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How many units of alcohol a week do you drink?

  • 17-11-2018 5:27pm
    #1
    Bobtheman
    Site Banned Posts: 2,799 ✭✭✭Bobtheman


    On average. I drink 30 units. Goggle what a unit is. A pint of larger is 2 units etc


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  • #2
    murphyebass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,553 ✭✭✭murphyebass


    This exact topic must come up on a fortnightly basis at this stage.


  • #3
    Noveight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,813 ✭✭✭Noveight


    I'll polish off 4 pallets of Beamish and a crate or two of Bushmills every week if I'm going well.

    Bit less during the summer, usually.


  • #4
    Bobtheman
    Site Banned Posts: 2,799 ✭✭✭Bobtheman


    Noveight wrote: »
    I'll polish off 4 pallets of Beamish and a crate or two of Bushmills every week if I'm going well.

    Bit less during the summer, usually.

    Ha ha


  • #5
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,737 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    murphyebass wrote: »
    This exact topic must come up on a fortnightly basis at this stage.

    Ah but we were all too drunk to remember it.

    All eyes on Kursk. Slava Ukraini.



  • #6
    Signore Fancy Pants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,687 ✭✭✭Signore Fancy Pants


    Hi Bob, im glad you asked.

    Its 0 for me.


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  • #7
    Thermoman12
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    I would have a shoulder of vodka once a week


  • #8
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    It’s easier for me to say how many units a year I drink....12 to 20.


  • #9
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    It'll be a sad day when I start counting units. A few G&Ts or a brandy per week at home. No two weeks would be the same. A red wine or three now and again.


  • #10
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Anyone else a nightly drinker?

    I crack open a bottle of wine most nights to chill out, and even though I know it’s not the healthiest of habits to have I just love a good drink..


  • #11
    Dave0301
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,535 ✭✭✭Dave0301


    Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »
    It’s easier for me to say how many units a year I drink....12 to 20.

    Or just divide that number by 52 to give a weekly unit. Not too complicated...


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  • #12
    Thermoman12
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 416 ✭✭Thermoman12


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Anyone else a nightly drinker?

    I crack open a bottle of wine most nights to chill out, and even though I know it’s not the healthiest of habits to have I just love a good drink..

    I’d only drink (binge drink) 3 or 4 times a month, I would usually have atleast two naggins or sometimes I’ll have a naggin and six cans, I’d never drink on my own though, that’s just sad


  • #13
    wexandproud
    Registered Users Posts: 1,063 ✭✭✭wexandproud


    none most weeks , then maybe 4 or 5 pints if I take a fancy . Really enjoy a few when i get em


  • #14
    Autosport
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,262 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    None as I don't drink alcohol :)


  • #15
    Rubberlegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭Rubberlegs


    I would drink a bottle of wine a week but over 2 or 3 nights. I'd rarely drink more than that.


  • #16
    Fr Tod Umptious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,413 ✭✭✭✭Fr Tod Umptious


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Anyone else a nightly drinker?

    I crack open a bottle of wine most nights to chill out, and even though I know it’s not the healthiest of habits to have I just love a good drink..

    A number of years back for the duration of about 2 years I'd finish a six pack per night at home.
    It was a real habit.
    Circumstances changed and I just stopped doing it.

    Now based on another posters and use to divide by 52 my weekly consumption is not a whole number.


  • #17
    Edgware
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,874 ✭✭✭Edgware


    When I am on the ground after pissing in my pants and choking on my own vomit I know its time to give up the units and go on the shorts


  • #18
    Foweva Awone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭Foweva Awone


    Zero units so far in 2018 ... I'm a recovering alcoholic. Must actually add up how many units I'd have drank a week back when was drinking alcoholically ... I'm amazed I still have a liver. :o


  • #19
    statesaver
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,084 ✭✭✭statesaver


    Why do you care how much I drink ?

    It’s got nothing to do with you.

    Or the state.


  • #20
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    0 a lot of weeks, sometimes about 40. Depends on what I'm at.


  • #21
    Deja Boo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,681 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    0 units of alcohol, I don't have the constitution nor desire - such an ugly addiction, drinking.


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  • #22
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    Deja Boo wrote: »
    0 units of alcohol, I don't have the constitution nor desire - such an ugly addiction, drinking.

    Not everyone who drinks has an addiction. Ignorance isn't an excuse forr judgement.


  • #23
    daheff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,904 ✭✭✭daheff


    Thermoman12 wrote: »
    I’d never drink on my own though, that’s just sad

    why is it sad? do you ever eat on your own? or drink a cola on your own?

    i occasionally like to have a beer at home at the end of the week.....when kids are in bed... watching tv with the missus. she doesn't drink so i'm drinking on my own.

    i like the taste of a nice cold beer at the end of a long hard week. dont need to be going out for a night out to have one.


  • #24
    FutureGuy
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 15,237 Mod ✭✭✭✭FutureGuy


    0 a week. Maybe a very rare beer once a year.

    Think I’ve had about 3 drinks in 5 years.


  • #25
    limnam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,244 ✭✭✭limnam


    I says to your man, throw on a few more units.


    He says. They're no more. :cool:


  • #26
    Truckermal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,047 ✭✭✭Truckermal


    I normally have have 3 pints every evening so probably a bit over average!


  • #27
    Spleerbun
    Registered Users Posts: 262 ✭✭Spleerbun


    Oh you can use units to prove anything, bobtheman. Fourfteen per cent of all people know that


  • #28
    henryforde80
    Closed Accounts Posts: 166 ✭✭henryforde80


    80 on an average week.


  • #29
    IamtheWalrus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,075 ✭✭✭IamtheWalrus


    Truckermal wrote: »
    I normally have have 3 pints every evening so probably a bit over average!

    In a pub?


  • #30
    Foweva Awone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭Foweva Awone


    Foweva Awone wrote: »
    Zero units so far in 2018 ... I'm a recovering alcoholic. Must actually add up how many units I'd have drank a week back when was drinking alcoholically ... I'm amazed I still have a liver. :o

    Probably about 200 units a week or more in the worst times. Jaysus!


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  • #31
    Basq
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    Looks to be about 15.

    On average, maybe a bottle of beer Sun - Thurs. And then a bottle of wine over a Friday / Saturday.

    Not mad by any means.. and then a sesh with work probably once a month.


  • #32
    Bobtheman
    Site Banned Posts: 2,799 ✭✭✭Bobtheman


    henryforde80 wrote: »
    80 on an average week.

    Really ?


  • #33
    Bobtheman
    Site Banned Posts: 2,799 ✭✭✭Bobtheman


    Foweva Awone wrote: »
    Probably about 200 units a week or more in the worst times. Jaysus!

    No way


  • #34
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Alcohol is the most overhyped business product in this country.

    I really wish Irish people would grow up and stop this retarded romanticisation of a drug which causes enormous damage to communities and families across this island.


  • #35
    Kevin Finnerty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭Kevin Finnerty


    Truckermal wrote: »
    I normally have have 3 pints every evening so probably a bit over average!

    Used do that myself religiously. Can't beat a bit of chat and a pint. I'd have a whiskey most nights to settle down for the day.


  • #36
    Foweva Awone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭Foweva Awone


    Bobtheman wrote: »
    No way

    Yeah ... about 3 bottles of wine a day, and if you're drinking that heavily, it's not even like you can take a day off here or there or you get the DTs. And they're ZERO fun.


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  • #37
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Alcohol is the most overhyped business product in this country.

    I really wish Irish people would grow up and stop this retarded romanticisation of a drug which causes enormous damage to communities and families across this island.

    Not everyone who has a drink causes enormous damage to anyone.


  • #38
    Bobtheman
    Site Banned Posts: 2,799 ✭✭✭Bobtheman


    Patww79 wrote: »
    Not everyone who has a drink causes enormous damage to anyone.

    Not everyone does it is true but half the admissions in hospital are alcohol related and God knows what % of physical fights.


  • #39
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    Bobtheman wrote: »
    Not everyone does it is true but half the admissions in hospital are alxhol related and God knows what % of physical fights.

    Fools like that don't mean we're all the same though.


  • #40
    Bobtheman
    Site Banned Posts: 2,799 ✭✭✭Bobtheman


    Patww79 wrote: »
    Fools like that don't mean we're all the same though.

    True but drink causes a huge amount of damage. Huge amount. However prohibition failed and would fail again unless you shot people dead for drinking.


  • #41
    Wheety
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,512 ✭✭✭Wheety


    A lot of weeks it's 0. On average it's probably 8.


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  • #42
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    Bobtheman wrote: »
    True but drink causes a huge amount of damage. Huge amount. However prohibition failed and would fail again unless you shot people dead for drinking.

    No. It causes a huge amount of damage for some people.


  • #43
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    Patww79 wrote: »
    No. It causes a huge amount of damage for some people.
    Rubbish your facts do Dhaka gaff. Gun hhfand

    And a chicken curry burppp


  • #44
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    CinemaGuy45 wrote: »
    Rubbish your facts do Dhaka gaff. Gun hhfand

    And a chicken curry burppp

    Yeah, you should probably lay off it in fairness.


  • #45
    henryforde80
    Closed Accounts Posts: 166 ✭✭henryforde80


    Bobtheman wrote: »
    Really ?


    80 units is like 5 or 6 pints Monday-Friday- Friday, 10 pints Saturday.

    I know people who drink at least 200 units a week. U notice it a lot more in the country pubs than citiy pubs.

    Its not that much.


  • #46
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    henryforde80 wrote: »
    80 units is like 5 or 6 pints Monday-Friday- Friday, 10 pints Saturday.

    I know people who drink at least 200 units a week. U notice it a lot more in the country pubs than citiy pubs.

    Its not that much.

    If only those poor sheep could talk.


  • #47
    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    Thermoman12 wrote: »
    I’d only drink (binge drink) 3 or 4 times a month, I would usually have atleast two naggins or sometimes I’ll have a naggin and six cans, I’d never drink on my own though, that’s just sad

    That's just your opinion.

    I love drinking alone with Lyric FM on beside me and a good book.

    If I'm in the mood for something to eat I'll take my book to my local for a few scoops and a bowl of hot chicken wings and a basket of chips.

    After 25 years nixxering as a bouncer and barman this is pure paradise for me.

    466310.jpg


  • #48
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    Brooke Deafening Hedge wrote: »
    That's just your opinion.

    I love drinking alone with Lyric FM on beside me and a good book.

    If I'm in the mood for something to eat I'll take my book to my local for a few scoops and a bowl of hot chicken wings and a basket of chips.

    After 25 years nixxering as a bouncer and barman this is pure paradise for me.

    466310.jpg
    That food looks foul.


  • #49
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    Brooke Deafening Hedge wrote: »
    That's just your opinion.

    I love drinking alone with Lyric FM on beside me and a good book.

    If I'm in the mood for something to eat I'll take my book to my local for a few scoops and a bowl of hot chicken wings and a basket of chips.

    After 25 years nixxering as a bouncer and barman this is pure paradise for me.

    466310.jpg

    A bowl like that can make any situation paradise.


  • #50
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Anyone else a nightly drinker?

    I crack open a bottle of wine most nights to chill out, and even though I know it’s not the healthiest of habits to have I just love a good drink..
    Theres nothing wrong with nightly drinking so long as its 3-4 units, its the amount that is bad not how often or when you drink alcohol!


  • #51
    Thermoman12
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 416 ✭✭Thermoman12


    daheff wrote: »
    why is it sad? do you ever eat on your own? or drink a cola on your own?

    i occasionally like to have a beer at home at the end of the week.....when kids are in bed... watching tv with the missus. she doesn't drink so i'm drinking on my own.

    i like the taste of a nice cold beer at the end of a long hard week. dont need to be going out for a night out to have one.

    Fair enough I suppose one is fine


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