juicenewton* said about 1 year ago or at 2:20PM on Thursday, May 3 2007.
As my mates and I slide into our disgraceful 30s, I am coming across, not fights as such, but 'issues' around not drinking as much. eg:
speculation about friends giving up booze completely for a time, to clean up, for their boy/girl friend's sake, or because they might have scared themselves last time they got hammered.
speculation about female friends being knocked up because they're not drinking their own body weight in booze, for a change.
Narkiness that not getting spaztic should even be questioned in social company.
Are we complacent about the alcohol = good times lifestyle we lead? Is it fair enough to notice/ ask about a friend’s change in habits.
I'm not drinking this month. But I do it every year.
I eased up for a whole week. Only had about ten drinks. Then I got pretty sauced on Tuesday.
Good times.
Complacent? Nah, I'm just a pisshead.
From time to time I wrestle with my drinking, but really, on the whole it gives me pleasure.
interesting juice.
i've been having this conversation with myself for a little while now.
i need an intervention.
ive eased up the last few days, but thats cause im broke
i have been cutting back a bit, i hate hangovers
i have complete breaks every so often. I think its a good thing to do.
It is awesome waking up feeling refreshed in the morning. Weekend mornings can actually be fun. I may drink some raspberry lemonades at the pub on the weekend. FUCK YEAH!
yes! i love going to the gym first thing on a saturday morning, but that pretty much counts out friday nights...
i go through phases of not drinking/drinking.
my body tends to tell me when that time is right though.
lately i've been getting fevers the next day, if i even have one beer, so i think my liver is having a sook and telling me something.
i miss the retarded good times when i lay off the drinks for a bit, but i definitely don't miss the hangovers. i'm starting to drink half a beer as i wind down from my workload in the evening and then going to bed and not really drinking at any other times. feels pretty good.
Oh yeah, swimming at the gym, visiting markets, going shopping, painting, walking through parks, daytrips - all great things that sober people do on weekends. I'm looking forward to it.
I'm definitely getting more "are you knocked up?" type questions as I get older and they shit me to tears! I've been easing up on drinking but still have a blinder about once a month. I don't drink 5 nights out of 7 anymore, it's more like 2-3 nights a week now and I don't get spastically drunk, just enjoy a couple (unless it's a special occasion). Working night shifts from time to time keeps me in check.
The side effects of too many blinders are catching up with me. Being shitfaced every weekend is getting tiring and the hangovers are getting worse.
I probably drink more now than when I was young but I don't get as spasticated.
I hear you though, juice*. I think the next time my missus does the detox thing the rumours will start flying.
I usually only drink thee or four drinks in a night. It's not even a deliberate no drinking policy. That's about all I ever want to drink. Except yesterday, when I drank solidly for twelve hours.
I got pretty sauced on Tuesday.
Ha.
i was on the wagon for six weeks last year cause i was sick..stayed home and drank tea and watched movies and it was ace.
don't think i could do that again, but my alcoholism has now plateaued to a reasonably lame level.
I've actually started drinking more. I would normally not drink unless I'm out at a bar/pub/party etc and not driving, it worked out to be probably once every month or 2. I've only just discovered the joy of a cold beer when you get home from work. It's awesome! I've very wary of it becoming a habit, though, because... well, I don't want to be a regular drinker.
i drink mainly when in company. Rarely do i drink at home. When i go out dancing sometimes i drink very little.
We probably think not a lot about it in out type of society because it seems to be there norm. lso i think when there are changes in behaviour we prefer not to say anything.
shrugs
I should...but I'm sure I won't.
ever since i got sick in india six years ago i have to have a few weeks off drinking around this time of year. drinking becomes very unpleasant for a while and the hangovers, even from a couple of beers, get horrendous. i think an enforced lay off like that is good.
i think it's a mostly dormant parasite playing up.
i can't drink as much in one sitting ever since i got hospitalised with gastroenteritis..is that what you had louis?
no, i had a mysterious unnamed virus that caused massive pain every time i tried to eat something.
it was not fun. i came home and went to bed for three weeks straight and haven't been quite the same since.
I think I need to. I acted quite, quite nuttily because of the booze this weekend. Having PMS didn't help, however.
I struggle to have more than 3 or 4 drinks these days, unless it's a really good wine.
I think that's a good thing. Yes yes.
Yeah I've been backing off but I think all I have achieved is that I've replaced daily sensible drinking with bingeing on weekends.
I'm studying and working freaky days and hours, so I rarely find the time. Maybe that's it :)
Herpes? In the face? Simplex.
i bought a bottle of wine last night and only drank one glass, and actually got stuff done today.
hmmm.
da.da.daaaaaaa
i fucking hope not, basil.
it was mainly to avoid hangover for a BIG EVENT this evening.
i tried to avoid that hangover today too, foxy... but things got out of hand :(
i'll learn one day.
worst thing about having a drinking problem is the amount of life you miss out on, which is time you never get back.
Ah, you get used to it. Don't let regret take over your life Ken.