Fiery Jack Posted September 24, 2005 Report Share Posted September 24, 2005 MisterBlonde said:To the self confessed alcoholics out there.....what would you drink on an average night when you used to drink? i usually drink a bottle of wine and a couple of beers every night,but never feel that i have a problem. It's not the amount you drink, it's the amount of damage that you do to your life, to your reputation, to yourself, and to those around you, mate. I have a pal, a schoolteacher in his late 40s, who drinks a bottle of scotch a day, has his first nip at breakfast time and knocks it back steadily till nightfall. He's never fucked up at work, has a happy(ish) long term relationship with a bird, is financially secure, and I've never seen him noticeably "sozzled" and making a jackass of himself in public. When I was at the "height" of my boozing madness, on the other hand, I could drink just three or four tins of lager at breakfast/lunch time to top up my battery and have my behaviour deteriorate to the extent that I was noticeably ratarsed, fucking up in public and acting like a twat. It's a good question, though: how much do we drink, and what do we tipple. After two decades as (predominantly) a beer drinker, I'd started drinking red wine as my jar of choice a year or so before I decide to put the brakes on. A lot of alkies do that: beer's too bulky of volume to start drinking before lunch, and spirits get you (or, at least, me) arseholed too fast. Wine is a happy medium. I was on about 1.5 to 2 bottles of the cheapest piss-vino I could buy per day basic, plus a few beers and tequila shots if I managed to stay on my feet till nightfall and hit a bar. The first bottle of wine hardly hit the sides on its way down, and I viewed it as a bracer, something to set me up for the day. The second bottle would be the one that started getting me woozy. The ale or spirits at night, if I had them, were what would send me bonkers loopy-loo, otherwise I'd just hit the hay and sleep, then get up the next day and off we go again. Yup, them were the days... jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbaron Posted September 24, 2005 Report Share Posted September 24, 2005 To the self confessed alcoholics out there.....what would you drink on an average night when you used to drink? i usually drink a bottle of wine and a couple of beers every night,but never feel that i have a problem. I drink a few each night - 2 to 6 "stubbies/cans/small bottles" - probably 4 on average. If visitors arrive, then out comes the wine, spirits, champagne... I don't have a problem with it either, only when I run out. BUT when the missus is in town, I hardly drink at all... it's an arrangement we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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