[quote]Nikiforos wrote:
lixy wrote:
My only regret is to have come to that realization at your age. Alcohol is an awful awful drug.
‘Everything in moderation, nothing in excess.’[/quote]
Fuck that.
“The Road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom”. - William Blake
or
“In the destructive element, immerse!” Joseph Conrad.
I am a notorious drinker, and alcohol has given me far more fun than it has regrets. That’s the God’s honest truth.
As I get older, I find that I’m not going out so much and only really drink on the weekends at all, and sometimes, in a massive turn for someone like me, not to excess.
It’s an interesting experiment. The problem with me is that if I don’t drink for three days, I could care less about boozing. However, once I sit down for one, it will turn to twenty. Hence is the case most Saturday nights.
I blame this on my lack of a girlfriend. I am wrecklessly irresponsible.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
Nikiforos wrote:
lixy wrote:
My only regret is to have come to that realization at your age. Alcohol is an awful awful drug.
‘Everything in moderation, nothing in excess.’
Fuck that.
“The Road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom”. - William Blake
or
“In the destructive element, immerse!” Joseph Conrad.
I am a notorious drinker, and alcohol has given me far more fun than it has regrets. That’s the God’s honest truth.
As I get older, I find that I’m not going out so much and only really drink on the weekends at all, and sometimes, in a massive turn for someone like me, not to excess.
It’s an interesting experiment. The problem with me is that if I don’t drink for three days, I could care less about boozing. However, once I sit down for one, it will turn to twenty. Hence is the case most Saturday nights.
I blame this on my lack of a girlfriend. I am wrecklessly irresponsible.[/quote]
I haven’t had alcohol in a very long time. I do miss it, but I figure that working out every day is tough enough. I see how many calories are in an itty bitty lovely shot of Patron! Eeeks! I don’t want to work THAT hard! LOL ~ I drank more than enough when I was in the USMC. So now I don’t. You’ll get used to it. Not that big a deal once you break the habit.
I went out to the bar tonight and had 2 dinners. You know what I got to drink Milk. The bartenders were all ready to serve me alcohol i was like “Nope…Give me a milk” Fuck wasting all my effort for a godamn drink. No way.
I’m the “experimenter” drinker. I’ll try a beer just do try it. Sometimes that can go badly…if there’s too many beers to try. But that doesn’t happen often. There’s too many beers to try in the world.
started drinking at 14,loved it ended up drinking a pint of whiskey walking to h.s. really started drinking heavy at around 22 or so,fifth plus beer everyday.never missed a day of work.stayed that way till i was around 43,was no problem to drink 2 fifths at a sitting.ended up in hospital,screwed up my pancresis(sp)dr.said basically you drink you die.so joined a gym. and i love it.still go to the club(vfw)have my diet pepsi.lifes 10x better,sober pushing 5 yrs.
Well I went through my phases of drinking and drugging excessively. About a year and a half ago I was drinking about 4 times a week, and drinking HARD. Felt like shit everyday, ate junk food all the time, and I never even realized how much it sucked.
Got into the new lifestyle and restrained for a long time, but I find that I still sometimes get a bug in my ass and have a couple drinks. Most of the time though I just have a couple of shots of tequila every hour. Keeps me from getting wasted, and I drink water between shots so I stay hydrated and don’t feel as bad in the morning.
Weird thing is how much I can still drink. I went to Austin this last weekend and Friday night drank beer with friends for the first time in forever. After about a 6 pack we went to the bar and I took a couple shots of tequila…then a couple shots of jaeger, then a couple jaeger bombs…and when I think about how many drinks I actually had I can’t believe I was lucid and not even THAT drunk. HOwever, I wanted to die in the morning.
Dont drink or get high. Havent in 7+ years. I was I was young when I gave it up (23) so initially part of me felt I was ‘missing out’ at times, but that was short lived. I got into training and healthy living a few years later. I think my biggest concern at the time was the whole ‘wtf am I gonna do now’ thing. Once I realized that I could still get laid without drugs and alcohol I figured the rest would work itself out.
[quote]BodyBldgBabe wrote:
dday wrote:
I’m half Irish half American Indian which basically means I drink way too much and can’t handle it. Seriously, I’ve never been much of a drinker but when I used to I’d get black out drunk, which could be considered a problem, so I quit.
Oh my gosh…this is helarious!!! Im Cherokee Indian and Irish myself. I SHOULD be a drunk!!! I was the same exact way when I was younger. I’d drink till I fell over. I love the feeling of being drunk. Im fucking Super Man, will do anything, and Im funny as hell after a few martinis or shots of tequilla!!!
But now Im old and luckily a little wiser and just thankful to be alive so my drinking is limited to once every 3 to 4 years…if that. I dont miss it at all.
B-3
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Yep that was me, I only drank to get drunk and wouldn’t stop until I couldn’t lift another drink, sad really. I had to many times of either puke or die, to many times finding my truck parked across the driveway (thank God I didn’t kill myself or more importantly anyone else).
I finally came to realization that my health and the lives of others are way more important than having a few(hundred) beers with the guys. I never was a mean drunk, I too was the funny one the life of the party but it’s just never worth it. I figured out I had a problem and said F that, I just won’t drink anymore, I can’t say I won’t ever drink again but it won’t be anytime soon and won’t be without a DD.
I don’t drink. I drank plenty in high school and the first half of my undergrad, but I haven’t drank in a couple years. Being in college and just being younger in general it certainly makes socializing much more difficult.
While I do have friends that don’t care that I abstain from alcohol, the large majority of people almost seem threatened or uncomfortable if I’m at a party and don’t have a drink in my hand. If I bring a sixer of non-alcoholic beer it helps, as I guess it seems I’m still partying.
[quote]Sikkario wrote:
I put creatine in my Whisky, and then go and curl a dead polar bear for a few reps in the squat rack. Then go piss acid all over it to dissolve its stinky carcass.[/quote]
I don’t drink never have never will. I have never even tasted alcohol. Something about seeing my uncles piss drunk on the floor or coughing up blood really made me think twice about it.
I drank fairly heavy in HS. Since then I have wised up a bit, in no small part due to this site. My main problem is I have an ungodly tolerance, so even if I don’t get terribly drunk I still have a nasty hangover. The other problem is that I become a much nicer, calmer, and more reasonable person when I drink. Now that I am in college I have cut back, though not stopped entirly. The fact that I have to wake up before dawn on weekends helps me avoid drinking as well.
Having lived in Europe, I think there is not so much of a difference in drinking cultures. People try to drug themselves into oblivion everywhere. Having access to quality booze from a younger age means that people there are more likely to drink for an enjoyment other than that of being utterly shitfaced. Personally a glass of good whisky makes me happier than a bottle of cheep vodka.
[quote]toejam wrote:
started drinking at 14,loved it ended up drinking a pint of whiskey walking to h.s. really started drinking heavy at around 22 or so,fifth plus beer everyday.never missed a day of work.stayed that way till i was around 43,was no problem to drink 2 fifths at a sitting.ended up in hospital,screwed up my pancresis(sp)dr.said basically you drink you die.so joined a gym. and i love it.still go to the club(vfw)have my diet pepsi.lifes 10x better,sober pushing 5 yrs.[/quote]
Wow! Thats a great success story. Congrats on your sobriety!!!
[quote]xXSeraphimXx wrote:
I don’t drink never have never will. I have never even tasted alcohol. Something about seeing my uncles piss drunk on the floor or coughing up blood really made me think twice about it.[/quote]
Yeah…something about seeing your mom get the hell beat out of her by a drunk step father isnt exactly appealing either. Im feelin’ ya on this one buddy.
lol