How many days a week do you drink?

enda1

Four to five days a week.

Half bottle of wine two nights.
Couple of beers another.

Maybe one or two days a bit more.
Saturday and Sunday, would usually have a bottle of wine with lunch and with dinner. Depending on whether I had to drive that day or not of course.

CMpunked

None. :cool::cool:

SES

grungepants

if i was on the social welfare i get tan the bevvy everyday....then maybe get a bit of speed, a packet of crisps and a jin and tonic....liven me up a bit.

starbelgrade

The General. wrote: »

Each to their own ,as they say. I have never missed a day of work in my life due to drinking, probably coz i dont suffer from hangovers at all.

The reason why you don't get hangovers is because you have built up a huge tolerance to alcohol.

That's because you drink 7 days a week. If you stopped drinking for a few months, then drank as much as you do now, the hangovers would return.

Hangovers are normal - drinking every single night of the week isn't.

Essentially, you are a functioning alcoholic. Though I know from experience, that at the stage you are at now, you will deny this entirely. It's one of the traits of being dependent on the booze.

Gunsfortoys

About once every 2 weeks now. Cannot believe people on social welfare can afford to drink so much!:eek:

dMaN24

8 days a week.. And still nothing wrong with me.
*twitch*

xxshebeexx

Once or twice a month, on a night out with the girlies!

Hmm, wish I could afford to be doing it that often, on SW!

AckwelFoley

Once a week, normally at home, we have people over.

Id say i go out to pubs once a month

I go to a nightclub, meah maybe once a year..

Zebra3

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

5 to 10 year olds probably only have a few cans each week.

Pocket money just doesn't go far.

th3 s1aught3r

Does drinking alcohol every day make you an alcoholic

MagicMarker

th3 s1aught3r wrote: »

Does drinking alcohol every day make you an alcoholic

A glass of wine everyday? No

6 cans every day? Yes

McChubbin

Saturday night usually requires a trip to the offies for a flageon of Captain Morgans and some Coke. That'll do for the weekend.
I'm not a heavy drinker to be honest so that's me sorted.

bradlente

I drink more when I have a job,Although when your jobs crap its hard not to!I don't know why most people seem to drink more on the dole,less cash and more worry,living each week as it comes just like that you can get stuck in a rut.Its a slippery slope I tells thee....Enjoying a drink and abusing it is a vverry thinnn loiyne(slurs words).

Max Power1

3or 4 days anyway, more if I can afford it :P

pirelli

LighterGuy wrote: »

Im embarrassed by how many days I drink Being on the social welfare certainly has upped my drinking ...

So my fellow boardsiezzzzz how many days do you drink? & in what form? getting pi*sed or having a few?

Do you mean Social drinking...When my social drinking starts to effect my physical performance in sport; it is then that i try to reduce. It can be a struggle.

Lia_lia

Most weeks one day.

Sometimes 2, sometimes 0. Not much!

ScumLord

cruiser178 wrote: »

My grandfather swore by your logic,he farmed into his 80s and lived to 98,he was a very strong man.Guinness is good for you.

I drink saturday and sunday but i could easly be persuaded to drink on friday nights aswell,always at home couldn't aford the pub to often.

When Channel 4 did there series on the new list of dangerous drugs a doctor said it's actually better for you to drink a little constantly than it is to binge drink once a week.

Wompa1

ScumLord wrote: »

When Channel 4 did there series on the new list of dangerous drugs a doctor said it's actually better for you to drink a little constantly than it is to binge drink once a week.

But better to just no drink. Anyone else find those a glass and a half of wine a day or beer in moderation being a good thing preachings to be a load of ****e?

I shouldn't put Aromat on my chips but can drink every day. I'm sorry Father, I just don't buy it.

onlyrocknroll

About 3-4 would be normal. But by 'drink' I mean having a glass of wine or a beer. If you mean going out for a few pints than only once every 2-4 weeks. Not because I don't enjoy it but because I can't afford to drop the cash.

edit- by 'normal' I mean what I normally drink, not what I think others should do.

enda1

Wompa1 wrote: »

But better to just no drink. Anyone else find those a glass and a half of wine a day or beer in moderation being a good thing preachings to be a load of ****e?

I shouldn't put Aromat on my chips but can drink every day. I'm sorry Father, I just don't buy it.

Why is it better to not drink?

Minstrel27

Once every 4 - 6 weeks.

saintsaltynuts

Im on the social and find myself goin out Friday,Saturday and then a few on Sunday.Used to be twice a week but the boredom of no work would drive ye to drink.

onlyrocknroll

th3 s1aught3r wrote: »

Does drinking alcohol every day make you an alcoholic

There was some expert on the Sean Moncrieff show a few weeks ago (I can't remember his name) who said that having a drink everyday does not necessarily make you an alcoholic, but that it is bad for your health. You should have days when you consume no alcohol at all. Having said that I'm sure drinking everyday doesn't help you stave off alcoholism either.

ScumLord

Wompa1 wrote: »

But better to just no drink. Anyone else find those a glass and a half of wine a day or beer in moderation being a good thing preachings to be a load of ****e?

I shouldn't put Aromat on my chips but can drink every day. I'm sorry Father, I just don't buy it.

I think you'll find that if you pool all the research together you can't do a damn thing without damaging your health.

You won't suffer any serious negative health effects having one or two drinks everyday.

bhovaspack

starbelgrade wrote: »

The reason why you don't get hangovers is because you have built up a huge tolerance to alcohol.

That's because you drink 7 days a week. If you stopped drinking for a few months, then drank as much as you do now, the hangovers would return.

Hangovers are normal - drinking every single night of the week isn't.

Essentially, you are a functioning alcoholic. Though I know from experience, that at the stage you are at now, you will deny this entirely. It's one of the traits of being dependent on the booze.

is it not true that some people don't get hangovers? I read a figure suggesting that somewhere in the region of 25% of people don't. Unfortunately I can't find the source now, so not sure how reliable or thorough the research was.

On an anecdotal level, I've always had one or two friends who claimed not to, though I sometimes doubted it myself. One of them actually became an alcoholic over time, and I always wondered if it was partly on account of a lack of the hangover deterrent.

th3 s1aught3r

onlyrocknroll wrote: »

There was some expert on the Sean Moncrieff show a few weeks ago (I can't remember his name) who said that having a drink everyday does not necessarily make you an alcoholic, but that it is bad for your health. You should have days when you consume no alcohol at all. Having said that I'm sure drinking everyday doesn't help you stave off alcoholism either.

I think also it depends on the person. Some people are prone to addiction and should probably not drink at all, whereas others can drink regulary and not be alcoholics

EverEvolving

Gunsfortoys wrote: »

About once every 2 weeks now. Cannot believe people on social welfare can afford to drink so much!:eek:

A large portion of those currently on the dole are people who have been let go/made redundant and in a lot of cases would have received a lump sum of redundancy and have some savings from when they were working. Not having much to do and not having to be up in the mornings for anything much does lead to more regular drinking.

Did with me, and it was great for a while, then the novelty wore off.

ScumLord

EverEvolving wrote: »

Did with me, and it was great for a while, then the novelty wore off.

Maybe you should try alcohol drinks instead.

pajor

Hardly ever at home. But if I have a few extra schillings in my pocket, go out and get smashed.

EverEvolving

ScumLord wrote: »

Maybe you should try alcohol drinks instead.

That's where I was going wrong, diddums