Alcohol consumption

Angilion said:
Well put post
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Excellent advice. Alcohol damage can be slow and cumulative, you may not show the effect it's having on your organs for some time.
The fact that it's not getting you drunk is a danger sign, alcohol can cause reactions in the brains neuropathways, google "Alcohol and the brain". Some people are more susceptible than others, it's Russian roulette.
 
i drink far to much about 4 days a week normally and it is about 6-8 pints of beer or cider on they days.
 
6 cans a night is too much imo. Could you stop tomorrow? If not, you have a problem. I have several friends who drink every night too, I think they would all struggle to stop - and I find they often make excuses as to why they drink "I work hard", "it doesn't affect me", "I could stop anytime". You have no idea what the cumulative effects of all that alcohol is, nor about the future psychological effects - how many cans a night will you drink in 20 years?
 
im not denying its a problem im actually seeing some results from the excessive drinking of my body been damaged ive been doing this for about 6-8 years.
 
I haven't had alcohol for 4 months! :o Even then I'd only drink a glass of red wine from time to time during the week. I don't drink at weekends - maybe a beer or two, but never more than that. I'm just not a big a drinker anymore. I'm too health conscious and a bit of a body development freak now :o

I have no issues with people drinking though after all there's nothing like an ice cold beer in the summer, or a smooth spirit, or lovely glass of red with dinner... but I do have issues with people who feel they "need" a drink or depend on it, and drink excessively - it's a bit sad :(
 
SuBsTaNcE said:
I try to keep healthy...

I have around 6 500ml-750ml cans/bottles of lager each night after work
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Those two do not go together.
If you really tried to keep healthy you wouldn't drink 30 cans of lager after work each week, plus whatever you get through at the weekends.
 
i have a drink most nights...cant remember the last time I didnt have at least one beer.

usually limit to 1-2 a night.

last night, 2 beers and 2 glasses of wine with some dinner. tonight probably 1-2 beers (might be driving)

but 6 a night does sound excessive to me. I would have thought cutting back would do you good.

you could always go and see your doctor and ask him.
 
I don't understand people who sit in the house drinking. Surely it's a bit sad sitting there alone drinking can after can, there's much better (and healthier) ways to relax.

I hardly drink at all nowadays, it just doesn't bother me but when I do it's always with mates, on the town or down the pub, it's a social thing where you're having a laugh amongst friends, not sitting alone infront of Eastenders.
 
I hate drinking alone and i've only ever done it once.

If i'm by myself I prefer to be clear headed and I just simply don't even feel like drinking by myself (obviously a good thing health wise).

On the downside, when I do go for a drink with friends, it's never in moderation.
 
I'll probably drink a few beers on a weekend evening or couple of glasses of red wine with a meal over the weekend, thats about it for me really.

I used to love going out and having a skinfull, and for me the best night out was a sunday night, but that was when I started work late on a Monday. I just kinda stopped drinking a lot and to be honest I don't really miss it.
 
6 per night is a hell of a lot imo.

I haven't drank since before Easter now after deciding to cut down my intake. I would normally drink once (or twice) a week and have around 7-10 pints worth (not always pints tho) on a big night out or 4 cans or 6-8 bottles (of beer) in the house with mates of a weekend. I thought that was a lot and easily classed as binge drinking.
I go to the gym 3 or 4 times a week as well though but hit a plateau where I couldn't shift any more weight which I put down to the boozing!
 
6 large cans a night is a bad habit that you should lose. And if it doesn't get you drunk, why bother? I have in the past enjoyed a can or two after stressful days at work, but that's all it's ever taken to chill me out.
 
Im a week into what ive decided will be a long abstainance from alcohol.

Personally, i think if your drinking 6 bottles a night it might not affect you in an 'obvious' way (going by society and their yardstick of unhealthy drinkers), but you are in effect self medicating EVERY single evening for one reason or the other .... Ask yourself WHY you feel the need to consume alcohol to round off your evening - It sounds like you have an unhealthy connection with the idea of relaxation and how it has to involve a drug of some sort.

.... I can say this because ive decided to remove the constant merry go round of weekend drinking and lack of any real relaxation (i cant sleep much on booze) which is causing other things in my life not to function the way i want them to.

If your girlfriend is making comments aswell, the 'weight' reasoning might be her way of trying to get you to cut down without outright coming out and saying she doesnt like your dependance on alcohol.
 
I have a history of alcohol in my family. My mum was an alcoholic, told one more drop, she'd die on the spot, my dad was borderline, my nan was, my aunty was. I was brought up in pubs from a very early age and exposed to the culture. Drinking from early teens, pubs knew who i was and would serve me most times.

Now this may seem bad, but i know exactly the dangers of alcohol, what to drink, how much to drink and what damage it does. But, in my town, alcohol is king, the pub is where everyone spends their time,we know nothing else. I occasionally get kidney infections causing loin pain, often have no recollection on late nights.

On a friday or saturday i usually do 10 pints easily, sunday is increasingly becoming all day again, i'll do a dozen. Midweek i rarely drink however and spend it flushing it out of my system. People can say such and such is bad for you, but bodies are different, drinks are different. Understanding ones body is the key, not reading guidelines. My weight will never drop or gain a pound, ever, my blood pressure is perfect and my heart rate is in the fit range. I dont goto gym.
 
eidolon said:
I don't understand people who sit in the house drinking. Surely it's a bit sad sitting there alone drinking can after can, there's much better (and healthier) ways to relax.

I hardly drink at all nowadays, it just doesn't bother me but when I do it's always with mates, on the town or down the pub, it's a social thing where you're having a laugh amongst friends, not sitting alone infront of Eastenders.
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Might be a bit sad for the social drinkers, but for myself I have a few drinks to relax after a hard week of work when I can't be bothered with getting ready to go out again, organising an evening out with friends who are otherwise busy or dealing with the hastle of the home journey with taxis and drunken violence.

There might be healthier ways to relax but many can't be bothered with the hastle for the above reasons. As long as you aren't bing drinking then I don't see the problem. I used to drink about a bottle of Vodka each weekend on average until I realised it wasn't too healthy so cut right back on my intake. :)
 
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