How common has home drinking become?

KM792 · 21-12-2019 12:25AM #1

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 · 21-12-2019 12:26AM

Been doing it for over a decade now.

Purple Mountain · 21-12-2019 12:27AM

Are you calling me common?

Dakota Dan · 21-12-2019 12:27AM

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 · 21-12-2019 12:28AM

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 · 21-12-2019 12:29AM

Can’t beat a few solo whiskeys and some movies

antimatterx · 21-12-2019 12:31AM

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

1o059k7ewrqj3n · 21-12-2019 12:32AM

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 · 21-12-2019 12:33AM

Common as muck

Dakota Dan · 21-12-2019 12:36AM

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 · 21-12-2019 12:39AM

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 · 21-12-2019 12:42AM

Cluain Mhuire.

Dakota Dan · 21-12-2019 12:43AM

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 · 21-12-2019 12:48AM

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 · 21-12-2019 12:53AM

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.

21-12-2019 12:56AM

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 · 21-12-2019 12:57AM

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 · 21-12-2019 12:59AM

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 · 21-12-2019 01:00AM

Mulbert wrote: »

Cluain Mhuire.

Sister Margaret.

questionmark? · 21-12-2019 01:01AM

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 · 21-12-2019 01:09AM

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 · 21-12-2019 01:34AM

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 · 21-12-2019 01:35AM

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

Strumms · 21-12-2019 01:39AM

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 · 21-12-2019 02:12AM

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 · 21-12-2019 02:17AM

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 · 21-12-2019 02:26AM

antimatterx wrote: »

Whiskeys give you a worse hangover then beer.

Well at least it doesn’t give you a belly

Thelonious Monk · 21-12-2019 02:39AM

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 · 21-12-2019 11:30AM

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

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

21-12-2019 01:58PM

biko wrote: »

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

Unless you're capable of moderation.

BDI · 21-12-2019 02:04PM

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.

How common has home drinking become?

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