Do you think you have a drink problem ?

cloud493 · 23-02-2014 10:33AM

Never touched a drop of drink in my life :cool:

osarusan · 23-02-2014 10:38AM

No. I might have a can (330ml) and/or a whiskey once or twice during the week. That's about it. I might hit a pub with friends every second weekend for 5 or 6 pints of Guinness (paying a pretty price for it here).

My problem is hangovers. As I age, they've turned from brief and minor inconveniences into day-long wreckage.

Frynge · 23-02-2014 11:06AM

Hangovers defiantly get worse with age. Last night I had 5 pints and although not hungover I am a bit mentally slow this morning. When I was younger I used to finish work at 11.30 head to pub for 8-9 pints and into work for 8am.
The thoughts of doing that now just made me hungover.

lufties · 23-02-2014 11:12AM

Frynge wrote: »

Hangovers defiantly get worse with age. Last night I had 5 pints and although not hungover I am a bit mentally slow this morning. When I was younger I used to finish work at 11.30 head to pub for 8-9 pints and into work for 8am.
The thoughts of doing that now just made me hungover.

You sound like me, hangovers are not just a headache..Its depression, sad feelings and general cabbagedness these days.

sszz · 23-02-2014 11:15AM

Probably, went for a few pints yesterday afternoon. Can vaguely remember getting home and some flashbacks of a friend shouting in my face. The wife wasn't too pleases with me this morning. Think I'll give up drink.

23-02-2014 12:02PM

I have problems with drink every so often but I wouldn't say I have a drink problem, as such. I like alcohol. Sometimes it likes me back, sometimes it doesn't.

Nightclubs seem to bring out the worst in me; it doesn't matter who I'm with, where I am, how good a night it is or even how much drink I've had - there always comes this moment when I hit a wall and feel shít about myself.

anncoates · 23-02-2014 12:21PM

The thread needs more of the 'I have a problem, I can't drink enough/don't have any' type gags.

Not enough people have made them so far.

Super-Rush · 23-02-2014 12:28PM

anncoates wrote: »

The thread needs more of the 'I have a problem, I can't drink enough/don't have any' type gags.

Not enough people have made them so far.

That's typical Ireland though innit?

Oh I'm slowly destroying my liver, lawllllllll.

TPD · 23-02-2014 02:41PM

I've got a batch of homebrew nearing completion so will likely be having two or three a night for the next few weeks

Galwayguy35 · 23-02-2014 02:55PM

I read somewhere that many of the 16 and 17 year olds these days will have liver damage by the time they reach our age.

I started drinking at 17 but I'm sure many of you would agree with me that we didn't have the money back then that todays kids have for booze, the night we went out to celebrate the LC results I had 10 quid in me pocket and that had to last me the night.

Also we only drank beer which isn't as hard on the liver as WKD and all that muck they drink now.

knarkypants · 23-02-2014 03:46PM

lufties wrote: »

You sound like me, hangovers are not just a headache..Its depression, sad feelings and general cabbagedness these days.

Yeah I get all that but it tends to last for a couple of days now too! I hate getting older. :mad:

yawhat! · 23-02-2014 04:02PM

I drink around 20-25 Pints every Saturday. Start in the Pub at 12AM and finish around 3AM

Aidric · 23-02-2014 04:13PM

anncoates wrote: »

The thread needs more of the 'I have a problem, I can't drink enough/don't have any' type gags.

Not enough people have made them so far.

Only yesterday I drank two bottles of mid priced rioja before my regular Saturday afternoon tennis match. The final set went to a tiebreak which I won and my playing partner said it was the best he'd ever seen me play.

IrishSkyBoxer · 23-02-2014 04:22PM

Haven't had a drink in ten months, the physical and psychological benefits have been gargantuan.

Really don't think I could ever drink again.

The up just isn't worth the down.

Plus it's a carcinogen, it's a dirty drug no different than the ciggies, the gear, the yokes etc.

Thanks, but I don't want to get pancreatic or oesophageal carcinoma or hepatic cirrhosis.

Butterface · 23-02-2014 04:33PM

I can be a bit fond of the red wine. I got into a habit a few years back of drinking wine alone. It started when I'd moved to another city where I knew nobody, was stressed with work and was pretty down. I genuinely do enjoy wine, and I used to convince myself that it was okay because I wasn't drinking to get drunk but that I was just enjoying it. It would only be once or twice a week, usually at the weekend. I'd often get two bottles and have started into the second by the time I was ready to pass out. Nothing good can come from getting drunk alone, and any time I'd feel stressed I'd get a bottle to go with dinner.

Nowadays, I only drink socially and not too often as I'm busy studying and couldn't afford to even if I wanted to. I also don't smoke anymore which actually really helped because I'd associated the two. I'm also a lot happier now so there's no need for me to self-medicate with wine.

I hate hearing people make light of alcohol problems. While I didn't become dependent on it, if my circumstances hadn't changed then maybe I would have carried on that way.

Aphex · 23-02-2014 04:33PM

yawhat! wrote: »

I drink around 20-25 Pints every Saturday. Start in the Pub at 12AM and finish around 3AM

That's an impressive amount of booze consumed in three hours.

Joe prim · 23-02-2014 04:42PM

Aidric wrote: »

Only yesterday I drank two bottles of mid priced rioja before my regular Saturday afternoon tennis match. The final set went to a tiebreak which I won and my playing partner said it was the best he'd ever seen me play.

A tiebreak, when you could have won in straight sets? GET.HELP. NOW!

Daveysil15 · 23-02-2014 04:48PM

I'm pissed after 3 pints and start to feel sick if I have more than 4 if that counts as a drink problem?

Mike747 · 24-02-2014 08:09PM

Sometimes I wonder if I might end up as an alcoholic. I guess the only thing I have in my favour is that I rarely drink at home, and when I do it's two or three beers.

I'd much rather be in the pub messing around with chicks. I'm a slave to the buzz.

daveyboynire · 24-02-2014 08:14PM

I think I do, I only drink on a SAturday night but its every Saturday night. Once I start drinking I can't stop until I am drunk, I am odd in that I will only drink at home, if out at a wedding or something I won't touch a drop as drink turns me from a shy person into a mouth piece, I could offend someone unintentionally, so don't drink when out.

Capt'n Midnight · 24-02-2014 11:51PM

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Toilet duck hipster. It's far from domestos you were raised.

Domestos is it ? Jaysus , we had to do with harpic

Capt'n Midnight · 24-02-2014 11:52PM

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.

Either you have a cold or you've become accustomed to it.

Try licking your wrist and then smelling it.

Mint Aero · 25-02-2014 11:03PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Either you have a cold or you've become accustomed to it.

Try licking your wrist and then smelling it.

Ok I've a wrist covered in saliva and I smelled it. Now what?

dgt · 25-02-2014 11:53PM

Behind the sofa is packed with cans and bottles. I have shells of cars full of cans and bottles. I store my drink all over the house that theres booze near me.

I can't see the problem....

I'd say I do have a problem though

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