Mid Week Pints at the Local Pub

FTA69 · 17-10-2013 11:11AM

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

You are though.

Getting locked at the weekend isn't an abnormal thing in Ireland whatsoever.

jimgoose · 17-10-2013 11:12AM

anto9 wrote: »

10 pints most nights with at least 15 on a Saturday ,so no i dont have a drinking problem,or more correctly in getting the beer down ;-)

Aye, I've a mate who does something similar, not a bother to him. We call him Supercharger.

gazzer · 17-10-2013 11:13AM

6 pints on a school night. Couldnt do it. I would be in bits the next day. I dont get headaches with my hangovers but I get really really tired.

I suppose it depends on your age also. In my circle of friends none of us go out during the week anymore, a combination of not having much money, having kids and working late and starting early. If I had 6 pints on a week night I wouldnt be safe to drive to work the following morning.

I would have 6 pints if I go out on a Saturday night spread over 6-7 hours. I wouldnt feel safe to drive until around 4 or 5 the next day though. If I am at home at the weekend I would have a bottle of wine on a Friday and Saturday.

LordSutch · 17-10-2013 11:14AM

Can't wait for Wetherspoons to arrive here (before Christmas) with a proper selection of cask ales, and decent nosh at a reasonable price.

Proper beer selection > http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/09/21/article-0-181E4EE000000578-372_634x468.jpg

Jimmy Two Times · 17-10-2013 11:17AM

Have to jump into Mr. Alistair Modern Wire 's corner here.

We've a thursday night session going on for 15 -20 years now, gang of 10/12 lads, always get 6/8 and would have 6/7 pints between 9.30 and closing.

Always a good buzz in the local ,no music,no volume on the tellys just old fashioned chat and banter.

Would defo go out at least one night on the weekend too, maybe both if there was something on and most of the group we knock around with would do the same, not necessarily with the same people but within different circles.

Really can't see where some people think this is a problem. We all choose to do our socialising in different ways. I Never drink at home, it's a social thing for me.

jimgoose · 17-10-2013 11:18AM

Jimmy Two Times wrote: »

...I Never drink at home, it's a social thing for me.

Me neither. No interest in it whatsoever unless I can hold up a counter and talk ballacks for a couple of hours. :cool:

17-10-2013 11:25AM

Jimmy Two Times wrote: »

I Never drink at home, it's a social thing for me.

I'd always keep a stock of cans and a nice selection of spirits at home alright. If I wasnt heading out during the week or at the weekend I'd have a couple of cans watching matches etc or a few hot whiskeys when the weather gets cold.

You can beat an ice cold can either every now and then after a run or playing sport, kills the thirst like nothing else

Maximus Alexander · 17-10-2013 11:30AM

FTA69 wrote: »

Getting locked at the weekend isn't an abnormal thing in Ireland whatsoever.

Has anyone in this thread said that it was?

FTA69 · 17-10-2013 11:34AM

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Has anyone in this thread said that it was?

You are suggesting that nox's behaviour is out of the ordinary when it it's actually quite commonplace to go on a session at the weekend and have a few drinks on a weekday during the match.

PhlegmyMoses · 17-10-2013 11:39AM

Can't believe that people are diagnosing people with alcolholism here. Whatever about the folly of thinking that about somebody who isn't hungover after 5 or 6 pints, there'd be uproar if people were diagnosing others with medical conditions.

For the record, I love midweek drinks. Usually have a few in my local after work with a handful of friends of a Tuesday evening. €4 pints. Don't do much on the weekends. Might go out on a Friday after work and be home by 10. Not a fan of nightclubs so don't stay out too late.

JohnnyChimpo · 17-10-2013 11:42AM

Seriously, I don't think anyone's really been throwing accusations around in here, but getting super defensive about your drinking patterns is a deeply worrying sign, even on a bull****ting internet forum. Also the amount Alistair Modern Wire is drinking seems to be vacillating wildly from post to post, so I'm not sure if he has a good handle on how much/often he is drinking. All I'd say for sure is that cutting down/stopping for a month, or alternatively keeping a log of drink consumed, could be very illuminating if combined with some self-reflection.

For the record, my old man never thought he was an alcoholic until my ma kicked him out, and he went to AA. Turned out he was!

Maximus Alexander · 17-10-2013 11:46AM

FTA69 wrote: »

You are suggesting that nox's behaviour is out of the ordinary when it it's actually quite commonplace to go on a session at the weekend and have a few drinks on a weekday during the match.

That's not what he said he does though. He said he normally 3 nights a week, having a minimum of 6 pints, that he goes on a session at the weekends where he drinks far more than than that, and that there would be weeks where he drinks every night.

That is out of the ordinary. I'm not judging him, or diagnosing him with anything as another poster above me suggests (I would reiterate that nobody on this thread has done that, bar one poster on page 4).

All I'm doing is pointing out that it is out of the ordinary. As in the majority of people don't drink that much, that regularly. I don't even see how that can be up for dispute.

17-10-2013 11:58AM

JohnnyChimpo wrote: »

Seriously, I don't think anyone's really been throwing accusations around in here, but getting super defensive about your drinking patterns is a deeply worrying sign, even on a bull****ting internet forum. Also the amount Alistair Modern Wire is drinking seems to be vacillating wildly from post to post, so I'm not sure if he has a good handle on how much/often he is drinking. All I'd say for sure is that cutting down/stopping for a month, or alternatively keeping a log of drink consumed, could be very illuminating if combined with some self-reflection.

For a start I'm not getting super defensive, I'm replying to posts which are exaggerating a lot of what I have said.

The amount is not vacillating wildly either, I made a general comment which people then decided to add their own spin to and say I was drinking "x" amount, I then tried to be a bit more specific but It's very difficult for me to give an accurate answer for how much or how often I drink per week as it varies a lot from week to week depending on what is happening that particular week.

I know exactly more or less down to the drink how much I drank over the last while but I'm certainly not going back through weeks and weeks. For the sake of it I can give you what I have had in the last week from Friday until today. About 24 pints and about 6 standard measures of spirits. Some of that was over the weekend and some tuesday (there was a work related event on) and last night. There isn't much planned for the rest of this week or this weekend so that won't be added to significantly.

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

That's not what he said he does though. He said he normally 3 nights a week, having a minimum of 6 pints, that he goes on a session at the weekends where he drinks far more than than that, and that there would be weeks where he drinks every night.

When I said 3 nights a week I was including the weekend so that's one night during the week and two over the weekend or vice versa.

6 pints would be the minimum if it was some sort of night out, I often have a 2 or 3 pints or cans at home and no more. The drinking most night is not that often, yes it always happens around christmas, the galway races etc and then an odd time during the year if maybe there were two leaving partys at work during the week, matches on, nights out at the weekend arranged etc etc.

FTA69 · 17-10-2013 12:06PM

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

That's not what he said he does though. He said he normally 3 nights a week, having a minimum of 6 pints, that he goes on a session at the weekends where he drinks far more than than that, and that there would be weeks where he drinks every night.

That is out of the ordinary. I'm not judging him, or diagnosing him with anything as another poster above me suggests (I would reiterate that nobody on this thread has done that, bar one poster on page 4).

All I'm doing is pointing out that it is out of the ordinary. As in the majority of people don't drink that much, that regularly. I don't even see how that can be up for dispute.

I don't know did he, he said he'd get drunk on Fridays and Saturdays as well as a few pints during the week. That is a good whack of drink, but it's definitely within the "normal" range for many young men in Ireland.

April O Neill · 17-10-2013 12:50PM

Dante Billions Drugstore wrote: »

life doesnt have to end when you finish college

My life didn't stop either.

Life =/= alcohol.

Dante Billions Drugstore wrote: »

There are very few people in this country who would count 6 pints as more than an quiet couple of pints.

I'm one of the few. I feel so special!

April O Neill · 17-10-2013 12:52PM

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

The thing is nobody is accusing anyone of being an alcoholic, the only people who have used that term are those that are on the defensive (for some reason) about their drinking habits.

Indeedio.

17-10-2013 12:56PM

April O Neill wrote: »

My life didn't stop either. Life =/= alcohol.

It plays a big role for a lot of people though.

April O Neill wrote: »

Indeedio.

It was used directly by one poster, who also used the term "a problem with drink" which is the same thing. Its was also indirectly suggested by a number of other posters. The term would not have been used in the thread if it wasn't brought up by people claiming it about other posters.

April O Neill · 17-10-2013 01:16PM

Dante Billions Drugstore wrote: »

It was used directly by one poster, who also used the term "a problem with drink" which is the same thing. Its was also indirectly suggested by a number of other posters. The term would not have been used in the thread if it wasn't brought up by people claiming it about other posters.

And to people who think regular sessions of 6 or more pints on a weekday evening is a lot, they're gonna ponder whether that person has a problem. If you volunteer the information, you can't stop people's minds from going where they go. You have to accept that some people consider it a lot.

Knex* · 17-10-2013 01:25PM

April O Neill wrote: »

And to people who think regular sessions of 6 or more pints on a weekday evening is a lot, they're gonna ponder whether that person has a problem. If you volunteer the information, you can't stop people's minds from going where they go. You have to accept that some people consider it a lot.

By the same logic, you then also have to accept that some people consider it not to be.

This is going to go around in circles.

Do whatever feels right for you as long as it doesn't affect your day to day life, work, etc.

April O Neill · 17-10-2013 01:26PM

Knex. wrote: »

By the same logic, you then also have to accept that some people consider it not to be.

Of course, I'm not disputing that at all. But I'm not the one getting on the defensive.

K-9 · 17-10-2013 01:31PM

Hulk Hands wrote: »

I really don't get the normal definition of an alcoholic as someone who drinks a lot. To me, an alcoholic is someone who feels the need to drink to get through the day, be it drinking during work or drinking prior to a funeral etc or every evening just to get through until tomorrow, regardless of how much they consume. Someone who drinks every waking hour of a long weekend for fun but will forget about it until the following Saturday, is far from an alcoholic. Same with midweek social drinkers

That would be the stereotypical alcoholic. You also get an habitual type drinker who would be doing damage to their body and not aware of it.

It's becoming more common, people having a couple of bottles of wine during the week and then a feed of pints at the weekend. Nobody would call them alcoholics but they are in the harmful and habitual category that will do damage over time.

keeponhurling · 17-10-2013 01:56PM

If I had even 2 or 3 pints on a school night, I'd feel noticeably more tired the next day, if not quite hungover. 4 or 5 pints and work just seems that bit harder.
So I rarely ever do it anymore.

I did in my 20s though, good times. Champions League matches down the pub on Tuesdays and Wednesday!

17-10-2013 02:23PM

April O Neill wrote: »

And to people who think regular sessions of 6 or more pints on a weekday evening is a lot, they're gonna ponder whether that person has a problem. If you volunteer the information, you can't stop people's minds from going where they go. You have to accept that some people consider it a lot.

Fair enough if you think its a lot but I cant see how anyone could even remotely think a person having 6 pints or a few more maybe once during the week and another night out or two at weekends has a problem, its closer to the norm than a problem. I also don't see why so many people make an issue out of drinking during the week. A night out is a night out if its the weekend or during the week.

I certainly drink plenty, but I don't see it as the completely ridiculous amount some people appear to. Going by the logic here, most people I know be they friends, people at work etc would have a problem with drink when the reality is that its simply not the case.

Wompa1 · 17-10-2013 02:30PM

Dante Billions Drugstore wrote: »

There is some serious exaggeration going on here lads that's all I can say. Working weeks when I'm not 100%??, except on a rare occasion I would only be out one night during the week and then its probably only maybe 2 out of every 4 weeks on average that I would be out properly midweek (a couple of pints or cans here and there on the other weeks would be bout as much as there would be if anything) , Yeah I usually have a good few on at least one of the weekend night almost every week but life is for living. What exactly is your problem with going out midweek, life doesnt have to end when you finish college and I for one certainly have no intention of stopping midweek nights out.

You would swear I'm going out alone too, the majority of my midweek nights out are with the work crowd, so that would be quite a few people I work with and all my own friends who don't see anything out of the ordinary about midweek nights out.

Ye two have a very skewed view of the whole think imo, when you see 6 pints as a lot. There are very few people in this country who would count 6 pints as more than an quiet couple of pints.

Surrrrrre we're the one with a skewed view for thinking 6 pints is a lot...Also the weeks isn't an exaggeration. You've said you go out usually one night a week and don't feel hungover but don't feel 100%. Days add up to weeks.

I don't have a problem with others going out during the week. I also don't glorify drinking to be some sort of point of pride. Never said that I did. It does sound like you're in denial though. But sure as long as you're not over the limit driving to work in the morning or doing work that matters and could effect somebody elses life, who cares.

17-10-2013 02:35PM

Wompa1 wrote: »

Surrrrrre we're the one with a skewed view for thinking 6 pints is a lot...Also the weeks isn't an exaggeration. You've said you go out usually one night a week and don't feel hungover but don't feel 100%. Days add up to weeks.

I don't have a problem with others going out during the week. I also don't glorify drinking to be some sort of point of pride. Never said that I did. It does sound like you're in denial though. But sure as long as you're not over the limit driving to work in the morning or doing work that matters and could effect somebody elses life, who cares.

In denial? This place is gone completely mad.

K-9 · 17-10-2013 02:36PM

Dante Billions Drugstore wrote: »

Fair enough if you think its a lot but I cant see how anyone could even remotely think a person having 6 pints or a few more maybe once during the week and another night out or two at weekends has a problem, its closer to the norm than a problem.

Say that's 20 pints a week on average. That may be pretty normal in Ireland but it's a high alcohol level intake that chances are will do you damage in the long run.

This is exactly the problem people go on about, the attitude to drinking in Ireland. People aren't saying 20 points a week isn't pretty average in Ireland, they are saying 20 pints a week is harmful to you, therefor it's a problem. Drink 20 pints a week, nobody is stopping you, just don't pretend it isn't doing your health harm because "sure all the lads do it", that's just an excuse.

Wompa1 · 17-10-2013 02:45PM

Dante Billions Drugstore wrote: »

In denial? This place is gone completely mad.

How do you not call it denial? You said, weeks is an exaggeration. That's denial.

If you look back over my earlier posts I never said you were an alcoholic. I never even said you had a problem. In my last post I said you were in denial because you are denying things were are clear as crystal. You come out with these statements and then back track. Either you're full of sh!t or you're in denial.

You talk up about how much you drink and then when someone talks about it in a less than positive manner, you underplay it yourself. You have said 60 euro would be a cheap night out for you..when I stated that would be a lot for me and I'd want somebody to have a talk. You underplay it and make it seem like I'm exagerating when all I did was look at your statements, do some simple maths and come out with that figure and I bet 7,000 is low because you probably drink on certain extra days like Arthurs Day, St. Patricks Day, Birthdays etc.

Your go to answer when somebody questions you, is also that others in the country drink that much. Others also take a c*ck up their a$$ a few times a week...

Smithwicks Man · 17-10-2013 02:45PM

I'd have to consider a few quiet pints midweek to be more along the lines of 3/4 than 6/7 myself.

Doesn't really matter how tolerant you are to the stuff, having 6/7+ pints and thinking to yourself that you "only had a few last night" is a sign that you drink too much.

If it's not affecting your ability to work etc. all the better, but it is still a lot of drink if you intake that 3+ times a week!

April O Neill · 17-10-2013 02:52PM

Dante Billions Drugstore wrote: »

I also don't see why so many people make an issue out of drinking during the week.

I don't. It's just not for me and I think 6 or more pints is a lot of a school night. One or two pints if it doesn't affect you the next day? No bother. You'll probably say what's wrong with 6 pints if it doesn't affect you the next day? Well, the difference is, it's three times the booze that your liver has to process.

I am pie · 17-10-2013 02:57PM

It is an age thing, in your 20s it's par for the course , keep it up for 15 years plus and you are going to suffer health complications and flirt with self control issues. Longer term, alcohol must be respected to be enjoyed.

Mid Week Pints at the Local Pub

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