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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.

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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.

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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

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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.