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How much alcohol do you drink?
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TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
Member
Never touched a drop, never intend to.
Dandy Lyin
Member
In my 20s I drank a lot. Now, not so much. 2-3 times a year, maybe?
NoblesseOblige
Banned
Like a glass or cup every other year.
Octavianus
Banned
Almost none. I like pretty much everything that had alcohol in it but I mental issues and poor self control.... so it never feels like a good idea.
Agent_ShortBus
Member
Maybe twice a year if that.
Growing up with an alcoholic dad is probably why I don't really drink.
Growing up with an alcoholic dad is probably why I don't really drink.
PingPongvonLaserstein
Member
Drank enough for several lifetimes over seven or eight year span. Don't anymore.
MudoSkills
Volcano High Alumnus (Cum Laude)
I used to drink a lot but cut down dramatically at the start of last year. I'll drink socially a few times a month, but have cut out drinking at home almost entirely.
I remember everything that happens now, it's awful.
I remember everything that happens now, it's awful.
GHG
Gold Member
Between the ages of 18-22 when I was at university it was pretty much everyday.
I don't know how I came out alive.
Too much probably. I drink at least a glass a day, sometimes more. Usually I drink a whiskey, port wine or licor while winding down in the evening. I can enjoy a fine wine while dining, and as a Belgian it's in my blood to drink some good beer frequently. When it's hot out I like a fresh triple or blond, strong beer in the weekend, in winter time I drink heavier, brown beers with a good book.
What I don't do is drinking for the sake of getting drunk, let alone binge. It's not that I'm never drunk or tipsy, but it's always a result of enjoying too much of the good stuff, never teh reason why I drink.
What I don't do is drinking for the sake of getting drunk, let alone binge. It's not that I'm never drunk or tipsy, but it's always a result of enjoying too much of the good stuff, never teh reason why I drink.
I feel like 1+ glasses of Whiskey each day to wind down is actually a worse habit than purposefully getting drunk ever so often :/
Charles Brandon
Member
Don't drink mon-wed unless on special occasions. Will drink probably three pints/ glass of wine / glasses of whisky on the other days if I stay in. If I go out you can make that six to nine pints.
Why?
DiscoJer
Member
I have a beer every year or so. I don't like the taste, I don't particularly like getting drink or light headed, but every so often I do develop a craving for a beer. Then I have one and my craving stops about 1/3 of the way through the bottle and I have to force myself to finish it.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
The people who drink every day aren't going to volunteer that fact, I think.
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
None.
Adderall for me.
Adderall for me.
I take it as prescribed
Charles Brandon
Member
One glass of wine a night is better than no alcohol according to recent studies.
Not sure if the same applies to shorts though
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/wine/is-red-wine-really-healthy/
Acquiescence
Member
I don't drink, because I absolutely loathe the taste of alcohol and could never get used to it. I also don't smoke or do drugs. I'm an accidental straight edge.
Shadowhelper
Banned
I was drinking a ton until very very recently, because of my Gf and her sister and friends, who all drink very heavily, since they are all younger than me. Wish I could still do it like when I was younger, but I need breaks now. I do crave going to the pubs though when I walk by. Hangovers and weight gain only gets worse and worse. I don't know how my gf's older sister drinks and does so much drugs so often.
In my heavier drinking days, I would have phases. Certainly had a 3 year period, two 1.5 year periods broken up with a long break, where I was drinking on average 3-5 times a week and quite heavily. But can't do that no more.
In my heavier drinking days, I would have phases. Certainly had a 3 year period, two 1.5 year periods broken up with a long break, where I was drinking on average 3-5 times a week and quite heavily. But can't do that no more.
(As a disclaimer - with "ever so often" not being "every weekend")
I do feel alcohol should never become part of a habit - it's hard to break and imho one of the most dangerous slippery slope addictions.
Like, eventually those 1-2 daily glasses of Whiskey might turn into 2-3, over time, etc.
(ofc that doesn't happen to every one, but that's how it started with a few of the alcoholics i know)
FreeMufasa
Junior Member
Once or twice a month.
Wish I could be drinking every day but this swole life ain't gonna swole itself
Wish I could be drinking every day but this swole life ain't gonna swole itself
Com Truise
Member
A beer or two every day. If I'm eating a fatty meal I need to wash it down with a beer.
DigitalRicket
Member
I've had a few beers here and there, and some whiskey to help clear some throat pain, but outside of that I don't find joy in drinking at all. I don't like the smell on people when they drink, I don't enjoy the settings where drinking usually is done socially, and I don't like the taste of any the drinks (even mixed drinks). Give me coffee or water any day.
megatronium
Member
I don't drink anymore. I'm an alcoholic. Sober 3+ years. Alcoholism has been a factor in 90% of the poor choices I made in life resulting in prison, fees, loss of driving privileges, failed relationships, etc. Just now getting it back together and I'm 39. A lot of people have no trouble with alcohol but I'm not one of them. YMMV of course.
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
Member
I like tea, and I didn't use to like fizzy drinks but now I'm quite partial to a vanilla coke or a fanta.
IlGialloMondadori
Member
Pretty much never. A beer every few months or so. Every now and again I'll get wasted, but it's very, very rare. It disrupts my sleep, and given I have work/family, it's just not worth it.
In my 20s/early 30s, though...man, I was drunk all the damn time.
In my 20s/early 30s, though...man, I was drunk all the damn time.
I like trying new beer. Working in bars with a lot of microbrewed beer gives me a lot of opportunities to do that. I very rarely get drunk though. Pretty much only drink properly at special occasions. At work I only taste the beer we get on tap to be able to describe it to customers.
I hate being drunk drunk though. Tipsy is fun but no more than that.
I hate being drunk drunk though. Tipsy is fun but no more than that.