Drink> or not?

Superman · 30-04-2004 08:57AM #1

Everyone on boards seems to love there beer, Is any one else here who doesn't drink, at all? Just for personal reasons?

Civilian_Target · 30-04-2004 09:03AM

Can't drink at the moment. Drinking will resume in June, and I intend to be in the pub...

Draupnir · 30-04-2004 09:08AM

Well Im in work now dyin, in Club M till 5 this mornin, not a good idea at any stage, but why not drink? Not drinkin is a mugs game

Asok · 30-04-2004 09:08AM

Personally I dont drink that much more because something in beer doesnt agree with me and makes me sick. I still drink wine,cider and alcopops. Tbh if someone told me I could never drink again I dont know if I would be one bit bothered.

bean · 30-04-2004 09:09AM

didnt start until i was in my twenties believe it or not. It did my financial situation no harm nor did it make things harder socially. I was happy to wait, things are messed up enough in the teens, i didnt need alcohol making things more complicated i suppose

LoneGunM@n · 30-04-2004 10:16AM

I can't drink @ the moment for medical reasons, but that being said, I was never a big drinker anyway!!

ravenhead · 30-04-2004 10:24AM

Originally posted by Draupnir
Well Im in work now dyin, in Club M till 5 this mornin, not a good idea at any stage, but why not drink? Not drinkin is a mugs game

Have to disagree here ... I enjoy going out & not drinking - it doesn't bother me either way.

Doctor J · 30-04-2004 10:24AM

I used to be a huge binge drinker but happily (luckily) am on the other side of it now. Don't go out boozing but I do enjoy the odd cold glass of beer with my dinner every now and then. Tis a better way of life.

Stark · 30-04-2004 10:35AM

I've done my system a good deal of damage through alcohol and sugar (mostly through sugar, but they're both basically the same chemical). My adrenals are burnt out at the moment (and possibly my thyroid although that could be related to the adrenal fatigue and heal when my adrenals heal). Basically I used to eat what I wanted, drink what I wanted, pull all nighters then come in to college and still have my brain functional enough to handle whatever challenges it presented me. Then about 2 years ago I started suffering from burnout (I now get totally knackered from the slightest bit of stress) but found it extremely difficult to cut back on my intake due to the addictive effects. I'm finally off both, and will be until my adrenals recover. Even after that, I'll be highly reluctant to go back on either. Bloody devil substances.

daggeredge · 30-04-2004 10:36AM

not drinking doesn't bother me in the slightest...always go out every week for a session with the lads from work in the local, a week ago just didn't bother drinking (dunno why) and no one seemed to mind ! course its cheaper not to drink. next step now is 2 get my full licence cos I'm sick of payin 4 taxis 2 drop me home (of course on the nights I'm driving not a drop will touch my lips, I no someone who started off just havin a glass on the night out and quickly turned it in2 2 bud shandies and now can't go out without havin a drink even if this person is driving!)

Commissar · 30-04-2004 10:51AM

I'm not a heavy drinker at all, mainly because I find it so hard to find an alcholic drink I actually like. To be honest Bulmers for me was just the best of a bad lot.

dudara · 30-04-2004 11:16AM

I've pretty much effectively given it up, just a few G&Ts maybe on a friday and that's it. It's been so much kinder to my wallet. That's the real reason I don't drink like I used to. Throwing down the bones of a fiver for every trip to the bar is far too much. Especially when I've gotten beers and wines in other countries, also in the EU, for E0.5-E2 a glass.

Kingp35 · 30-04-2004 11:23AM

I like my drink when i go but i can go out and not drink although i prefer not to. my girlfriend doesnt at all.she never has or never wil according to her and i dont see any problem with it.

Im irish i like to drink what can i say

fozzle · 30-04-2004 11:29AM

Sometimes I drink, sometimes I don't. I used to drink a lot but there's no way now that I could handel as much as I used to. To be honest, I'm just as happy, I like being able to remember a night out, and I hate feeling like I've been eating carpet fluff the morning after. Fairly often I'll go out without drinking at all, or I'll only have one or two, and I have just as good a time.

whosurpaddy · 30-04-2004 11:31AM

id probly only drink about once a month, if that. the very odd time id have a bottle of beer with dinner. christmas would be the only time id drink more than once in a week id say. maybe on holiday.

although in saying that i will be drunk this weekend.

sionnach · 30-04-2004 11:43AM

i don't drink, can't stand the taste of alcohol and from the state ive seen my friends in some nights im kinda glad i don't

SheroN · 30-04-2004 11:46AM

man up dawg, man the **** up.

whosurpaddy · 30-04-2004 11:56AM

Originally posted by SheroN
man up dawg, man the **** up.

where do i know that quote from? is it training day?

SheroN · 30-04-2004 12:00PM

yes.

Draupnir · 30-04-2004 12:11PM

For me, drink is the nectar of the gods, the stuff makes ugly women pretty and makes you a lot funnier.

Im stuck in a binge drinkin phase right now, and Im likin it

ixoy · 30-04-2004 12:39PM

Been drinking less of late, and feel none the worse for it. I've always been a slow drinker too, despite jocular ribbing from my friends. I've always given thought to the idea of not drinking alcohol at all, but I've never had enough will power to see it through...

Exit · 30-04-2004 12:46PM

Just the odd cold beer when relaxing at home for me. Was never that big a drinker anyway.

phreak · 30-04-2004 01:00PM

Originally posted by sionnach
i don't drink, can't stand the taste of alcohol and from the state ive seen my friends in some nights im kinda glad i don't

haha

Duckjob · 30-04-2004 01:13PM

Well Im in work now dyin, in Club M till 5 this mornin, not a good idea at any stage, but why not drink? Not drinkin is a mugs game

<sigh> the great old Irish 'beer joke' - Isn't beer wonderful and isn't it hilarious that our life revolves around beer?

I find 'the beer joke' a bit embarassing at this stage. Can't we outgrow this as a nation? Am I alone in feeling uncomfortable with the sense that heavy drinking more than anything else seems to mark out our culture to others?

Superman · 30-04-2004 01:21PM

you have lots of retorical questions, but can i answer them?

Sposs · 30-04-2004 01:25PM

Originally posted by Draupnir
For me, drink is the nectar of the gods, the stuff makes ugly women pretty and makes you a lot funnier.

Im stuck in a binge drinkin phase right now, and Im likin it

Finally Some honesty!!

Draupnir · 30-04-2004 01:28PM

That Irish 'beer joke' stuff is stupid, I like goin out and getting hammered, cos I like being hammered, not cos Im Irish. I dont mind the stereotype either, better to be known as drunk, funny basta*ds who are really popular than thugs or hooligans who wanna smash up the place.

Civilian_Target · 30-04-2004 01:37PM

I used to go out and get blitzed once a month, and drink sociably (< 6 pints) about once a week.

Having been off the drink for almost a year now, when I start again, I'll probably drink a decent bit less, but I'd like to imagine I'll still get drunk.

One things for sure, you notice a definite increase in available cash when you're not drinking.

Duckjob · 30-04-2004 01:52PM

That Irish 'beer joke' stuff is stupid, I like goin out and getting hammered, cos I like being hammered, not cos Im Irish. I dont mind the stereotype either, better to be known as drunk, funny basta*ds who are really popular than thugs or hooligans who wanna smash up the place.

I wasn't having a pop at you Draupnir. My point was not so much about the amount we drink, but more about the level of comfort we have with the stereotype, as is frequently demonstated by the recurring 'beer joke'.

I'm not a teetotaller or anything. I like a few when I go out, just that it's not that important to me.

If you're comfortable with the 'drunken Irish' stereotype, that's fine. I'm not, is all I'm saying, but each to his/her own.

TCamen · 30-04-2004 03:47PM

There was a time last year that I was drinking every night. It just became a habit, easier to drink than not. Around April/May last year I gave up alcohol for 4 weeks, just to see-- I was going away to Toronto for the summer, so I didn't particularly want to be continuing the heavy drinking over there.
Happily it broke the cycle, and while over there & when I came back I'm just drinking occasionally rather than systematically.
These days I don't really drink beer, it just makes me feel ill-- except for Nastro Azzuro, a tasty Italian beer, but since it's not sold everywhere I'll generally have cocktails or alcopops when I'm out instead.
Most of my friends aren't heavy drinkers either but I still find myself drinking faster than them, so rounds are a good way of regulating the amount I'll drink in a night.
That being said, I generally only find myself out once a week, twice at the very most, so there's definite savings to drinking less, as well as not destroying your body with excessive alcohol consumption :rolleyes:

Longstaff · 30-04-2004 04:03PM

I don't drink as it removes my fear of consequences. I do however enjoy using recreational drugs on occassion and love the insanity of two day e benders about three times a year.

Drink> or not?

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