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Why do you drink

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    #62
    few cans?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 162 ✭✭few cans?


    Snow-Monkey wrote: »
    ahhhhh talk to Frank will ya :P

    :pac:

    ironically i have a friend called frank who is a pioneer and he's always giving out to us about drinking!


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    #63
    Snowie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,048 ✭✭✭✭Snowie


    few cans? wrote: »
    ironically i have a friend called frank who is a pioneer and he's always giving out to us about drinking!


    Bet ye if ya handed him a bag of weed he'd go oooooo :eek: were did you get that :D


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    #64
    k4kate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 648 ✭✭✭k4kate


    I drink cos I like feeling nothing, no fear, no anxiety, no anger, no worries


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    #65
    few cans?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 162 ✭✭few cans?


    Snow-Monkey wrote: »
    Bet ye if ya handed him a bag of weed he'd go oooooo :eek: were did you get that :D

    he used to have his drug problems as a teenager so we tend not to give him any grief ha ha


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    #66
    Caveman1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,808 ✭✭✭Caveman1


    There's nothing better than kicking back after a stressful day with a few beers, it doesn't have to be lots just a couple does the job


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    #67
    few cans?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 162 ✭✭few cans?


    actually i take back that 'ha ha' it was no laughing matter


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    #68
    rubensni
    Closed Accounts Posts: 350 ✭✭rubensni


    Q: Why do you drink?

    A: To forget.

    Q: To forget what?

    A: Fuc'd if I remember!


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    #69
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    wouldnt actually mind a couple of cans now, two or three while watching a film on a week/ weekend night does be nice, but i might have to do taxi duty later, and collect my father from the pub...


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    #70
    4leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,940 ✭✭✭4leto


    Because it makes you feel good, that is what alcohol does, there are better tasting things but they have no kick.

    I love a night with a good DVD and a 6 pack of hino, but not to often, because .........


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    #71
    The Scientician
    Registered Users Posts: 1,724 ✭✭✭The Scientician


    It takes the edge off.


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    #72
    FoxT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,204 ✭✭✭FoxT


    Not many people know this, but I am an elephant.
    I drink......to forget.


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    #73
    pq0n1ct4ve8zf5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,070 ✭✭✭✭pq0n1ct4ve8zf5


    Argh I only have bottles of beer, damn this thread! I have to be up at 7.30 anyway, probably just as well.

    To answer the question, I usually drink because I enjoy the effects of alcohol, few cans or a bottle of wine with a movie is a pretty sweet way to spend an evening really.


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    #74
    orangebud
    Registered Users Posts: 251 ✭✭orangebud


    Jess16 wrote: »
    Because they can :pac:
    YES WE CAN


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    #75
    Snowie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,048 ✭✭✭✭Snowie


    Jayde Spicy Swinger wrote: »
    Argh I only have bottles of beer, damn this thread! I have to be up at 7.30 anyway, probably just as well.

    To answer the question, I usually drink because I enjoy the effects of alcohol, few cans or a bottle of wine with a movie is a pretty sweet way to spend an evening really.


    hey nothing wrong with red wine on a friday night with a girl who likes drinking it to :D


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    #76
    Azureus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,130 ✭✭✭Azureus


    Why NOT drink during the week? Didnt realise there was yes-days and no-days to alcohol. Its far healthier to have 1-2 drinks a night every night than it is to have 10 on a friday or saturday.

    I like to come home from work, crack open a bottle of red wine and have a couple of glasses. Try not to do it every night granted, but its a nice way to chill out after a stressful day.


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    #77
    coffee_cake
    Registered Users Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    I don't really. But sometimes a cocktail is nice. Or a baileys coffee.
    Not to the point of being tipsy or drunk though.


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    #78
    ohmydayz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭ohmydayz


    realies wrote: »
    FYP
    A minister decided that a visual demonstration would add emphasis to his Sunday sermon.

    Four worms were placed into four separate jars.

    The first worm was put into a container of alcohol.

    The second worm was put into a container of cigarette smoke.

    The third worm was put into a container of chocolate syrup.

    The fourth worm was put into a container of good clean soil.

    At the conclusion of the sermon, the Minister reported the following results:

    The first worm in alcohol - Dead


    The second worm in cigarette smoke - Dead


    Third worm in chocolate syrup - Dead

    Fourth worm in good clean soil - Alive.

    So the Minister asked the congregation -

    What did you learn from this demonstration???

    Maxine was sitting in the back, quickly raised her hand and said,



    'As long as you drink, smoke and eat chocolate, you won't have worms!'


    That pretty much ended the service...
    Absolutely brilliant..just what i needed to smile before work this morning.:)


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    #79
    Snakeblood
    Registered Users Posts: 4,466 ✭✭✭Snakeblood


    To take the ****ing edge off, alright?


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    #80
    HalloweenJack
    Registered Users Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭HalloweenJack


    I drink in two instances: to relax and to get hammered when I'm out.

    One or two beers just helps me relax, especially if I've had a tough day or I'm watching the football or I want to get work out of my head.

    When I go out, I drink to get drunk, to enjoy the feeling.


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    #81
    ohmydayz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭ohmydayz


    I don't drink either...it's great to have a clear head..live life to the fullest. enjoy running walking or whatever..just being able to be, your truth self, without cloudy judgements or a hangover ( not nice)...and be able to have as much fun as anyone without it.:) i dont think drinking home alone in the house is any fun, i think if people really had a choice they wouldn't. Good for you realies. :)


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    #82
    jonnyfingers
    Registered Users Posts: 2,333 ✭✭✭jonnyfingers


    I drink to forget. I've become so good at it I've can't remember what I'm supposed to forget anymore.


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    #83
    PeterIanStaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,072 ✭✭✭PeterIanStaker


    I drink because I like it. That said, I don't drink as much as I used to, say when I was 19-20 because I just can't anymore, the hangovers just aren't worth it.


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    #84
    Plazaman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,012 ✭✭✭Plazaman


    ohmydayz wrote: »
    I don't drink either...it's great to have a clear head..live life to the fullest. enjoy running walking or whatever..just being able to be, your truth self, without cloudy judgements or a hangover ( not nice)...and be able to have as much fun as anyone without it.:) i dont think drinking home alone in the house is any fun, i think if people really had a choice they wouldn't. Good for you realies. :)

    Each to their own. I don't know why people who don't drink feel that those who do aren't getting the best out of life as they are. Good for you if you can have fun without it but I have yet to see a post from someone who enjoys drinking in moderation (be it a weekday or a weekend) criticise a person who goes to the gym 7 days a week or eats tofu on a week night.

    If a person has to ask the question "what enjoyment do people get out of sitting in front of the TV drinking wine/beer" then no amount of answers will answer you as thankfully everyone has the freedon to do what they want when they want. I'd love to know what enjoyment people get walking around hilly fields for 3 or 4 hours hitting small balls into 18 various holes but I'll finish as I started, each to their own.

    “I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.” - Frank Sinatra


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    #85
    Orando Broom
    Registered Users Posts: 3,351 ✭✭✭Orando Broom


    Existential thread is existential.


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    #86
    pq0n1ct4ve8zf5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,070 ✭✭✭✭pq0n1ct4ve8zf5


    ohmydayz wrote: »
    I don't drink either...it's great to have a clear head..live life to the fullest. enjoy running walking or whatever..just being able to be, your truth self, without cloudy judgements or a hangover ( not nice)...and be able to have as much fun as anyone without it.:) i dont think drinking home alone in the house is any fun, i think if people really had a choice they wouldn't. Good for you realies. :)

    Hey there judgey, how's the judging?


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    #87
    minidazzler
    Registered Users Posts: 14,739 ✭✭✭✭minidazzler


    Because I love the feeling of the first beer after a few days off, a nice cold murphy's or guinness cooling my throat after I take a deep gulp. I love the feeling after 12 where I am floating on air, confident that I am the sexiest man alive and could have 200 women a night. I even love the feeling the morning after when memories start coming back and I see all the faces I was talking to last night. I love the taste, texture and feeling of drinking, the social inclusion, the complete happiness. I drink because it improves me as a person while relaxing me completely.

    I am currently without a single drink for 15 days and have 6 to go. I haven't felt this sad for about 7 years. But I'm out to prove to myself that I can go without it even though I don't want to.


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    #88
    kfallon
    Registered Users Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Love me Saturday session, up to the pub early, meet my mates, few beers, few bets, watch the sport, loads of banter getting progressively drunker throughout the day.

    Great release at the end of the week :D


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    #89
    St.Spodo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,027 ✭✭✭St.Spodo


    To enjoy myself; I have more fun at parties/nights out when I'm drinking.


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    #90
    gargleblaster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,425 ✭✭✭gargleblaster


    Because it's healthy. I don't drink enough, in truth. Should have a nice glass of red wine more often.


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    #91
    LeeHoffmann
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,770 ✭✭✭LeeHoffmann


    sometimes I'm stressed; sometimes somebody's leaning too heavy on me again and, through my own fault, I'm unable to tell them to back off; sometimes there's a match on during the week; sometimes I meet up with a friend I don't get to spend time with too often; sometimes a friend needs to let down their guard and rant about what's upsetting them; sometimes it's just Tuesday. At these times, a few cans are perfect.


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