Why do we drink? Seriously

Dangerous Man · 07-01-2011 03:41AM

It is fun. It's the easiest way in the world to unwind - or get wound up tighter and start fights.

Seriously though, I've been giving this some thought myself lately and am thinking of hangin' up me boots.

sandmanporto · 07-01-2011 03:46AM

to make ourselves feel better. Its the best 'escape' drug i know of!

scientific1982 · 07-01-2011 03:52AM

Because its fun drinking with your mates and its a good stress reliever me.

OPENROAD · 07-01-2011 03:53AM

Love the taste, well certain drinks, bitter, especially Fullers London Pride, beautiful

Tesco Massacre · 07-01-2011 03:54AM

Intoxication is one of the basic human needs.

It's not on that Maslow's needs pyramid thingy, but it should be.

Mmmm_Lemony · 07-01-2011 04:00AM

Most people I know that do drink on a regular basis, would not feel comfortable at a social gathering without it. Now if you asked them if they were addicted they would say no. And this maybe true, but certainly, at the very least a crutch to lean on.

I used to drink alot in my early 20's and always had a self confidence issue, felt very awkward in social situation and meeting new people. Unless of course I had a few drinks. As I got older and started to drink less my confidence grew considerably. Now I'm not the f@cking fonz or anything, and I realise my increased confidence could be put down to age too, but I really believe it has to do in some part to drink.

Regarding hangovers, german style beer (few, natural ingredients) will go a long way to feeling better the following morning. Budweiser and the like, is the devils p!$$

dilapidating · 07-01-2011 04:24AM

Julian Fat Symbol wrote: »

Because when your drinking/getting drunk there is literally nothing else more enjoyable and fun. Its simply great craic. Feeling hungover for a few hours is a small price (vomiting being a very rare occurance) and when the worst of it is over the pleasure of eating a big feed is nearly worth the hangover.

Need to get out more.

Benny Lava · 07-01-2011 04:57AM

It makes the world a more bearable place.

wurzlitzer · 07-01-2011 05:09AM

We drink to forget that we are nervous
To be come more relaxed....
But is when we start forgetting where we live that we should stop

Never mind drink

here I go again does anyone know anywhere that opens early for a coffee in Dublin City Centre, fancy a coffee and to read the paper before i catch an early bus to work...

All the drink inxs have messed up my bodyclock:)

DEFTLEFTHAND · 07-01-2011 06:05AM

Its essential to our social lives , great friendships are forged in the pub.

Greentopia · 07-01-2011 06:09AM

I like the taste of good wine and beer, German especially. I don't drink to get wasted as I don't want the hangover and hate loss of self-control (and I don't think my life is mundane and want to escape) but nothing wrong in enjoying a few. I know when I've had enough.
Hate being around drunks though, always makes me feel unsafe so I prefer drinking at home with friends.

mann · 07-01-2011 06:34AM

I drink for Ireland

the rest of the irish drinkin team only train 2 or 3 days a week but I do the full pour 7 days a week...

The way to stop getting a hangover is always be a little drunk... prevention is better than cure

murrayp4 · 07-01-2011 06:47AM

u_c_thesecond wrote: »

i start drinking at 6pm(ive started earlier) and finish at 3am. Go to bed, get up at 12pm next day and i am fine-

eh no...you were still pissed when you woke up....

ElasticMan · 07-01-2011 06:48AM

Because everybody does it, so you're afraid to deviate from the norm and be seen as an outsider. If you're young and you don't drink, well then obviously there must be something wrong with you. Either that or you're a dryballs. At least that's the opinion of the majority of our fabulous youth in this country. And if you vomit, have sex with a complete stranger, and wake up in the morning not being able to remember a thing... all the better!! This makes you NORMAL!! Apparently.

You can then go on Facebook, issue a public apology for your behaviour, ask everyone what happened and have a good laugh about it. It's only a bit of craic sure!! Let's face it, if drinking a gallon of petrol, dousing youself in and then lighting yourself on fire was socially acceptable, everyone'd be doing it, and if you didn't.. well then I don't want to know you! Because you're obviously a freak!

!MAVERICK! · 07-01-2011 06:56AM

sandmanporto wrote: »

to make ourselves feel better. Its the best 'escape' drug i know of!

I thought alcohol made people that are depressed even more depressed... Is that true? I wouldnt know as I dont drink

Horse_box · 07-01-2011 07:01AM

We drink to have a good time and loosen up after a hard week. Do we over do it? A lot of us do! And that's our problem in this country, we tend to over do it a bit too often

When I was in America I noticed the Irish students were always a little quieter than the yanks when sober. I think in a social surrounding without alcohol, we were a bit inept in some ways. But by god once we the gargle started flowing, we were the life of the party!

Pdfile · 07-01-2011 07:59AM

i drink cause i enjoy the taste of good whiskey n such,

if you drink just to get drunk, your an idiot.

Wasteing your money so ye are.

chicken fingers · 07-01-2011 08:18AM

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Escapism. Lets face it, the world is pretty ****.

no man, the world is great.
Drinking when you´re in a great mood in a nice place with good people is the balls. Furck that "escapism" shi´ite, drinking is great craic whether youre poor as a monkey or rolling in it.

Spunge · 07-01-2011 09:04AM

Drugs make people feel good.

FatherLen · 07-01-2011 09:29AM

!MAVERICK! wrote: »

I thought alcohol made people that are depressed even more depressed... Is that true? I wouldnt know as I dont drink

i have heard it is a mood enhancer so if your feeling sad you will feel more sad BUT if your happy it makes you go fuckin mad!

07-01-2011 09:44AM

!MAVERICK! wrote: »

I thought alcohol made people that are depressed even more depressed... Is that true? I wouldnt know as I dont drink

Alcohol is a depressant, yes

FatherLen wrote: »

i have heard it is a mood enhancer so if your feeling sad you will feel more sad BUT if your happy it makes you go fuckin mad!

As time goes on I become more firmly convinced that anyone who "goes mad" on alcohol does it because they want to, not because the alcohol gave them some kind of personality transplant

sesna · 07-01-2011 09:56AM

bluewolf wrote: »

Alcohol is a depressant, yes

Depressant as in it blocks some of the functions of the central nervous system, that description does not relate to how it makes you feel, depressed or otherwise.

Motley Crue · 07-01-2011 10:00AM

SadieSue wrote: »

Its an addiction like any other.

Yes, in the wrong hands, with the wrong type of people - some people don't or wouldn't even know their alcoholic's until it's too late. Alcohol is a very dangerous substance when abused.

u_c_thesecond wrote: »

So why oh why do we drink!seriously! Ive seen people vomiting on nights out, ending up in hospital, etc. and i bet the next weekend they wil be drinking again!

Traditionally alcohol is a relaxant, it is designed to help you unwind

The most commonly used alcohol is ethanol, C2H5OH, with the ethane backbone. Ethanol has been produced and consumed by humans for millennia, in the form of fermented and distilled alcoholic beverages. It is a clear flammable liquid that boils at 78.4 °C, which is used as an industrial solvent, car fuel, and raw material in the chemical industry. This should make you take note.

Alcohol has made side affects. For example, a natural chemical response of alcohol is to dehydrate us, and yet people drink more the thirstier they feel - this makes it a great tool in terms of business and marketing...the more you drink, the less refreshed you feel

I don't drink, I'd rather not piss money up against the side of a wall or in the toilet. You could say that about food, but alcohol does nothing for me, I don't need it because I've never found I need alcohol for anything that an ice cold Pepsi or some water couldn't do.......prefer to keep my money, spend it on the rip off gigs I want to go to, they might be a rip off but at least I know I'll get entertained - and the money I save by not drinking helps me justify their increase in cost, plus the money I save not drinking at a gig is also a bonus

I also personally think alcohol at night's out, anywhere you go (especially in Dublin) is far too high and it just get's more and more expensive to the point that you're spending a huge deal of your hard earned wages on trying to forget what you're doing

Seloth · 07-01-2011 10:06AM

Its a social bonding tool...Except for those who dirnk too much of it then it has the opposite effect!

sesna · 07-01-2011 10:07AM

Motley Crue wrote: »

The most commonly used alcohol is ethanol, C2H5OH, with the ethane backbone. Ethanol has been produced and consumed by humans for millennia, in the form of fermented and distilled alcoholic beverages. It is a clear flammable liquid that boils at 78.4 °C, which is used as an industrial solvent, car fuel, and raw material in the chemical industry. This should make you take note.

And most people dont know, but water is actually used to flush toilets.

Augmerson · 07-01-2011 10:08AM

Social life seems to be centered purely around the pub, also sexual repression stemming from the days when the Catholic Church had us in their clutches, and us having to be drunk to approach each other in darkened, noisy nightclubs for a grope and a feel.

And also because sometimes with a few mates, it's a bit of a laugh. Just don't drink anything more than 40 pints in one sitting, you'll be grand.

Saruman · 07-01-2011 10:09AM

I drink to enjoy the drink. I do not enjoy being drunk, though I am quite happy with a good buzz.

To be honest the alcohol content is second to the flavour of the drink which in my case is a good beer and sometimes a good whiskey but usually a good beer. There is a lot of complexity in a good beer, more so than a good wine and it is that which I enjoy.

I never drink with the intention of getting drunk.

Augmerson · 07-01-2011 10:18AM

Saruman wrote: »

I never drink with the intention of getting drunk.

LOL

Giblet · 07-01-2011 10:27AM

People drink to relax because they're to unimaginative to find other ways to relax.

Korvanica · 07-01-2011 10:35AM

Its because we cant get High in public...

people drink because its the only socially acceptable drug that gets you all fcuked up... and people like to get fcuked up...

Why do we drink? Seriously

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