Do you think you have a drink problem ?

timthumbni · 22-02-2014 02:46AM

The King of Moo wrote: »

Water.

Vodka and water...... The perfect start to any day.........

Smidge · 22-02-2014 02:47AM

420Sw4gBro9000 wrote: »

Drinks not a problem, it's a solution.

Ah here, change your user name!
What could we call you...Bro?
Don't see that happening too much

Mint Aero · 22-02-2014 02:50AM

WikiHow wrote: »

Some say vodka breath dont smell.

I was thinking this but I'm not a vodka drinker generally so I don't know

Wilberto wrote: »

Red Bull I'd say! :P :P Worked for me in college!

I'll never touch that stuff again.

Wilberto · 22-02-2014 02:51AM

WikiHow wrote: »

Did you grow wings?

No, but it stimulated my body!

Sir Arthur Daley · 22-02-2014 02:52AM

Wilberto wrote: »

No, but it stimulated my body!

Morning horn?

Wilberto · 22-02-2014 02:52AM

Mint Aero wrote: »

I'll never touch that stuff again.

That sounds like you've had a bad experience with it. Care to share??

420Sw4gBro9000 · 22-02-2014 02:58AM

Smidge wrote: »

Ah here, change your user name!
What could we call you...Bro?
Don't see that happening too much

Bro is fine,

or 420SwagBro9000
or: that ****
or: Tim?

EDIT: it seems to have edited out my "that kunt"

Says I To Bridey · 22-02-2014 02:59AM

Not so much with the drink as the recovery from it. Used to never get hangovers, now its 3-4 days before I'm fully right. If I go out Saturday and binge it means Sunday is a write-off, still fairly sluggish on Monday. Physically ok on Tuesday but mentally I'd be unmotivated and unable to concentrate, might be back to normal on Wednesday and almost always by Thursday. In college I could drink several days a week and be fine, I'd be the first up the next morning. Eventually cut back to every weekend, now try to limit to about 1-2 a month depending whats on or who's around, or less if possible.

22-02-2014 03:03AM

Hangovers definitely get worse with age.

Smidge · 22-02-2014 03:07AM

420Sw4gBro9000 wrote: »

Bro is fine,

or 420SwagBro9000
or: that ****
or: Tim?

EDIT: it seems to have edited out my "that kunt"

It'll be Tim so...
Only time anyone here will call you bro is asking if you have a tendency to elevate things.

B.A._Baracus · 22-02-2014 03:13AM

Going to touch a little to close to home here. As I kinda believe since I am posting on the internet I just dont 'reveal' alot about myself. But I think I may be an alcoholic. I drink most nights. I do so because I am unemployed and I get bored. It's not an excuse

Just seems to be the reason as I never have to do anything.

Even now I am having a few.

The Backwards Man · 22-02-2014 03:14AM

I had a wee drink tonight:)

Sir Arthur Daley · 22-02-2014 03:14AM

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Even now I am having a few.

Well it is the weekend.

B.A._Baracus · 22-02-2014 03:15AM

WikiHow wrote: »

Well it is the weekend.

Being honest.... any day of the week I get a few cans.

Sir Arthur Daley · 22-02-2014 03:18AM

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Being honest.... any day of the week I get a few cans.

We will be dead long enough enjoy them.

Piriz · 22-02-2014 03:25AM

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Going to touch a little to close to home here. As I kinda believe since I am posting on the internet I just dont 'reveal' alot about myself. But I think I may be an alcoholic. I drink most nights. I do so because I am unemployed and I get bored. It's not an excuse Just seems to be the reason as I never have to do anything.

Even now I am having a few.

try to limit it to Friday and/or Saturday nights... the rest of the week if your drinking your harming your ability to be productive the next day and your falling into a rut and its gona be a viscous cycle where by your wrecked in the morning - afternoon...by the evening you think f*ck it i'll have a few...so you feel like your 'doing' something...this will not have a good outcome... instead of drinking mid week do everything you can to feel productive beginning in the morning..shower, good breakfast, clean the gaf, run a few errands, job hunt, sort out the c.v., find training/education course, visit family, offer to help and do stuff for people, shop and cook a great dinner and see whats on the box that you'll watch that evening or find new music...start running twice a week too... i dont mean to sound like a do good'er but you sound like your reaching out a bit and you got to fight against alcoholism...

GerB40 · 22-02-2014 03:25AM

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Going to touch a little to close to home here. As I kinda believe since I am posting on the internet I just dont 'reveal' alot about myself. But I think I may be an alcoholic. I drink most nights. I do so because I am unemployed and I get bored. It's not an excuse Just seems to be the reason as I never have to do anything.

Even now I am having a few.

You just wrote, word for word, what I was gonna write. I am an alcoholic and I've made my peace with that. Drink stops the depressed shít that generally goes through my head.. I'm 27 so I might have enough time to beat this but drinkin just seems easier to me. Can't bate stereotypes hah?

Piriz · 22-02-2014 03:27AM

GerB40 wrote: »

You just wrote, word for word, what I was gonna write. I am an alcoholic and I've made my peace with that. Drink stops the depressed shít that generally goes through my head.. I'm 27 so I might have enough time to beat this but drinkin just seems easier to me. Can't bate stereotypes hah?

hi, see post 107....

GerB40 · 22-02-2014 03:33AM

Piriz wrote: »

try to limit it to Friday and/or Saturday nights... the rest of the week if your drinking your harming your ability to be productive the next day and your falling into a rut and its gona be a viscous cycle where by your wrecked in the morning - afternoon...by the evening you think f*ck it i'll have a few...so you feel like your 'doing' something...this will not have a good outcome... instead of drinking mid week do everything you can to feel productive beginning in the morning..shower, good breakfast, clean the gaf, run a few errands, job hunt, sort out the c.v., find training/education course, visit family, offer to help and do stuff for people, shop and cook a great dinner and see whats on the box that you'll watch that evening or find new music...start running twice a week too... i dont mean to sound like a do good'er but you sound like your reaching out a bit and you got to fight against alcoholism...

No offence but you don't understand what it's like. When all you want is alcohol, nothing else matters. Friends, family, personal health & well being, all take a back seat to what seems like natural impulses. That's how I see it anyway.

B.A._Baracus · 22-02-2014 03:33AM

GerB40 wrote: »

You just wrote, word for word, what I was gonna write. I am an alcoholic and I've made my peace with that. Drink stops the depressed shít that generally goes through my head.. I'm 27 so I might have enough time to beat this but drinkin just seems easier to me. Can't bate stereotypes hah?

I know what you mean.
It's like I get out of bed late and I go to bed late. Come 8pm i'm like, ahhh not doing anything might as well go over to lidl and get a few. Its messed up.

Piriz wrote: »

try to limit it to Friday and/or Saturday nights... the rest of the week if your drinking your harming your ability to be productive the next day and your falling into a rut and its gona be a viscous cycle where by your wrecked in the morning - afternoon...by the evening you think f*ck it i'll have a few...so you feel like your 'doing' something...this will not have a good outcome... instead of drinking mid week do everything you can to feel productive beginning in the morning..shower, good breakfast, clean the gaf, run a few errands, job hunt, sort out the c.v., find training/education course, visit family, offer to help and do stuff for people, shop and cook a great dinner and see whats on the box that you'll watch that evening or find new music...start running twice a week too... i dont mean to sound like a do good'er but you sound like your reaching out a bit and you got to fight against alcoholism...

You are 100% right. Thank you for your kind advice, Piriz

From reading your words ... You are not talking through your arse. I get a sense of "been there" from your post

Which makes your post hold even more weight.

ceadaoin. · 22-02-2014 04:00AM

Mint Aero wrote: »

Genuine question.

I'm considering having a drink or two every morning to get me through the day. What should I have? It needs to be undetectable on my breath, that's about the only criteria.

Mouthwash? I hear that's good stuff

ahahah · 23-02-2014 01:06AM

uch wrote: »

So do you think you have a drink problem ?
I had 12 cans tonight and i'll probably have 10 or more pints on sunday, but for me thats normal but a lot of people think I drink too much. I don't drink any other days.

What about you?

You defo have a drink problem sorry

I dont drink any other days is an excuse an a cop out

pale blue dot cotton · 23-02-2014 01:19AM

I think a hell of a lot of Irish are binge drinking 'alcoholics' as a doctor would put it. I know I am. Don't drink during the week but I make a pig of myself at the weekend. Sure what else would ya be doing?

beano345 · 23-02-2014 01:21AM

Not anymore,but when it was bad for me...it was really bad,still finding empty bottles of vodka in my room!

Femme_Fatale · 23-02-2014 02:45AM

rwg wrote: »

Yea, not so much as the murphys and the cider though

The point: missed.

rarnes1 wrote: »

Hangovers definitely get worse with age.

I used to think this was all in the head, but then it started happening to me in the last couple of years. Some people say it starts to hit them in their mid 20s. I call bullsh1t on that tbh. But 30s/40s, yeh...

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

I think I may be an alcoholic. I drink most nights. I do so because I am unemployed and I get bored.

You might stop as soon as you get a job though. It might not be alcoholism, just boredom relief. When you get a job, you'll have a routine and should be able to stop the regular drinking. If you're not able to, then it might be no harm to seek assistance. But seeing as you're admitting it and seeing a pattern, I wouldn't be surprised if you knocked the booze on the head once you get work.

KungPao · 23-02-2014 02:57AM

Nah.

I was totally dry for January as an experiment, and I realised that I like beer, sure, but I don't need it.

Since Ive been back off the wagon, Ive enjoyed my beers, but have been consuming less.

Couldn't be arsed paying €5 whatever for a pint though anymore. In fact, been playing lots of snooker in a place that sells pints, but I have been going for the cheaper can of soft drink option for the last good while.

This place charges 5.30 i think for a pint but just 1.50 for a can of coke...yeah I'll stick to the cokes thanks.