[House sharers] Do you drink in your room?

c_man · 16-02-2015 08:40PM #1

So was talking to a female work colleague today about alcoholism (as you do) and she thought the idea of having a drink in your room, as one of the lads mentioned he does playing CounterStrike, was "horrendous" and a clear sign of being an alco. Not wanting to be thought less of I didn't say anything.

But she's renting her own place you see. I don't think it's a big deal if you're sharing. I mean sometimes you just need to get away from the people you're forced economically (which c'mon, must be most of us) to partner up with. Imagine sitting down with a nice beer after a hard day's work and your bellend of a housemate sticks on Big Bang Theory. Fuk that.

Well, what say ye of AH?

anncoates · 16-02-2015 08:42PM

Being labelled a solitary, pathetic alcoholic seems a small price to pay for not having to share your drink.

Sheep Lover · 16-02-2015 08:45PM

I love the "oh I had a glass of wine last night, really feeling it now! Have to cut back"

Feck off, I'd have a bottle of wine as a warm up.

BrokenArrows · 16-02-2015 08:45PM

c_man wrote: »

So was talking to a female work colleague today about alcoholism (as you do) and she thought the idea of having a drink in your room, as one of the lads mentioned he does playing CounterStrike, was "horrendous" and a clear sign of being an alco. Not wanting to be thought less of I didn't say anything.

But she's renting her own place you see. I don't think it's a big deal if you're sharing. I mean sometimes you just need to get away from the people you're forced economically (which c'mon, must be most of us) to partner up with. Imagine sitting down with a nice beer after a hard day's work and your bellend of a housemate sticks on Big Bang Theory. Fuk that.

Well, what say ye of AH?

Having a beer or two while doing something like playing CS is totally fine.

If you're just sitting in your room in silence drinking or getting pissed then you may have issues.

Tarzana2 · 16-02-2015 08:49PM

c_man wrote: »

what say ye

Macavity. · 16-02-2015 08:49PM

Yeah, I do sometimes. Nothing wrong with it. Your female work colleague is a moron.

DoYouEvenLift · 16-02-2015 08:49PM

Sheep Lover wrote: »

I love the "oh I had a glass of wine last night, really feeling it now! Have to cut back"

Feck off, I'd have a bottle of wine as a warm up.

Hard kunt.

Wacker The Attacker · 16-02-2015 08:49PM

If by drink you mean, from the furry cup, then yes.

anncoates · 16-02-2015 08:51PM

Macavity. wrote: »

Your female work colleague is a moron.

Probably the Irish archetypal moron that thinks falling down in the street with your mates after a rake of jager bombs is grand but having a few beers at home alone is alcoholic.

TheSheriff · 16-02-2015 08:55PM

your female colleague is extremely boring.

nothing bad ever came from a glass of vino in front of the laptop on your own. Same as having it in your living room if you lived on your own

TheSheriff · 16-02-2015 08:55PM

your female colleague is extremely boring.

nothing bad ever came from a glass of vino in front of the laptop on your own. Same as having it in your living room if you lived on your own

Corvo · 16-02-2015 08:59PM

Tell her to shut her face. On a Friday I love nothing more than sticking on the Xbox and having a few beers.

skittles8710 · 17-02-2015 12:46AM

c_man wrote: »

So was talking to a female work colleague today about alcoholism (as you do) and she thought the idea of having a drink in your room, as one of the lads mentioned he does playing CounterStrike, was "horrendous" and a clear sign of being an alco. Not wanting to be thought less of I didn't say anything.

But she's renting her own place you see. I don't think it's a big deal if you're sharing. I mean sometimes you just need to get away from the people you're forced economically (which c'mon, must be most of us) to partner up with. Imagine sitting down with a nice beer after a hard day's work and your bellend of a housemate sticks on Big Bang Theory. Fuk that.

Well, what say ye of AH?

Think the reality in majority of cases people don't share the same televisual tastes if sharing with strangers. Can't beat tearing into a good box set and sipping on your favourite tipple on a Friday evening..

My housemate eats her dinner in her room which I think is more worrying tbh.

BunkMoreland · 17-02-2015 12:53AM

c_man wrote: »

the people you're forced economically (which c'mon, must be most of us) to partner up with

That sounds depressing. I'd probably kill myself in my room rather than have a drink if I was that poor.

My name is URL · 17-02-2015 12:55AM

So was talking to a female work colleague today about alcoholism (as you do) and she thought the idea of having a drink in your room, as one of the lads mentioned he does playing CounterStrike, was "horrendous" and a clear sign of being an alco. Not wanting to be thought less of I didn't say anything.

I hate people like that. A lot of the time they're the ones that go out 2-3 nights per week and spend hundreds on drink... but in their clueless little minds it's not a problem because they're socializing at the same time.

Nothing at all wrong with having a few drinks in your own company while playing a game or watching a movie.

shruikan2553 · 17-02-2015 01:06AM

Im not seeing any problem, His PC is in there so probably spends time there anyway. No different than watching something on the TV in the sitting room and having a drink. Its not like he sits on his bed all night drinking while doing nothing else except using his tears as a lube for himself.

thelad95 · 17-02-2015 01:56AM

I've predrunk by myself from time to time if I know that I won't meet my friends until we're out.

However, I'd generally take a dim view of people drinking at home on their own if they're not going out. It is a gateway to alcoholism and anyone who says otherwise is in denial.

Pyr0 · 17-02-2015 02:06AM

Gateway to alcoholism? So you're saying someone having a bottle of beer after work at home/In their room is on their way to being an alcoholic?

Idiotic statement.

thelad95 · 17-02-2015 02:12AM

Pyr0 wrote: »

Gateway to alcoholism? So you're saying someone having a bottle of beer after work at home/In their room is on their way to being an alcoholic?

Idiotic statement.

Well yes it can be. Not always of course but someone can easily progress from occasionally having a beer after work to often having a beer after work to eventually not being able to go through a day without having a beer after work. Alcoholism is absolutely rampant on my father's side of the family and unfortunately the progression can be that simple.

Of course this is Ireland so anyone who highlights the potential dangers of an addictive drug like alcohol gets classified as an idiot.

A_Sober_Paddy · 17-02-2015 02:15AM

thelad95 wrote: »

Well yes it can be. Not always of course but someone can easily progress from occasionally having a beer after work to often having a beer after work to eventually not being able to go through a day without having a beer after work. Alcoholism is absolutely rampant on my father's side of the family and unfortunately the progression can be that simple.

Of course this is Ireland so anyone who highlights the potential dangers of an addictive drug like alcohol gets classified as an idiot.

well on occassion i have set in for the night on my own watching a movie with a bottle or two of really nice beer, i'm far from an alcoholic, generally only drink over the xmas period and maybe 3-4 other times of the year

Mr_Muffin · 17-02-2015 02:16AM

Drinking alone a gateway to alcoholism? LOL

PLL · 17-02-2015 02:21AM

That is ridiculous. I like getting into bed and watching a movie with a glass of wine. Nice way to relax after a long hard, tiring day. I'm defo not an alco! I'm a student, its rag week and i'm in bed drinking tea and eating cookies. Stereotypes being shattered all over the joint.

c_man · 17-02-2015 09:20PM

BunkMoreland wrote: »

That sounds depressing. I'd probably kill myself in my room rather than have a drink if I was that poor.

You really think that? Now I can't afford a E250,000 place (just yet), nor do I want/can really afford to shell out E1000+ a month on my own place. I don't think that's a sign of poverty, merely a reflection of economic reality for huge numbers of Irish people.

todders · 17-02-2015 09:22PM

Yes please, that would be lovely....pssssst

MythicalMadMan · 17-02-2015 09:29PM

PLL wrote: »

That is ridiculous. I like getting into bed and watching a movie with a glass of wine. Nice way to relax after a long hard, tiring day. I'm defo not an alco! I'm a student, its rag week and i'm in bed drinking tea and eating cookies. Stereotypes being shattered all over the joint.

How you doooooin

17-02-2015 09:34PM

I drink in my room all the time, and I live alone.

Sometimes Ovaltine, but mainly tea.

FloatingVoter · 17-02-2015 09:36PM

I live alone. Whenever I venture into AH I'm drinking or have been drinking. What scares me is that some of the people in here are actually sober. At least I have an excuse.

MythicalMadMan · 17-02-2015 09:43PM

Eutow · 17-02-2015 09:51PM

thelad95 wrote: »

I've predrunk by myself from time to time if I know that I won't meet my friends until we're out.

However, I'd generally take a dim view of people drinking at home on their own if they're not going out. It is a gateway to alcoholism and anyone who says otherwise is in denial.

Drinking at home doesn't make you an alcoholic. Many people, including myself, like drinking at home for various reasons, none of which will always lead to alcoholism.

You state that you drink before going out to have more drink, but why drink beforehand? By doing that don't you just end up drinking more than somebody having a few at home at not going out? Why don't you just wait till you go out to the pub?

And this stupid expression "pre-drink" does my head in. How can you call drinking before you go to have more drink pre-drink.

NomadicGray · 17-02-2015 10:04PM

I'd say drinking alone leads to alcoholism in the same way masturbating alone leads to sex

MythicalMadMan · 17-02-2015 10:06PM

NomadicGray wrote: »

I'd say drinking alone leads to alcoholism in the same way masturbating alone leads to sex

One thing I do know is that drinking alone rarely leads to sex but often to masturbation.

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