The social drinkers thread

[VincentHanna]

Anyone here more of a social drinker, or only drink rarely?

My wife likes to have a drink on a Friday night, but I can literally go weeks on end without having a drink at home, and then will drink socially or for big events but that means my tolerance for alcohol has never been that great.

And I don't mean that I can't drink a lot. More the problem is that when I do drink a lot, eventually I hit a wall and start feeling a bit weird.

Not sick, just a bit weak and fatigued (different to being tired) which then means I can't drink anymore and end up slowly sobering up whilst friends/family seem to be able to power on through.

It doesn't seem to matter what I do (eat, drink water etc) I can only drink for about 6 hours before this starts happening. That might seem like a long time to some people, but on stag do's/festivals etc it can be a bit limiting.

On the plus side this usually means I don't have much of a hangover next day, but for example I was at a festival a few weeks back and we ended up leaving an hour before it finished because I couldn't carry on.

Anyone else have this or am I just a light-weight?

 

[throwaway4372]

I did my fair share of drinking as a student and in my 20s, but I'm long over it.
I really don't like the taste of it, any kind. I never have any in the house.
If I'm at a pub for food then a bitter shandy is my go-to, bit of a tradition I had with my gran.

I hate the whole drinking culture and think we'd better off as a society if we just banned the lot of it.
A+E waiting times. Alcoholics / homeless. Liver / other health issues. Violence. Sexual stuff. Waste of money.
It's just a trash-tier product generally.

 

[PlacidCasual]

I enjoy a drink several times a week.I probably drink 3 pints or more once every 6 weeks. I probably drink more than 5 pints once every 6 months. But have gone several weeks and even months without a drink on plenty of occasions but don't see a reason to do it more often.

When I regularly played rugby for teams going drinking with friends after a match was one the highlights of the week. I still very much enjoy socialising over a pint with friends and work colleagues. I'm lucky that I'm a freindly drunk, I'm generally very good a knowing my limit and stopping before I get there and have no particular problem not drinking if required.

Frankly I'm not sure I trust absolute tee-totallers I don't object to their choice I'm just perplexed by them.

Beer is great and sure proof God loves us and wants us to be happy

 

[Hagar]

I drank quite a lot in my twenties. Now it is more a bottle of decent beer once or twice a week.

 

[moon man]

I.like.to partake in the odd bottle of Pinotage tbh and would say I am dependent, maybe even an alcoholic but luckily I never drink on a school night (as the saying goes)
My problem is I get a massive buzz out of a bottle of red, every music video and thing I watch is X10 enjoyment.
So let's just say I am a **** head

 

[VincentHanna]

I.like.to partake in the odd bottle of Pinotage tbh and would say I am dependent, maybe even an alcoholic but luckily I never drink on a school night (as the saying goes)
My problem is I get a massive buzz out of a bottle of red, every music video and thing I watch is X10 enjoyment.
So let's just say I am a **** head

No judgement but you might find this thread more helpful

On The Wagon... then in 'ere!

After reading a thread in GD (LINK) about giving up booze and a few others posting about considering the same. It wasn't long before the penny dropped, why not do the same and maybe offer some encouragement and support to others. Well you know me folks, not one to shy away so where better to...

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[adidan]

My body decided that it doesn't like alcohol so only have a drink a couple of times a year.

It's most annoying.

I do think it's sad as people get older if they still drink like they did when they were younger.

 

[moon man]

No judgement but you might find this thread more helpful

On The Wagon... then in 'ere!

After reading a thread in GD (LINK) about giving up booze and a few others posting about considering the same. It wasn't long before the penny dropped, why not do the same and maybe offer some encouragement and support to others. Well you know me folks, not one to shy away so where better to...

forums.overclockers.co.uk

Yeah I have posted in that one, I think the utter boredom of sobriety is what causes me to fail and I think sod it life's too short.
My hobbies are great so it's not that, my personal relationships are rubbish so it could be that........

 

[VincentHanna]

My body decided that it doesn't like alcohol so only have a drink a couple of times a year.

That's what I am getting at, kinda.

Except my body has always been a bit like this.

On the rare occasion, I would quite like to be able to drink all day, but I can't hack it.

 

[Tykey]

i used to binge drink at weekends then go out clubbing with friends in my 20s, 20 years ago now. nowadays i don't drink. think i've had maybe 2 or 3 drinks in 20 years. i don't like the taste really. i've seen booze wreck lives.

 

[ianh]

Once I left the military, where an almost enforced drinking culture used to be a real thing now gladly gone, I only drink when I visit my friends back in Stoke, so probably 2-4 times a year at most and even then only at weekends as people work during the week. Once I passed 45 my tolerance for hangovers plummeted so even when I do drink I never get "staggering" drunk and stop well before that point as I just can't cope with the hangover next day

You'd probably imagine then that I'd also be a "lightweight" by now but the reverse is still oddly valid for me. For example, just a last month at a Gig in Manchester I had at least 15 pints (going off the bank card usage) over about 6-7 hours and was still virtually sober at the end of the night whilst my mate was an utter train wreck who could barely stand. Apparently I appeared to be so sober that people at the bar asked if I was the designated driver for the night rather than a fellow drunken bum

 

[wesimmo]

Anyone here more of a social drinker, or only drink rarely?

My wife likes to have a drink on a Friday night, but I can literally go weeks on end without having a drink at home, and then will drink socially or for big events but that means my tolerance for alcohol has never been that great.

And I don't mean that I can't drink a lot. More the problem is that when I do drink a lot, eventually I hit a wall and start feeling a bit weird.

Not sick, just a bit weak and fatigued (different to being tired) which then means I can't drink anymore and end up slowly sobering up whilst friends/family seem to be able to power on through.

It doesn't seem to matter what I do (eat, drink water etc) I can only drink for about 6 hours before this starts happening. That might seem like a long time to some people, but on stag do's/festivals etc it can be a bit limiting.

On the plus side this usually means I don't have much of a hangover next day, but for example I was at a festival a few weeks back and we ended up leaving an hour before it finished because I couldn't carry on.

Anyone else have this or am I just a light-weight?

Could it be a mild intolerance to something that starts to kick in rather than alcohol? Does it happen with all drinks?

 

[adidan]

That's what I am getting at, kinda.

Except my body has always been a bit like this.

On the rare occasion, I would quite like to be able to drink all day, but I can't hack it.

Could be this:

Could it be a mild intolerance to something that starts to kick in rather than alcohol? Does it happen with all drinks?

I know sometimes I can have a couple of sips and straight away get a banging headache. Red wine is the worst, could be a histamine thing or something else in the drinks.

No idea what it is but it's coincided with developing hay fever, not being able to eat gluten and having to watch stuff I use on my skin because it can go mental.

I have no idea though. Like I say red wine a definite no no, white wine tolerable to a degree, Guinness (which has a precursor to gluten in it was fine-ish (?)... Makes no sense, I gave up worrying and just stopped drinking.

Bloody bodies, useless

 

[VincentHanna]

Could it be a mild intolerance to something that starts to kick in rather than alcohol? Does it happen with all drinks?

Yeah seems to happen with everything

I do have hayfever, had it years. Could it be related? I don't tend to drink in hayfever season (though I did the other day)

 

[CaptainKimura]

Used to drink a bit in my 20s. But now, late 30s I can't tolerate it at all. My face turns red and blotchy, and I end up with a banging headache after a few mouthfuls.

 

[UTmaniac]

Used to have a glass of two of merlot most days in the mid to late 00s, then it would be a glass or two '10-'16 at family get togethers ~10 times a year, but since then I doubt I've had more than 10 glasses total per year (partly due to getting into cycling and trying but not always succeeding to stay the right side of 80Kg)...

These days I can literally feel a hangover coming on if I drink half a glass too quickly on an empty stomach!

 

[wesimmo]

Yeah seems to happen with everything

I do have hayfever, had it years. Could it be related? I don't tend to drink in hayfever season (though I did the other day)

I've got no more idea than anyone TBH! Just wondered whether it was maybe like wheat allergies or whatever but on a really small scale so it only affected you after a lot of 'whatever' in soluble form. Might just be you're weirdly allergic to it!