How much alcohol do you consume?

[Mea]

i used to be a pretty regular drinker, but no more.
haven't touched alcohol in months!

[Mea]

Wait, so why did you vote "regular"? I took regular as in at the very least, weekly consumption.

lol. i used to drink weekly, sometimes twice a week.


i kinda miss those times with those friends.

[jessica129]

Here I was thinking i was all innocent with my 12 drinks a week. You're all making me look like some sort of alcoholic.

[Expat]

Here I was thinking i was all innocent with my 12 drinks a week. You're all making me look like some sort of alcoholic.

I'm drinking red wine right now.

[jessica129]

Wine is good in small doses. My stomach can't handle much though. I've never had a worse hangover in my entire life after i drank a few glasses of red wine. It's the worst hangover, ever.

[cracka]

Wine give me the happiest and warmest buzz if I drink enough of it. I don't get in to many mixed drinks because that's when i'll more than likely feel like total shit in the morning...haha.

[redbaron]

The ESE husband drinks a glass of red wine every night. I only drink at parties. I like g&ts, rum & cokes, margaritas and red wine. Once I was at a benefit dinner and had the most amazing chocolate martini ever in my life. I only had one but it gave me an incredible buzz that lasted the entire evening. ahhhhh....oh and I can't drink beer. I kinda wish I could because I like the idea of it (as giving me the image of being somehow a more normal low-maintenance person) but I dislike the taste.

[redbaron]

But it isn't what it's made out to be in movies

what do you mean?

[munenori2]

Straight whiskey.

YEEEESSSS!

It's the way to be.

Here I was thinking i was all innocent with my 12 drinks a week. You're all making me look like some sort of alcoholic.

Well, no worries there. I'm trying to knock it down to about that number. My liver probably thinks I'm a huge douchebag.

[Satan]

You all hardly drink. It's sickening. *I* see myself as not drinking much anymore. And even I drink more than most of you seem to.

I mean, I'd probably drink 10 to 15 beers a week. Where's before, it used to be probably two to three times that, in equivilents.

[Khamelion]

social

[Joy]

Also machintruc, you are LSE according to your offensive descriptions.

LOL

[akeaneau]

What's the difference between occasional and regular?

I assumed that more than once a month on average means regular and voted for that.

How is that regular? I have to ask, are you American? Apparently they drink much less often than Europeans or Australians. Must be a hangover from the prohibition.

[Christy B]

nondrinker due to being seventeen years old. occasional drinker because i have friends.

does that = social drinker?
oh well, already voted.

LOL <3 you

[Christy B]

OK I voted social- which isn't exactly true. Basically I don't drink at all unless I intend on getting completely wasted. This usually happens if I am with my crazy party friends, but occasionally can happen when I am alone.

So I drink irregularly either socially or alone- and only to get totally smashed....

[Satan]

How is that regular? I have to ask, are you American? Apparently they drink much less often than Europeans or Australians. Must be a hangover from the prohibition.

Yeah, regular to me means eating out, drinking a couple of beers, seeing some friends, having a few drinks, and then a night of drinking. Or something along those lines.

[diljs]

I don't really dig alcohol and alcohol related activities in theory.

I do really enjoy the taste of wine, and wine is really good for you, so I drink a glass from time to time with certain friends.

I used to drink a glass every other night, but I quit that job...

[Joy]

How is that regular? I have to ask, are you American? Apparently they drink much less often than Europeans or Australians. Must be a hangover from the prohibition.

In Wisconsin people drink a lot more than in most areas of the country. Here drinking a few times a month is less than average. There are a lot of people who have at least 6 drinks every day. Of course, there are also a lot who don't drink at all.

Overall though, people in Wisconsin drink more both in frequency and quantity than people in most other places in the US. Someone my size drinking over a dozen drinks in a night out at a bar is not at all unusual.

[force my hand]

Lately I've been having a couple of beer a day.

[dbmmama]

i should drink more.

my hubby tries to get me to sometimes...it lightens me up irl.

[Mediator Kam]

The drunk driving record here is abominable.

[cracka]

You all hardly drink. It's sickening. *I* see myself as not drinking much anymore. And even I drink more than most of you seem to.

I mean, I'd probably drink 10 to 15 beers a week. Where's before, it used to be probably two to three times that, in equivilents.

I'm pretty much in the same boat. Sometimes I'll go out 4 or 5 times a week and have 2-8 beers a night depending on what i'm actually out doing. Other times I may go an entire week and only have a beer or two. I actually like the taste of Good beer though, so a lot of the times I'm drinking, it's because I just really feel like a good beer. I actually don't like getting smashed very much...lol, but that doesn't keep it from happening from time to time... ask my drinking buddies on stickam...hahaha.

[hellothere]

I only drink when I don't feel satisfied with the people I'm with (for example, if I go to a party and only know 1 person there, or if I have to socialise with people that I don't feel any connection with)

[UDP]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1Jcawh1_LR8

The song for Christy's road trip dream

[jessica129]

When i first discovered alcohol, it was bad...I had a lot of negative influences who drank very heavily on a daily basis and it almost made it seem like that was the normal, okay thing to do. I've seen a friend get completely consumed by it and i've unfortunately had to cut them out of my life. It's not easy being in that environment, you can get caught up in it. Of course whenever i'd pass on drinking, I was always labeled the "square". Even now, just about all the people i hang around with drink quite heavily...too much for my liking. I dont know how one can function drinking more than 2 or 3 nights a week but i guess it's just all in your tolerance level.

[Gilly]

And your propensity for alcoholism.

[jessica129]

I can admit at that time I did have a problem with it. That's why it pisses me off so much when people (jokingly or not) bring up that i drink a lot. I probobly haven't made much of an image for myself after some of the things i say, but I've changed a lot and am working hard towards giving it up for good.

BUT ANYWAYS.....moving on.

[akeaneau]

In Wisconsin people drink a lot more than in most areas of the country. Here drinking a few times a month is less than average. There are a lot of people who have at least 6 drinks every day. Of course, there are also a lot who don't drink at all.

Overall though, people in Wisconsin drink more both in frequency and quantity than people in most other places in the US. Someone my size drinking over a dozen drinks in a night out at a bar is not at all unusual.

Fair enough. 6 drinks every day is quite alot!

[akeaneau]

I only drink when I don't feel satisfied with the people I'm with (for example, if I go to a party and only know 1 person there, or if I have to socialise with people that I don't feel any connection with)

We've all been there

[Minde]

I think I've had alcohol maybe two or three times in my life (not counting medicines and whatnot) and I've never been drunk on it. I'm not against alcohol consumption provided it doesn't facilitate stupidity or bad behavior. And, personally, I don't want to get drunk because I don't want to lose control of myself.

So, should I put non-drinker, because it's so rare? Or occasional drinker, because it's not never?

[redbaron]

I think I've had alcohol maybe two or three times in my life (not counting medicines and whatnot) and I've never been drunk on it. I'm not against alcohol consumption provided it doesn't facilitate stupidity or bad behavior. And, personally, I don't want to get drunk because I don't want to lose control of myself.

I feel that way too. But there's this not-drunk but affected thing that I like about drinking. It's relaxing and opens me up to the point where I'm more willing to talk to people and be a little more fun than otherwise when my defenses are up. So that's why I like to drink socially. Getting smashed though? Nah. But I'm old and past that sort of thing anyway.

[dbmmama]

I feel that way too. But there's this not-drunk but affected thing that I like about drinking. It's relaxing and opens me up to the point where I'm more willing to talk to people and be a little more fun than otherwise when my defenses are up. So that's why I like to drink socially. Getting smashed though? Nah. But I'm old and past that sort of thing anyway.

+10

[Minde]

I feel that way too. But there's this not-drunk but affected thing that I like about drinking. It's relaxing and opens me up to the point where I'm more willing to talk to people and be a little more fun than otherwise when my defenses are up. So that's why I like to drink socially. Getting smashed though? Nah. But I'm old and past that sort of thing anyway.

Even that amount of affectedness might be a little too much for me, unless I'm around people I already know and trust. I don't know, it just makes me uncomfortable thinking about it. I guess I can't know for sure unless I try, but then again I have no real reason to try it. I'm usually happy the way I am and when I'm not happy or comfortable there are other things that I have and can do to help me that don't have as much potential for addiction or destructiveness as alcohol. Personally speaking.

[redbaron]

Even that amount of affectedness might be a little too much for me, unless I'm around people I already know and trust. I don't know, it just makes me uncomfortable thinking about it. I guess I can't know for sure unless I try, but then again I have no real reason to try it. I'm usually happy the way I am and when I'm not happy or comfortable there are other things that I have and can do to help me that don't have as much potential for addiction or destructiveness as alcohol. Personally speaking.

okay. no offense, I'm chuckling because you sound exactly like my EII mom.

[machintruc]

I think I've had alcohol maybe two or three times in my life (not counting medicines and whatnot) and I've never been drunk on it. I'm not against alcohol consumption provided it doesn't facilitate stupidity or bad behavior. And, personally, I don't want to get drunk because I don't want to lose control of myself.

So, should I put non-drinker, because it's so rare? Or occasional drinker, because it's not never?

if you drink less than 2-3 times a year, you should consider yourself a non-drinker.

[Minde]

okay. no offense, I'm chuckling because you sound exactly like my EII mom.

None taken.

@ machintruc - Ok, I will vote accordingly.

[tereg]

if you drink less than 2-3 times a year, you should consider yourself a non-drinker.

Then in that case, I'm a non-drinker.

[Wittmont]

Wow, maybe it's a EII thing. My EII mum says exactly the same things as Minde

I used to drink like a sponge when I drank - a regular booze hound (ie roaring drunk two or three days a week) back in my uni days. Nowadays I get somewhat drunk perhaps once a year, and very rarely touch alcohol at all, not even beer. I guess I simply got tired of waking up and singing the old - "Oh Lord never again" hangover prayer... I have relatives that are alcoholics, I decided I don't want to go down that path.

[FDG]

I barely have control of myself even without a drink

[machintruc]

I barely have control of myself even without a drink

You should try lacking sleep, it pretty much makes you feel you're ---.