Some people can drink a couple of drinks and then stop, without any issues at all. Even if they're not driving later. Others apparently cannot, or at least, not without difficulty, and would definitely prefer not to.
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Do you limit your drinking?
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Do you limit your drinking?
23Yes. I drink exactly how much I choose to.56.52%13I can, but have some difficulty21.74%5I can, but have a lot of difficulty13.04%3No. I always keep going until I'm drunk0.00%0No. I always keep going until I'm really really drunk4.35%1I'm a member of Alcoholics Conspicuous4.35%1AndyW drinks me under the table0.00%0Down with racism. Long live miscegenation! -
I used to keep drinking until I'm drunk but as the hangovers got more vicious, I stopped. I'm sure I'll get caught out (I do occasionally with country wines and I've a batch of apple wine on the go) but generally the memories of wiped out weekends stops me from getting too ratted."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
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Is the purpose of this thread to find the alcoholics and have a go at them?"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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WCS^Originally posted by cojak View PostI used to keep drinking until I'm drunk but as the hangovers got more vicious, I stopped. I'm sure I'll get caught out (I do occasionally with country wines and I've a batch of apple wine on the go) but generally the memories of wiped out weekends stops me from getting too ratted.
Coupled with the thought of my 3 year old dragging me out of bed a 6am the next morning.
I stick to ale when I'm out, all my past wipe-outs involved spirits of some description.Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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[whisper]Originally posted by SueEllen View PostIs the purpose of this thread to find the alcoholics and have a go at them?
I don't think so SE, take a look at the CUK hangover thread...
[/whisper]"I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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Drinking limits me to a certain extent. I reach a point before I'm drunk where I don't want to drink anymore usually accompanied by an insatiable desire to eat pizza.Comment
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I certainly can't have one drink and not want another; I always want another. I can mostly stop myself, but every now and again I give in and always end up pissed off with myself for the subsequent wasted day.
It's a bit worrying. Makes you wonder how far away proper alcoholism really is.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Surely drinking alone is the biggest step towards alcoholism?Originally posted by VectraMan View PostI certainly can't have one drink and not want another; I always want another. I can mostly stop myself, but every now and again I give in and always end up pissed off with myself for the subsequent wasted day.
It's a bit worrying. Makes you wonder how far away proper alcoholism really is."A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It’s the s*** that happens while you’re waiting for moments that never come." -- Lester FreamonComment
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Why? Is a heroin addict not a heroin addict if he does it with other people?Originally posted by Freamon View PostSurely drinking alone is the biggest step towards alcoholism?Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Alcohol is a social drug. Not sure the same is true of heroin.Originally posted by VectraMan View PostWhy? Is a heroin addict not a heroin addict if he does it with other people?
I suppose there are alcoholics who go out drinking every night, I just imagined the majority of them to be lone drinkers reaching for the sauce at 10am."A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It’s the s*** that happens while you’re waiting for moments that never come." -- Lester FreamonComment
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