Heavy Drinking

ccd · 16-11-2005 04:20PM #1

Had a chat with some ne ast nie and I have to say I was quite surprised when they decribed me as a heavey drinker. What is you definition of a heavey drinker.Mine is someone who might drink 16 or 17 pints in one nite. My friend would classify anything over 5 as heavey. What would you describe as heavey

monkeyfudge · 16-11-2005 04:21PM

ccd wrote:

Had a chat with some ne ast nie

Are you drunk right now?

Funkstard · 16-11-2005 04:21PM

Is this a thread about heavy drinking, or are you just trying to tell us you can drink 16-17 pints in one sitting?

Rhyme · 16-11-2005 04:23PM

Well considering im a light/non drinker anything over 5 pints would be heavy... its enough to get most people well on their way. 16 - 17 is excessive and you should stop before you die.

ccd · 16-11-2005 04:25PM

No 15 or 16 is excessive. But I would easily drink 10 pints and a few shorts in a night out

ferdi · 16-11-2005 04:27PM

i'm afraid 10 pints + spirits = heavy drinking

Rhyme · 16-11-2005 04:27PM

ccd wrote:

No 15 or 16 is excessive. But I would easily drink 10 pints and a few shorts in a night out

Congratulations... be sure to pay up on your health insurance

seamus · 16-11-2005 04:27PM

Depends.

I would consider anyone who drinks 4 pints or more, 3 or more nights per week, to be a heavy drinker.

But I would also consider ten pints twice a week to be heavy drinking.

Etc.

16-11-2005 04:28PM

id drink about a bottle of buckfast(this years poncho) and 6vodka and red bulls before the disco!although i am in college and poor!this would only be once a week!

Karl Hungus · 16-11-2005 04:30PM

Depends... Generally about 5 pints would be normal for me on a night out, but I used to drink a lot more, 10-12 or so.

ccd · 16-11-2005 04:31PM

Come on 10 pints spread out over one night is not exsessive. I also cant belive some deined exsive as 6 pints.

petes · 16-11-2005 04:31PM

seamus wrote:

Depends.

I would consider anyone who drinks 4 pints or more, 3 or more nights per week, to be a heavy drinker.

But I would also consider ten pints twice a week to be heavy drinking.

Etc.

I'm goosed then

Endurance Man · 16-11-2005 04:34PM

Deleted User wrote:

id drink about a bottle of buckfast(this years poncho) and 6vodka and red bulls before the disco!although i am in college and poor!this would only be once a week!

Do not mix redbull and alcohol

, its really rather dangerous. It put a friend of mine in hospital for 2 days. Redbull on its own is extremely bad for you, mixing it with alcohol is asking for trouble.

Bluetonic · 16-11-2005 04:35PM

12 + pints a night is excessive, but you can get around this by having a short after every 6 pints, therefore resetting your pints counter.

Ag marbh · 16-11-2005 04:36PM

You can't really generalise on whats heavy drinking.

Miss Fluff · 16-11-2005 04:36PM

Endurance Man wrote:

Do not mix redbull and alcohol , its really rather dangerous. It put a friend of mine in hospital for 2 days. Redbull on its own is extremely bad for you, mixing it with alcohol is asking for trouble.

Luckily I hate Red Bull but know lots of people who drink tonnes of the stuff together......why, what did it do?

16-11-2005 04:36PM

buts its only 3.50 and its makes me excel on the dance floor!:D i was thinking of changing to red diesel though as it has a nicer taste!

ferdi · 16-11-2005 04:38PM

it must be considered that heavy drinking in ireland and heavy drinking in the rest of the world are very different things.

Sarsfield · 16-11-2005 04:39PM

21 units per week is the maximum recommended by doctors.

Thats 12-13 pints per week. More than this and you will die younger than necessary, possibly in an unpleasant way (cancer etc)

I know most of you will choose to pretend this isn't true but there ya go!

joe_chicken · 16-11-2005 04:40PM

Ag marbh wrote:

You can't really generalise on whats heavy drinking.

to a certain extent you can...

i.e. 5 drinks is alot for a 14 year old skinny person who cant hold their drink

but anything over 10 pints for anyone is excessive

unless you're an elephant... and even then

Ag marbh · 16-11-2005 04:42PM

joe_chicken wrote:

to a certain extent you can...

i.e. 5 drinks is alot for a 14 year old skinny person who cant hold their drink

but anything over 10 pints for anyone is excessive

unless you're an elephant... and even then

You don't know everyones height, weight or tolerance. 10 pints on a nightout doesn't strike me as excessive.

chillywilly · 16-11-2005 04:44PM

i know an elephant who gets stotious on 2 pints!!!!

Vikings · 16-11-2005 04:44PM

4-5 pints followed by 3-4 double southy and reds is a night out for me, only once a week mind you. I wouldnt classify myself as a heavy drinker, and I see no point in drinking 10+ pints in a night.

*Oul_Doll_Cork* · 16-11-2005 04:45PM

Endurance Man wrote:

Do not mix redbull and alcohol , its really rather dangerous. It put a friend of mine in hospital for 2 days. Redbull on its own is extremely bad for you, mixing it with alcohol is asking for trouble.

Yea its mental stuff!!!.... I drank that on holidays for 2 weeks straight.... i couldn't sleep or anything over it i was getting hilusinations (i know that isn't the way to spell it... before anyone starts getting smarty pants on me!!)... anyway after I came back from hols my mind was racing for about 4 weeks!!... Wierd!!
... 16 pints isnt excessive for someone who is used to drinking that many pints!!... Where as someone who would rarely drink would probably be hospitalised if they tried to drink 16 pints!!.... It just depends on what you are used to yourself!!... and if your a man or a woman... and if your fat... I think fat people can drink more??
...... Me I can't drink to save my life!... But hey its cheap!

Ag marbh · 16-11-2005 04:45PM

IncredibleBulk wrote:

4-5 pints followed by 3-4 double southy and reds is a night out for me, only once a week mind you. I wouldnt classify myself as a heavy drinker, and I see no point in drinking 10+ pints in a night.

Well what you're already drinking is probably the equivelant to drinking 10 pints?

ccd · 16-11-2005 04:46PM

I would drink 10 + because I like the taste. How many would everyone else have on a night out

joe_chicken · 16-11-2005 04:46PM

Ag marbh wrote:

You don't know everyones height, weight or tolerance. 10 pints on a nightout doesn't strike me as excessive.

Thats the point im making... no matter how big or how much tolerance you have... i would classify over 10 pints as excessive... not enough to kill or cause brain damage... but excessive

ferdi · 16-11-2005 04:46PM

'Heavy' drinking may not mean drinking till your ****faced. it may simply refer to the intake of an unhealthy amount of alcohol, weather or not it causes complete drunkeness

Ag marbh · 16-11-2005 04:48PM

10 drinks over a night isn't too damaging.

16-11-2005 04:48PM

i only drink to have the craic with the lads and get a bit of courage to talk to all the fine girls!:o

Ag marbh · 16-11-2005 04:50PM

I don't drink for confidence. It's more of a breather/relaxation after a weeks work

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