Your drinking lifestyle.

[Sensi]

I drink wine and usually only when sad.

 

[SuperSoldier985]

My drinking lifestyle is pretty non-existent. I used to have wine in the house but not lately. I'll grab some beer every now and again, but I'm just not really into it..

 

[greenrage36]

I'm primarily a beer drinker although I try to stick with mico-brews and imports and since I'm on a pretty tight budget I can't go too willy-nilly with it. Which is upsetting...

I also enjoy wine and spirits too and have been exploring these options more so in the past few years as I tend to just blow through my stash of beer in no time flat and then I feel like I just threw my money away, lol.

In terms of where and how much I drink its daily - just like my morning cup of coffee I'll have something to drink by day's end. Nothing crazy...no getting drunk for the sake of getting drunk or any of that nonsense. Just a nice drink to wind down the day with maybe one or two more during the weekend or holidays. Out and about I usually stick with two at most unless I'm not doing any driving...

 

[Art_of_Crime]

I used to drink a fair amount. I would drink socially, and have at least a bottle of wine every weekend, and a few beers during the week. Now however I'm pretty much off that stuff. I will have a glass of wine on special occasions, but I don't go out drinking anymore, and I can't remember the last time I drank any spirits or anything.

 

[Fanticon]

I consider my drinking, to be mostly a social thing these days, and I was drinking a beer or two every night but that has changed because people thought it was leading to Alcoholism. Which I don't get, because real alcoholics that I know, drink whatever, whenever and always in excess.

I prefer microbrews. If i have to I will get big brand beer just to kick back and have one. i only drink hard liquor if it's around or at a party or gathering or a spot that doesn't serve beer. Same story with wine, won't drink it normally unless its my only choice.

I don't think there will come a day when I give up drinking because I see nothing wrong with it while done in moderation and in the company of good friends. I'm no angel all the time but that's why I try to never make a fool of myself while drinking. Or even drinking by myself, I just don't see the problem. But hey, I've cut back to appease my gf and family. And I admit that it's probably adding to lbs. so maybe cutting back will help shed some, cuz i don't want to get that signature beer gut old men and heavy drinkers sport.

favorite beer style IPA's.

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

I consider my drinking, to be mostly a social thing these days, and I was drinking a beer or two every night but that has changed because people thought it was leading to Alcoholism. Which I don't get, because real alcoholics that I know, drink whatever, whenever and always in excess.

No, your friends were probably right to be concerned. It's not a good idea to drink with such regularity, and it doesn't have to be large amounts to make you an alcoholic, there just has to be a dependacy there.

If you were drinking every night and it was because you were using it to wind down from work or college or whatever, ironing out the little bumps and stresses of life that got to you during the day, then that is not a good idea to do all the time, that is leading to a dependancy. You have to be able to do that on your own without the help of any substance, or else, if you run into some real bad problems, you might turn to the drink or drugs in a bigger way, and then it snowballs.

and of course, you can just get addicted to the high, which is just as bad.

Any kind of dependancy is bad, whether to change your moods, or for kicks. Alcohol builds up in your system, even a couple of beers every night, and your body can become addicted to it without you realising it, it craving a refresher dose so's to avoid the hnagovers.
Next thing you know you don't feel so good in the morning, and start having a beer at lunchtime to 'get yourself right', then you start having a drink in the morning before you go to work to sort yourself out just to feel 'normal', it can easily happen if you drink with that kind of regularity.

 

[Frank Castle77]

I live in the uk and did as most teenagers do and start @ 14 with the cider and beer with mates getting smashed and got up to all kinds of trouble.
Then at 18 I got a job as a barman in a huge venue that had it all bars food arcades pool the lot. This is the start of my next 4 years of drinking every night of the week after work, clubbing everynight too.
My family hardly ever saw me as I would of crashed round one the guys from works house or some one we had met whislt drinking it was an awesome time.
Continued to work in the pub/restaurant trade till about 6 yrs ago and still drank every night but after hours in the place of work with my staff ( became a manager ) and in sensible quantities.

These days me and the gf go out every once in a while, but still drink every night at home not to get trashed but to mellow out after a hard day at work.

So at the end of the day I can honestly say I love the sauce 

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

I live in the uk and did as most teenagers do and start @ 14 with the cider and beer with mates getting smashed and got up to all kinds of trouble.
Then at 18 I got a job as a barman in a huge venue that had it all bars food arcades pool the lot. This is the start of my next 4 years of drinking every night of the week after work, clubbing everynight too.
My family hardly ever saw me as I would of crashed round one the guys from works house or some one we had met whislt drinking it was an awesome time.
Continued to work in the pub/restaurant trade till about 6 yrs ago and still drank every night but after hours in the place of work with my staff ( became a manager ) and in sensible quantities.

These days me and the gf go out every once in a while, but still drink every night at home not to get trashed but to mellow out after a hard day at work.

So at the end of the day I can honestly say I love the sauce ?

Have you ever tried not drinking?

edit: not wanting to sound cheeky, but it sounds like you have got to the point where you need to keep alcohol in your system, or else you can't chill out at night without it, hence why you drink it every night.

edit: See, if you can't go hom eat night after work, and chill out without craving a drink, then you have a drink problem, as i was saying to the guy above, you don't need to drink enough every night to get 'trashed' to have a problem.

Anyway, this is your first post, I have no bearings on who you are at all, so for all I know you came in here and are making stuff up or exagerating for the hell of it.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

Have you ever tried not drinking?

edit: not wanting to sound cheeky, but it sounds like you have got to the point where you need to keep alcohol in your system, or else you can't chill out at night without it, hence why you drink it every night.

edit: See, if you can't go hom eat night after work, and chill out without craving a drink, then you have a drink problem, as i was saying to the guy above, you don't need to drink enough every night to get 'trashed' to have a problem.

Anyway, this is your first post, I have no bearings on who you are at all, so for all I know you came in here and are making stuff up or exagerating for the hell of it.

I'm going to say to you the same thing I say to my mum - The whole COUNTRY has a drinking problem.

But it's just become a massive part of our culture.

I don't know how it happened or exactly when it happened. I don't know if it's because of the weather and lack of sunshine, the government annoying the hell out of us or what...

... But drinking is just what we do!

And by that, I don't mean we can handle our drink. Quite the opposite. The majority of late night drinkers in places I've lived in get violent, emotional and irrational, or throw up in the street after stuffing their faces with a kebab and swearing at a passing copper.

Don't judge the guy because him and his gf have a few beers of a night time.

Even the most upper class people I know drink a couple of glasses of wine a night. And that's considered good for you, or so I'm told.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

I live in the uk and did as most teenagers do and start @ 14 with the cider and beer with mates getting smashed and got up to all kinds of trouble.

Oh the good ol days

And welcome to the boards fellow Brit!

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

Don't judge the guy because him and his gf have a few beers of a night time.

Even the most upper class people I know drink a couple of glasses of wine a night. And that's considered good for you, or so I'm told.

Eh, people who post here regularly, or lurk regularly, know that I basically give out the same kind of advice about avoiding drink problems.

So, Fanticon comes in with that post, and I give the expected advice...and then this new poster swoops in with that kind of 1st post right after mine...a bit curious to say the least for a 1st post...

Maybe my tone was off, but in my job I am expected to give advice like this to anyone I encounter, so it becomes 2nd nature to say something if you see someone who might be drinking too much, I don't want to see anyone slip into alcoholism.

edit: and as for the 'couple of glasses of wine being good for you every night' thing you talked about, no, it's not good for you drinking that amount every night. There are a certain amount of units of alcohol each week that are deemed to keep you this side of healthy, much less so for women's constitutions. And even then, it's healthier if you don't drink at all. Sure, some reports say that a glass of wine every so often is good for the heart, but, y'know, I don't think anyone is talking about that level of drinking.
I didn't mean to offend the guy, I just wanted to say to watch yourself with that.

 

[Frank Castle77]

Oh the good ol days

And welcome to the boards fellow Brit!

Why thank you kind sir 

 

[steintym]

I've got to admit, I also enjoy having a couple of beers in the evening after work. No, I don't think it is the best idea in the world and I don't think it's for everyone, but it is how I enjoy chilling out in the evening.

 

[Frank Castle77]

Have you ever tried not drinking?

edit: not wanting to sound cheeky, but it sounds like you have got to the point where you need to keep alcohol in your system, or else you can't chill out at night without it, hence why you drink it every night.

edit: See, if you can't go hom eat night after work, and chill out without craving a drink, then you have a drink problem, as i was saying to the guy above, you don't need to drink enough every night to get 'trashed' to have a problem.

Anyway, this is your first post, I have no bearings on who you are at all, so for all I know you came in here and are making stuff up or exagerating for the hell of it.

I can go with out it actually, Im not one of these people who break down if they haven't had their fix of alcohol.
Its just one of my ways I relax after a hard day work.
I can understand your concern as their are people out there that do not have the control over their craving for it. But I am lucky enough not to have issue.

 

[Frank Castle77]

I've got to admit, I also enjoy having a couple of beers in the evening after work. No, I don't think it is the best idea in the world and I don't think it's for everyone, but it is how I enjoy chilling out in the evening.

Exactly there's nothing quite like sitting down with an alcoholic beverage with the other half at the end of a busy day at "the office".
People Its not be good for you but nothing is these day 

 

[Fanticon]

Any kind of dependancy is bad, whether to change your moods, or for kicks. Alcohol builds up in your system, even a couple of beers every night, and your body can become addicted to it without you realising it, it craving a refresher dose so's to avoid the hnagovers.
Next thing you know you don't feel so good in the morning, and start having a beer at lunchtime to 'get yourself right', then you start having a drink in the morning before you go to work to sort yourself out just to feel 'normal', it can easily happen if you drink with that kind of regularity.

well i've been drinking for 10 years now and it's never lead to that downward spiral. so if this was my first year drinking it'd be a different story. I just don't think it's a problem. Gonna give it another 10 years I just view it differently. Like I said, some of my friends had serious problems, drank all day long, black outs everytime, lost jobs, friends and family, got dui's. The severity of their drinking situation made me think that if it ever got that bad, then yeah, i'd call my own drinking situation a problem.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

Eh, people who post here regularly, or lurk regularly, know that I basically give out the same kind of advice about avoiding drink problems.

So, Fanticon comes in with that post, and I give the expected advice...and then this new poster swoops in with that kind of 1st post right after mine...a bit curious to say the least for a 1st post...

Maybe my tone was off, but in my job I am expected to give advice like this to anyone I encounter, so it becomes 2nd nature to say something if you see someone who might be drinking too much, I don't want to see anyone slip into alcoholism.
.

What's your job? Just curious.

And I understand addiction and alcoholism believe me. My mum, my dad and my mums boyfriend are all ex addicts (from before I was born) and all go to meetings. I've grown up with my mum constantly on the phone to people she is sponsering, perhaps hearing more than I should. I know a lot about it.

Not to mention the fact that I know a lot of alcoholics/drug addicts, and have worked in a fair few pubs where people drink a good few pints every night.

I can safely say that I know the difference between someone who has a problem and someone who doesn't.

And someone who drinks a couple of beers when they get in from work, does not have a problem IMO.

Why thank you kind sir 

It's kind madam actually But your welcome

 

[steintym]

Time for the weekend, going to a wedding, free open bar ... All good!

I'm not the type to get liquored up and make a fool of myself on the dance floor ... but I will be taking advantage of that open bar.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

Time for the weekend, going to a wedding, free open bar ... All good!

I'm not the type to get liquored up and make a fool of myself on the dance floor ... but I will be taking advantage of that open bar.

Good luck!

Ah, I remember my first open bar.

On a greek island. Was supposed to be a buffet too.

They opened the bar an hour before the buffet, and did not serve drinks by the glass. You could only get bottled beer, wine by the jug or cocktails by the jug. With the wine and the cocktails they only gave you straws...

By the time the buffett was opened I'd already consumed a fair few jugs. Tried to eat a bit. Threw up!

But of course, in true British style, this just made room for more drinking!

 

[terry78]

Everyday is a wacky misadventure with this one.

 

[Frank Castle77]

What's your job? Just curious.

And I understand addiction and alcoholism believe me. My mum, my dad and my mums boyfriend are all ex addicts (from before I was born) and all go to meetings. I've grown up with my mum constantly on the phone to people she is sponsering, perhaps hearing more than I should. I know a lot about it.

Not to mention the fact that I know a lot of alcoholics/drug addicts, and have worked in a fair few pubs where people drink a good few pints every night.

I can safely say that I know the difference between someone who has a problem and someone who doesn't.

And someone who drinks a couple of beers when they get in from work, does not have a problem IMO.



It's kind madam actually But your welcome

Oops sorry  kind madam.

 

[SpideyVille]

So I've been wondering since I don't drink and kinda don't want to, but I see how excited people get to go to parties and celebrations just to drink, is it possible to have just as good of a time not drinking and people seem to when they do drink?

Obviously since I've never really drank before, I don't know the effects or feelings that drinking has on you at the moment, but I'm curious to hear that some feedback on what the difference is for people that have gone to parties where they haven't drank as opposed to when they have. Is the experience better?

 

[Hound55]

In my case? No. I can't have just as good a time without booze.

Yes, I understand how pathetic that sounds, and you're right - it is.

Booze makes everything better, with the probable exception of alcohol poisoning...

 

[bored]

I went through a period where I'd like to get, not DRUNK, but maybe a little buzzed when I was just hanging out by myself, but that's sort of passed. It could get expensive, and I started to feel weird about the fact that I was doing it. I'm purely a social drinker now, and I don't like doing it more than once a week at most.

 

[steintym]

In my case? No. I can't have just as good a time without booze.

Yes, I understand how pathetic that sounds, and you're right - it is.

Booze makes everything better, with the probable exception of alcohol poisoning...

I have to agree. I know it sounds pretty sad, but most of the time, I have more fun if alcohol is involved.

I love having a good time, and for the most part, if some booze are involved, I'll have even more fun.

Man, that sounds bad, but it is true.