How often and how much do you drink per week?

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TallBill

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Apr 29, 2001
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All depends on the week. Way too fucking much. Last Sunday I got blackout drunk at a disco, Monday I had maybe 6 beers, Tuesday I got messed up through alternative means, Thursday I got blackout drunk, friday i had about 10 drinks while I was bartending and then about 10 more after, today I had about 3 drinks during work.

Tomorrow im going for beers with my dad and then off to the disco.
 

BoomerD

No Lifer
Feb 26, 2006
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Very little. I bought a 24 pack of Kona beer at Costco a couple of months ago. I think there's still 10-12 left. MOST of what has been used has gone into cooking, brats, beer can chicken, etc. Between my wife and I, we've maybe drank 6-8 of them.

T'was a time when I put away a fifth of Crown Royal every night. Never missed a night...or a bottle.
Happily, those days are long behind me. I can enjoy a beer or drink on occasion, might even get plastered at a luau...or might not have a drink of any kind for months at a time.
 

Locut0s

Lifer
Nov 28, 2001
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All depends on the week. Way too fucking much. Last Sunday I got blackout drunk at a disco, Monday I had maybe 6 beers, Tuesday I got messed up through alternative means, Thursday I got blackout drunk, friday i had about 10 drinks while I was bartending and then about 10 more after, today I had about 3 drinks during work.

Tomorrow im going for beers with my dad and then off to the disco.

Any of these involve the awesome girl you are seeing?

Any specifics on what the "alternate means" are? :awe:
 

Locut0s

Lifer
Nov 28, 2001
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Very little. I bought a 24 pack of Kona beer at Costco a couple of months ago. I think there's still 10-12 left. MOST of what has been used has gone into cooking, brats, beer can chicken, etc. Between my wife and I, we've maybe drank 6-8 of them.

T'was a time when I put away a fifth of Crown Royal every night. Never missed a night...or a bottle.
Happily, those days are long behind me. I can enjoy a beer or drink on occasion, might even get plastered at a luau...or might not have a drink of any kind for months at a time.

Yes I remember you saying this before. Is it just age catches up with you or a realization of how stupid you were being? Or a little of both?
 

TallBill

Lifer
Apr 29, 2001
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Any of these involve the awesome girl you are seeing?

Any specifics on what the "alternate means" are? :awe:

Sunday Monday and Tuesday were with her. Thursday I walked over to murphys bleachers to watch the baseball game and ended up meeting people and getting free shots of rumplemintz from the bartenders.
 

BoomerD

No Lifer
Feb 26, 2006
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Yes I remember you saying this before. Is it just age catches up with you or a realization of how stupid you were being? Or a little of both?

I think it was more that I was just tired of it all. I quit drinking, quit a job at the local electrical utility where I had been for almost seven years, (and was the source of a lot of the stress in my life) and went back to construction. After I quit drinking, I'd still go to the bar after work with the crew, (I was working out of town and living in a motel) but I drank iced tea or coke...no alcohol at all. Didn't touch a drop for about 6 months...
 

Dr. Zaus

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Don't those who believe in Jesus statistically drink more?

I don't know; I guess it depends on which one of these guys you're thinking of:
Jesus&


Tomorrow im going for beers with my dad and then off to the disco.
Wow... that sounds like a winner right there folks...
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WelshBloke

Lifer
Jan 12, 2005
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Probably about 3 to 4 beers a day on average.
I've cut out spirits and cut down on wine.

Why has Christianity been brought into this, I don't remember anything in the Bible against boozing.
 

Locut0s

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Sunday Monday and Tuesday were with her. Thursday I walked over to murphys bleachers to watch the baseball game and ended up meeting people and getting free shots of rumplemintz from the bartenders.

Is this week representative at all of your usual drinking habits?
 

eLiu

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Jun 4, 2001
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Kinda depends... i can comfortably toss back 3/4 bottle of whiskey/night. But I don't do it often b/c it's not exactly cheap, lol. So on the high end I think I consumed like 2 or 3 bottles of whiskey in a week but there are also many weeks where I don't drink at all.
 

mcurphy

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Feb 5, 2003
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I usually drink 1 or 2 nights a week. I can drink anywhere from 18-20 beers on a good night to maybe just 2 or 3 if I am tired an not really feeling it. I drink domestic beer, usually Coors Light.
 

HamburgerBoy

Lifer
Apr 12, 2004
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I've had a bottle of scotch for ~6 months now and I still haven't finished it, and aside from maybe a bottle of wine or two (can't remember exactly) I haven't had anything else over that period. FWIW when I do drink it's usually ~3 drinks to get me comfortably buzzed, which I do about once a month.
 

stargazr

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I get wicked headaches from beer and wine (from as little as a glass). For some reason Tequila worked for me. I worked up to a bottle a week or so.

But after awhile my body began to protest, started getting headaches so I tapered off. This was several years ago. There's a bottle of Camarina in the fridge for over half a year and it's still almost full.
 

xSauronx

Lifer
Jul 14, 2000
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lately ive reduced my intake, id say, to...maybe 8 drinks a week. i was probably doing 12 - 15 most of the year up until a couple of months ago. id have a couple of beers every night an then for sunday dinner with friends id start at 1 or 2 and stay over til midnight, so there was a few more.

i dont generally drink to get drunk, i like good beer, decent whiskey, and wine now and again...so when i drink i take my time.
 

AstroManLuca

Lifer
Jun 24, 2004
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I have about one beer every two weeks. But that's averaged out; more likely I buy a six pack every few months and then drink it over the course of a week.
 

brainhulk

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Sep 14, 2007
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my buddy just found out he has an enlarged liver from too much drinking. So he has to lay off the sauce forever.
I have no idea what to do today when I come over to watch football, lol.
Do I drink in front of him and make him hate life?
Do I not drink and torture myself the whole time i'm there?

fuck it, i'll try to hold off. But the second one of the other guys cracks open a beer, i'm chuggin
 

child of wonder

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Aug 31, 2006
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Probably about 4-5 beers per week on average. Every other month or so I might have more. Friday night I was at a party and had 3 beers and 3 mixed drinks.
 

GasX

Lifer
Feb 8, 2001
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When I was in my 20's I drank prodigious amounts, but now that I am in my 40's have three kids and feel a hangover for three days, I drink 1 beer a day most days of the week and that's it.
 

IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
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For the past twenty or so years the average would be zippo. Now if I average my middle school through college years into that...
 

alkemyst

No Lifer
Feb 13, 2001
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I usually drink 21 light beers Friday to Sunday. i don't drink during the week usually.

Been in classes lately so studying and all that. I put down about 12-18 per day the last week.

Went to a Tilted Kilt last night and did two of their 100oz beer towers.

Definitely not good if I was doing it daily.