Nick Posted 27 January 2017 Share Posted 27 January 2017 12 hours ago, Parafox said: In my experience both personally and professionally alcohol affects different people differently. Personally, It makes me mellow and chilled and more social. I see people regularly whose demeanour is seriously negatively affected by alcohol. Along with that I see many people who are over-friendly, almost to the point of being embarrassed by them. So often, when I turn up to an alcohol related incident, I get so many bystanders who tell me I'm great and what a wonderful person I am for doing what I do. Equally I get called a green-suited **** and a twat and a ****ing nuisance and "why don't you do something for my mate you ****", I've been spat at, kicked, had my throat grabbed, pushed over and punched by the a bloke who's friend I was trying to treat. All drunk. Equally I've been praised, overly thanked, patronised, been called a hero, been many a strangers best mate. Again all drunk. It seems to me, obviously, that alcohol affects people in different ways, in terms of their moods, attitudes, emotions and responses. How does it affect you? I think its a lot about what you drink and the environment and culture one drinks in. Its Social Expectancy Theory! So I have six pints with drab colleagues in a local and I'm tipsy drunk but sat in a pub having chats. I have 5 pints of the same drink with pals I go out for a night on the town with and its more boisterous, ridiculous and laddish. This applies to substance use too - whilst there are physical symptoms of drug taking - many of them depend on what you expect the drug to do for you which correlates with mood and control. How else do we explain having the same number of drinks in the same time period yet can feel more drunk and display different behaviours in differing situations and environments when we 'expect' things to be different as a precursor to being in such an environment...... This is also can be associated with 'Group Identity Theory' dynamics, where individuals conform to a group by behaving in the manner which mimics the generic conventions or rules of that group in order to be accepted/fit in. Yes we 'learn how' to be drunken dicks in order to be more popular! Hope this helps @Parafox *Put's on tweed jacket and polishes leather elbow patches* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScouseFox Posted 27 January 2017 Share Posted 27 January 2017 couple bevs early doors; get more social, speak to people you don't know, be nice to people you don't like, enjoy the music a lot more ale later; get less social, speak to very few people for hours sometimes even seemingly disappear from a night, tell people you don't like just how much you actually don't like them, tell someone you aren't meant to that you love them, try to nob or kill someone depending if they are female or male, get put to bed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted 27 January 2017 Share Posted 27 January 2017 5 minutes ago, ScouseFox said: couple bevs early doors; get more social, speak to people you don't know, be nice to people you don't like, enjoy the music a lot more ale later; get less social, speak to very few people for hours sometimes even seemingly disappear from a night, tell people you don't like just how much you actually don't like them, tell someone you aren't meant to that you love them, try to nob or kill someone depending if they are female or male, get put to bed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkie1999 Posted 27 January 2017 Share Posted 27 January 2017 Alcohol, The cause and solution to all of life's problems. Homer Simpson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 27 January 2017 Share Posted 27 January 2017 My friends say it's makes me great, my partner says it makes me terrible. In reality I have no idea. I do find it weird how certain drinks effect me though, a couple of bottles of wine and I'm really pissed, yet 12 pints of strongbow I'm not, if I drink 3-4 shots Jaeger I get hammered, but I can have 10 double vodkas and still talk like I haven't had a drink. Never managed to work it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nick Posted 27 January 2017 Share Posted 27 January 2017 3 minutes ago, MattP said: My friends say it's makes me great, my partner says it makes me terrible. In reality I have no idea. I do find it weird how certain drinks effect me though, a couple of bottles of wine and I'm really pissed, yet 12 pints of strongbow I'm not, if I drink 3-4 shots Jaeger I get hammered, but I can have 10 double vodkas and still talk like I haven't had a drink. Never managed to work it out. See my post above yours! May have some relevance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 27 January 2017 Share Posted 27 January 2017 3 minutes ago, Swan Lesta said: See my post above yours! May have some relevance! That makes a lot more sense now, cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted 27 January 2017 Share Posted 27 January 2017 3 minutes ago, MattP said: That makes a lot more sense now, cheers. It may also be a social expectancy that your tolerance is greater for some drinks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crinklyfox Posted 27 January 2017 Share Posted 27 January 2017 My tolerance to alcohol is very limited now but I enjoy a decent pint or a glass or two of good wine. I find that drinking even in moderation can mess up my sleep. I fall asleep quite quickly but if I've had too much I'll wake up between 3 and 4 am and not be able to get back to sleep again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CollinsLCFC Posted 27 January 2017 Share Posted 27 January 2017 I only ever drink when I'm 'out out' really. I never drink with work the next day, did it a few times and had the worst hangover and learnt my lesson. Find I enjoy it more not drinking for periods of time and then going on a super boozer. But when I am drunk, I go into stag mode with the biggest horn and wake up lonely surrounded by chips and dozen of pissed of messages from majority of females in my contacts saying 'why did you try and ring me at 4am'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted 27 January 2017 Share Posted 27 January 2017 Haven't gotten drunk in a while - mostly just have a whisky or two as a good painkiller or a shot of brandy in a hot chocolate but when I did i was that guy who thought he had the solution to every political problem after six pints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokes Posted 28 January 2017 Share Posted 28 January 2017 I can be a complete an utter wànker, so I might as well drink. How much worse can it be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonthefox Posted 28 January 2017 Share Posted 28 January 2017 My trouble is that I don't know my limit. I'm the kind of person who can go without a drink for weeks. Then I'll have a night out and inevitably turn into the kind of person that really pisses me off whilst sober. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firegrande Posted 29 January 2017 Share Posted 29 January 2017 Drinking rum makes me loose my mind See the trump thread I'm officially on a drinking ban for a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rincewind Posted 29 January 2017 Share Posted 29 January 2017 I start nodding off after a fewor many. Don't do anything outragous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trav Le Bleu Posted 29 January 2017 Share Posted 29 January 2017 It affects my ability to construct a grammatically correct sentence when starting a new thread title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted 29 January 2017 Share Posted 29 January 2017 3 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said: It affects my ability to construct a grammatically correct sentence when starting a new thread title. : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 29 January 2017 Share Posted 29 January 2017 On 27/01/2017 at 10:17, Finnaldo said: How much would people consider their 'norm' to be in terms of weekly drinking? Drinking midweek has always been a bit alien to me and I'm only likely to drink at the weekend if Leicester are on TV down the pub or I've arranged to go out or meet my mates down the pub. Therefore my weekly norm is either nothing at all or possibly a pint, or if I go out about three pints and a few (maybe around four) mixed drinks. Very rarely drink at home during the week, my drinking is entirely social. If city are away, I could easily go a couple of weeks not touching a drop... then end up hammering 8 to 10 pints on a match day. Often consider stopping all together. Gave up for about 6 months when I had stomach problems and never felt better. Alcohol absolutely brings me down for days after a night out. But if I did I'd probably never socialise as watching everyone else get pissed is boring and I end up thinking they are idiots and going early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parafox Posted 30 January 2017 Author Share Posted 30 January 2017 15 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said: It affects my ability to construct a grammatically correct sentence when starting a new thread title. Yeah, I knew the title was missing the word "does" after I'd saved it but once it's done only the mods can change it. But thanks for being pedantic, where other's just left it, probably realising it was a simple error. It happens, ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beliall Posted 30 January 2017 Share Posted 30 January 2017 16 minutes ago, Parafox said: Yeah, I knew the title was missing the word "does" after I'd saved it but once it's done only the mods can change it. But thanks for being pedantic, where other's just left it, probably realising it was a simple error. It happens, ok? Pretty sure he was joking dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parafox Posted 30 January 2017 Author Share Posted 30 January 2017 40 minutes ago, Beliall said: Pretty sure he was joking dude I figured he was, knowing the general tone of his posts. Still, I got bristly because no-one else bothered to make a comment Maybe it's down to dry January. I need something to mellow me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 30 January 2017 Share Posted 30 January 2017 Weirdly now when I go on a three day bender I feel rougher on the 2nd and 3rd day (until a few have been sank) than I do on the 4th when in recovery mode, I can't work that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 30 January 2017 Share Posted 30 January 2017 1 minute ago, MattP said: Weirdly now when I go on a three day bender I feel rougher on the 2nd and 3rd day (until a few have been sank) than I do on the 4th when in recovery mode, I can't work that out. We went to Prague recently for my mate's missus birthday and it was ridiculous. I was told before I went that the beer was so pure, so fresh, I wouldn't get a hangover. I laughed. I get outrageous hangovers normally, even after just a few beers. I dehydrate a lot. But they were spot. Absolutely plastered on £1 beers one minute, ready for a marathon the next morning. Crazy. Makes you wonder how much horrific shit we must put in our beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 30 January 2017 Share Posted 30 January 2017 Its those dumps you do on the Monday after a Saturday that kill me. The ultimate flip of a coin, we're talking the single wipe n go we all crave or we're talking a disaster, not a clean break and a half a roll jobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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