Do you think you have a drink problem ?

B.A._Baracus

Going to touch a little to close to home here. As I kinda believe since I am posting on the internet I just dont 'reveal' alot about myself. But I think I may be an alcoholic. I drink most nights. I do so because I am unemployed and I get bored. It's not an excuse Just seems to be the reason as I never have to do anything.

Even now I am having a few.

The Backwards Man

I had a wee drink tonight:)

Sir Arthur Daley

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Even now I am having a few.

Well it is the weekend.

B.A._Baracus

WikiHow wrote: »

Well it is the weekend.

Being honest.... any day of the week I get a few cans.

Sir Arthur Daley

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Being honest.... any day of the week I get a few cans.

We will be dead long enough enjoy them.

Piriz

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Going to touch a little to close to home here. As I kinda believe since I am posting on the internet I just dont 'reveal' alot about myself. But I think I may be an alcoholic. I drink most nights. I do so because I am unemployed and I get bored. It's not an excuse Just seems to be the reason as I never have to do anything.

Even now I am having a few.

try to limit it to Friday and/or Saturday nights... the rest of the week if your drinking your harming your ability to be productive the next day and your falling into a rut and its gona be a viscous cycle where by your wrecked in the morning - afternoon...by the evening you think f*ck it i'll have a few...so you feel like your 'doing' something...this will not have a good outcome... instead of drinking mid week do everything you can to feel productive beginning in the morning..shower, good breakfast, clean the gaf, run a few errands, job hunt, sort out the c.v., find training/education course, visit family, offer to help and do stuff for people, shop and cook a great dinner and see whats on the box that you'll watch that evening or find new music...start running twice a week too... i dont mean to sound like a do good'er but you sound like your reaching out a bit and you got to fight against alcoholism...

GerB40

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Going to touch a little to close to home here. As I kinda believe since I am posting on the internet I just dont 'reveal' alot about myself. But I think I may be an alcoholic. I drink most nights. I do so because I am unemployed and I get bored. It's not an excuse Just seems to be the reason as I never have to do anything.

Even now I am having a few.

You just wrote, word for word, what I was gonna write. I am an alcoholic and I've made my peace with that. Drink stops the depressed shít that generally goes through my head.. I'm 27 so I might have enough time to beat this but drinkin just seems easier to me. Can't bate stereotypes hah?

Piriz

GerB40 wrote: »

You just wrote, word for word, what I was gonna write. I am an alcoholic and I've made my peace with that. Drink stops the depressed shít that generally goes through my head.. I'm 27 so I might have enough time to beat this but drinkin just seems easier to me. Can't bate stereotypes hah?

hi, see post 107....

GerB40

Piriz wrote: »

try to limit it to Friday and/or Saturday nights... the rest of the week if your drinking your harming your ability to be productive the next day and your falling into a rut and its gona be a viscous cycle where by your wrecked in the morning - afternoon...by the evening you think f*ck it i'll have a few...so you feel like your 'doing' something...this will not have a good outcome... instead of drinking mid week do everything you can to feel productive beginning in the morning..shower, good breakfast, clean the gaf, run a few errands, job hunt, sort out the c.v., find training/education course, visit family, offer to help and do stuff for people, shop and cook a great dinner and see whats on the box that you'll watch that evening or find new music...start running twice a week too... i dont mean to sound like a do good'er but you sound like your reaching out a bit and you got to fight against alcoholism...

No offence but you don't understand what it's like. When all you want is alcohol, nothing else matters. Friends, family, personal health & well being, all take a back seat to what seems like natural impulses. That's how I see it anyway.

B.A._Baracus

GerB40 wrote: »

You just wrote, word for word, what I was gonna write. I am an alcoholic and I've made my peace with that. Drink stops the depressed shít that generally goes through my head.. I'm 27 so I might have enough time to beat this but drinkin just seems easier to me. Can't bate stereotypes hah?

I know what you mean.
It's like I get out of bed late and I go to bed late. Come 8pm i'm like, ahhh not doing anything might as well go over to lidl and get a few. Its messed up.

Piriz wrote: »

try to limit it to Friday and/or Saturday nights... the rest of the week if your drinking your harming your ability to be productive the next day and your falling into a rut and its gona be a viscous cycle where by your wrecked in the morning - afternoon...by the evening you think f*ck it i'll have a few...so you feel like your 'doing' something...this will not have a good outcome... instead of drinking mid week do everything you can to feel productive beginning in the morning..shower, good breakfast, clean the gaf, run a few errands, job hunt, sort out the c.v., find training/education course, visit family, offer to help and do stuff for people, shop and cook a great dinner and see whats on the box that you'll watch that evening or find new music...start running twice a week too... i dont mean to sound like a do good'er but you sound like your reaching out a bit and you got to fight against alcoholism...

You are 100% right. Thank you for your kind advice, Piriz
From reading your words ... You are not talking through your arse. I get a sense of "been there" from your post Which makes your post hold even more weight.

ceadaoin.

Mint Aero wrote: »

Genuine question.

I'm considering having a drink or two every morning to get me through the day. What should I have? It needs to be undetectable on my breath, that's about the only criteria.

Mouthwash? I hear that's good stuff

ahahah

uch wrote: »

So do you think you have a drink problem ?
I had 12 cans tonight and i'll probably have 10 or more pints on sunday, but for me thats normal but a lot of people think I drink too much. I don't drink any other days.

What about you?

You defo have a drink problem sorry

I dont drink any other days is an excuse an a cop out

pale blue dot cotton

I think a hell of a lot of Irish are binge drinking 'alcoholics' as a doctor would put it. I know I am. Don't drink during the week but I make a pig of myself at the weekend. Sure what else would ya be doing?

beano345

Not anymore,but when it was bad for me...it was really bad,still finding empty bottles of vodka in my room!

Femme_Fatale

rwg wrote: »

Yea, not so much as the murphys and the cider though

The point: missed.

rarnes1 wrote: »

Hangovers definitely get worse with age.

I used to think this was all in the head, but then it started happening to me in the last couple of years. Some people say it starts to hit them in their mid 20s. I call bullsh1t on that tbh. But 30s/40s, yeh...

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

I think I may be an alcoholic. I drink most nights. I do so because I am unemployed and I get bored.

You might stop as soon as you get a job though. It might not be alcoholism, just boredom relief. When you get a job, you'll have a routine and should be able to stop the regular drinking. If you're not able to, then it might be no harm to seek assistance. But seeing as you're admitting it and seeing a pattern, I wouldn't be surprised if you knocked the booze on the head once you get work.

KungPao

Nah.

I was totally dry for January as an experiment, and I realised that I like beer, sure, but I don't need it.

Since Ive been back off the wagon, Ive enjoyed my beers, but have been consuming less.

Couldn't be arsed paying €5 whatever for a pint though anymore. In fact, been playing lots of snooker in a place that sells pints, but I have been going for the cheaper can of soft drink option for the last good while.

This place charges 5.30 i think for a pint but just 1.50 for a can of coke...yeah I'll stick to the cokes thanks.

Jurga78

if you wouldn't have a drinking problem, you wouldn't question yourself

Galwayguy35

I had a drink problem in my 20s but thankfully not anymore.

Spunge

I know i have a drink problem. So i drink rarely, maybe 3-4 times a year.

mackeire

I don't have a problem with drink, I like it!

cloud493

Never touched a drop of drink in my life :cool:

osarusan

No. I might have a can (330ml) and/or a whiskey once or twice during the week. That's about it. I might hit a pub with friends every second weekend for 5 or 6 pints of Guinness (paying a pretty price for it here).

My problem is hangovers. As I age, they've turned from brief and minor inconveniences into day-long wreckage.

Frynge

Hangovers defiantly get worse with age. Last night I had 5 pints and although not hungover I am a bit mentally slow this morning. When I was younger I used to finish work at 11.30 head to pub for 8-9 pints and into work for 8am.
The thoughts of doing that now just made me hungover.

lufties

Frynge wrote: »

Hangovers defiantly get worse with age. Last night I had 5 pints and although not hungover I am a bit mentally slow this morning. When I was younger I used to finish work at 11.30 head to pub for 8-9 pints and into work for 8am.
The thoughts of doing that now just made me hungover.

You sound like me, hangovers are not just a headache..Its depression, sad feelings and general cabbagedness these days.

sszz

Probably, went for a few pints yesterday afternoon. Can vaguely remember getting home and some flashbacks of a friend shouting in my face. The wife wasn't too pleases with me this morning. Think I'll give up drink.

I have problems with drink every so often but I wouldn't say I have a drink problem, as such. I like alcohol. Sometimes it likes me back, sometimes it doesn't.

Nightclubs seem to bring out the worst in me; it doesn't matter who I'm with, where I am, how good a night it is or even how much drink I've had - there always comes this moment when I hit a wall and feel shít about myself.

anncoates

The thread needs more of the 'I have a problem, I can't drink enough/don't have any' type gags.

Not enough people have made them so far.

Super-Rush

anncoates wrote: »

The thread needs more of the 'I have a problem, I can't drink enough/don't have any' type gags.

Not enough people have made them so far.

That's typical Ireland though innit?

Oh I'm slowly destroying my liver, lawllllllll.

TPD

I've got a batch of homebrew nearing completion so will likely be having two or three a night for the next few weeks

Galwayguy35

I read somewhere that many of the 16 and 17 year olds these days will have liver damage by the time they reach our age.

I started drinking at 17 but I'm sure many of you would agree with me that we didn't have the money back then that todays kids have for booze, the night we went out to celebrate the LC results I had 10 quid in me pocket and that had to last me the night.

Also we only drank beer which isn't as hard on the liver as WKD and all that muck they drink now.

knarkypants

lufties wrote: »

You sound like me, hangovers are not just a headache..Its depression, sad feelings and general cabbagedness these days.

Yeah I get all that but it tends to last for a couple of days now too! I hate getting older. :mad:

yawhat!

I drink around 20-25 Pints every Saturday. Start in the Pub at 12AM and finish around 3AM

Aidric

anncoates wrote: »

The thread needs more of the 'I have a problem, I can't drink enough/don't have any' type gags.

Not enough people have made them so far.

Only yesterday I drank two bottles of mid priced rioja before my regular Saturday afternoon tennis match. The final set went to a tiebreak which I won and my playing partner said it was the best he'd ever seen me play.

IrishSkyBoxer

Haven't had a drink in ten months, the physical and psychological benefits have been gargantuan.

Really don't think I could ever drink again.

The up just isn't worth the down.

Plus it's a carcinogen, it's a dirty drug no different than the ciggies, the gear, the yokes etc.

Thanks, but I don't want to get pancreatic or oesophageal carcinoma or hepatic cirrhosis.

Butterface

I can be a bit fond of the red wine. I got into a habit a few years back of drinking wine alone. It started when I'd moved to another city where I knew nobody, was stressed with work and was pretty down. I genuinely do enjoy wine, and I used to convince myself that it was okay because I wasn't drinking to get drunk but that I was just enjoying it. It would only be once or twice a week, usually at the weekend. I'd often get two bottles and have started into the second by the time I was ready to pass out. Nothing good can come from getting drunk alone, and any time I'd feel stressed I'd get a bottle to go with dinner.

Nowadays, I only drink socially and not too often as I'm busy studying and couldn't afford to even if I wanted to. I also don't smoke anymore which actually really helped because I'd associated the two. I'm also a lot happier now so there's no need for me to self-medicate with wine.

I hate hearing people make light of alcohol problems. While I didn't become dependent on it, if my circumstances hadn't changed then maybe I would have carried on that way.

Aphex

yawhat! wrote: »

I drink around 20-25 Pints every Saturday. Start in the Pub at 12AM and finish around 3AM

That's an impressive amount of booze consumed in three hours.

Joe prim

Aidric wrote: »

Only yesterday I drank two bottles of mid priced rioja before my regular Saturday afternoon tennis match. The final set went to a tiebreak which I won and my playing partner said it was the best he'd ever seen me play.

A tiebreak, when you could have won in straight sets? GET.HELP. NOW!

Daveysil15

I'm pissed after 3 pints and start to feel sick if I have more than 4 if that counts as a drink problem?

Mike747

Sometimes I wonder if I might end up as an alcoholic. I guess the only thing I have in my favour is that I rarely drink at home, and when I do it's two or three beers.

I'd much rather be in the pub messing around with chicks. I'm a slave to the buzz.

daveyboynire

I think I do, I only drink on a SAturday night but its every Saturday night. Once I start drinking I can't stop until I am drunk, I am odd in that I will only drink at home, if out at a wedding or something I won't touch a drop as drink turns me from a shy person into a mouth piece, I could offend someone unintentionally, so don't drink when out.

Capt'n Midnight

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Toilet duck hipster. It's far from domestos you were raised.

Domestos is it ? Jaysus , we had to do with harpic

Capt'n Midnight

Mint Aero wrote: »

Genuine question.

I'm considering having a drink or two every morning to get me through the day. What should I have? It needs to be undetectable on my breath, that's about the only criteria.

Either you have a cold or you've become accustomed to it.

Try licking your wrist and then smelling it.

Mint Aero

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Either you have a cold or you've become accustomed to it.

Try licking your wrist and then smelling it.

Ok I've a wrist covered in saliva and I smelled it. Now what?

dgt

Behind the sofa is packed with cans and bottles. I have shells of cars full of cans and bottles. I store my drink all over the house that theres booze near me.

I can't see the problem....

I'd say I do have a problem though