this thread was only an excuse for yet another “drink is bad, everyone is an alcoholic” wankathon.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

Strumms wrote: »

I think during the ‘boom’ and when publicans were loosing the run of themselves putting up the price of drinks about twice a year it got to the stage where a lot of people were if say used to going to the pub twice or three times a week, just going once and the other nights staying home with a DVD and a few take away beers.

I remembered saying it to the owner in my local when the 3rd or 4th increase in 2 years came around and the reply was a laugh and “ sure there isn’t anything wrong with making money “.

The pure glibness in the way which the remark was even delivered was an eye opener, it was for a friend of mine who was golfing buddies with one of the owners and he after defending them previously when he had heard this he even suggested one night spending our money in another bar all be it one night of the three.

We did this and after a while one of the owners met me in the petrol station... “ ohhh I hear you are very disloyal with your cash all of a sudden !”

Me : “listen my loyalty is to my family, friends and wallet, not your fûcking till”

Some publicans have such a sense of entitlement. And are short-sighted. I actually like spending the evening in pubs but it’s just far too expensive to do with any regularity. I don’t drink much but even soft drinks set you back a lot. Do they not realise that more people would go if they lowered their prices? They still think it’s the Tiger years. People have got a taste for home drinking and they like it. My MIL said drinking at home was whispered about in the ‘80s and ‘90s but that’s changed and publicans haven’t adjusted.

Strumms

I’m with you 1000% ODB....

I don’t really go to pubs now apart from to have lunch...

My local has the price of everything from food, cocktails, wine, spirits on their website but not pints. I asked why and was told by a manager ... “well the price changes that often it’s not worth the hassle”.

When I started going there around a Heineken was 4.10. Now it’s 5.60.

lalababa

Drinking alone & drinking athome was/is seen as a bit of a joky kind of put down by the crowd down my way.
Like they'd ask you what you did on the Friday night and you'd say you had a few beers athome and watched a movie. They would then throw in a dig about drinking athome/alone and say you were on a slippery slope. Meanwhile they were in a few pubs Friday night and could of had 10+ pints. Alot of them if not all can't actually physically stop after a few if they're out for the night , it always has to be more pints 8/9/10 till last orders.. otherwise it would not be seen as a night out to them.
A bit of self medication.

Fann Linn

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

There’s a lot of people putting away a few bottles of wine a week to ‘relax and unwind’.

It's good to relax after a hard week.

Badly Drunk Boy

lalababa wrote: »

A bit of self medication.

Or self moderation?

Strumms

Yes, if you ‘drank alone’ you had a problem... even if you had four beers at home watching tv... a PROBLEM !!! you could go out with your mates, drink 9 pints, cause a row on the way home, wake up the next morning, unable to fulfill your commitments ie. meeting the OH for shopping, taking the kid to football, go to work but as long as your discrepancies all manifested themselves in public with other people...grand.

Strumms

Strumms wrote: »

Yes, if you ‘drank alone’ you had a problem... even if you had four beers at home watching tv... a PROBLEM !!! you could go out with your mates, drink 9 pints, cause a row on the way home, wake up the next morning, unable to fulfill your commitments ie. meeting the OH for shopping, taking the kid to football, go to work but as long as your discrepancies all manifested themselves in public with other people...grand.

You only have to think about the stuff, at home or in the pub, these days and it’s PROBLEM!

CrankyHaus

I enjoy both. Neither is healthy to excess. Anyone thinking it's automatically a sign of problem drinking just swallowed up the vintners PR.