Drinking on your own

Chancer3001 · 07-05-2017 10:24PM #1

Any funny stories from when you did it?

I used think it was only forlorn alcoholics or people with no friends....

But its slowly growing on me.

I do find it waste it sometimes though just messing on my phone....but if the alternative is staring into space....

Still a bit of a weird novelty to me ...but I see myself doing it more as I get older.

MyStubbleItches · 07-05-2017 10:30PM

Nah. Just home from the pub. Beautiful Sunday with my wife capped off with a few lovely pints in s country pub with my friends. No interest in drinking alone.

fepper · 07-05-2017 10:32PM

A couple of pints on ones own sometimes is sheer bliss,time-out stuff

Chancer3001 · 07-05-2017 10:32PM

To be clear.

Drinking with people I know is still a zillion times better

07-05-2017 10:33PM

I've no problem at all with drinking alone OP. It's nice sometimes after a tough day to relax with a glass of wine or bottle of beer. There isn't a thing wrong with it.

gifted · 07-05-2017 10:36PM

I loved it...no one to annoy me. Nice seat at the bar, stratigally placed for minimum walking distance to the toilet, back to wall so loner me could stare at any woman as she walked by lol lol...

koumi · 07-05-2017 10:36PM

I don't think I have ever drank on my own, I associate drinks with going out or just being social. There's still a couple of bottles of wine sitting on the counter since Christmas and they'll probably still be there next Christmas. Don't think I'd like to get drunk with myself, I'd probably wreck my own head.

timthumbni · 07-05-2017 10:36PM

I far far prefer drinking on my own as opposed to in a bar. No fights, arguments or rows and no bother getting a taxi home. Far more relaxing. Bliss....

tomwaterford · 07-05-2017 10:38PM

I find it boring at home drinking on me own,don't particularly like drinking amyway and your stuck at home then

Alf Veedersane · 07-05-2017 10:38PM

Used to love the rare occasions I'd go for a pint in Beggars Bush with the paper. Twas glad for the soul.

Rumpy Pumpy · 07-05-2017 10:39PM

Never drink alone, never drink at home. Wise advice from John B. Keane - great Irish playwright and pub owner.

koumi · 07-05-2017 10:41PM

tomwaterford wrote: »

I find it boring at home drinking on me own,don't particularly like drinking and your stuck at home then

you do realise that cause we are the boring ones

I couldn't handle it either tbh, I'm fairly quiet in myself and usually chilled out when I'm at home anyway, if I had a drink I'd not be able to relax at all.

Your Face · 07-05-2017 10:42PM

Chancer3001 wrote: »

Any funny stories from when you did it?

I used think it was only forlorn alcoholics or people with no friends....

But its slowly growing on me.

I do find it waste it sometimes though just messing on my phone....but if the alternative is staring into space....

Still a bit of a weird novelty to me ...but I see myself doing it more as I get older.

This is why I drink alone.

blindpilot · 07-05-2017 10:42PM

Really enjoy it. House to myself. Beers in the fridge. Good movies or dvds of gigs from years gone by. It doesn't happen often but I enjoy it when it does. Once got so drunk I fell into the coffee table and smashed it to bits. The clean up with a hangover was not fun.

mewe · 07-05-2017 10:43PM

Nowt wrong with it op. Depends what mood you're in but don't think there's anything wrong with enjoying a few drinks by yourself. You're never really by yourself with social media nowadays anyways eh!

artanevilla · 07-05-2017 10:43PM

timthumbni wrote: »

I far far prefer drinking on my own as opposed to in a bar. No fights, arguments or rows and no bother getting a taxi home. Far more relaxing. Bliss....

What bars do you go to?

Academic · 07-05-2017 10:44PM

Chancer3001 wrote: »

Any funny stories from when you did it?

[...]

I do find it waste it sometimes though just messing on my phone....but if the alternative is staring into space....

Still a bit of a weird novelty to me ...but I see myself doing it more as I get older.

I find it hard to believe you have no other alternative whatsoever.

Alcoheda · 07-05-2017 10:44PM

I used to love going rambling up the river with a huge bag of cider.
Just me and the dog in the evening until late at night.
Soak up the bird song and the fishes jumping and maybe go for a swim myself.
Pure alcho thing to be doing in fairness and probably not too smart.
Wouldn't dream of doing it now but it was really lovely sometimes.

Academic · 07-05-2017 10:46PM

I'll occasionally go to a restaurant on my own, in which case I often have a drink with the meal.

But by myself alone at home? Almost never.

07-05-2017 10:47PM

Allow me to answer your question through the medium of song, OP, as expressed by a man with a famously pounded liver

timthumbni · 07-05-2017 10:47PM

Rumpy Pumpy wrote: »

Never drink alone, never drink at home. Wise advice from John B. Keane - great Irish playwright and pub owner.

Aye... I wonder why a pub owner would ever come out with something like that..

mfceiling · 07-05-2017 10:48PM

In my mid 20's I was in Sydney for 16 months. There was nothing nicer in the winter than stopping at the pub after work with the paper and having a couple of pints on my own. Especially some of the quieter bars where no one bothered with anyone.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 07-05-2017 10:50PM

Couple of beers at home and a movie - one if life's little pleasures.

I wouldn't go drinking in a pub on my own though. Unless it was to watch a football match, but that's not strictly "drinking".

Mint Sauce · 07-05-2017 10:51PM

Very occasionally, say after a busy or stressful work at work, might have a 1 or 2 beers along with a pizza, just to unwind or chill out. When I say very occasionally, I would say, probably only two or three times so far this year. Usally say, can't wait till home for a few beers, and will either won't even bother, or just have the 1 or 2 as above. Just doesn't really do anything for me.

timthumbni · 07-05-2017 10:52PM

artanevilla wrote: »

What bars do you go to?

The kneebreakers...

Vela · 07-05-2017 10:54PM

I'm not into it. I'm from a family of alcho's and I never felt right about drinking alone at home - pretty much like tempting fate. I don't like wine either, so I wouldn't be having a glass with dinner or anything.

A few sociable drinks in the house with friends is cool with me. But I'm not going to sit downing vodkas on my own in the gaff!

As for drinking alone in a bar... Meh.

osarusan · 07-05-2017 10:58PM

Often have a beer or whiskey alone at home. I am sipping a whiskey right now.

No problem killing time with a pint or having one while reading a book.

Don't like going out by myself for the night though, never did.

MyStubbleItches · 07-05-2017 11:00PM

Rumpy Pumpy wrote: »

Never drink alone, never drink at home. Wise advice from John B. Keane - great Irish playwright and pub owner.

And a fine house it still is.

Chancer3001 · 08-05-2017 12:33AM

Pribabaly should have specified. I don't mean drinking at home.

I mean drinking alone in a pub.

Sure tis easy to drink at home. Zero social awkwardness.

I even had an excuse ready to go tonight if anybody asked whyou I was drinking alone!

Ps - may have railed a few lines of the devil's dandruff to make it better craic

Rikand · 08-05-2017 12:38AM

There's nothing quite like a highstool, a few creamy ones and being alone with your thoughts.

aaronjumper · 08-05-2017 12:58AM

I love to do it now and again, along with it being a good way to unwind you save loads of money doing it too.

Drinking on your own

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