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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?

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fussyonion

Bottle of wine on a Friday night which I would drink over about four hours.

Maybe four or five bottles (330ml) of Bulmers on a Saturday. That's every week.

We'll go to the pub maybe once every three weeks. I'd have about six pints of Bulmers.

[Deleted User]

I drink a little, drank a bit as a teenager but after that didn't drink till I was thirty, come from a family who don't drink a lot except for one of my brothers. I do think a lot of it is to do with your family environment, my father did not drink and both my first husband and my second husband are none drinkers and it not because either of them have any issues with alcohol they just grew out of drinking and are not bothered at all.

It a funny thing but in Ireland being a none drinker is associated with having had a problem with alcohol.

MilesMorales1

I've never drank in my whole life, and people do indeed think you're a bit odd if you don't drink.

scopper

Let me save everyone time

Under 30: Loads.
Over 30: Ugh, hungover. So less.

scopper

Stonedpilot wrote: »

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.

As an ex-drunk (but still an addict) I'd say I've seen people who can outdrink me, hardcore, on a night out or so, but they will falter if it is a second day. The drunk is the one who has no off-day and that's where you see the tolerance. Some drunks might 'just' drink 4-6 cans a night, but they have to, it's not optional.

Galwayguy35

Just a few pints per year and the odd whiskey at home.

Alcohol make me agressive if I drink too much so I do everything i can to make sure that doesn't happen.

Fart

I feel like a functioning alcoholic after reading this thread.

alberto67

Only drink water; sparkling as a treat.

ToddyDoody

Enough to keep the cider company ticking over.

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Noveight

Eh, I'll go for a night out once a fortnight or so. I'll have 6 or 7 pints, maybe a small whiskey. That's enough for me.

snowflaker

very little. a few jamesons every few months.

SEPT 23 1989

Fart wrote: »

I feel like a functioning alcoholic after reading this thread.

swap the words weeks and months with days and we would all be on the same page

Mr. teddywinkles

Bambi985 wrote: »

Yeah I feel like this thread is going to attract more non-drinkers than people who neck 10+ pints a couple of times a week. Kinda like the hygiene threads around here attract people who shower five times a day and change their bed sheets every time they lie down in them.

Maybe it's hard to admit to being a heavy drinker on threads like these.

Yis are all whimps. Too bottles of whiskey a nite at least.

mdwexford

3-4 Kopparberg
8-10 vodkas/southern comforts
3-4 jagerbombs

lazybones32

Average 4-6 pints a night when i do drink. Sometimes more, never less. Would drink 2 nights a week, twice a month.
Can't go for one or two pints. I go drinking or i don't.

lazybones32

alberto67 wrote: »

Only drink water; sparkling as a treat.

Well, howdy-doodilly neighbourino. You sound Flantastic fun.

biko

Bambi985 wrote: »

So I'm interest in a general poll.

But, but, there is no poll in this thread..

Arghus

lazybones32 wrote: »

Average 4-6 pints a night when i do drink. Sometimes more, never less. Would drink 2 nights a week, twice a month.
Can't go for one or two pints. I go drinking or i don't.

Agree with this. I'd rather go out on the lash completely or not drink at all than have 2-3 drinks. It's the worst of both worlds; you're not really commiting to making a session of it, but after a couple of pints, even if I'm nowhere near drunk, I'm not really in the mood for doing like watching TV or reading a book afterwards.

Neames

I drink more than the recommended amount.

Last week, I had 5 pints and a few glasses of wine, the next day was a write off completely.

This really bugged me as did the amount of money that I waste on drink.

I'm definitely going to cut back for health and financial reasons. Tis a mug's game.

zl1whqvjs75cdy

Half bottle of wine most weekends. The hangover after a heavy session isn't worth it anymore.

HalloweenJack

More than I should.

I usually have a beer during the evenings every night and sometimes with lunch.

I go out once or twice every weekend. I probably have about eight pints on average when I go out.

Burial.

Definition of a binge drinker here. Cannot do the whole glass of wine/few bottles/quiet pint in the evening after work. Maybe I'm still too young. When I turned 18 and throughout college I was half convinced I had a drink problem but realised it just goes with the territory. I have found my sweet spot so I can get pissed yet still be respectable, pull, get the ride and be somewhat functioning the following morning. Still have the occasional proper blowout, where I'd drink enough alcohol to disinfect an entire hospital but they're getting rarer and rarer.

IamtheWalrus

Maybe 4 pints every 2 months. Post-30 hangovers are not worth the effort.

wally1990

mdwexford wrote: »

3-4 Kopparberg
8-10 vodkas/southern comforts
3-4 jagerbombs

God bless your stomach , I'd be so sick

[Deleted User]

Normal week would have at least one evening/night with 8-10 pints (and often spirits) sometimes two and the there would be a few cans at home or few pints in the pub here and there but it varies a lot.

Then there are heavier weeks like the last one where I've have at least 45 pints in the last 7 days.

Tylerdurex

BillyBobBS wrote: »

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.

One of the most deluded ignorant posts I've read in a long time

retro:electro

Tylerdurex wrote: »

One of the most deluded ignorant posts I've read in a long time

Why??

mdwexford

wally1990 wrote: »

God bless your stomach , I'd be so sick

Don't worry, I pay for it the next day

harry Bailey esq

Major Microscopic Someone wrote: »

Normal week would have at least one evening/night with 8-10 pints (and often spirits) sometimes two and the there would be a few cans at home or few pints in the pub here and there but it varies a lot.

Then there are heavier weeks like the last one where I've have at least 45 pints in the last 7 days.

I hover around the same quota as yourself,and have the odd really heavy week. I went away for a few days recently and drank about 15 pints of cheap Spanish beer everyday and hit the whiskey when it got dark. I was eating like a king at the same time it has to be said so I never actually got that drunk and more importantly,didn't act the pr1ck. Drink,like everything else just doesn't agree with some people. It has to be treated with respect.