Drinking Culture sucks...

Where I live, it's accepted, if not actively encouraged, to get smashed on a weekday and wake up the next morning on the street. You see people drinking during lunch before going to work.
Yet if you get caught with an ounce of weed, you're treated a monster.
 
TeTe said:
I've been sober for almost 16 years and I don't miss drinking. I stay in great shape too and not drinking helps a lot.

I never could understand why the 20-something yuppies make it a point to spend Friday and Saturday getting black out drunk at the bars and spending the next day hungover. Amateur hour I suppose when you're young but it seems like a sad way to live. Most though, wise up when they get a bit older and realize they are overweight and don't recover as fast as they used to.
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I find it worst in a woman, if she lets herself go early, by the time she has reached 30, there is no coming back for her in the looks department, and let's be honest; a man the first thing he is interested in it's the looks, then her personality, and if she looks like shit when she is 30 she is going to have a really hard time in the dating world.
 
You just gotta know how to drink, and where your limits are.
I have a pretty high tolerance, so it's rare that I get drunk, BUT, if I drink a lot, I will feel the hangover the next day if I didn't hydrate properly throughout the night. And I have famously horrible hangovers that put me out for the whole day, so I just make sure I hydrate and have eaten before drinking.

Alcohol isn't good for your body (for the most part), but a lot of things aren't good for you, and we still do them. But alcohol is good for your social health. There are a shit ton of people and experiences that I would have never had in my life if I didn't drink. There are a lot of conversations that could only get started over a beer, or after a round of shots. It's a bonding thing.
There's an old saying about not trusting a guy that doesn't drink. I somewhat believe in that. Drinking with someone gives me a glimpse into who they really are, and if you won't do that, you're kind of shutting yourself off, imo.

I get that after you have a family and stuff, the days of shots and keg stands are pretty much done, but you at least gotta get a good buzz going every now and then and have conversations about buttholes and hypothetical situations about what animal you would rather have to fight to the death.
 
TrevorRoss said:
“Working the on doors”.....fee fie fo fom. I smell the blood of an Englishman. In what city? What is your craziest story?
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London, Norwich, Bristol and now a large town.

Too many, but a couple stand out: fighting the Jamaican ambassadors son in a ring of people on the street, diving for cover in a drive by and seeing a colleague dive to protect another one of us (we busted his balls for years about how gay that was). Once Andy C a DJ came and no one believed it so there was just staff at the club, never saw anything like it. We got a private set and had a good time
 
BEER said:
Apparently Americans are drinking more than ever. So you'd be wrong.

And I suppose it depends on your social circle or visibility but as an Uber driver, I see Millenials constantly trashed. Any day of the week.
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I guess %-wise, it is up. Kind of a shock to me, b/c alcohol has to compete with legal weed now. I guess there are less religious people in this country. There was more of a norm to go to the bar after work and where I work, liquid lunches were the norm back in the 80s.

I have talked to several older bartenders who talk about how business is not what it used to be. More people meet on line and there is legal weed
 
So lemme get this straight here.

A woman you weren't attracted to socialized with you while you were buying drugs from her.

She invited you to a different business where you could use another drug with her, but you're disgusted because you like the first drug and not the second?





"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
-- Benjamin Franklin
 
bubbleboyjones said:
I can't remember the comedian but he had a bit about "the bar is always 21".

It's something most gradually stop doing as they approach 30. If you are seriously hitting bars later into life then thats a serious issue. Obviously at any age you can say it's a waste but it's a natural part of most people's social circle in their younger years. Your energy and ability to handle drinking makes that night life an enjoyable thing when your young but holy shit as you age it's a nightmare thing.
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And then by the time you're 30 and already have a mate at home and more bills you're thinking..............

Why waste money at the bar? I can go to costco and get a case of beer and a big pack of ribeyes and invite a few people to my house for the same budget it would take to pay for my own drinks at a bar.

And again, you literally save enough money to pay for the ribeyes as if they were free.

What bar ever gave you free ribeye when purchasing a few beers?
 
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TeTe said:
I've been sober for almost 16 years and I don't miss drinking. I stay in great shape too and not drinking helps a lot.

I never could understand why the 20-something yuppies make it a point to spend Friday and Saturday getting black out drunk at the bars and spending the next day hungover. Amateur hour I suppose when you're young but it seems like a sad way to live. Most though, wise up when they get a bit older and realize they are overweight and don't recover as fast as they used to.
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WHen you've run out of originality and drive to accomplishments, you end up with self-harm. Probably and evolutionary genetic trait.
 
BEER said:
Apparently Americans are drinking more than ever. So you'd be wrong.
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No way. In the years post-independence, the US was literally a country of male drunks. The fathers of the constitution were absolutely horrified.
 
Phlog said:
London, Norwich, Bristol and now a large town.

Too many, but a couple stand out: fighting the Jamaican ambassadors son in a ring of people on the street, diving for cover in a drive by and seeing a colleague dive to protect another one of us (we busted his balls for years about how gay that was). Once Andy C a DJ came and no one believed it so there was just staff at the club, never saw anything like it. We got a private set and had a good time
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Was the ambassadors son tough, or was he the typical soft privileged brat that thought he was?
 
BEER said:
Feel free to ask questions bud.
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Where is the live drinking thread?

Next time I drink (which will surely be soon) I will also post some stuff there. Last time I got very drunk (couple days ago) I found a couple random girls at a bar and went to an after hours and it was overall a very crazy random night.

Lately I have been out of control a bit when I drink and Iran great
 
I rarely drink during the week, but on a sat night I can crush 15+ beers. I'm stopping though. In 2017 I went without any alcohol for 7 months. Ima try to see how long I can go this year. Not even because I have an issue, but like you said it's super unhealthy. I gain like 10-15 pounds every time I start drinking beer again.
 
TrevorRoss said:
Was the ambassadors son tough, or was he the typical soft privileged brat that thought he was?
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Well, he started it by bottling and punching a colleague and that takes something, he was averagely strong 6ft ish, but he started pulling my hair whilst we were rolling and I called him a bitch so I guess that basically frames it :rolleyes:
 
Grundle said:
Could have gotten a blow job from the fatty

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I’ve always thought she was hot. It’s her stomach I think she’s got some rock in abs.
 
Orgasmo said:
I hardly ever drink alcohol of any kind, and friends and co-workers always have weird looks when I don't drink at social gatherings like I had failed expectation.
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generally-speaking, people who don't drink at social gatherings are seen as people who have alcohol problems. as in they are unable to have a drink or two without getting drunk. not saying it's fair, but it's reality.
 
I Am Legion said:
I binge drink every weekend, mostly Friday and Saturday, sometimes just one of those days. Never on Sundays.. I work hard and like to blow off steam on the weekends with friends and family. I don’t sit home and drink, it’s event drinking. BBQs, concerts, games etc.
It’s October so we have Halloween parties, Beer Gardens for Octoberfest, and a Jets game. None of that is fun without some pops. Now if that isn’t for you, fine.
As for the new idea that smoking weed every day has no ill effects, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
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i'm like you. i enjoy drinking during social events. it raises everyone's spirits. of course, it's never about getting sloshed. it's a wonderful thing in moderation. i liken it to people who carry guns. guns are never the problem. the problem, are the people who are irresponsible with them. it's the same thing with alcohol.
 
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