How much alcohol do you drink?

[Jockice]

I had the last can of my four-pack last night. I was actually tempted to go out and buy some more but it was dark, I didn't want to crash my courtesy car and the entire first series of The Office was on telly. I'm going to get some more later today though. I'm definitely on the road to ruin.

Incidentally, I did buy another four-pack (from a different shop obviously. I don't want to get a reputation) but still have three of them in my fridge. My pissartistness didn't last very long.

I've had gin and tonics (only one and I didn't even finish the last one) the last couple of times I've visited my girlfriend's though. Yes, that's still on by the way. We didn't talk for a week but have now more or less made up. So if I ever send a despairing complaint about her in the middle of the night to this forum again, I'd just ignore it.  I'm sure you will.

New page Gordon's is for morons.

[Sebastian Cobb]

I just bought a bottle of wine in the shop round the corner, and the girl said to me brightly: "Got your daily drink?"

Fucking hell.

I was at a houseparty hosted my a mates girlfriend and someone I didn't recognise started chatting to me like they knew me. They realised I didn't recognise them.

'I used to work in Threshers!'

[Cardenio I]

Got hammered last night for the first time in a month. Increasingly of the opinion that booze is actually shit and not very enjoyable, which is odd as just a few months ago I was a bit of a high(ish) functioning piss head, by thoughtless habit more than desire or enjoyment.

Could quite happily never drink again.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Got hammered last night for the first time in a month. Increasingly of the opinion that booze is actually shit and not very enjoyable, which is odd as just a few months ago I was a bit of a high(ish) functioning piss head, by thoughtless habit more than desire or enjoyment.

I think this when I've been caning it, but about a bottle's worth of wine and a bit of weed is a lovely fuzzy feeling, and if you moderate it right you just wake up happy and dozy in the morning rather than rough of full of fear.

[Cardenio I]

I dunno, I seem to have pretty strong negative reactions to most drugs nowadays, even moderate amounts. Even a little booze destroys my sleep and leaves me sluggish and sad, and I had to knock weed on the head a few years back cos of the paranoia. Can't even look at uppers no more. On balance, despite the odd pang of nostalgia for youthful hedonism, I'm quite pleased with this development.

[kngen]

Not counting my birthday weekend three weeks ago (where I drowned my sorrows a bit excessively), I haven't touched a drop in five weeks. I should be feeling the positive effects by now - but I feel fucking awful most days. Nauseous and fucking exhausted all the time, with the occasional headache (basically a hangover with out any of the good bits beforehand). Think it might be the medication that I'm on (so I've cut my dosage a bit), but I'm partly taking it to stay off the booze. Not really sure if I'm staying off the bevvy forever, or should just set a goal to reach so I can recalibrate and not fall into old habits of 'a couple of pints on the way home then a wee bottle of wine' four nights a week, and a blowout at the weekend.

However, I'm very aware that I've leaned on it far too heavily to alleviate my social anxiety for most of my life, so I'm pretty much condemning myself to a life as a hermit if I do go teetotal permanently. That doesn't particularly bother me, but I know that my partner will start to get a bit tired of going out on her own to meet friends etc, regardless of how supportive she is of me now (which is significant). Tough one.

[idunnosomename]

It's my liver nous, what little I have. If I bought 3 bottles in one go I'd drink 3 bottles in one go.

hello sir, I notice you buy three bottles a day. do you know we sell nine bottles for twenty pounds?

[Sebastian Cobb]

I drank 3 bottles of wine at Christmas a few years ago and spent most of boxing day in bed.

[Ferris]

I was at a houseparty hosted my a mates girlfriend and someone I didn't recognise started chatting to me like they knew me. They realised I didn't recognise them.

'I used to work in Threshers!'

This has happened to me.

[salr]

A couple of months ago I got drunk with a good friend. For the first time in a few years. We opened up to eachother n talked about stuff. For the first time I realised that his anxiety was similar to mine. All the time I have known him, he had seemed like such a confident person to me.

Always able to put up a 'front'.

But inside he was just as scared as I am.

Not sure what the point of this post is really, but without alcohol, I would never have leared so much about my friend.

[Jockice]

I was at a houseparty hosted my a mates girlfriend and someone I didn't recognise started chatting to me like they knew me. They realised I didn't recognise them.

'I used to work in Threshers!'

The first time I ever got the chance to spend the night with a lady it was someone who worked in the local offie (not sure if it was Threshers then but it certainly was later). I was barely old enough to buy alcohol but she invited me back to hers after bumping into her in the pub.

I did go but chickened out of staying. What a wimp. Considering the paucity of opportunities I had I still don't believe I turned her down. Still, you live and learn.

[The Boston Crab]

Imagine all the free tinnies

[Mrs Wogans lemon drizzle]

I had that sort of thing a few years ago in a shop I used to go in occasionally. I went in a couple of times over a month or so and bought some lager and cigarettes on both occasions. Now I'm not a regular drinker or smoker but I was going through a bit of a rough period at the time.

However, after that for about two years, even if I only went in to buy milk, the manager would make a comment along the lines of: "No beer or fags today?" He'd obviously built up an impression of me being a clinically-depressed chain-smoking alcoholic. So I stopped going in. And haven't set foot in it for years. Even though it is technically the nearest shop to my home.

But looking like I do, shop assistants tend to remember me. Which is why me buying a four-pack recently shocked the woman in the Tesco so much. She's served me for years and has never seen me buy alcohol.

Mind you, I was in the larger Tesco (nearer my flat, but it's often difficult to get parked) recently and an elderly woman who had been served before me decided to hang around and dissect the contents of my basket. When she realised that I'd bought wine she shook her head and tutted and said something about it being a shame I drank.

Er, it was actually for a friend and believe it or not people in wheelchairs are allowed to both buy and consume alcohol. And I'm not deaf either incidentally you weird pensioner.

I fucking hate people that comment on your shopping.  Some woman in m&s once started going off on one about the fact that my girlfriend had bought a hot cross bun at the wrong time of year, lecturing us on the religious significance of the hot cross bun.

[Mrs Wogans lemon drizzle]

Got hammered last night for the first time in a month. Increasingly of the opinion that booze is actually shit and not very enjoyable, which is odd as just a few months ago I was a bit of a high(ish) functioning piss head, by thoughtless habit more than desire or enjoyment.

Could quite happily never drink again.

I'm in a very similar state of mind.  After a heavy weekend away boozing with old mates in Dublin I kind of feel done with drinking.  I've been thinking about giving up for ages, i just need to take the leap.

[holyzombiejesus]

A couple of months ago I got drunk with a good friend. We opened up to each other.

Goatses after a couple of pints.

[Icehaven]

I fucking hate people that comment on your shopping.  Some woman in m&s once started going off on one about the fact that my girlfriend had bought a hot cross bun at the wrong time of year, lecturing us on the religious significance of the hot cross bun.

That's the most Marks and Spencer thing I've ever heard.

[bgmnts]

Hang on, she is working in a shop that is SELLING them at the 'wrong' time of year, so what can she whinge about? Cunt.

[Mrs Wogans lemon drizzle]

Hang on, she is working in a shop that is SELLING them at the 'wrong' time of year, so what can she whinge about? Cunt.

It was a bizarre rant.  I can only assume she must of been having a *really* bad day and just chose to take her frustration out on someone.

[salr]

That's the most Marks and Spencer thing I've ever heard.

This isn't just a rant, its a "marks and spencer" rant

[Icehaven]

It was a bizarre rant.  I can only assume she must of been having a *really* bad day and just chose to take her frustration out on someone.

Yeah she does sound a bit hot and bothered, a bit cross.

[jobotic]

Not counting my birthday weekend three weeks ago (where I drowned my sorrows a bit excessively), I haven't touched a drop in five weeks. I should be feeling the positive effects by now - but I feel fucking awful most days. Nauseous and fucking exhausted all the time, with the occasional headache (basically a hangover with out any of the good bits beforehand). Think it might be the medication that I'm on (so I've cut my dosage a bit), but I'm partly taking it to stay off the booze. Not really sure if I'm staying off the bevvy forever, or should just set a goal to reach so I can recalibrate and not fall into old habits of 'a couple of pints on the way home then a wee bottle of wine' four nights a week, and a blowout at the weekend.

However, I'm very aware that I've leaned on it far too heavily to alleviate my social anxiety for most of my life, so I'm pretty much condemning myself to a life as a hermit if I do go teetotal permanently. That doesn't particularly bother me, but I know that my partner will start to get a bit tired of going out on her own to meet friends etc, regardless of how supportive she is of me now (which is significant). Tough one.

I know what you mean about the not drinking but still feeling hungover. Been trying to cut down a bit but seems pointless when you feel like you've on it anyway. Went to a gig on Saturday and was feeling really quite low and not in the mood, until I met a few people I knew and had a few pints. Ended up spannered but didn't feel any worse than I did Saturday morning. What is point?

[Sin Agog]

I haven't drunk a drop in a few years now, and I still get a swirly hangover feeling after a night of heavy socialising.  Not sure if it's a contact high or whether the lion's share of a hangover is really just the consequences of a shallow, crappy sleep after being a gobshite for several hours straight.

[poo]

I really enjoy booze.

[salr]

I really enjoy booze.

Booze is good, op.

Actually it is quite bad isn't it. Sorry for lying to you.

IDK what booze is but I know that I can't seem to live without it.

[Icehaven]

I know what you mean about the not drinking but still feeling hungover. Been trying to cut down a bit but seems pointless when you feel like you've on it anyway. Went to a gig on Saturday and was feeling really quite low and not in the mood, until I met a few people I knew and had a few pints. Ended up spannered but didn't feel any worse than I did Saturday morning. What is point?

Yeah as long as I can get enough sleep (either by going to bed earlier or not having to get up too early) I don't feel any worse after drinking of an evening than I do if I haven't. When I haven't drunk anything but just haven't slept much or well I feel much worse in the morning than when I've had a skinful but plenty of sleep. Admittedly though skinful+not enough sleep is the worst combo.

[salr]

Admittedly though skinful+not enough sleep is the worst combo.

mhm, I know this feeling. I am so tired rn, but I will not be able to get to sleep. Have to get up tomorrow, depat injection means getting the bus which means having a shower.

All those things seem insurmountable at the moment

I know the right thing to do is to go to bed, and I will 'wake up' tomorrow feeling slightly less shit. But I have a bottle of wine left soo...

[wooders1978]

I've just had a week off and loved the life of an alkie- drinking everyday, knocking about in pubs
Suffice to say I've returned to work today somewhat worse for wear

[salr]

I've just had a week off and loved the life of an alkie- drinking everyday, knocking about in pubs
Suffice to say I've returned to work today somewhat worse for wear

Hmm, I remember drinking in alot of pubs when I was younger, but I was not alcoholic then.

Every day, waking up with a hangover and being forced to sober up. When I had a job, a lot of being sober was 'cause I would have to go to work.

Now I don't have a job, and my body does not do hangovers anymore. What is stopping me from drinking forever and ever and ever, or atleast until my liver explodes.

[kngen]

I haven't drunk a drop in a few years now, and I still get a swirly hangover feeling after a night of heavy socialising.  Not sure if it's a contact high or whether the lion's share of a hangover is really just the consequences of a shallow, crappy sleep after being a gobshite for several hours straight.

I've occasionally had vivid dreams about drinking (usually as part of some surreal late-night odyssey in search of more booze in an unfamiliar city) and then woken up, with that horribly familiar deathly feeling, and 'oh fuck, how much did I put away last night.' Then I realise it was a dream and then - pop - the phantom hangover disappears. I do wonder how much of it is psychosomatic.

All those times crouched over the bog, boaking my ring. Don't think that was something my subconscious willed upon me, though.

[Ferris]

Yeah she does sound a bit hot and bothered, a bit cross.

Lovely stuff.