Letting the monkey out

Theophany

Theophany

Theophany

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So it's been a while since I let the monkey out with GD.

The Zen of Drinking Alone.

How many of you motley lot drink alone? It's something I very much enjoy on a Friday night. Me, a bottle of Jameson and Warren Zevon; but the common conception seems to be that this is the reserve of the problem drinker. My flatmate has recently taken to pointing out my alcohol intake - in the region of 50-70 units per week - as being problematic, something I don't agree with.

Is there an 'art' to drinking? Learning to understand and appreciate your limits? I've found that a lot of my work is centred around the watering hole - especially with clients, which means maintaining a significant degree of professionalism whilst not refusing a drink.

Bottoms up, GD! ;)
 
I do it a lot, i enjoy a few drinks every other night or so, usually in the form of a few dark ales, continental beers or cask aged beers, something strong with lots of flavour, dont get drunk though.

IMO theres a difference between drinking by yourself and getting drunk by yourself.
one suggests an underlying problem, the other one is just relaxing and enjoying the finer things in life.
 
steve45 said:
I do it a lot, i enjoy a few drinks every other night or so, usually in the form of a few dark ales, continental beers or cask aged beers, something strong with lots of flavour, dont get drunk though.

IMO theres a difference between drinking by yourself and getting drunk by yourself.
one suggests an underlying problem, the other one is just relaxing and enjoying the finer things in life.
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I agree, but 50-70 units a week is bangin' on the door of alcoholism. (And liver disease)
 
4T5 said:
Drinking alone is called alcoholism.
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Rubbish.

I drink on my own quite frequently and under the recommended limit. Drinking with others in town is boring as they talk about work or other things that I have no interest in. I socialise with others in the real world without drink. If i drank at home with others I would and have drunk way too much. I drink less alone.
 
I enjoy a bottle of beer after work sometimes (once a week) with dinner but I feel wierd drinking more than that by myself. No judgement on others who do, just that I would feel comfortable drinking more in social situations.
 
$loth said:
I enjoy a bottle of beer after work sometimes (once a week) with dinner but I feel wierd drinking more than that by myself. No judgement on others who do, just that I would feel comfortable drinking more in social situations.
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Weird; is that due to peer/social conditioning?

For me the problem surrounds the amount consumed, not the location.
 
weescott said:
Rubbish.

I drink on my own quite frequently and under the recommended limit. Drinking with others in town is boring as they talk about work or other things that I have no interest in. I socialise with others in the real world without drink. If i drank at home with others I would and have drunk way too much. I drink less alone.
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Is that under the driving limit or under the 'drunk' limit? or are you sitting there thinking 'whats the difference?' :confused:


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50-70 a week?!?! MAD!

Couldn't cope with that at uni....

There isn't an art to drinking, just coping with it...

Also letting the monkey out probably is an euphemism for exposing your self in public ;)
 
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