Do you enjoy binge drinking?

Freiheit

Female friend of mine today was in bad way after a very long session, yet hates it....yet doesn't appear to know any other social scene...seems like a culture....do ladies actually enjoy it?.

coffee_cake

Don't really drink at all, maybe have one, once in a while. Don't like the taste of most drinks and don't like being tipsy

WalterMitty

I hate it, trying to stop alltogether at moment. People spend thousands a year on trying to make themselves happier with spas etc but pour a serious psychoactive drug down their throat that causes depression and lower moods and anxiety etc. I challenge anyone to stop drinking for a few months and still socialise and see how much better you feel .

krudler

I stopped drinking for nearly 10 months as I was on medication at the time so couldnt, after the 2nd weekend didnt bother me in the slightest, instead of wasting a Sunday lying in bed feeling awful i was getting up early and going for drives or doing something productive. I drink now but prefer to get slightly tipsy as opposed to drunk, I like being socially lubricated but I know when to stop.

Dinkie

I drink very little, but every now and again (about once every 6-8 months) I let loose.

The next day I remember why I don't drink much!

I think some girls love it, and feel cool for drinking lots. I have a friend like that who genuinely doesn't understand why someone wouldn't want to get drunk every weekend. As a consequence, she lost a lot of friends, who don't like the way she acts while drunk.

At the time, or afterwards?

Always easy to hate binges when you're sober and remembering how awful and ridiculous they are - but when you're in the middle of one, hard to remember what you dislike about them! Know what I mean?

rainbow kirby

My body doesn't handle binge drinking very well, it lets me know with a well-placed puke when I've had too much. I don't enjoy binge drinking anyway, I'd rather just have a few drinks and be pretty merry than to drink myself into oblivion.

I don't really binge drink, I'm more of a few glasses of wine with dinner person, but now and then, yes I drink a bit too much and I enjoy it. Hate the hangover the next day though which is why I don't do it often. Trying to stop drinking so often though, because I don't see the need. Instead of having a beer while watching a film, I'll have a hot chocolate or whatever, and save the drinking for when I'm actually out.

deelite

For me I might sit down ready for a "good few drinks" and can only manage 1 glass of wine. However just there on Satuday afternoon - I just fancied a vodka and coke and thoroughly enjoyed that one and the other four that followed. I was still having a ball (watching xfactor and then killing every song possible on Lips) and went on then to have a bottle and a half of wine. I probably won't have another drink like that until November - and my body wouldn't manage doing that on a weekly basis - and the weighing scales go through the roof with the wine. I enjoyed it because it wasn't organised if you catch my drift.

Pembily

I quite like it but I also like going out sober... I find it nice, relaxing and fun to get drunk every now and again I thankfully don't suffer too much most of the time with hangovers!!! I am pure stupid and brain dead the day after drinking

Don't see the point of getting drunk to the stage of puking!!!

deelite

Totally agree - never saw the point of puking up your hard earned cash.

jokettle

God no.

I've done it a few times-I think most of us have-but now I limit myself more often than not. If I'm out celebrating something I'll have a few, but not to the stage of getting sick! It's much nicer to reach the stage of merriment after one or two and then stop. My wallet prefers it too!

Something else that turns me off binge drinking: on Saturday night I was walking through town to meet my boyfriend, it was after 11 so far from late. Several girls around 18-20yo were squatting on the street and....relieving themselves. This was Clare Street/Nassau Street in Dublin, far from a quiet area! The disgust on people's faces as they walked by They were too drunk to try and cover themselves up, it was awful. I never want to get into that state.

jellie

Id go out for a proper night out on average 2/3 times a month. I dont go out thinking "hey im going to binge drink! \o/", I go out for a few drinks, if im enjoying myself I might have a few more drinks.

Do I enjoy drinking with the sole purpose of getting absolutely wasted? No

Do I enjoy having a few drinks and seeing where the night goes? Yes

What I drink when Im out is probably classed as "binge drinking", but what is binge drinking defined as? more than 3 drinks? If im out for the night id have 4-8 drinks maybe..

mackbolan

Binge drinking is a complete waste of time.
What's the point?

Lia_lia

No. My main reason is I don't really tend to get more confident/talkative/whatever else drink is supposed to do to you when I drink a lot. Think I've only ever puked from drinking once. Woo! It usually takes lots to get me drunk. Then I just need to pee all night. :rolleyes: Waste of time! And my friends never seem to understand how I can just go out and not drink very much. Oh well. Saves money I guess!

seensensee

Binge drinking?.... Sounds painful.

Novella

I really, really hate it. I suppose I used to have an unhealthy attitude to alcohol, as in I could see no boundaries. I guess for a while I used getting drunk as a quick fix, a way to temporarily feel better. I'd never go out and just have a few drinks, I always drank too much and then of course ended up completely miserable and to top it off - sick.

Don't really drink much at all now. Might have a couple every so often, but tbh I'm a lot happier when I stay sober.

Catari Jaguar

Its something you should grow out of but in Ireland most people don't...

Princess Peach

Novella wrote: »

I really, really hate it. I suppose I used to have an unhealthy attitude to alcohol, as in I could see no boundaries. I guess for a while I used getting drunk as a quick fix, a way to temporarily feel better. I'd never go out and just have a few drinks, I always drank too much and then of course ended up completely miserable and to top it off - sick.

Don't really drink much at all now. Might have a couple every so often, but tbh I'm a lot happier when I stay sober.

I was the exact same! I had a bad reputation as a drunk mess, one that I'm finding hard to shake. But for me it was for emotional reasons. If it was off my face I didn't feel depressed. While sorting my life out the drinking was one of my main priorities. I was out in an absolute state 2/3 nights a week and now if I'm kinda drunk once every few weeks I'm fine. And its better for me

I used to get really down about how I behaved when I was drunk. Not that I did anything bad or dangerous or slutty, I was just loud and annoying and stupid and thats how people perceived me then. I didn't want that opinion of myself, I want people to think I'm smart and respectable.

It did take a while to train myself how to pace alright, since I was so used to not having any limit

shellyboo

I enjoy a drink, but I don't drink to get drunk anymore the way I would have in college. I avoid certain drinks - shots, vodka - that make me a messy drunk, but apart from that I go out and have as many as I feel like at the time. I like being merry and having a good time, but I do have my limit now. Sensible head on me!

eimearcmh

Every few weeks i have that one to many....but not to the point that im sick or that i lose consciousness/pass out/can't stand etc. It usually happens after shots. I know my limit though whereas a few years ago i wouldn't really have known when it was time to stop.
In the early years of college there would have been a lot of binge drinking. A group of us would drink together before we head out. With drinking games it was usually about drinking as much as you can in the shortest time. Not advised of course.

Also-do i enjoy it?
Like shellyboo i like being merry but being in control.

The thing is, binge drinking means different things to different people. Officially, a woman having 4 pints in one sitting (could be over 5-6 hours in a pub) is binge drinking, but I'm sure a lot of people who look down on 'binge drinking' would have no problem doing that on a fairly regular basis. I probably officially binge drink every other weekend, but never come anywhere close to being sick, dizzy or losing control. 4 pints over a few hours would have me slightly tipsy, more talkative and more relaxed than usual. What concerns me and makes me watch what I drink are the long term health issues of regularly exceeding the daily recommendations rather than concerns about making a fool of myself or getting sick.

Giselle

I don't drink and I never have.

I never liked the taste and don't see the point of acquiring it. And I never liked how people would sometimes change for the worse after they'd been drinking.

Not most people, just some people.:)

Black Swan

During yes...After no! Rarely binge.

Maple

No, I don't see the point of drinking until you puke/fall down. I prefer having a few drinks, getting a bit merry but mostly I prefer not waking up with that sinking feeling the next morning remembering what an utter twat I'd made of myself the night before.

I stick to the one drink, don't do shots and avoid spirits like the plague. When my folks were splitting up, my favourite tipple was vodka, I'd drink to the point of oblivion and usually end up snotting and crying onto a mate's shoulder about my home situation. It became too regular an occurrence and I stopped boozing for two years.

I prefer to be in control when I have a few drinks, I'm not going to say I've never woken up and not had to don the coat of shame as a result of my drunken high jinks but I just don't understand why people just drink to fall down.

Malari

No, I don't binge. I'll have a glass of wine several nights a week. And up to 3 if I'm out for a long dinner/night out, etc but I don't drink so much that I feel sick or start slurring my words! I know occasionally (like once a year at most) I'll have that extra drink and wake up with a headache, but I hate it. I'm active and rarely stay in bed beyond 9am and like to get out and exercise so hate when I get hungover!!

liah

No, I don't see the point anymore.

When I was young I didn't drink at all, in fact I hated people who drank and always found it quite sad, but I had a lot of issues back then and one of them was an alcoholic stepfather so I guess that's to be expected during the angsty teen phase.

I actually didn't drink til I went to Ireland at the age of 21, or at least, never to the point of getting drunk, only one or two on any given occasion, usually holidays or whatever and a glass of champagne.

The first six months I was in Ireland (after I realized that trying to meet people without drinking would be virtually impossible) I went mental. Had a different club planned out for each night of the week. Six months later, I got sick of it, and haven't really drank to the point of actual drunkenness since.

I'm pretty sure I fit all my drinking years into those first six months (and honestly, compared to anyone else I was pretty tame, there's only one night with any loss of memory and even then it was only an hour I can't remember). I don't enjoy the high of alcohol, it doesn't suit me.

To each their own.

Truley

No don't enjoy binge drinking and enjoy the hangovers even less. I hate the lack of control, and the embarrassing things you say and do while you're drunk. I went through a phase in first year of college where I tried to fit in with people by getting absolutely rat*rsed at parties and trying to appear really wild and adventurous. Most of the time however, I just end up feeling sick and sleepy.

I was lucky to have been quite active in a sports clubs and societies throughout college, so I had pleanty of social outlets that didn't revolve around drinking. I feel sorry for people use drinking as their own social activity.

I love the taste of beer or a nice red wine with food. But I wont go near spirits and shots. I'm perfectly happy to be the sober one who laughes at the drunks making a fool of themselves, instead of being the foolish one

Acacia

Funny, I was thinking of giving up the auld sauce for awhile when I saw this thread. Had an awful hangover this weekend and did the whole "I'm never drinking again!" routine... well, I enjoy being drunk but I do not enjoy waking up the next day feeling crap or realising I behaved like a muppet.

Binge drinking can be fun but it's seen as too much of a hobby or recreational activity in this country as opposed to something that really you should only do once in awhile. I'm beginning to find the cycle of college/work- drunk weekend-hangover- college/work... pretty mundane and pointless. So no, I'm not really enjoying binge-drinking at the moment.

Hairspray

Its great when its happening, not sooo great the day after. I used to be a total binge drinker but im trying to train myself to only have 1 or 2 when i go out instead of 10 or 15!

Gawd. I HATE binge drinking. If I can help it I don't go anywhere past tipsy. It just stops being fun after that.