How Much Beer Do You Drink?

[Cocko]

I drink anywhere from 4 - 10 a night. I consider myself a high functioning alcoholic, and I'm comfortable with this.

^Same.

But naked.

 

[jbowers]

Funny - I get the opposite. I feel the effects less at home than I do out. Maybe I'm just more conscious because I'm around people.

I'm around my partner at home but we've been together twelve years so self consciousness is a thing of the past. We booth fart with impunity.

Yeah same. I think the other thing is when I'm home I only grab another drink when I feel like I want it. The whole idea of buying 'rounds' can get you drunk pretty quick, especially if you are drinking a higher abv beer than everyone else.

 

[Truman42]

Fucken oath i do....

I hate being squashed into a box called 'you have a problem if....'

I'm a big guy....i thought that would be obvious from my AHB user name.

I can put away a substantial amount of BEER without being affected. I have voluntarily walked up to RBT stations at music festivals to 'see how much i blow' .....answer, ' you're right to drive home buddy'....

I have proven on several occasions, that i'm right to drive home at all hours of the morning (im a professional musician/music tutor for a living), after drinking considerably more than the 'government based guidelines' recommend.

Now, i deliberately italicised BEER, because im a different animal when it comes to spirits. My tolerance is greatly reduced when i get on the distilled kinds of liquor that we dont like talking about here. Get me on the beer though, and i'll drink my mates under the table no problem.

I rarely go out nowadays to 'get pissed' so dont take this whole post the wrong way. It's just that it takes me a long time to be 'affected' by beer when i am out and about.

Every one is affected in different ways and i think it's high time the government stopped labelling me a binge drinker, or someone with an alocohol problem just because i enjoy a couple of beers a night.

For the record, i drink because i like the flavour of my beers, nothing more, nothing less.

I dont drink to get drunk.

Nath when I lived in Broome I was huge, 128 kgs and only 175cm tall. I could drink shitloads and still not get pissed which I put down to my size, but also probably because you sweat a lot of it out in the tropics.

Since moving back to Melb in 2007 Ive lost 38 kgs but Ive noticed I can still generally drink a lot and not be to pissed. I have a breathalyzer in my car which belongs to the company I work for and gets calibrated every 6 months so is accurate and Im often way under what Id expect to be and compared to everyone else. Also Ive noticed I can go from say .03 down to zero in a very short amount of time. Up at the King Valley on the weekend I was .015 when we left and 10 mins down the road got pulled over by an RBT cop in Oxley and blew 0.
Everybodys different I suppose.

They say you give up one habit for another and Ive given up eating too much but now started smoking again after 12 years of quitting. Will have to work on giving up in the new year.

 

[beerdrinkingbob]

We booth fart with impunity.

True Love...... :beerbang:

 

[pk.sax]

IMHO there are two types of alcoholic functional and dysfunctional. The dysfunctional type is your typical bloke in the gutter now your functional type still manages to go about his or her life and keep it all together. Not for me to say if I fit either category suffice to say I sleep in a bed not a gutter

I've been found asleep on a bench by ambos after a more extreme night out... so am generally cutting down on drinking when I go out. I used to limit it when driving and be OK. Its when I take the pushie along that I get into trouble.

 

[psytramp]

i vary how much i drink, some nights none, most nights 2, including the weekend.

i don't like getting pissed though.

 

[bradsbrew]

Never underestimate the power of denial...

1. Are you Concerned that you drink too much?

2. Have you got Angry or upset that someone has suggested that you drink too much?

3. Do you feel Guilty that you may drink too much or had to put something off because you did drink too much?

4. Do you ever, or have you ever had an Eye-opener because you drank too much.

1/4 and you probably do drink too much.

COI: 2-3 / day, minimum 48hrs booze-free / week.

Phew, I scored better than 1 out of four, looks like I'm lucky and dont drink too much. I probably got 3/4 but depends on what you call an eye opener but if it has anything to do with my penis I got 4/4






Cheers

 

[Maheel]

i drink just enough to take the edge off the day.....

i reckon about 2.5 a day, but i should have a few more AFD's

but i just cracked the 1st pour of a dr smurto's GA keg and it's going to be hard to resist.... DR S you are a bad man

on the beer v spirits discussion i have always been able to put away more spirits but i am getting older -_-

 

[peaky]

one or two longnecks on a weekday, I try not to open the second but if the beer is good sometimes I just can't resist :icon_cheers:

usually 2 or 3 longnecks on a weekend day, sometimes 4.

Normally it's less on the weekdays during the study months, but I have also found that some of my best essays have been written after a couple of pots....

I never get really drunk, I like to enjoy the beer. It's not my goal to get shitfaced. Those days are long gone thankfully.

 

[Yob]

When Im out I can drink 6 Coronas

im amazed that you will even drink corona at all :blink: Id rather squeeze the piss out of the local possums... each to their own though.. Im pretty sure my local wont have that on the premises

 

[Cocko]

Nath when I lived in Broome I was huge, 128 kgs and only 175cm tall. I could drink shitloads and still not get pissed which I put down to my size, but also probably because you sweat a lot of it out in the tropics.

Since moving back to Melb in 2007 Ive lost 38 kgs but Ive noticed I can still generally drink a lot and not be to pissed. I have a breathalyzer in my car which belongs to the company I work for and gets calibrated every 6 months so is accurate and Im often way under what Id expect to be and compared to everyone else. Also Ive noticed I can go from say .03 down to zero in a very short amount of time. Up at the King Valley on the weekend I was .015 when we left and 10 mins down the road got pulled over by an RBT cop in Oxley and blew 0.
Everybodys different I suppose.

They say you give up one habit for another and Ive given up eating too much but now started smoking again after 12 years of quitting. Will have to work on giving up in the new year.

 

[Rowy]

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Got the cranky pants on tonight cocko. No action at the public toilets?

 

[Cocko]

Got the cranky pants on tonight cocko. No action at the public toilets?

I am not sure whos pants they are.. and yes, the glory holes are empty, damn financial crisis'

:icon_drunk:

 

[yum beer]

I usually have 2 glasses on Friday and Saturday arvo and 1 or 2 on Sunday.
Any more than that and I start to get a little messy.
Occasionally I will have 1 earlier in the week depending on whats happening.

 

[eamonnfoley]

I try to limit myself to make sure I dont often have a hangover for work........ And on weekends not beyond the point where I cant enjoy the taste of the beer.

And by the way - most of you are liars!!! Beer is good, dont be ashamed!!!!

 

[TasChris]

Most days of the week 0-2, maybe a couple each day on the weekend.
Then again some days I just like to get fucked up ( only for the taste of course)

Cheers
Chris

 

[alcoadam]

It all started with "we should have 1 alcohol free day a week". This quickly progressed to 2 and now 3. So you work hard and go without a drink all week - come home Friday and it's recommended you not exceed 2 standard drinks....so u better not finish that second schooner!....pigs arse!

I don't cook a slow roast on Sunday because I only feel like a single slice and I don't involve myself so much in brewing to have only an "occasional" beer.

These strict guidelines health authorities set may be somewhat true, though they probably recommend also you live off lettuce leaves and tofu....and go to church on Sundays to extend your days.

Health freaks get run over by buses or die of rare diseases.....oh, and for the record I'm on my 5th or 6th (though I did start early). :chug:

 

[milob40]

i only drink on days with a "y" in them h34r: . i have no problem with "beer free" days but the beer free nights.... wtf?
if you want a beer, have a beer, not a guilt trip. :icon_drunk:

 

[thedragon]

Weeknights it'd be 2 longnecks, and on the weekend it'd be closer to 4. One AFD per week.

Unless I'm bottling at the weekend and need to empty a few - so that they can be refilled - then I'll ramp it up a little...

 

[Muscovy_333]

Couple of stubbies a night on average.
After the small child goes to bed it helps me wind down...
I'm having a sneaky tibble tonight while the rest of the family are in bed..
Drinking on my own...uh oh..

Well actually I'm drinking with you guys..phew!