How much/often do you drink?

**Macy** · 10/07/2008, 9:22 AM

A fridge pack on a Friday night would be my usual, at the outlaws. Occasionally, but getting more frequent, go for the Sunday night pints in the local, so that's usually 4 (at the counter, in the bar, am I officially old?). Don't get down to matches too often these days, but that'd normally be my big ones - Pints and a nip at the match. My hardcore lifestyle means I'm generally lucky to make it to midnight these days, and even then I'd be fecked

. Rarely drink in the house - I'll drink outside if it's a nice evening and the bbq's on, but sitting in front of the telly with a couple of cans really doesn't do it for me.

Used to be a 3-4 night club nights a week, then moderated that to after work pints 3-4 nights, plus weekends. Then moved out to the country and you'd be surprised how much the after work thirst has left by the time you get home. Now with a 10 month old, sleep beats pints most of the time!

**lionelhutz** · 10/07/2008, 9:35 AM

Originally Posted by jebus

That said Europeans in my experience are less self-conscious when sober, and seem more free spirited than us or the British so they probably don't need to drink to get up and dance, or approach a random stranger, or do any number of things we need a drink to do

I find that too. Why is is Irish people (myself included) are much more self conscious than say the Spanish or French? Do ye think its because of our heritage or what?

**paul_oshea** · 10/07/2008, 10:06 AM

interesting pattern emerging about giving up the drink, personally I have a found a few things with the drink. Over here drinking on a Sunday is a big thing ( if yer Irish or its a nice warm day then lots of people about during the day ) and I found/find myself drinking on a Sunday quite a bit. I noticed that I was getting really frustrated and bored of London and work on a Monday and couldn't really figure it out. A few Mondays I have come in without any drink on the Sunday and very little on the Saturday. The difference is unreal, this used never happen me before. Last weekend my parents were over so only went out on Friday night, Monday was one of my most productive days and was happy to be at work. Drink is a serious anti-depressant, as I've gotten older I've felt it more. Having said that I love going out on the beer on the Sunday and/or a big one Saturday night, so its hard to weigh up, which is better/worse i.e. having a great session or feeling really bad on a Monday and doing no work.

Finally, I started to do gaelic training this year, mainly due to keep fit as 10 years without playing I found that I wasn't up to much

anyhow I am a lot fitter than I was( still not fit enough mind) and drinking doesn't have the same effect on me in terms of how rough I feel the next day or next few days, plus running it out of you every tuesday and thursday always helps! I remember tets making this point before actually, but it does make a difference.

Beer, the cause of and solution to all of lifes little problems.

OH finally to answer the drinking question, if I'm out with the GF team on a Sunday/Saturday night, it ends up being very expensive and a lot of drink. We started getting into buying a group round of shots which can be between 14 and 22 people at a cost of �44 - �66, pure madness in terms of money and drink. So if its a night like that either once a week/once every two weeks, the drink is somewhere around 20 of a varying kind. If its a night out in town then its about 7/8 bottles followed by 2/3 shots with about 4/5 jds and coke. That jd stuff is lethal, its too easy drink.

Don't ask me why Jebus, but I had a feeling you didnt drink/dont drink anymore

I have had varying types of flatmates of different nationalities/cultures/sexual tendencies/preferences etc, and I still say that the lemonade brigade are not near as much fun as those who partake in a good drinking session. It may be sad, but its true.

**jebus** · 10/07/2008, 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

Don't ask me why Jebus, but I had a feeling you didnt drink/dont drink anymore

Is it my new found love of yoga? The fact that all guys in a 3 year+ relationship have had the fun hen-pecked out of them? Or my new, reasonable side that has come with Moddom?

Agree with you on beer being one of the more serious depressant. It's getting increasingly moronic for the government to ignore the side effects of alcohol while waxing lyrical about the side effects of non-taxed drugs

**hunt4the** · 14/07/2008, 4:16 PM

Dont drink during the week anymore home or away(pub)

A weekend usually goes one of two ways depending on football season;

friday night 7-8 pints, stay in saturday, sunday (aftermatch)5-6 pints
or
Friday stay in, saturday 10 pints + assorted shots in night club
Sunday assume the foetal position on the couch and await
cold tukey on Sunday night