Why do you drink excessively?

enya kenny · 24-06-2016 09:15PM #1

In Ireland there is a serious problem with people binge drinking multiple times a week?

Why do you drink excessively? Are you bored? Addicted? Nothing else to do?

Could you go out and not drink for the night? Stay off it for a few months?

Whats your story and are the government to blame for the lack of facilites in Ireland?

Sono · 24-06-2016 09:16PM

I drink because I enjoy the social aspect to it and I don't know any different.

For Forks Sake · 24-06-2016 09:21PM

enya kenny wrote: »

In Ireland there is a serious problem with people binge drinking multiple times a week?

Why do you drink excessively? Are you bored? Addicted? Nothing else to do?

Could you go out and not drink for the night? Stay off it for a few months?

Whats your story and are the government to blame for the lack of facilites in Ireland?

I drink for many reasons, but high up on the list is so that I don't have to listen/read ****e like that.

Sciprio · 24-06-2016 09:24PM

Hi, My name is Sciprio and i'm an alcoholic.

24-06-2016 09:24PM

I used to drink a lot. Not so much multiple times, it had dwindled from 2 or 3 blow outs a week down to 1, but that was eye watering 4 or 5am stuff. It was a mix of a genuine fondness for social life and a distraction, a stress release. Certainly no one to blame, I did it and I don't regret any if it, except maybe now I appreciate how hard it was for my wife. It was probably part of a way of life in rural Ireland for the generation before me, so we all did, but most of my friends gave up the lifestyle before I did. Then baby arrived and that was that really.

LeinsterDub · 24-06-2016 09:27PM

enya kenny wrote: »

In Ireland there is a serious problem with people binge drinking multiple times a week?

Why do you drink excessively? Are you bored? Addicted? Nothing else to do?

Could you go out and not drink for the night? Stay off it for a few months?

Whats your story and are the government to blame for the lack of facilites in Ireland?

Define binge drinking? If it's the 2 pints in the same day definition made up basically at random in the 80s you can f**k right off.

Story Bud? · 24-06-2016 09:28PM

I like the taste of certain types of alcohol. I like getting tipsy. I can and do go out out without drinking of a Saturday. I've gone to dance gigs sober and had the time of my life. I can and have gone long periods without drinking but I'd rather not as I quite enjoy it.

hairyslug · 24-06-2016 09:34PM

I dont drink, the view up here on my high horse is fantastic.
I got a taste for business a few years ago, prior to that it was beer or cider but sadly gave up about 3 months back

enya kenny · 24-06-2016 09:34PM

LeinsterDub wrote: »

Define binge drinking? If it's the 2 pints in the same day definition made up basically at random in the 80s you can f**k right off.

In my eyes > 6 pints in one sitting more than twice a week

24-06-2016 09:35PM

It's fun

DontThankMe · 24-06-2016 09:36PM

Because everyone else does it and i am a sheep

The Specialist · 24-06-2016 09:52PM

Boredom, the relaxation after a few cans.

Alf Stewart. · 24-06-2016 09:53PM

Because I've two fcukin hands, and only the one mouth.

ToddyDoody · 25-06-2016 04:43PM

Look at this article. Disgrace!

http://www.thejournal.ie/report-ireland-alcohol-2838729-Jun2016/

I drink excessively as I enjoy loosening up a bit and feeling more relaxed, and going with the flow a bit more.

wakka12 · 25-06-2016 05:06PM

I drink excessively regularly because I am socially awkward and it relieves me of any anxiety for a few hours of happiness once or twice every week. I am quiet, I am passive, my drinking doesn't affect anybody negatively in any way and I am perfectly healthy. So really I don't see the 'problem' here despite what anti drinkers will tell me

LightsStillOn · 25-06-2016 05:08PM

Because it'd be rude not to get steaming locked after Robbie scored that header

25-06-2016 05:09PM

Because I love drinking and spending time in pubs, its just great craic.

Id have a good few pints at least twice a week, the last few weeks with the good weather it's more like 5 times a week in the pub.

OldMrBrennan83 · 25-06-2016 05:11PM

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Mint Sauce · 25-06-2016 05:14PM

I like a few pints when I am out, and maybe a couple of shorts depending on the company, or if I have had a particularly busy week at work maybe a couple bottles of beer to unwind. On the other hand, might go a month or more without touching a drop.

I too have never missed an appointment or a days work as a result of drinking. If have something of importance on the next day, or involves driving before a certain time, then its just one or two or nothing at all. Dont care whose over or what the ocassion is.

Lady is a tramp · 25-06-2016 05:27PM

enya kenny wrote: »

Why do you drink excessively? Are you bored? Addicted? Nothing else to do?

Started off as a coping mechanism as a result of complex PTSD, became an addiction, I'm now a non-drinker. I basically used it as an anaesthetic, to numb my emotions and memories. Also as a form of self-harm, according to the professionals.

enya kenny wrote: »

Could you go out and not drink for the night

Yeah not a bother, could even do it at the height of my addiction! Home drinking was my problem.

enya kenny wrote: »

Stay off it for a few months?

Well I don't plan to drink ever again. That's the plan anyways! Longest I've ever been off it was around 9 months when I was pregnant, didn't really miss it at all at the time.

enya kenny wrote: »

Whats your story and are the government to blame for the lack of facilites in Ireland?

You know, in my experience (of both public and private addiction centres in Ireland), it's one thing the HSE actually does really well! They provide really good counselling and help for those with alcohol problems, both inpatient and outpatient, because alcoholics cost them a lot more in the long run with all the associated cancers and other diseases. I guess it probably depends what part of the country you're in though.

Elemonator · 25-06-2016 05:28PM

Just seems to be where the social scene is. I hate it but I've got to take part to be social.

Maireadio · 25-06-2016 05:32PM

Very occasionally, I like to take a holiday from relentless consciousness.

Mint Sauce · 25-06-2016 05:33PM

Elemonator wrote: »

Just seems to be where the social scene is. I hate it but I've got to take part to be social.

I have found after half a dozen OJs or Lucozades, your just as giddy or broke anyway.

biko · 25-06-2016 05:55PM

enya kenny wrote: »

In Ireland there is a serious problem with people binge drinking multiple times a week?

Are you asking or stating?

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 25-06-2016 05:56PM

Because Alcohol is a poison and I have a lot of demons I need to kill

Badly Drunk Boy · 25-06-2016 05:57PM

enya kenny wrote: »

Why do you drink excessively? Are you bored? Addicted? Nothing else to do?

Could you go out and not drink for the night? Stay off it for a few months?

Whats your story and are the government to blame for the lack of facilites in Ireland?

Enya Kenny, do you drink excessively? What's your story?

wakka12 wrote: »

I drink excessively regularly because I am socially awkward and it relieves me of any anxiety for a few hours of happiness once or twice every week. I am quiet, I am passive, my drinking doesn't affect anybody negatively in any way and I am perfectly healthy. So really I don't see the 'problem' here despite what anti drinkers will tell me

I was like that too (and still probably will be). Once Friday came, I'd usually drink excessively, out of boredom and to chill out. I'm quiet, passive, never violent or mean, and can afford that lifestyle. I don't have kids, or a partner at the moment.

The main way it was negative for me was that my family knew I was drinking too much, and so were worried about me (even though I never even got into fights/arguments with them). Mondays mornings in work started to get a bit ropier as the years went on, so you'd want to watch out for that creeping up on you.

I haven't been drinking since the week between Christmas and the New Year, and before that, it was August. I been to gigs in that time (and the full Electric Picnic weekend) without alcohol and I've been fine.

I don't think the Government are to blame for the lack of facilities (but I'm not saying they're helping either). There seems to be things like AA, Al-Anon and others all around the country so I'm sure there's help nearby for whoever needs it. They just have to make use of it.

Irish_rat · 25-06-2016 05:58PM

I drink water excessively. Alcohol? No I've been off that for over 7 months, best decision I've ever made. No interest in the stuff at all

I continue to go out. Life doesn't stop if you give it up.

Pac1Man · 25-06-2016 06:00PM

For Forks Sake wrote: »

I drink for many reasons, but high up on the list is so that I don't have to listen/read ****e like that.

Too close to home?

kronnn · 25-06-2016 06:01PM

I wonder if the fact that in a lot of bars, a non-alcoholic drink can cost pretty much the same as an alcoholic one, plays into people drinking more than they set out to \ know they should etc.

Sir Osis of Liver. · 25-06-2016 06:03PM

I just love the taste of beer.

The drunkeness that comes with it is an unfortunate side effect,but sure fcukit,I'll put up with it.

Emmadilema123 · 25-06-2016 06:05PM

enya kenny wrote: »

In Ireland there is a serious problem with people binge drinking multiple times a week?

Why do you drink excessively? Are you bored? Addicted? Nothing else to do?

Could you go out and not drink for the night? Stay off it for a few months?

Whats your story and are the government to blame for the lack of facilites in Ireland?

I don't usually drink excessively but when I do it's because I'm stressed. And I don't mean it's making me feel better but that the stress makes me hyper so I drink faster. I have had 3 glasses of wine and 1 cider in the last 15 months though.

I'm not a big drinker but I think most people who do take a drink occasionally have had those nights were they have accidentally crossed the line and had too much. It's the people who can go home relatively sober after 10 pints that I would be more concerned about.

Why do you drink excessively?

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