Brooks wrote:

My rule is now "only if it's expensive". Not that this'd especially interrupt me were I a raging addict, but. Basically, spirits are too interesting to dodge entirely.

Does that mean you would consider petrol?

revelthedog wrote:

Brooks wrote:

My rule is now "only if it's expensive". Not that this'd especially interrupt me were I a raging addict, but. Basically, spirits are too interesting to dodge entirely.

Does that mean you would consider petrol?

I do like the smell of petrol, but that's my limit for the time being.

Kow wrote:

Mugs are for drinking

that was the point wasn't it

Mentioned before but I had many a year of absolutely having to have at least one beer a night, usually two or three.

Usually just mid-strength lager and thankfully never graduated to spirits.

Apart from the fact it destroys your waistline I eventually stopped when my gastritis type stomach meant boozing every day was low level pain and a night out was agonising for days which became weeks.

I wouldn't have stopped if it wasn't for the pavlovian type recoil in fear the thought of having a drink does to me.

On the plus side, no daily boozing means touch-wood nights/days/weekends out boozing haven't resulted in the weeks of paying the price.

I drink far, far, far too much.

I may join Elm on this crusade.

May as well put it out there:

I drink to excess at least four nights a week (talking three cans + maybe a bottle of cider), and I can feel the dependency beginning to kick in. I have medication, which makes me feel amazing, helps me sleep (a constant worry), and the such, but I often ignore it for the drink. Got to the point where I feel shit everyday due to it, so I believe a dry patch is a go.

Real life Trials?

I'd love that. Probably wouldnt be quite so willing to tap B as much though.

I've barely touched a drop for about 10 months, stopped 2 months before baby was due. In fact, the times I have had a drink are Christmas Day, a stag weekend and a wedding I attended. 

I never used to drink in the week at all anyway, and was more into my single malts for pleasure at weekends than getting wasted. I do miss occasional drunken Xbox nights though. 

Need to get beer fit for Modstock, otherwise I'll be asleep by 3.

A lot of people I work with have a drink when they get home from a late shift.  I've never understood it. I've never tasted a beer that tastes nicer than a soft drink, and if you're just having one then going to bed, well, it's either going to have no effect at all or a minuscule effect once you're asleep.

One of my ex-girlfriends and I got into wine drinking.  It started off as our Friday night routine; a bottle of red, some sweet Thai chili Sensations and a box of Maltesers.  Then it became our Friday and Saturday routine, then I started shift work and it would be the routine for any night that was a Friday or Saturday for one of the two of us.  Once we split up I carried on my membership of wine clubs, and to this day I have a massive wine rack full of wine in my house.  Can't remember the last time I sat and drank one.

Anyways, I've gone through spells of not drinking at all on nights out.  You have to pick your replacement very carefully, because a night full of carbonated soft drinks will still give you a headache the following morning.

I may as well muck in.  I started drinking at around 12 or 13 and did it semi regularly until about 17 or 18, at which point I started getting carried away, taking two bottles of vodka to parties for starters and other such nonsense.  Wrote myself off many times.  Carried through to just before 20 when we'd get together at this chap's house every weekend (was doing a course at that point and we all became friendly pretty much instantly) and get shitfaced.  One weekend was the end of it for me.  I got utterly blind (never to the point of blacking out interestingly) and was subsequently quite ill for a few days.  Not being a fan of repeatedly vomiting air, being unable to leave my bed or see from the splitting headache I had, I decided it simply wasn't worth it.  I may have slightly shat myself in my sleep one night too.

So, I barely touch the stuff and if I do, it's a tasty boutique beer or similar.  I feel no real need or motivation to drink, which is nice.  Cheap too.

I drink on a Friday and/or Saturday, never more than 6 beers or a bottle of wine, maybe a few malts if I'm on the beer.

My rules are always drink quality products, avoid bad-tasting fizzy pish like Stella and only drink something if I genuinely like the taste of it.

I think my Friday night, end of working week drink is a habit - but its one that I enjoy and it never gets in the way of anything else I need to do that weekend. I generally need to drink a LOT to get a hangover and with 2 kids to look after its not worth it.

I just bought some cider!

YEAH!

Wine is my biggest vice...   in a similar situation to a few other here.  Get in from work automatically have a glass of wine.  Before you know it the bottle is gone and i'm snacking away.  Almost like a habit to be honest.  Since takingup a new fitness regime have curtailed it somewhat but found the easiest way to avoid it is to not buy any.  Got a bit scared at one point when particularly stressed with work found my self easily getting through two bottles without any issue.  Scary stuff,  actually found it very difficult to stop.   Now I try and avoid drink altogether.  Thinking about it I was verging on alcoholism, which isn't a good place to be.

Dark Soldier wrote:

I just bought some cider! YEAH!

Good start.

It's a slippery slope. A few cans then a bottle of wine.

Damn pauillac at £25 a pop, makes for an expensive booze bill if done a few times a week.