How often do ya'll drink (do I have a problem content)

[The Douche]

I drink probably every other day, like, til I'm drunk. I get black out drunk probably once a week or once every other week.

Sometimes I tell myself "no drinking this week", I usually still drink the regular amount. It hasn't fucked with my regular life yet though...

[Ostrinski]

Not at all anymore, ever since my uncle has had these alcoholism problems everyone in my family has stopped drinking. Still smoke like a chimney, even though both my great grandmothers died of lung cancer and my grandfather has congenital heart failure.

[Ele'ill]

I drink probably every other day, like, til I'm drunk. I get black out drunk probably once a week or once every other week.

Sometimes I tell myself "no drinking this week", I usually still drink the regular amount. It hasn't fucked with my regular life yet though...

Until recently I'd get moderately drunk every night. Now I get drunk once or twice a week. Not that this is a good thing. If you feel you can't stop drinking every day it's probably a problem especially if your health is being affected. The thing that helped me was moving into an apartment with someone who had problems with drugs and alcohol and who has zero tolerance for either (they're also an ex smoker and just gave me shit about ten minutes ago cause I went outside and smoked a cig). Obviously moving in or associating with people who have been sober for a while (if you're still drinking) can be bad for them but for some reason it has worked out. This is my night off, I have off tomorrow from work and I'm not drinking any alcohol. I've had a lot of caffeine and may get a coffee later to stay up and play bf3 with a friend over in philly but I'm not drinking. Normally I'd probably be pretty drunk by now.

[The Douche]

I think my biggest problem is that if I don't drink, there is simply nothing to do. Like, there is nothing to do in my small town except drink, everybody my age drinks that I spend time with.

I have some straight edge friends from the hardcore scene, but they all live a couple towns away/about an hour, so all I can really do is go drink.

I think I need a hobby?

[Ostrinski]

Write maybe? Or start a band if you're really passionate about music.

[The Douche]

Write maybe?

Yeah, the only thing about that is that I'm a bad writer. (poor education) I'm an awesome speaker, but a terrible writer, I'm sure if I took some classes or something I could write good shit, but every time I try to write it comes out really disorganized and rambling.

[Ele'ill]

I think my biggest problem is that if I don't drink, there is simply nothing to do. Like, there is nothing to do in my small town except drink, everybody my age drinks that I spend time with.

I have some straight edge friends from the hardcore scene, but they all live a couple towns away/about an hour, so all I can really do is go drink.

I think I need a hobby?

One of the only reasons I drink, smoke cigarettes and do drugs is out of boredom. I hate it. When I get involved in stuff I may still smoke cigarettes but I stop the other two because I don't have time for them, I'm too excited to be doing other things. I'm goal oriented and sometimes I find it hard to even find a goal. Once I do though I'm in it for the duration.

[The Douche]

We need poster "Species Being" in here to confirm how much I drink, last time he was out here, he through up on my girlfriend's boss cause he couldn't keep up.

[Lucretia]

I drink probably every other day, like, til I'm drunk. I get black out drunk probably once a week or once every other week.

Sometimes I tell myself "no drinking this week", I usually still drink the regular amount. It hasn't fucked with my regular life yet though...

Yes, you have a drinking problem. The giveaway is when you intuitively sense something is wrong (to the point where you are consciously thinking about ways to scale back, or to the point where you have to ask on an internet forum), try to stop it, but then can't. It's called a chemical dependency, and I would strongly advise you seek professional help to deal with it. Left untreated, your problem will get worse. Don't wait until your liver is pickled and you begin hemorrhaging.

BTW, I think finding a hobby is a great idea. Another way to spend your time might be contemplating ways to move out of your dull-ass town and into a place where there are more rewarding activities than slowly destroying your body and mind.

[black magick hustla]

Yeah, the only thing about that is that I'm a bad writer. (poor education) I'm an awesome speaker, but a terrible writer, I'm sure if I took some classes or something I could write good shit, but every time I try to write it comes out really disorganized and rambling.

you dont really need "good education" to be able to write, just critical reading. i am fairly good at writing fiction/poetry but i am a fucking physicist, which means i had zero "formal" training for writing fiction. just practice and read.

[Obs]

I actually only drink about every other week, but that's mostly due to my friends not being huge drinkers. When I do, though, I tend to go a little bit overboard - I rarely remember much from a night out.

I smoke weed every day, though. Starting to think I'm gonna have to cut back on that.

[o well this is ok I guess]

somewhere between once every two weeks and daily
depends on my budget, really.

[Prometeo liberado]

I actually only drink about every other week, but that's mostly due to my friends not being huge drinkers. When I do, though, I tend to go a little bit overboard - I rarely remember much from a night out.

I smoke weed every day, though. Starting to think I'm gonna have to cut back on that.

I had a 20 year drinking career and I never thought that it affected me as a person, husband, son, activist or employee. When I finally lost everything and got some period of sobriety I could clearly see that all the excuses I made for losing it all was just that, an excuse. My drinking and using was the culprit. It doesn't happen all at once and you tend to surround yourself with like minded people so it seems natural to get blitz every other night. Those good times will start to get further apart and those "friends" aren't there anymore. Your loved ones will walk away and no one will want to employ you anymore. Didn't want to sugar coat it.:cursing:

[TheGeekySocialist]

when at home: rarely

when at Uni: some weeks I get drunk every night, other weeks only 1 or 2 nights a week

[RedAnarchist]

I tend to drink only on Saturday nights (and even then usually only a pint or two of cider if I go to a pub quiz with my brother), and usually on Wednesday (a pint of cider if I go to a pub quiz with my brother and sister) and Friday nights (either cider or vodka), when I'll drink at home.

Although the legal drinking age here is 18, I didn't really drink alcohol regularly until I was about 22.

[Quail]

I'm trying to cut down on my drinking. I think I do it because I'm lonely/bored/etc. I usually have a glass of wine or two in the evening.

[danyboy27]

approx 4 glass beers a week, 1 every 2 days.

i am not a big drinker, but drinking moderately allow me to become relaxed with fewer alchool content, i take a shooter of scotch sometimes, that about it. The only time i drink more than a beer a day is for special events like party.

[bcbm]

it varies, i've been drinking less lately, but i probably have at least one drink four to five nights at week, maybe get drunk two or three times. it depends. most of my friends here are alcoholics to one degree or another (no judgement, i probably am too) so i've been spending less time with them to cut back on my own drinking. its a money issue too, going to the bar all the time is expensive. i usually have a bottle of gin or a 12er in the fridge tho.

idk i'm getting kind of sick of drinking culture

[Bronco]

Normally drink enough to get really drunk once a week, sometimes twice, but probably have a beer or two most nights just watching some sport on telly or something like that. I'm at Uni but I think I actually drink more at home because it's always good to go out with friends you haven't seen for weeks and because I don't have as much work to do

[black magick hustla]

probably get blitzed once a week. some weeks i drink every day. some weeks i dont drink. i dont think drinking is a problem for me, i can be without drinking for many weeks, which has happened before. i can drink a lot in a sitting tho.

[bcbm]

i feel like if you are asking yourself if it is a problem it is probably a problem

[ed miliband]

I've got a problem, though I console myself by watching 'The Lost Weekend' and 'Days of Wine and Roses' and realising I'm not that bad and hopefully never will be.

[9]

I usually have a couple drinks most nights if I dont have somewhere I have to be, but I have no problem going without it. I usually only get drunk on the weekends, tho. It seems to me that its only really a problem if it starts impacting your life negatively or interfering with other shit.

[The Douche]

I don't feel empty or anything without drinking, just bored as fuck.

[ed miliband]

I don't feel empty or anything without drinking, just bored as fuck.

That's it, exactly. I think if I had the money to have proper gym membership or to go to the cinema or whatever more I wouldn't drink much at all, but so much free time...

[black magick hustla]

We need poster "Species Being" in here to confirm how much I drink, last time he was out here, he through up on my girlfriend's boss cause he couldn't keep up.

honestly, i havent met anybody northern of the mexican border that can drink more than me. i been doing this shit since i was like 14 white boy

[The Douche]

honestly, i havent met anybody northern of the mexican border that can drink more than me. i been doing this shit since i was like 14 white boy

Three words.


Come at me bro.

[Ostrinski]

Just watched Leaving Las Vegas again, puts me in a depressed mood every time.

[Ose]

I get drunk every day, but I never drink until I pass out. My drinking doesn't interfere with other aspects of my life - I prefer to spend time with friends than drink alone and I'm always OK for work. I'd still like to cut down though, before it does become a problem.

I used to smoke weed everyday. Like all day every day. The reason I started drinking so much was as a replacement for this when I started fearing for my mental health. Then I realised that alcohol is far more harmful, but getting stoned just doesn't do it for me any more. Why do some people seem to have addictive personalities?

I do drink out of boredom a lot of the time. I've been working nights long enough now that I don't even try to get into a daytime routine on my days off; I just stay up all night. (Got up at 8pm today.) What else is there to do on you own in the middle of the night?

The problem is I don't currently have a strong enough reason to cut down on my drinking. If I found myself a partner or got more politically involved it might help, but I think the main reason why I haven't already made more of an effort to do these things is because I'm afraid of flaking on any commitment that I might make.

[Ostrinski]

Three words.


Come at me bro.You really did get a poor education.:laugh:

[Decolonize The Left]

I drink every night, but I don't get drunk. My tolerance has gone up quite a bit so I can drink a bottle of wine to the face and still operate a vehicle with relative ease and safety.

When I was in school I used to get shitfaced every weekend, like blackout drunk, like 'dude you'll never believe what you did last night' drunk. But that shit got tiring and silly after a while. Now I like a good strong drink, or two, or a half bottle of wine with dinner, or something like that.

Saves money this way too.

- August

[black magick hustla]

i cant be shitfaced/high every night cuz' the shit i have to do is fuckin numbers/code/deductive stuff. booze/weed muddles my head pretty bad, unless i am my nihilist self and talk about how much i hate civilization

[The Douche]

i cant be shitfaced/high every night cuz' the shit i have to do is fuckin numbers/code/deductive stuff. booze/weed muddles my head pretty bad, unless i am my nihilist self and talk about how much i hate civilization

you do realize that once we bring down civilization there will be no more booze?

X sober living for the revolution X feral edge til death.

[bcbm]

you do realize that once we bring down civilization there will be no more booze?

X sober living for the revolution X feral edge til death.

there will still be psilocybin and weed and hell it isn't that hard to ferment berries and shit.

then again beer is how civilization started

cycles man

[The Douche]

there will still be psilocybin and weed and hell it isn't that hard to ferment berries and shit.

then again beer is how civilization started

cycles man

I don't like wine though.

But psilocybin and weed won't be available everywhere, I guess we could trade it though.

[9]

:unsure: primmies

[bcbm]

I don't like wine though.

But psilocybin and weed won't be available everywhere, I guess we could trade it though.

well when shit collapses we dont have to abandon everything can keep some beer equipment or whatever

and weed is pretty easy to grow in most climates, esp with global warming turning everything into a jungle

yeeeeeeah:thumbup1:

[The Douche]

well when shit collapses we dont have to abandon everything can keep some beer equipment or whatever

and weed is pretty easy to grow in most climates, esp with global warming turning everything into a jungle

yeeeeeeah:thumbup1:

But we'd have to farm barley/hops, not to mention the use of the beer making equipment implies the utilization of ghost slaves.

[La Comédie Noire]

I've been having the same problem. I hadn't drank in three months, but then I had a beer on christmas eve and now I'm either drinking every day, or every other day.

Shit sucks.

[bcbm]

But we'd have to farm barley/hops, not to mention the use of the beer making equipment implies the utilization of ghost slaves.

permaculture it then its not farming. or just collect wild grains or whatever

[Ele'ill]

that hard to ferment berries and shit.


Ocean spray, yeast and a balloon.

[The Douche]

permaculture it then its not farming. or just collect wild grains or whatever

The alcohol content will be so low that we'll all end up massively fat cause you'll have to drink twice as much to get drunk.

[Quail]

i cant be shitfaced/high every night cuz' the shit i have to do is fuckin numbers/code/deductive stuff. booze/weed muddles my head pretty bad, unless i am my nihilist self and talk about how much i hate civilization
In my first year of uni I tried to do maths problems while stoned and it just didn't work. A clear head is good for numbers, although I wonder what it would be like trying to do maths on something like acid that changes the way you think.

[bcbm]

The alcohol content will be so low that we'll all end up massively fat cause you'll have to drink twice as much to get drunk.

we'll be busy gathering and hunting and running around and dancing so we will be fit as fuck and drunk

[kitsune]

I haven't had any alcohol in months. Not sure why. I didn't make a conscious decision to stop drinking. I guess I just haven't felt like it. Before that I would normally have one or two drinks maybe two or three times a week.

[Ele'ill]

I'm drinking a beer right now. It's a shitty Widmer Brothers 'Rotator IPA series'.

[Ele'ill]

..as this thread turns into the 'Post here if you're drunk II' thread

[The Douche]

..as this thread turns into the 'Post here if you're drunk II' thread

*Post here if you're a drunk primitivist maniac, hellbent on the destruction of civilization.

[ed miliband]

American craft brew IPA or English IPA, what do people prefer?

[bcbm]

neither

[The Douche]

American craft brew IPA or English IPA, what do people prefer?

Which one tastes like water with a hint of tin and corn? I choose that one.

[ed miliband]

I'm a beer snob, I'm sorry, that's another excuse of mine.

[bcbm]

i'm the opposite of a beer snob. i enjoy quality, but sometimes cheap quantity is more important

[ellipsis]

I don't drink often, 1-5 beers, not even once a week. I smoke weed all day everyday though..,

[Joseph S.]

Got it pretty much figured out.
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[Rafiq]

What's the weather like in your area? If I know this I could probably find a good hobby to suggest.

[The Douche]

Cold in the winter (though, like every where else this has been an extremely mild winter) and hot/humid in the summer.

[Rafiq]

Yes obviously but what is the weather like in regards to snow, etc.?

[The Douche]

Yes obviously but what is the weather like in regards to snow, etc.?

No snow yet, we usually get one sizeable snowfall a year, with about 6-10 inches of accumulation.

[Ravachol]

In my first year of uni I tried to do maths problems while stoned and it just didn't work. A clear head is good for numbers, although I wonder what it would be like trying to do maths on something like acid that changes the way you think.

I doesn't work, trust me. Being stoned, however, works if you're alone and you do it on a regular basis. A lot of my mates actually prefer being stoned while doing math and they're all math majors so yeah.

This one time I was paranoid as fuck though and freaked out over the possiblity of having calculated the wrong eigenvectors in some exercise. Cause 'what if man, what if' :rolleyes:

[Искра]

You are all just a bunch of filthy hippies.

[kitsune]

You are all just a bunch of filthy hippies.

No way! I just had a shower.

[Искра]

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You'll all pay.

[Crux]

I drink probably every other day, like, til I'm drunk. I get black out drunk probably once a week or once every other week.

Sometimes I tell myself "no drinking this week", I usually still drink the regular amount. It hasn't fucked with my regular life yet though...

I completely get that. I waste my time on the internet and instead and wonder where the day has gone. Been drinking a bit more lately like 1-2 times a week. I mean shit, I am unemployed, I've moved back home and I got dumped for christmas, what more excuses do I need? My main issue though is I need to learn to balance my drinking, I've been getting better with it but getting blacked out drunk seems like such a brilliant idea while you're doing it. I am considering switching to weed full time. Not as in "smoke weed everyday" but as in rather then go out and get drunk, go out, or stay in and get stoned. I mean let's face it the only thing that makes most of the bars and people there bareable, except perhaps the crew I got there with, is getting drunk.

[Bandito]

Every day until I started to work, than a large struggle with booze, since I have to wake up in 6am every day. So than I just drank on weekends and perhaps one work day if I start early enough (so I could finish earlier and catch some sleep)

Now I'm getting my shit together so I'm back on track of heavy drinking on daily basis.

[Misanthrope]

In my first year of uni I tried to do maths problems while stoned and it just didn't work.

dat feel when you get a math problem right while baked

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qkmE6k1nVsY/TZrhyRWGolI/AAAAAAAAA0k/Et8IZQSk13k/s400/Sarcastic-Smiley-Face.png

[pastradamus]

Im the same though I drink less. I usually get drunk twice a week and maybe mildly so on one other night. Its my GF that keeps me on the straight and narrow. If she wasn't there then id prob drink just because i've nothing else to do. But I wouldn't say the OP has a problem as much as a habit. Its just about finding something else to do really.

[Sendo]

In my first year of uni I tried to do maths problems while stoned and it just didn't work.


I always admired the Brits for be able to do maths. When I was growing up in the States we had just the one math to worry about.

[RedAnarchist]

I always admired the Brits for be able to do maths. When I was growing up in the States we had just the one math to worry about.

:lol:

[black magick hustla]

I completely get that. I waste my time on the internet and instead and wonder where the day has gone. Been drinking a bit more lately like 1-2 times a week. I mean shit, I am unemployed, I've moved back home and I got dumped for christmas, what more excuses do I need? My main issue though is I need to learn to balance my drinking, I've been getting better with it but getting blacked out drunk seems like such a brilliant idea while you're doing it. I am considering switching to weed full time. Not as in "smoke weed everyday" but as in rather then go out and get drunk, go out, or stay in and get stoned. I mean let's face it the only thing that makes most of the bars and people there bareable, except perhaps the crew I got there with, is getting drunk.

bro u need to get ur shit together.

[black magick hustla]

if you arent an excon/have a family and live in the first world there is always hope

[Leo]

I don't drink as much or as often as I used to, although I think still drink a little bit too much, that is once or twice a week until I'm pretty much drunk although not to the point of passing out.

[Oswy]

I've been quite consistent for over a decade now; I split a bottle of wine between Friday and Saturday evenings if I'm staying in. If I have more than half the bottle on the Friday (which happens once in a while) I allow myself an Ouzo before I finish the bottle the next night. I seem to have a low alcohol tolerance (by which I mean I get drunk very quickly on half a bottle and seem to sober up after about an hour). I have probably had a drink on week nights too, but I can't remember when I last did that (it's so rare).

Only when I've been on holiday abroad have I drank solidly every night (for a fortnight) and which has never been more than once a year. I miss Greece :crying: