How often do you drink?

[RP33]

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.

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 (2 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.

How old are you?

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 (2.

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..

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.

[CFH]

How old are you?

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 (2.

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..

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.

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.

[OumaFan]

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.

[killersheep]

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.

[OumaFan]

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.

[OumaFan]

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.

haha thanks Captain obvious

[Master]

I do not drink at all, you do mean alcohol don't you.

[Wadeb_21]

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.

[Manuel "Chubby" Medina]

I drink every big boxing event and on holidays like halloween thanksgiving and new years etc.

[amat]

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.

[Fenster]

You forgot the everyday option.

[Nameless]

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.

[Andre]

I do not drink at all, you do mean alcohol don't you.

Im close to you, I'll go one occasionally for taste but not to get pissed.I have a bottle of 12 year old thats probably now 18 years old.

[Drago]

i drink abt once a month but when i do it i do it proper, all day & night, a good twelve hrs then takes me a month to recover

[AdamGB]

I can't say never because I will have the odd pint if it's christmas.

Literally once or twice a year..

but to specifically answer the threads title... I fill up a big two litre bottle and take sips every few minutes during the day and a little more when I'm training.