Your drinking lifestyle.

[Lunar_Wolf]

As most of you know, I come from lucky charm land. As your aware, Ireland is stereotyped as the land of the drunk. Which is sort of true.

Almost everything involves drink...I mean EVERYTHING!

For a lot of people, their routine goes as followed. Work all week, go to a pub, followed by going a club, puking on the side of the street or waiting in line for an hour to get greasy food, followed by a hangover, and then back to work/looking for work or college on Monday. It's funny because I have Irish and international friends on Facebook. The status updates are remarkably different between them.

Most Irish people will post something like this ''Any1 going out tonight?'', ''Can't wait to go clubbing tonight'', ''Drinking tonight wooooo!!!!11111'', ''wHAT a craZY nite last night'', ''im druhk on here cannot be good'', ''Hangover'', ''Anyone know a cure from being hungover?'', ''Pics from last night going up soon (followed by boring nightclub images of people being out of it)''....I think you get the point. It's weekly repetition.

I find reading international status updates far more entertaining, interesting and fun. Which has brought up a few questions in my mind. I'm curious about cultures when it comes to going out/drinking. What are the differences between countries.

Do you go to pubs?
Do you go to clubs?
Do you prefer to drink at home?
What's a normal night out like for you?
Does weekend mean getting drunk for you? Or do you prefer doing other things?
Do you hate when people post on FB about drinking and posting images of them being drunk with friends.

I personally prefer to drink at home, which is not often. What's better than having a few drinks with friends while watching some comedy flicks, chatting, gaming and searching funny **** on the web. I don't get the appeal of sitting in a crowded place, where you can't hear friends or family.

Pubs are alright when there quiet. Drink is too expensive tough. 5 euro for a beer? No thanks.

I hate clubs. Too expensive, horrible music, drunk *****ebags causing fights and I feel I have no real business there while I'm in a relationship. Not saying you can't be there if your in one, but I prefer to be with my partner, than being around drunk dancing women as sweaty men chasing after them all night.

Share your thoughts and opinions my humble folk.

 

[Lantern Venom]

I don't drink, I never have.

However, I want to genuinely commend you for staying at home when you drink. I think that is the respectful thing to do. I wish more Americans, especially sports fans, would have your mentality.

 

[Ultra Lantern]

I don't drink, I never have.



And I never will.

 

[twylight]

I go out socially sometimes, once every 3 months, but I don't drink a lot. I'm picky about white wine, I'm allergic to sulfides in red wine, I dislike beer (although I recently discovered one I do like which is weird), and certain mixed drinks make me sick halfway through.

Anyway, when I do go out it's mostly to nice-ish sports bars. Never been to a club because it seems to go against my preferences. I've been in a few divey places and I dislike them because they're loud, dirty and not a great place to hang out and socialize. I've been to a few 'pubs' (If you can even consider them really Pubs over here) and I like the atmosphere better, friendlier, more open.

Generally my drinking happens lightly at home. A small glass of Bailey's one night, a glass of wine another night. Some girly pink fusion drink another night. I don't drink to get drunk, I don't go out to get drunk. Mostly because half the time I get sick before I get drunk. I think I've been 'drunk' all of once, other than that I just get tipsy and giggly.

 

[bullets]

I used to hit up the clubs and drink a lot . Then I wound up being a more angry than happy drunk and was living with my ex , so I slowed it down. Now I don't really have a desire for it as much. I'll drink once in a while and sometimes in moderation. With my ex , we used to drink wine at home and that was fun.

I've posted a couple pics on fb of me drinking but that's usually not my style. I've been to parties where girls will be walking around taking pics , it's excessive. Some of my friends have 1000 random party pics on their profiles.

 

[Yurka]

I used to drink almost nightly in college, since then I've cut back to once or twice a week. I'll go out with friends to the bars and what not but it's not with the same "LET'S GET WASTED" attitude it used to be, it's more for socializing, and I'm not complaining.

 

[SuperFerret]

I had what were probably my fourth and fifth beers ever last Friday night.

 

[Charlie Boy]

I drink once or twice a week. More often than not it's only once. I'd say about once a month I usually black out... Not to the point where I wake up the next day and there's a deer in my bed, but usually I'll forget a thing or two about the night.

 

[twylight]

and there's a deer in my bed,

Used to happen a lot to you, did it?

 

[Microchip]

I follow the rule "never drink alone" which seems to just lead to bad places. Sometimes I'll be doing things that I feel a beer could enhance, but if I'm alone, no go. I hit up clubs occasionally (as OP said, they kind of lose their appeal once you're in a nice relationship), I'm not a huge fan of pubs and I really only drink to loosen up for the dance floor or with dinner.

2-3 times a week?

 

[Polaris23]

I don't drink. Never have. Never will.

 

[Microchip]

DOOOOOO ITTTTT.... just once!

 

[Charlie Boy]

Used to happen a lot to you, did it?

At one point in time I was responsible for so many deers missing I was starting to feel like a Cullen... ...Get it? It's a Twilight joke... Woooo.

 

[ThDWgeek]

I don't drink. Mainly because what I've had just tastes nasty .

 

[Avengers-Report]

Bars, beers, buzzed. Wings. Shots. Drunk. Waitresses, hot. Football - Cornell/Hofstra. Slaughter. Then a quick nap at my place and we'll hit the tiz-own.

 

[I'm Not a Hero]

I used to drink a LOT. Like I enjoyed doing a few shots before class. If I wasn't technically an alcoholic, I was definitely on my way.

Buy yea things have changed. I now worry about my liver and my health in general so I stopped that. Now I have a drink(or a few) every few months.

 

[Vapor]

I rarely drink at home but I do enjoy going out drinking but more as a social thing - it's something to do with my friends. I normally go out, knowing that I will get drunk but I don't go out to specifically get drunk to the point of passing out, like some people seem to.. I'm a good drunk, I can handle my alcohol quite well and if I feel myself getting a bit too far drunk i'd sooner stop than carry on.

When I was younger I use to go out every Wednesday (student night), every friday and every saturday but lately I've only been going out perhaps once every 2 or 3 weeks. And maybe I'll meet up with a freind for lunch and couple drinks in the day, or I'll just head to the pub for a few.

In a way I kind of miss going out a lot 'cos I've had some really great nights out with friends and I do still go out with the intention of getting drunk and cutting loose - it's the whole thing of working all week and partying at the weekend but I'm getting a bit older now, so I'm slowly cutting back. Plus these days, there is a high percentage of 16/17 year olds who go out and it just makes you feel older than you are.

 

[Eggyman]

I don't drink as much as I used to. I guess I've settled now I have a missus and I'm not out ****ing it every night. I don't like clubs--never have. Bars and pubs are my thing. Recently, on Facebook, I liked 'Getting drunk and talking to strangers because I'm a friendly f***er.' That sums me up perfectly. I'm never really sick, nor do I get hangovers unless the previous night's events were extra special.

My hard drive crashed last week and I've just got my laptop fixed. It's a shame because I had some pictures that depicted a night out with me around the city.

Insert picture of me hand-in-hand with the missus walking to the bar. Insert various pictures of me shouting and drinking a pint flute. Snapshot of me pointing and laughing. Cut to me outside, much later, with a traffic cone on my head.

I'll get in touch with the friend I was out with and see if he's still got those pictures. I think it was for his 30th so he should still have them.

 

[elgaz]

As most of you know, I come from lucky charm land. As your aware, Ireland is stereotyped as the land of the drunk. Which is sort of true.

Almost everything involves drink...I mean EVERYTHING!

For a lot of people, their routine goes as followed. Work all week, go to a pub, followed by going a club, puking on the side of the street or waiting in line for an hour to get greasy food, followed by a hangover, and then back to work/looking for work or college on Monday. It's funny because I have Irish and international friends on Facebook. The status updates are remarkably different between them.

Most Irish people will post something like this ''Any1 going out tonight?'', ''Can't wait to go clubbing tonight'', ''Drinking tonight wooooo!!!!11111'', ''wHAT a craZY nite last night'', ''im druhk on here cannot be good'', ''Hangover'', ''Anyone know a cure from being hungover?'', ''Pics from last night going up soon (followed by boring nightclub images of people being out of it)''....I think you get the point. It's weekly repetition.

I find reading international status updates far more entertaining, interesting and fun. Which has brought up a few questions in my mind. I'm curious about cultures when it comes to going out/drinking. What are the differences between countries.

Do you go to pubs?
Do you go to clubs?
Do you prefer to drink at home?
What's a normal night out like for you?
Does weekend mean getting drunk for you? Or do you prefer doing other things?
Do you hate when people post on FB about drinking and posting images of them being drunk with friends.

I personally prefer to drink at home, which is not often. What's better than having a few drinks with friends while watching some comedy flicks, chatting, gaming and searching funny **** on the web. I don't get the appeal of sitting in a crowded place, where you can't hear friends or family.

Pubs are alright when there quiet. Drink is too expensive tough. 5 euro for a beer? No thanks.

I hate clubs. Too expensive, horrible music, drunk *****ebags causing fights and I feel I have no real business there while I'm in a relationship. Not saying you can't be there if your in one, but I prefer to be with my partner, than being around drunk dancing women as sweaty men chasing after them all night.

Share your thoughts and opinions my humble folk.

I'm in NI. Same culture here strangely enough

I'm similar to yourself, don't like clubs much. Used to go them more when I was younger and chasing girls, but it's practically never nowadays. I'm not mad into dancing, so end up feeling bored standing round with music too loud to speak over. And I'm not on the pull either as I'm engaged.

Nothing I like better than going to a good old fashioned bar with friends where we can have a few drinks, good conversation and laughs. I've got a particular group of friends who I go out with once or twice a month for dinner, drinks, cocktails, etc ....... it's always a big night out (start at 5pm, sometimes finish 5am) and as we're all fairly sociable and have similar interests, the banter is always good and it's something we all look forward to.

Asides from that, I just have a few drinks here and there (sometimes in the house, particularly at weekend) but I wouldn't class myself as a big drinker in general.

I agree that the wider European culture doesn't 'do' the pub/binge drinking thing as much as people in England and Ireland. And it is noticeable if you've ever been in Europe on holidays, or even just read a few Facebook updates from other Europeans. My family has a place in Spain which we go to a few times a year, and the bars in that non-touristy area would be very quiet during the week. And when the bars do seem busy in Spain, the majority of patrons are not locals or Spanish - it's usually English/Irish. Families over there prefer to have some wine with their dinner and spend their evenings together, whilst the ones over here - in general - prefer to go out to a bar and get blitzed to the point they can't stand up. I've no idea why the societies have evolved in that direction, but the daily binge drinking culture in Ireland the UK is definitely more problematic.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

I think I've done every kind of drinking there is, and tbh I'm bored of it all now... Course it's hard to change the ideas you and all your friends have grown up with.

Anyway, this is how I break it down:

14-15 - I started drinking Lambrini, WKD's or cheap bottled cider in parks and recreation grounds after school and at weekends. Nothing much then. One bottle between three of us and we'd be giddy.

16-18 - It was all about house parties. Showing up and drinking whatever you could get your hands on and then waking up in heaps on the floor after drinking entire bottles of vodka to yourself. My best friend lost a front tooth passing into a toilet seat!

19-22 University Student - clubs, pubs, drinking games, dares, theme nights. Drinking was like a sport, and I used to rib guys who couldn't keep up with me. Pubs gave you free shots, clubs did all you can drink nights, and getting up on the bar and dancing was considered the norm.

23-24 (I.e. Now) Quarter life crisis drinking. Trying to recapture the youth. Back in my old town, drinking in the park, in the rec, in the pubs, in the club with everyone else whose finished uni (or didn't go) and has no idea where their life is going. Life is now just a series of repetative cycles.

Just like the OP said, it's work, friday night drinking (sometimes sat, sometimes both), recovery sunday and back to work. Hangovers hurt a hell of a lot more, and you have to deal with the occasional one through the week when your workmates pissed you off so much you just HAVE to have a drink.

And you just keep telling yourself, that when you've paid off your debt and start saving up to move to the big city, you won't need to drink cause life will be actually fun!

But for now, it's the only release from the mind numbing boredom of your minimum wage, undermining, unsatisfying job, the only escape from the sadness of being still single.

Depressing much!

Nah, it's not that bad, but I'm sure some people will get what I mean.

That's kind of standard youth in the uk!

 

[C. Lee]

I don't drink and never have.

 

[Eggyman]

I don't drink and never have.

It's been made legal now, you know?

 

[C. Lee]

It's been made legal now, you know?

According to the people of Jackass it's legal for other people to kick you in the balls with steel toed boots....doesn't mean I want to do it.

 

[Eggyman]

According to the people of Jackass it's legal for other people to kick you in the balls with steel toed boots....doesn't mean I want to do it.

I know. It was a joke about your age, not about pushing drink

 

[C. Lee]

I know. It was a joke about your age, not about pushing drink

I figured it probably was...but that's one of the standard answers I give when others act incredulous at the mention that I don't drink.