Poll: How many drinks do you have on a night out?

[silvagti]

4-5 pints is pretty much my limit on a night out. After that it’s soft drinks and coffee

 

[DanTheMan]

The worst part for me is the lying in bed at the end of the night with the room spinning and feeling like I'm going to chunder. The hangovers also suck.

I probably average 5 or 6 pints on a night out nowadays, however a night out usually only last from say 6pm - midnight. There's not a chance I can do an all dayer anymore.

 

[rumple9]

Usually 3 pints these days

 

[andy_mk3]

I drink about 3 times a year at best, probably 3-4 pints and I'm done for lol.

 

[R-evans]

Usually 6-8 pints before I move on to Bourbon or Cocktail. Never get a hangover.

Think it helps that I drink craft beer rather than cheap lager. Probably also helps that I drink at home on a weekend.

 

[Graetzbridge]

I drink about four 440 ml cider on an average evening.

 

[Captain]

Don’t drink lager anymore, just drink spiced rum and Coke all night but I’m not sure how many.

 

[Semple]

Don't go out very often, once every couple of months but when I do it's 10 pints minimum plus whatever I end up moving on to.

If I had that many I'd be spending more time in the gents than at the bar.

After about 3/4 pints I have the bladder of a 90 year old man. So it does eventually stop me drinking as everyone starts to wonder where I keep leaving for.

 

[Reuben klang]

Try not to go over 6, otherwise the hangover is brutal.

When it gets to 10, that’s when you’re losing a day. So try to stop at 6.

 

[explicit4u]

4-5 pints until I switch to spirit & mixers, otherwise the volume gets me before the alcohol.

 

[Feek]

If I had that many I'd be spending more time in the gents than at the bar.

This was genuinely the problem at the event I mentioned earlier in this thread. While we were at the brewery, It seemed like every ten minutes I was having to drain the tank. I've not drunk that quantity of liquid in such a relatively short time for years.

 

[Stu999]

I’m surprised how common switching to spirits is. A few years ago I just used to stick to lager / beer all night.

 

[BUDFORCE]

If you are talking what is hangover safe, it vaaaaaastly depends for me.

Sometimes I can have maybe 3-4 drinks and wake up with a really bad headache and just generally exhausted next day.

Other times I can drink literally 4-5 times that amount, and ok, I'm not fresh as a daisy but significantly better.

 

[Angilion]

When you’re out on the bevvies, what’s your typical consumption? Trying to get a feel for how I compare to others.

About a litre of beer. Maybe about half a litre of beer and 50ml of whisky, if the place I'm in has a whisky I like. Or one I haven't tried. Then it's non-alcoholic drinks for me.

I need to cut down cos my hangovers are getting too bad these days.

When your intake of your drug of choice poisons you badly enough for you to consider it "too bad", it's certainly a good idea to cut down on your drug use.

When I was younger, I misused alcohol to a silly degree. I've drunk myself unconscious. I've lost memory for hours on end. I've come to lying in vomit, probably my own. Been there, done that. What's the point? Alcohol is a fun drug in moderation, but it's addictive and poisonous and carcinogenic and while active it reduces your mental and physical capabilities. It can kill you quickly or slowly, directly or indirectly. If it was a new drug it would be illegal, probably class B, maybe even class A.

I was teetotal for about 15 years, until I was sure I could use alcohol in a moderate way. Trying to look at it from the outside, it's a bit odd how casually alcohol use is treated simply because it's normal. Quite a lot of people boast about using alcohol often enough to develop a tolerance for it. I'm not aware of that being true for any other drug.

 

[Sycho]

I never mix my drinks but can drink an awful lot it's ridiculous and I get no hangovers I can be up at 7am or so after a 3am bingefest.

When I was in Bulgaria in Sept the locals couldn't believe how much rakia I could drink lol.

I am going to cut it down though.

 

[Skilid]

3-5 pints any more than that and I feel crap the next day. I'm not a heavy drinker.

 

[McBain]

Out out? I won’t remember the day after. But it’s at least 10 pints, a couple of doubles and possibly a few shots.

Not as much as in my younger days though I’m a bit of a lightweight these days and stick to the lighter drinks like John Smiths.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

It's very disquieting to hear talk of Southern Comfort and Lemonade, double Malibu's, and other drinks which I thought they stopped making in the 80's. Are these still sold in the provinces?

 

[AiiR]

5/6 pints before taking a breather and moving onto gin and tonic later on.

Couple of electrolyte sachets and a pint of water before sleeping usually sees me right in the morning.

 

[Lartyconshayo]

Is it only me that feels hangovers get far worst and last much longer the older you get

The last time i got drunk my hangover lasted 2 days

Yes. I've pretty much stopped for this reason. Do enjoy a NA beer from time to time. Have recently tried Professor David Nutt's synthehol product "Sentia." Not quite the wonder horse I was hoping and it's tough to drink straight.