Do you drink too much?

[Babylon]

24 minutes ago, Captain... said:

Do you live on your own?

I drink at home quite often sometime a bottle of wine with dinner, or just to unwind and watch tv with the missus, but very rarely on my own, that seems weird. The exception is if I'm online gaming with friends, even though I'm physically on my own I see it as a social activity so normal to drink, but I wouldn't crack open a beer to talk to someone on the phone.

No with the Mrs, neither of us drink at all at home really. If we drink, it'll be going around a few bars on a weekend before having a meal. 3/4/ drinks maximum probably even then. Going out for the footy on a Saturday with mates then it's another story. Anything between 4 and 12 pints depending on what we're up to.

In terms of drinking at home, speaking to friends we're definitely odd ones out, friends girlfriends and wives especially seem to get through it like there is no tomorrow. Perhaps having no kids yet is what's kept us sane and not needing a drink

My parents never drank at home, by brother doesn't either. So perhaps it's what you grow up around.

[cambridgefox]

1 hour ago, Crinklyfox said:

It's great if anyone can recognise that they are drinking too much but as Izzy said you have to have the motivation to change it.

A close friend of my wife became an alcoholic.  She didn't drink any serious quantity of booze until she was in her fifties but then started and it got worse and worse.  She hid the drinking from her family but it took over her life - she was lying to her husband and her children (not to mention her friends) about the drinking but we could all see her deteriorating.  She either lied to herself about the potential outcome or ignored it.  She had falls at home because of the drink, claiming to have had accidents, and her ability to care for herself deteriorated.  She relied on her family to look after the house and feed her.  Her focus on the drink alone came, I believe, close to obsessive and she alienated herself from her family, literally it was difficult to recognise the person she had become from the person she was.  She has been in hospital and rehab, neither of which stopped her craving for alcohol, and she is now in a care home having terribly mentally deteriorated.

For pity's sake don't let this happen to any of you who may be drinking too much.

So familiar.

When my dad died we had a bit of a clear out.He had a couple of sheds and a workshop in the garden.Coming across bottles everywhere.A lot of thought went into hiding places.So good he couldn’t find them I think.

We could laugh about it then, as it had been years since he had the problem.

My mums moving soon,I’m sure we will unearth some more!

[Unabomber]

He asked me if I drink 

[Guest Electric Yetis]

I was bought a box of 12 by my boss at Christmas. They're still unopened in the box in the kitchen. Just not interested in alchohol and it tastes like shite. I'm the other way as I wish I was more into it as it is a lot more social.

[RODNEY FERNIO]

Go carp fishing every year in France and my mates Uncle always comes with us.

We can't keep up with him … gets up at 5 in the morning and rarely goes to bed before one o'clock the following morning.

Averages two bottles of red wine and about eight beers a day and says the last time he did not drink alcohol was in 1968 when he had the flu.

Does not take any pills at all and last week celebrated his 82nd birthday.

[Manwell Pablo]

31 minutes ago, RODNEY FERNIO said:

Go carp fishing every year in France and my mates Uncle always comes with us.

We can't keep up with him … gets up at 5 in the morning and rarely goes to bed before one o'clock the following morning.

Averages two bottles of red wine and about eight beers a day and says the last time he did not drink alcohol was in 1968 when he had the flu.

Does not take any pills at all and last week celebrated his 82nd birthday.

As I’ve said on here before the liver is a funny organ some peoples are so efficient they can do the above for years.

Flip side of it is I found out someone I used to play football with died about three weeks ago. He had a drink problem which I presume must of been very bad as I saw him six years or so ago and he was fine and not drinking to excess. Anyway he died of liver cirrhosis aged 38.

[Parafox]

I am tonight. (see "How Was Your Day" topic)

[Parafox]

29 minutes ago, Manwell Pablo said:

As I’ve said on here before the liver is a funny organ some peoples are so efficient they can do the above for years.

Flip side of it is I found out someone I used to play football with died about three weeks ago. He had a drink problem which I presume must of been very bad as I saw him six years or so ago and he was fine and not drinking to excess. Anyway he died of liver cirrhosis aged 38.

Not just the liver that's affected, other necessary organs and glands are as well, pancreas, small intestine, bile duct, kidneys. The liver does so many things necessary for life. The production of digestive enzymes, glucose, bile for digestion insulin to break down sugars. Not to mention the management of toxins, of which alcohol is one, in order to keep the body functioning correctly, even in the regulation of blood pressure and the prevention of raised cholesterol, a significant factor in coronary heart disease and strokes.

Cheers. 

[Stadt]

I drink really inconsistently, I can go two or three weeks without any at all but once I get a taste for it again I probably booze far too often. Despite being at uni I can't say I enjoy clubbing that often, 5 or 6 beers down the pub is the optimal enjoyment I get from drinking. 

[Manwell Pablo]

8 minutes ago, Parafox said:

Not just the liver that's affected, other necessary organs and glands are as well, pancreas, small intestine, bile duct, kidneys. The liver does so many things necessary for life. The production of digestive enzymes, glucose, bile for digestion insulin to break down sugars. Not to mention the management of toxins, of which alcohol is one, in order to keep the body functioning correctly, even in the regulation of blood pressure and the prevention of raised cholesterol, a significant factor in coronary heart disease and strokes.

Cheers. 

 

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yes indeed but you’ve sort of covered my response in your reply, the efficiency of the liver dealing with the alcohol can reduce the effects it has on other organs.

alcohol damage effects pretty much every organ in your body from the skin to your brain

[Webbo]

44 minutes ago, Parafox said:

I am tonight. (see "How Was Your Day" topic)

I've just read that. You won't find any answers in the bottom of a glass mate. You've just got to stay strong.

 

I know that's easier said than done.

[Countryfox]

40 minutes ago, Webbo said:

I've just read that. You won't find any answers in the bottom of a glass mate. 

 

Works for me ...  

 

 

[HankMarvin]

On 27/08/2018 at 21:27, TiffToff88 said:

I'm currently watching "Drinkers Like Me - Adrian Chile's" on BBC2 and for me it's a real eye opener. 

 

I've been sat here totalling up how much I drink on a weekly basis and it's truly shocking. I'm 30 years old and I probably get through a bottle of whiskey and maybe 12-15 bottles of beer a week. And that's just what I drink in the evenings at home watching TV. Matchdays are a whole different ball game (excuse the pun). Apparently the recommended limit for an adult male is around 16 units a week (approximately 4-5 pints!)

 

As I write this, I'm on my 4th glass of whiskey for the evening. What is the definition of an alcoholic? I don't think I am one but I'm sure most alcoholics don't realise they have a problem. Although I don't feel the need to drink every night.

The key is not being dependent, can you not drink for a week or 2 weeks maybe a dry month once a year. If you struggle to get through a clean week then yes you probably have a dependency  

[DANGEROUS TIGER]

Keeping it simple, the answer is yes. I have cut down, but not enough, much to my shame.

[Koke]

Never was much of a drinker. I only drink alcohol at events and parties, and even then I only consume a limited amount. Can't remember the last time I actually bought alcohol with my own money.

[winteriscoming]

I do drink too much especially Friday and Saturday night. Like to go out and socialise and see friends. Helps me to get thru each week. 

[stripeyfox]

14 minutes ago, Koke said:

Never was much of a drinker. I only drink alcohol at events and parties, and even then I only consume a limited amount. Can't remember the last time I actually bought alcohol with my own money.

Are you my wife? 

[VLC86]

2 minutes ago, stripeyfox said:

Are you my wife? 

Sounds like an awkwardly words first FT proposal. Congrats guys.

[Buzzell]

I don’t drink enough.

[Jattdogg]

Drink too much tea.

[Jon the Hat]

5 days drink free for the first time in a while, partly due to being ill over the weekend, then motivated by Mr Chile’s the last couple of nights.  Feeling pretty good actually! Aiming for 4-5 drink free days a week, max 2 drinks when I do.  Enough!

[VLC86]

48 minutes ago, Jon the Hat said:

5 days drink free for the first time in a while, partly due to being ill over the weekend, then motivated by Mr Chile’s the last couple of nights.  Feeling pretty good actually! Aiming for 4-5 drink free days a week, max 2 drinks when I do.  Enough!

A max of 2 drinks when you have drink free days? I’m not sure that’s how it works...

[Simi]

Try and make an effort not to drink during the week. Occasionally crack open a bottle of wine in the week with dinner if work is getting on top of me. But rarely finish a bottle on my own in one weeknight.

Weekends are a different story though, especially if Leicester are playing. Minimum 9 hour session for a home game sees quite a few pints drank. 

2 day hangovers are becoming a problem though which doesn't help at work so try and be a bit more clever with it.

[Footballwipe]

Actually watched that doco last night. Thought Chiles comes across really well (always liked him myself, personally and never understood the stick he got when at ITV.) He came across as a normal bloke, sadly lacking in most media outlets these days, and offered a great insight into the issues (including his mum's weird assertion that depression isn't a thing!)

Couldn't believe the obese chap they featured, though. Seemed to just accept his situation and ticket to an early grave.

[TiffToff88]

It's been a lot harder for me the last 10 weeks because I've been unemployed (through no fault of my own) 

When I was in work I was largely limiting myself to mostly drinking just on Friday and Saturday evenings, but I've found myself drinking a lot more probably out of boredom recently. Luckily I'm starting a new job on Monday so hopefully I'll be able to get back into a more sensible drinking routine.