I need something to compare my own raging alcoholism with. Well, not really. It's more out of curiosity than anything else.
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I need something to compare my own raging alcoholism with. Well, not really. It's more out of curiosity than anything else.
I work Mon-Fri, normal 9-5 (usually more) and drink every day that i don't have work the next day, and the occasional mid-week bit at a bar.. Before i had to work every day, i would drink 3-4 times throughout the week.. i mean, there really isn't anything to do around here besides going out to a bar.. if you go out to go bowling or something to that extent, you still pound pitchers of beer all night.. going to the movies is probably the only activity that doesn't involve alcohol, but i wouldn't go to the movies on a fri/sat night because i'd rather go out and be social.. i don't think this is anything out of the ordinary.
i drink on the weekends.
For someone your age I would say that it is relatively normal, when I was young I drank more than that - though admittedly I had a bit of a problem with those types of things back then.Quote:
Originally Posted by RP33
I made this poll because for the last little while I've been drinking about once every 1 - 2 weeks (though for a long time prior to this I was only an occasional drinker), but I've been wondering if that is too much at my age (28) so I've decided to cut back. Basically I want to see how my drinking measures up to other peoples. I am going to see the Pogues next month though, so I imagine I'll end up drinking then.
More than once a wekk, but right now I am off alcohol for at least a month just to get myself back in the gym. Once I start working out more regularly, I will reward myself with some good booze!
How old are you?Quote:
Originally Posted by CFHFor someone your age I would say that it is relatively normal, when I was young I drank more than that - though admittedly I had a bit of a problem with those types of things back then.Quote:
Originally Posted by RP33
I made this poll because for the last little while I've been drinking about once every 1 - 2 weeks (though for a long time prior to this I was only an occasional drinker), but I've been wondering if that is too much at my age (28) so I've decided to cut back. Basically I want to see how my drinking measures up to other peoples. I am going to see the Pogues next month though, so I imagine I'll end up drinking then.
And, also, i believe you have a girlfriend, so that does change things also.. when i was living w/ my ex girlfriend i barely drank.. but i also worked strange hours on the weekend.. so we would drink occasionally when people came over, but didn't go out to the bars more than once or twice a week at the very most..
now that i'm single i'm always out w/ my guy friends drinking.
I'm 28, I tried to put that in my last post but it came out as (28).Quote:
Originally Posted by RP33How old are you?Quote:
Originally Posted by CFHFor someone your age I would say that it is relatively normal, when I was young I drank more than that - though admittedly I had a bit of a problem with those types of things back then.Quote:
Originally Posted by RP33
I made this poll because for the last little while I've been drinking about once every 1 - 2 weeks (though for a long time prior to this I was only an occasional drinker), but I've been wondering if that is too much at my age (28) so I've decided to cut back. Basically I want to see how my drinking measures up to other peoples. I am going to see the Pogues next month though, so I imagine I'll end up drinking then.
And, also, i believe you have a girlfriend, so that does change things also.. when i was living w/ my ex girlfriend i barely drank.. but i also worked strange hours on the weekend.. so we would drink occasionally when people came over, but didn't go out to the bars more than once or twice a week at the very most..
now that i'm single i'm always out w/ my guy friends drinking.
Being single definitely increases alcohol consumption, I have no doubt about that.
oh, gotcha.. yeah, being single with no obligations to hang out with someone is great most times..Quote:
Originally Posted by CFHI'm 28, I tried to put that in my last post but it came out as (28).Quote:
Originally Posted by RP33How old are you?Quote:
Originally Posted by CFH
And, also, i believe you have a girlfriend, so that does change things also.. when i was living w/ my ex girlfriend i barely drank.. but i also worked strange hours on the weekend.. so we would drink occasionally when people came over, but didn't go out to the bars more than once or twice a week at the very most..
now that i'm single i'm always out w/ my guy friends drinking.
Being single definitely increases alcohol consumption, I have no doubt about that.
28.. you're still in your prime ;). i'm 24 next month, i'd like to think i've got a lot of years of drinking fairly often left.. Thing is i live in the smallest state in the US, while it has plenty of fun places to go, it still gets old, so now that i'm making more money it's a lot easier to go to NY for a weekend and not worry about what i spend.. boston is always a good alternative too. if i get a heavy enough rotation going then i'll be drinking for a while.
Nah, to borrow a cliched boxing analogy, I've been in too many wars. I like drinking, it's a lot of fun, but I just worry about the negative consequences these days. Especially considering how reckless I was in consuming everything I could get my hands on when I was younger. I'll never give up boozing entirely, but I feel that I need to cut back.Quote:
Originally Posted by RP33oh, gotcha.. yeah, being single with no obligations to hang out with someone is great most times..Quote:
Originally Posted by CFHI'm 28, I tried to put that in my last post but it came out as (28).Quote:
Originally Posted by RP33
Being single definitely increases alcohol consumption, I have no doubt about that.
28.. you're still in your prime ;). i'm 24 next month, i'd like to think i've got a lot of years of drinking fairly often left.. Thing is i live in the smallest state in the US, while it has plenty of fun places to go, it still gets old, so now that i'm making more money it's a lot easier to go to NY for a weekend and not worry about what i spend.. boston is always a good alternative too. if i get a heavy enough rotation going then i'll be drinking for a while.
How far away from NYC, Boston etc. is Rhode Island? I live in Victoria BC, which has about 330,000 people living here, so it's a bit of a sleepy gov't/university town. Vancouver is about 2 1/2 hours away by boat/car though, so it's pretty easy to head over there for some fun. The only other decent city close by is Seattle, which is a bit more difficult, time-consuming, and expensive to get to.
If you're drinking once every 1-2 weeks I don't see how you have anything to worry about. Even if you drink a fair amount that one night, its when you're drinking heavily pretty regularly that it could be a problem.
Hell its apparently good for you to have a glass of red wine everyday. Of course that's not binge drinking.
I go through phases really. Don't touch a thing for a while, drink fairly regularly for short periods of time, then nothing, and then there's football season and really if its bad to drink on Saturdays and Sundays during football season just meh fuck off clean living gods.
I barely drink at all anymore once every 3 months or so and even then it's just a taste. I find when I drink on a regular basis I have no way of controlling the amount I consume, so it's better for me to resist the temptation altogether.
Some people are good at monitoring their alcohol, I don't fall into that category.
My total philosophy on healthy living is just me get to 70 and then do whatever you want. I wouldn't mind being one of those grumpy 85 year olds that endanger people on the road but I don't want to be frail and incontinent.
Boston is less than an hour, NYC is about 2 and a half hours. My friends and I often go to Boston as we have a lot of friends there that we graduated with and what not, it's a fairly normal occurance and Boston has plenty of places to go.. NY is a bit more of a planned trip as you would have to find a place to stay, especially since you can be in bars til all times of the morning, i love the city though.Quote:
Originally Posted by CFHNah, to borrow a cliched boxing analogy, I've been in too many wars. I like drinking, it's a lot of fun, but I just worry about the negative consequences these days. Especially considering how reckless I was in consuming everything I could get my hands on when I was younger. I'll never give up boozing entirely, but I feel that I need to cut back.Quote:
Originally Posted by RP33oh, gotcha.. yeah, being single with no obligations to hang out with someone is great most times..Quote:
Originally Posted by CFH
28.. you're still in your prime ;). i'm 24 next month, i'd like to think i've got a lot of years of drinking fairly often left.. Thing is i live in the smallest state in the US, while it has plenty of fun places to go, it still gets old, so now that i'm making more money it's a lot easier to go to NY for a weekend and not worry about what i spend.. boston is always a good alternative too. if i get a heavy enough rotation going then i'll be drinking for a while.
How far away from NYC, Boston etc. is Rhode Island? I live in Victoria BC, which has about 330,000 people living here, so it's a bit of a sleepy gov't/university town. Vancouver is about 2 1/2 hours away by boat/car though, so it's pretty easy to head over there for some fun. The only other decent city close by is Seattle, which is a bit more difficult, time-consuming, and expensive to get to.
haha thanks Captain obvious :shakehead:Quote:
Originally Posted by OumaFan
I do not drink at all, you do mean alcohol don't you. :)
Normally just on the weekends for me so probably about twice a week. Once in awhile if there is a good Monday night Football game on I'll have a few or if I feel like winning some money in a Beerpong tournament (which are usually held Wed or Thurs nights) other than that not so much on the week days because I"m usually up around 515 and 530 in the morning, and if I'm out drinking til 1 or 2 that shit comes early.
On the weekends though I like to have a few whats that saying "work hard player harder" thats me. I can't watch a fight without having a couple beers, it goes hand in hand with me.
I drink every big boxing event and on holidays like halloween thanksgiving and new years etc.
These days probably once a month. A few months ago in March when I first got my apartment I was drinking every single night I didn't have work the next day. That was nuts there was times where I was drinking 5 times a week even if I did have work. That wasn't for extended periods of times but still.
I don't really know why but I never drink anymore. I drank on Sunday for the first 9er game but in hindsight I really wish I didn't, I must have had 15 tecates and 10 shots of vodka from noon to 10 pm and the end result is I don't remember many of the specifics of the game(s). So even when the chance is there I don't drink much, if I do it's a few shots and that's about it.
You forgot the everyday option.
well done, too many responsible moderate people in here.
Lets be honest,
has ever a great man lived that wasn't an alchie? I think not
Once, and the odd time twice a month when I'm in town or at a party I'll have like 5 Vodka Redbull/lemonades and then a couple of smirnoff ices.
I then MAY have a bottle of cider (Just the one) on a Friday or Saturday when watching TV.
That's all. Anybody that calls me an alcoholic doesn't know what they're talking about.
Man those Everton supporters are some real rough characters what with their Vodka RedBulls/Lemonades and their Smirnoff Ice's :gayfight2:
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Classic Gin Martini's, Gin & Tonic's, Old Fashioned's, Bourbon or Scotch on the rocks maybe add a bit of water to the scotch, very seldom should you ever MIX anything to mask the sweet taste of alcohol.
Lefty if you're going to drink either do it like a man or go hang out with Steelie
The Great Man, was one of the greatest alchie's of all-timeQuote:
Originally Posted by Fenster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru70jMinaiw
You drink old man drinks. And womens too, Gin & Tonic :vd: You being fukking serious ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
Vodka mixed with Red Bull or Lemo is the one. And smirnoff ices are good, quite a few lads drink them. Taste nice and sweet.
Who goes into a nightclub in town and orders a Scotch ?:LOLATYOU:
Oh boy :cwm25:.More often than not but hate the feeling of getting pizz drunk and rowdy out of control,too old for that shit.Has to be a cut off unless its Sat night A.M and a friend to call for bail :-X.Jk.Started very early in senior year and favored liquer over beer,now its the other way around.
I drink quite regulary but not much; often a little glass of porto after a day of studying/working or a little whiskey, red wine when I have supper with special friends and beer if I go out to a pub but overall, I don't drink much though on a regular basis.
I wouldn't know what they drink at THOSE kinds of bars lefty.
You know what type of person drinks Scotch at a bar, someone who loves and respects booze that's who! You can drink your Appletini's and your Fuzzy Navels, and Sex on The Beach's, and Cosmo's all you want to but when it comes down to brass tacks you are probably still of the age where you think alcohol "tastes icky"....the reason the old drinks like the Classic's Martini and Old Fashioned are good is because they are the first freaking cocktails ever made and who am I to mess with perfection.
NEVER would I ruin vodka by putting Red Bull in it....it should be a fucking crime!
So you drink vodka straight ? That's baaaad ass man.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
Double Vodka Red Bull is the shiit. I could drink it all the time. We both drink at different places. I don't go in pubs I go in clubs.
I don't drink beer by the way. And the only lager I like is Corona which must have a lime with it.
Appletinis ;D.Bartles & James helped get me layed more times than I can count in highschool.
Boones Farm. :shakehead:
Stuff is like 1 percent alcohol and yet a high school girl can still somehow get drunk on it. Mysterious.
Bro, I know you're a youngin and all, but you just try it, maybe one day you can appreciate the pureity and the greatness that is pure liquor.Quote:
Originally Posted by leftylee
Get some Stolichnaya, put it in your freezer and just try it. Don't get crazy with it, but you have to learn to SAVOR your booze and not just try to get fucked up. Also RedBull is sweet, sweet drinks give you hangovers, you may not have those now, but you will and SCOTCH doesn't give you hangovers ergo you learn to love it!
...HS girls just want a reason to act like slutsQuote:
Originally Posted by OumaFan
LEFTY don't admit to drinking Smirnoff Ices! That's like the alcohol here where even if you run out and that's the only alcohol left, you don't drink it because that is gay. Maybe things are different there (HTH clued me on to that), but drinking Smirnoff Ice is not something you freely admit to here. Unless of course your gay then you probably make a point of it :cwm13:
Haha they're nice. And many guys drink them in clubs round Liverpool. I only drink them in clubs but yeah they're cool.Quote:
Originally Posted by amat
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lol jk lefty drink what you want to drink if you want to get drunk off of drinks that taste like fruit candy then go ahead I'll stay doing it the man's way haha
Who said I get pissed off them ? VodBull's are there for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by amat
I drink once a week or twice a week if I am feeling stressed out and need to unwind. I will trypically drink several pints of beer.
Never. Last time I drank was in 95' and I had almost a whole beer.
Very rarely, I need to be in the mood for it which isn't that often. I don't go out to bars and such any more as my social habits have changed over the years. Will have a few beers now and then at a barbecue etc but that's it.