Dying for a Drink
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I've suffered many drunken injuries, but only burdened the NHS with it once in my life (required staples in the back of my head after falling over) -- and even then that was because my friends forced me to go despite my protestations that "it'll be fine in the morning".
I guess it is pathetic but personally I think I was more naive. I had hardly drank much before and didn't know my limits. Especially my Thunderbird limits.
Never been hospitalised through drink - or been sick or anything like that.
25 units every day for 52 days running? I've have best part of 25 units a day for the last 10 or 15 years years
Maybe that's why I don't get hangovers.Certainly shan't say how much that has cost (financially) - it's quite a bit though
Had quite a few alcohol related brawls. Also ended up in hospital from crashing a scooter cos i was hooning around while on holiday out in the Greek islands. Have been too drunk, but never enough to not remember the night. Which is a little unfortunate because, I have woken up to some cringe worthy moments ! But it's all part of growing up as I like to see it. Not been actually drunk in many yrs. Only like to get merry these days and call it a day.
Get young and hyper kids and that'll put an end to ever wanting to not stop, the night before and having to deal with a hangover & kids the next day !
Get young and hyper kids and that'll put an end to ever wanting to not stop, the night before and having to deal with a hangover & kids the next day !
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This, 95% of every person I know does nothing but work or uni and then drinks the rest of the time, I only know a handful of people with hobbies or interests, quite shocking really.
I'm also surprised at the amount of people on this forum who have ended up in a&e, shocking, I don't know hardly anyone who has, and I know a lot of people who drink endlessly as iv just said. (randomly I work in a local pub/club one night a week doing photos so see every sort of person and drunk person there is weekly, so fairly informed on the situation!)
Never been hospital but damn near close, luckily I've given that up (to an extent). About 2 years ago I got plastered and was sick in someones car I felt complete SHAME (although to my defence someone gave me a 3/4 full glass of vodka and a drop of coke, I sup'd it within minutes, being already very drunk this was a no-no). I was so out of it, so ill and felt shameful.
Some people don't learn and think its hilarious, something to brag about. Not me........having said that falling asleep in my electric chair having got stuck half on/off pavement on way home from local was a pretty funny tail. Luckily my dad found me half hour later snoring.
Some people don't learn and think its hilarious, something to brag about. Not me........having said that falling asleep in my electric chair having got stuck half on/off pavement on way home from local was a pretty funny tail. Luckily my dad found me half hour later snoring.
I really don't understand how people end up in hospital.
Some of my worst nights at University involved consuming well over 40 units and I never once had any problems. I got savage hangovers of course but you have to be a complete moron to end up in hospital. Even when you get to the point when you are throwing up you can usually just get on with the rest of the night.
Some of my worst nights at University involved consuming well over 40 units and I never once had any problems. I got savage hangovers of course but you have to be a complete moron to end up in hospital. Even when you get to the point when you are throwing up you can usually just get on with the rest of the night.
Currently with an arm in a cast due to dislocated elbow. Technically a drink related injury, but it wasn't an amount of alcohol I'd call excessive.
Only lost memory of a night out a few times. Most notably when we played ring of fire with a bottle of high commissioner each.
Only lost memory of a night out a few times. Most notably when we played ring of fire with a bottle of high commissioner each.
Watched it, I remember Panorama being a lot better than what I watched, so basically, the problem is still rife, Cameron banged on about cheap sider for the cameras while campaigning to get in power and we still have cheap booze stacked high and chemical cider on sale for £2 with people blaming other groups while showing what drinking does and people on death beds. Pointless TV
Oh well.
None of my mates have which I think stems from it, its all come down to the circle you are in, early teens all we did was play football/rugby nearly every night in summer then winter we would play on N64/Champ manager etc. always kept active and never ended up needing or wanting to drink cider in the park.
So when we went out or had house parties it was always tame to what I see people do now or stories I have heard about. Morals and being brought up in a respectful environment does combat a lot of the problems, aI know a few people that went off the rails but I can count them on one hand.
I am not a saint and had many shots on a night out but It comes down to self control and no matter how drunk you are, you still an judge things. I have done 5 lads holidays abroad and come back safe and sound. Drinking a lot of alcohol in the process.
Oh well.
None of my mates have which I think stems from it, its all come down to the circle you are in, early teens all we did was play football/rugby nearly every night in summer then winter we would play on N64/Champ manager etc. always kept active and never ended up needing or wanting to drink cider in the park.
So when we went out or had house parties it was always tame to what I see people do now or stories I have heard about. Morals and being brought up in a respectful environment does combat a lot of the problems, aI know a few people that went off the rails but I can count them on one hand.
I am not a saint and had many shots on a night out but It comes down to self control and no matter how drunk you are, you still an judge things. I have done 5 lads holidays abroad and come back safe and sound. Drinking a lot of alcohol in the process.
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I spent around 18-24 months of heavy drinking consuming around 40-60+ units per week.
Other than occasional aftermorning pain, nothing bad happened. My nutrition lecturer also said that while my uni diet and alcohol consumption was terrible, there was nothing wrong with it as long as I stopped after I finished uni, which I did.
Its the people who keep on doing it for far too long who end up with significant problems, otherwise 90% of students would wake up every morning in a hospital.
Other than occasional aftermorning pain, nothing bad happened. My nutrition lecturer also said that while my uni diet and alcohol consumption was terrible, there was nothing wrong with it as long as I stopped after I finished uni, which I did.
Its the people who keep on doing it for far too long who end up with significant problems, otherwise 90% of students would wake up every morning in a hospital.
Never had to go to hospital from it. The only person I can remember who had to was one of my mates a few years back. He had one and a half of those big bottles of Absolut vodka (straight from the bottle) after a night out when we went round to a house party. Few days spent in hospital for that one.
Of course, its a drug like anything, its very rare it will kill you over night, its the fact that the body is not designed for such abuse, I mean people end up with liver failure just by chance and never being a big drinker or kidney failure, the liver is the only organ that can repair/get back to healthy function if given the chance and before its completely ruined, most cases of alcoholic liver diseases result from the poor diet, imagine eating once a day if that, zero water but lots of alcohol, something has got to give and it does.
I was a student at a college but only went out once a week, going to uni has some stigma that you have need to drink every night, way more to life than drinking 4-5 times a week while you are at uni, I mean no wonder this country has so many tin pot degrees.
I rarely drink alcohol, I have a beer or two a few times year but I wouldn't miss it if I couldn't drink again.
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Same here and those few people don't drink much neither
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I had a stupid streak between 18-20 (20+ units a night) but never been arrested or hospitalised but bearing in mind a few nights I'm surprised I didn't need to be! Much more sensible nowadays, probably have about 4 pints a week if that, drinking to a point of forgetting just seems a waste now.
I figure its only a matter of time before the drinking age is raised if this problem continues as it has over the past few years?
The worst I've had is a memory loss of 12 hours, woke up thinking it was midnight or something until someone told me it was 10 in the morning.. cheap rum is awful.
The worst I've had is a memory loss of 12 hours, woke up thinking it was midnight or something until someone told me it was 10 in the morning.. cheap rum is awful.
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I started drinking at around 15. Got served in the local pud and my parents bought it me anyway or went to house parties. never caused much trouble really. don't blame the alcohol, blame idiots and our education, culture and laws.
