Why do we drink? Seriously

Hoping some of you might relate to this - I’m at an age where a night on the drink kills 3 days of my week. I’m relatively clean living Monday-Thursday (gym most nights, healthy meals etc) but when Friday rolls around I start thinking about a good smash in town to let my hair down following a tough week. I’m telling myself I deserve it etc. The truth is I end up eating garbage in the pub at dinner time on a Friday night washed down by 6/7 pints….getting destroyed on the sauce before hitting a nightclub where I’ll have a few jaegers etc, smoking about 20 fags followed by a kebab on the way home @ 4/5am. I’m ruined the whole of the next day because the sleep you have when you’re destroyed is not really sleep at all - I’ll also end up eating a filthy fry / McDonalds for lunch the next day and then having a Dominos for dinner. By Sunday I’m too tired & dehydrated to even think about trying to exercise and end up doing fcuk all. Before I know it I’m ironing my shirt for work on Sunday evening sobbing to myself wondering where the weekend went.

I’m off the sauce since before Christmas and have already noticed a difference in myself – skin/appearance is better, I’m sleeping well, feeling a bit fitter, happier mood etc. It’s also made me see that every single social occasion in this country revolves around the drink. If you’re not drinking people are on your case for being a ‘dry-sh*te’. I don’t see this ever changing really.

I'm making a really conscious effort to change my drinking habbits and it's tough as fcuk. Drinking in moderation is grand when you're sober but after 7 pints a few vodka & RB's makes perfect sense - before you know it you're on your hands and knees in the middle of Camden Street on the China Telephone talking to Frank.

Discostuy wrote: »

Good stuff, keep it up...

It is really scary how almost every single occasion in Ireland involves drinking.

At the end of the day alcohol is a poison to the human body. There’s a reason why after drinking so much the body will say "enough is enough" and induce vomit in order to give you some change of recovering.

So it stands to reason that by quitting drinking, you will see noticeable effects...much like smoking.

I find a lot of the reasons people drink are down to brainwashing. They think they need alcohol to relax and have a good time. They think it gives them confidence and makes them funny and more socialable. All it really does is lower your inhibitions...a lot of the time, for the worst.

I think a lot of Irish don't see themselves as having a drink problem because they arent the alcoholic bum, sleeping homeless on the street. But if you asked yourself "am i in control of my drinking", the honest answer in a lot of cases would be no.

I have also never understood the whole "i drink because i enjoy the taste" thing. I honestly couldn’t name 1 alcoholic drink that i would say "hmmm that does actually taste nice"...any drink I’ve ever tried has always tasted foul to me. But sure its horses for courses i suppose.

God i sound like a right kill joy

It's the embodiment of peer pressure for adults. All my friends are serious p*ss merchants....Friday/Saturday smashes usually starting Friday afternoon rolling over to Saturday...sometimes Sunday. If you're not involved you're being a b*tch...