rjw63 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 In the week: Two beers or ales per night, with a glass of wine later if there's any in the fridge. Weekend ; Friday sometimes I'll have half a bottle of vodka after a beer, with redbull. Or a bottle of wine. Saturday & Sunday just a couple of ales. I am quite moderate compared to back in 2007/08 when I was getting through 4 litres of cider per night, six litres on a weekend. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 What is the legal definition of an alcoholic? I honestly don't know, but if I were to guess, it would be >3 pints a night, for >4 times a week. or >.5 of a bottle a wine per night, per person. I bet it's not that formulaic though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 I bet a very large percentage of the population would go to pieces if alcohol vanished 1 day. Its not usually a problem until it goes or if it cannot be had any more (cost). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted December 2, 2015 Moderator Share Posted December 2, 2015 'Alcoholic' isn't even as simple as a numbers game. It's the dependency and mental attitude towards drink. I've had one relative who was an alcoholic and he literally had to have a drink first thing in the morning to stop the shakes. Then there are others who are not dependent at all but who will properly binge whenever they are out and they're out quite regularly. So to add up the pints per week of both types might be similar, but there's a world of a difference between them. One can go days or weeks without. The other can't. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted December 2, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted December 2, 2015 1 minute ago, BOF said: 'Alcoholic' isn't even as simple as a numbers game. It's the dependency and mental attitude towards drink. I've had one relative who was an alcoholic and he literally had to have a drink first thing in the morning to stop the shakes. Then there are others who are not dependent at all but who will binge whenever near the stuff. So to add up the pints per week of both types might be similar, but there's a world of a difference between them. One can go days or weeks without. The other can't. I was going to post pretty much the same thing, but Bri has summed it up better. I would say dependency is a major part of the alcoholic definition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted December 2, 2015 Moderator Share Posted December 2, 2015 3 minutes ago, Genie said: I bet a very large percentage of the population would go to pieces if alcohol vanished 1 day. Its not usually a problem until it goes or if it cannot be had any more (cost). See Ireland and Good Friday. Legally one of only 2 'dry days' a year (the other being Christmas Day) and yet it's one of the biggest drinking days on the calendar. Tell us we can't have it and we will wreck ourselves on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberman Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Mon-Thurs: 2-3 glasses of wine a night (dependent on levels of stress). Fridays - 1-2 bottles of beer at 'drinks o'clock' at work. Couple of cocktails at home with the missus. Maybe a glass of wine. Sat-Sun: Couple of glasses of wine. Maybe one with lunch if we have a roast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PongRiddims Posted December 2, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 2, 2015 On a daily basis, enough to take the edge off but never enough to eradicate my enormous sense of self-loathing and pity, built from a life of bad decisions and massive regrets leading to the present day and my slow trudging towards the end where I've achieved precisely nothing and offered little to any other soul on this grey and miserable planet. Or 2-4 units if you're after a measure. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PongRiddims Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 #LOL (Lots of lager) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 8 hours ago, lapal_fan said: I don't drink much. Sometimes I'll have a whiskey on a week night, but that's maybe once every couple of months. I've got about 6 bottles of unopened whiskey. If I go out to drink (such as the pub crawl last week), then I'll have a drink in every pub we go to, I think it was probably about 8 pints throughout the day (inc a couple of margaritas). I might occasionally have a glass of wine with dinner on a weekend, but I can't remember when I last did that. I probably drink more prosecco/champagne for occasions than I do wine. Me and the Mrs had a bottle of prosecco when the Bake Off programme was on. Beer, when I'm out in a pub I'll have a couple, if I'm not driving. I dunno, I'm very irregular when it comes to drinking. It doesn't bother me not drinking in the slightest, but if I go out for a pub crawl (about 2/3 times a year), then I'll drink quite a lot (for me). 6 bottles of unopened whiskey! right i know where im going for an xmas drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 5 hours ago, rjw63 said: In the week: Two beers or ales per night, with a glass of wine later if there's any in the fridge. Weekend ; Friday sometimes I'll have half a bottle of vodka after a beer, with redbull. Or a bottle of wine. Saturday & Sunday just a couple of ales. I am quite moderate compared to back in 2007/08 when I was getting through 4 litres of cider per night, six litres on a weekend. bloody hell rob your alcohol intake a few years ago was really bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 ive been told by the doc im an alcoholic but most people are these days if you go by the book. i definitely know im not an alcoholic as i can go weeks and in the past months without it(not by choice though) but yeah no way could i stop altogether so id say ive got a drink problem but definitely no alcoholic. i think you have different levels of alcoholism and my mum is what id say is at the lower scale of being an alcoholic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted December 2, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted December 2, 2015 None. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted December 2, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted December 2, 2015 18 hours ago, Stevo985 said: Almost nothing. When I go out I'll drink a lot, but that's not that often anymore. I never have the urge to drink at home I'm with this. But I generally have a blow out once a week. Other than that, I don't drink at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaninireland Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 I rarely drink indoors & do not go out very often. I do drink a lot on match days as Rob has seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 (edited) any excuse to post this Edited December 2, 2015 by tonyh29 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted December 2, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted December 2, 2015 50 minutes ago, Marka Ragnos said: None. That explains a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 I don't drink during the week but sur la weekend I can down 12-15 pints and be grand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Nowadays if I touch anything fizzy then I feel utter shit the next day. I occasionally have a bottle of wine to myself but that's rare, maybe a couple of times a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisVillan Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Barely anything on average. I like a few beers but that'll be three or four pints maybe once every two months or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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