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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Webby the Bear on 08 April 2012, 22:15:25
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I remember when I was a youngster just starting out my working life. I was a Ward Steward serving tea, coffe, breakfast, dinners, cleaning etc at the Northampton General. I did a couple of eenings a week and the whole weekend and I don't think there was a time that I did a shift without a hangover. Always pissed as a youngster.
Now, I'm 30 this year (October if you want to buy me something.... I need a torque wrench that will go between 8nm and 40nm ;D) and I have to say that I have had to cut out beer drinking in the week simply because if I start drinking it'll turn in to a session... I can't just do one or two and stop.
So, really I wanted to know what your beer drinking habits are like and if you drink in the week are you affected at work? I have to add though I am a night mare at weekends. I love my beer and it really is proof that there is a God and he wants us to be happy.... for 2 days a week ::) but then comes Sunday and that's a day of ridding any hangovers and back to an early night ready for another weeks' long slog.
Discuss. :y
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About 4 pints a year Steve so I ain`t got your problems ;D
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About 4 pints a year Steve so I ain`t got your problems ;D
Fekin' 'ell, Rob. I know beer tax has just gone up but that's taking the piss! ;D
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I drink almost every lunch time and have done for more or less my whole working life - 42 years.
But in early days it was one maybe two pints at lunch and for last 12 years has been 1 or 2 glasses of wine. I do not drink much in evenings - and do not do much heavy drinking now. When people suggest a session after a meal at 11 pm I leave 'em to it now. At 30 I would have been up for it.
Impact on those around you needs to take precedence of course.
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I drink almost every lunch time and have done for more or less my whole working life - 42 years.
But in early days it was one maybe two pints at lunch and for last 12 years has been 1 or 2 glasses of wine. I do not drink much in evenings - and do not do much heavy drinking now. When people suggest a session after a meal at 11 pm I leave 'em to it now. At 30 I would have been up for it.
Impact on those around you needs to take precedence of course.
That's interesting cos I used to drink @ lunch too but I got far too sleepy coming back to work. Do you not then fancy getting home and having a session? Not out on the town or anything like that but just chillaxing with a few cold Peroni's. mmmmmm
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I think as you get older you can take it or leave it and sit at home quite happily without the need to be sat in a pub from opening to closeinng time.
That said If I go to footie you need a drink to watch my lot ;) ;D
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About 4 pints a year Steve so I ain`t got your problems ;D
Fekin' 'ell, Rob. I know beer tax has just gone up but that's taking the piss! ;D
That`s what you do Steve innit...............................straight down your neck mate ;D ;D ;D ;D
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I think as you get older you can take it or leave it and sit at home quite happily without the need to be sat in a pub from opening to closeinng time.
That said If I go to footie you need a drink to watch my lot ;) ;D
oh defo mate. i absolutely hate going out to pubs. i love sitting at home sinking a few cold ones though ;) just makes life seem a bit better lol
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I pretty much don't anymore. Once upon a time I worked where folks would go out once a week or so and I'd join them - but I was 16..
These days if I go out I'm driving (so don't drink) or people are going out in London which is a mare to get to so I don't bother going.. so it's very rare indeed that I'll have a drink. Half a glass of wine yesterday lunchtime (I was driving home in the evening) for my Dad's birthday was the last time in a few months..
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2 pints im on me back ;D
3 pints ill sleep all day ...us oldies need a sleep ::) :y
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2 pints im on me back ;D
3 pints ill sleep all day ...us oldies need a sleep ::) :y
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Aaron, i think you've highlighted a bit of a trend here. it seems that people are not going out cos of the hassle.
plus there's the expense of it. i get 4 pint cans of Carlsberg Export for £4 down't shops. i go to a pub and pay £3.40 for one!!!!! no fekkin wonder the pubs are all shutting. its ashame but no one's going to pay them prices for long
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Used to regularly drink 12-13 pints of a weekend night. Now I'm a grown-up, allegedly, but more importantly I tend to start work at 5am, and they dislike me coming in with a hangover, or worse, still unsteady on one's feet...
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Used to regularly drink 12-13 pints of a weekend night. Now I'm a grown-up, allegedly, but more importantly I tend to start work at 5am, and they dislike me coming in with a hangover, or worse, still unsteady on one's feet...
Now that's even above my heavy sessions :o :D :y
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I drink almost every lunch time and have done for more or less my whole working life - 42 years.
But in early days it was one maybe two pints at lunch and for last 12 years has been 1 or 2 glasses of wine. I do not drink much in evenings - and do not do much heavy drinking now. When people suggest a session after a meal at 11 pm I leave 'em to it now. At 30 I would have been up for it.
Impact on those around you needs to take precedence of course.
That's interesting cos I used to drink @ lunch too but I got far too sleepy coming back to work. Do you not then fancy getting home and having a session? Not out on the town or anything like that but just chillaxing with a few cold Peroni's. mmmmmm
To be honest I get sleepy if I do not have a drink - I actually feel I have had a real break rather than sitting in front of a screen in the office eating lunch
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I dont bother anymore 2 pints and i'm out of the game :)
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I drink almost every lunch time and have done for more or less my whole working life - 42 years.
But in early days it was one maybe two pints at lunch and for last 12 years has been 1 or 2 glasses of wine. I do not drink much in evenings - and do not do much heavy drinking now. When people suggest a session after a meal at 11 pm I leave 'em to it now. At 30 I would have been up for it.
Impact on those around you needs to take precedence of course.
That's interesting cos I used to drink @ lunch too but I got far too sleepy coming back to work. Do you not then fancy getting home and having a session? Not out on the town or anything like that but just chillaxing with a few cold Peroni's. mmmmmm
To be honest I get sleepy if I do not have a drink - I actually feel I have had a real break rather than sitting in front of a screen in the office eating lunch
That's a very good point and I know what you mean... you get out of the office and feel like it' proper time away! however i spose it dont help i really hate my job.... hence going back to school to become a spanner twirler ;)
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I don't drink... I'm tee total :-X ::)
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I don't drink... I'm tee total :-X ::)
of course. ::)
me too. :-X
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I don't drink... I'm tee total :-X ::)
of course. ::)
me too. :-X
Actually, in all serious, because I'm always on call and the painkillers I'm on I don't drink often. But when I do :-X ::)
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I don't drink... I'm tee total :-X ::)
of course. ::)
me too. :-X
Actually, in all serious, because I'm always on call and the painkillers I'm on I don't drink often. But when I do :-X ::)
true paul, how is the back these days?.
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I don't drink... I'm tee total :-X ::)
of course. ::)
me too. :-X
Actually, in all serious, because I'm always on call and the painkillers I'm on I don't drink often. But when I do :-X ::)
true paul, how is the back these days?.
Crap :'( Been getting progressively worse over the last 5 months (since I started the business) but I'm hoping that getting the guys started working for me will giveme a chance to rest it again :y
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I don't drink from one month to the next. Sometimes I have a beer with me dinner but that's it. However if it's a special occasion I still do let my hair down but I can't drink beer no more than 2 beers no more. I always feel bloated and horrible so I go straight on to the shorts now and then it's not uncommon for me to drink ten. :o :o :o Yep when my mate "Jack" comes a calling it does get messy
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Luckily for me I don't need alcohol or beer to enjoy myself :y
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Pub culture, a distant memory. ;D
I rarely drink now...with a meal, the odd tin at home.
Gives me a head ache these days tbh.
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Being a non drinker I can't comment ;D , however I do love my food ;) :y
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21 units a day is quite sufficient for me :y :y
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Sat down with swmbo about a month ago and had a chat about me drinking.
Basicly she said I had a drink problem >:(
I can honestly say that I couldn't remember a day when I didn't have at least 3 pints on everyday of the week :-[
Lifes shit at the moment and tbh, I get worked up at the slightest little thing so my idea was to bang a swift 2 or 3 cans down my neck just before bedtime in the hope that I can get off to sleep pretty quick because if I don't, I get shit going through my head and I will be still walking round the house at daybreak :'( :'(
I've been in the pub once in the last 3 weeks and until last night, I had not touched a alcoholic drink in the house.
The first 3 or 4 nights without beer was a nightmare. Restless wasn't the word but as soon as I got the alcohol out of my system, I have been getting some great nights sleep and feeling a hell of alot better about life.
Scary how it creeps up on you :-[ ;)
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I can't drink like I used to, doubt any of us 'oldies' can. The days of rolling in at 4 or 5am, then arrive at work for 8am are long gone. Recovery takes longer as you get older.
Don't drink much now. I think male adults are allowed 40+ units a week? Doubt I do that in a month now :-[. A drink when out for a meal, maybe occasionally one with a meal at home, and occasionally a pub night with friends.
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its not just the oldies, Im 25 and I dont bother either. Its not that Im tight with money, but id rather spend £100 on my omega than £100 on a night out. I get to enjoy the omega more and see where the £100 has gone, rather than p*****g it up a wall. Its not that I dont drink, but im happier with a cuppa than anything else haha. Now wheres my pipe and slippers......
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In reading this it's really made me think about what I used to drink in the past ......... :-[ Upto getting married @ 23 it was an average of 5/6 pints a night, most nights - except when I was working nights obviously.
I still enjoy a few beers very much - but now stop @ 3. It's the wine that gets me each time though - can easily sink a bottle and a half with no effort whatsoever, but if I have more than 2 glasses (I get 3 glasses from a bottle ;D) then I KNOW I will have a stinking head the next day. The beer for some reason tells me to stop @ 3 and I regret it almost immediately.
As for drinking @ lunchtime, that's a big no/no - unless I want to have a nap that is.
There have been a few times when I've stopped for periods of time, being skint and working in the middle east for example, and I have to say that it doesn't worry me one jot.
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I can't drink like I used to, doubt any of us 'oldies' can. The days of rolling in at 4 or 5am, then arrive at work for 8am are long gone. Recovery takes longer as you get older.
Don't drink much now. I think male adults are allowed 40+ units a week? Doubt I do that in a month now :-[. A drink when out for a meal, maybe occasionally one with a meal at home, and occasionally a pub night with friends.
Oddly enough, its 28U a week for men and 21U for women.
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All this reading of drinking has certainly given me a thirst ::) But had my monthly pint on Saturday with a meal, so it's time for a cuppa ;)
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I cut down down on my drinking in my early thirties when I started driving trucks for a living. Driving an arctic when hungover just isn't a good idea!! ::)
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About 4 pints a year Steve so I ain`t got your problems ;D
Fekin' 'ell, Rob. I know beer tax has just gone up but that's taking the piss!Lager!! ;D
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Well this certainly has turned in to an interesting thread. I think for the most part it seems that we've got a lot of occasional drinkers, the odd tee-totaller and the odd recovering alcoholic ;D....I include myself in that btw lol
Thing I'd like to ask to all those who drink the odd one or ''one a month''........... how???? That's surely not physically possible? I mean when you have one it's not like you want to stop...you want to carry on........ or maybe i'm the one who's gone drinking mad ;D ;D ;D
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when i was younger i lived above a pub and worked a few shifts there a week, and had a full time job aswell. but, i never started before 11am home about 9-10pm then would either do couple hours behind the bar, problem was living with about 8 mates above the bar we used it as our lounge ;D most nights we would finish after closing, get ready and go clubbing til the wee hours. I was mostly ok by the time i got to work the next day :-X and then ready to start all over again lol now i cant really be arsed to go to pubs or clubbing, but my drink is vodka and redbull lol i still drink far too much, about 3 times a week i will kill a 50cl bottle of vodka (used to be more before they bought out the new bottles lol) defintalty time to slow it down more, like you i cant just have 1 or 2 it has to be all of it! ;D
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Well this certainly has turned in to an interesting thread. I think for the most part it seems that we've got a lot of occasional drinkers, the odd tee-totaller and the odd recovering alcoholic ;D....I include myself in that btw lol
Thing I'd like to ask to all those who drink the odd one or ''one a month''........... how???? That's surely not physically possible? I mean when you have one it's not like you want to stop...you want to carry on........ or maybe i'm the one who's gone drinking mad ;D ;D ;D
its us that cant just have one, the adictive personality that become alcaholics :y
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That's a very good point NP. I'd say I have an addictive personality. My dad is the complete opposite. Everything in moderation. 3 pints a night. never any more. but for sum reason i can go a bit nuts with beer.
however i have been really good the last months and curbed my drinking in the week.
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I was the same could not have one or two pints, had to have more, I was drinking far to much. Then I turn my motor over and was breaterlised, failed, almost broke up my Marriage that was 36 years ago. Never drink and drive now, not even a mouthful, I do not drink any more than two or three pints, and like RobG only a couple of times a year . Be careful WtB
Ps One of the best motors I have owned Triumph 2000 Estate full leater trim the works, Write off.
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I wont even drive up the road with a hangover the next day, you never know if someone hits you sods law you will get the blame!
I had a incident a few years ago where i turned a metro over into a hedge, was only going slow and managed to pop it back over, but even tho i was going a short distance and hadnt drank that much it was a big enough lesson, i was young and stupid :-X
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I was the same could not have one or two pints, had to have more, I was drinking far to much. Then I turn my motor over and was breaterlised, failed, almost broke up my Marriage that was 36 years ago. Never drink and drive now, not even a mouthful, I do not drink any more than two or three pints, and like RobG only a couple of times a year . Be careful WtB
Ps One of the best motors I have owned Triumph 2000 Estate full leater trim the works, Write off.
Should read, Do not drink any more, other than two or three pints :y
I must take more water with it ;) ;) :-X :-X
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Thing I'd like to ask to all those who drink the odd one or ''one a month''........... how???? That's surely not physically possible? I mean when you have one it's not like you want to stop...you want to carry on........ or maybe i'm the one who's gone drinking mad ;D ;D ;D
Quite easy. Find something else to do that is just as interesting, less expensive and doesnt turn you into a mindless wreck (in excess of course). If you look around there are usually many such things to do. ;D
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Yep this goes to prove that work is the curse of the drinking classes :) ;)
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Thing I'd like to ask to all those who drink the odd one or ''one a month''........... how???? That's surely not physically possible? I mean when you have one it's not like you want to stop...you want to carry on........ or maybe i'm the one who's gone drinking mad ;D ;D ;D
Quite easy. Find something else to do that is just as interesting, less expensive and doesnt turn you into a mindless wreck (in excess of course). If you look around there are usually many such things to do. ;D
That's the thing i have about a million hobbies ;D there's just not enough time in the day to pursue all of them..... yet i still love ze beer ;D
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I like to drink .. especially when outside with a barbeque..
however, my liver sometime ago decided that it doesnt want to work extra.. and as a warning make painful jokes and some kind of health problems.. so now I very rarely drink..
adding to this mother now is in hospital and getting cirrhose treatment, I decided also to balance my diet as I am also having early symptoms..
[now let me add some lemon juice to this thread ;D ]
after reading many pages of cirrhose subject I must note, alcohol is a primary cause for cirrhose..
and liver organ being vital for human life, can not be repaired.. and if its hammered continously it will turn to liver cancer ... (must note also only cirrhose side effects can be treated)
persons especially with overweight (or excess weight) must have liver and blood tests.. and its no big deal to predict most of them have liver problems.. reason is simple, a healthy working metabolism dont need extra fat for energy, instead it can be supplied from liver resources.. but when your liver performance degrade, the bodies answer is to stock fat for urgent energy needs.. and if you need sweets frequently, you may have more problems not only liver.. and an important warning chronic heart disease within long time can cause also cirrhosis..
and its very painful to suffer and die like that.. :(
here is some info
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hak-eMev-T0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hak-eMev-T0)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGuYAQl4MPg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGuYAQl4MPg)
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cirrhosis/Pages/Symptoms.aspx (http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cirrhosis/Pages/Symptoms.aspx)
http://www.medicinenet.com/cirrhosis/article.htm (http://www.medicinenet.com/cirrhosis/article.htm)
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Firstly as TiggerHayes said getting into work with a hangover is pointless as we drive artics not desks. That said alot of other comments ring true as well. Pubs are'nt proper drinkers like they were in the 70's & 80's & are being outpriced. Cans are cheaper but i only enjoy the first one or two then they taste soapy & i feel bloated but not p*sed. A bottle of voddy over the weekend is the way for me & not really into lunchtime drinking.
Another factor to consider is ones background/upbringing. Strange as it may seem i come from wealthy stock & such classes have supper at 8 or 9pm...always with drinks during & after as oppose to the working class way..(which is me, not being a snob here, i'm the black sheep) of tea & a cuppa @ 5 or 6pm. I still eat late though which is why i'm a big boy!!!! :D
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Never have been a heavy drinker, I'll have about 10 pints per year to be honest ;D
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i did drink quite a bit when i was younger....but have slowed alot...in past 2 1/2 years i havent really had a drink as i had the accident with the idiot in the combo and with pain killers(tramadol) i stay away from drink...mind you prehaps if i drunk more the pain would go... :y
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A friend of mine who is about 30, works as a teacher in Vietnam. He gets health insurance as part of his employment package and he goes for comprehensive checkup every year. A couple of years ago at the checkup, the ultrasound on his internals showed he had a 'fatty liver', which is the beginnings of cirrhoses and was told to stop drinking and went on a special diet to let his liver recover.
Here's the thing! I never considered my mate to be a heavy drinker! He enjoyed a couple of nights out every week and certainly enjoyed his weekends!! but not much more or less than anyone else... :-\ I guess that some peoples livers are more tolerent than others. :-\
One is for sure, my mate was lucky that his life choices led him to have those annual checkups, otherwise he could have drunk himself into an early grave!! :o
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Here's the thing! I never considered my mate to be a heavy drinker! He enjoyed a couple of nights out every week and certainly enjoyed his weekends!! but not much more or less than anyone else... :-\ I guess that some peoples livers are more tolerent than others. :-\
Or more people are walking around with seriously damaged livers than know about it ;) Lets face it, have you ever tried to get a GP to do a 'full' medical in this country? Unless someone is paying for it, that is..
My ex - who is from Paraguay - couldn't understand why we don't have regular medicals including full blood-work in this country, when it's fairly routine in hers. And lets face it, we're talking about a fairly impoverished South American country, here..
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Don't tend to drink much during the week although sometimes have a can or two when I get home from work. Do tend to get through a fair amont of beer at the weekends though, although nowhere near as much as when I was younger! ::) As said by a few others in this thread, the hangovers are far worse as the years go by and take a lot longer to get rid of. :'(
As for Lakes and Newent OOF meets.........now that's a different story!! ::) ;D
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Here's the thing! I never considered my mate to be a heavy drinker! He enjoyed a couple of nights out every week and certainly enjoyed his weekends!! but not much more or less than anyone else... :-\ I guess that some peoples livers are more tolerent than others. :-\
Or more people are walking around with seriously damaged livers than know about it ;) Lets face it, have you ever tried to get a GP to do a 'full' medical in this country? Unless someone is paying for it, that is..
My ex - who is from Paraguay - couldn't understand why we don't have regular medicals including full blood-work in this country, when it's fairly routine in hers. And lets face it, we're talking about a fairly impoverished South American country, here..
I'm with your ex on that one!! If everyone had to go and have say a bi-annual check up, which would include full blood, urine and stool test, ultra-sound of the internals, chest x-ray, eye test, and maybe even the rubber glove treatment!! Then maybe many diseases would be caught earlier and would be easier to treat. Saving the NHS lots of money in the long run!! :-\ :y
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I drink far far too much, trouble is I enjoy several pints of premium lager every day with a large scotch at bed time.
I get an annual check up for blood pressure etc which includes urine and loads of blood test which include Liver Function, the Dr reads me the riot act, so I go tee total for a couple of months have a re check and i'm fine. I am trying to have three days off the sauce a week to prevent liver problems trouble is I slip back into old ways.. MUST TRY HARDER ;)
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I guess I'm lucky inasmuch as I can't drink for 4 weeks at a time when working, so with travel there and back that makes it 32 days without a drop (never drink on the flights) and when I'm back home, I don't 'work' as such so I can please myself what and when I drink. Saying that, I probably drink about the equivalent of 2 to 3 pints of lager when we go out for a meal, once or twice a week, and every now and then if there is a party or BBQ going some red wine and maybe about 3 or 4 shorts, the latter probably being once a trip home and no more.
Drinking I can still do, no problem. It's the recovery time that kills me, 1 night.....2 days! Much different from my serving days in Guz!
Oh and we have both discovered the delights of a night time hot choccy with Baily's mmmmmmm :y
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Bailey's! - seriously bad choice - ladies drink - too sweet!!
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Aaah, yes but try it with ordinary cocoa, no sugar. Not that horrible drinking chocolate concoction that is far too sweet with no sugar anyway.
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Aaah, yes but try it with ordinary cocoa, no sugar. Not that horrible drinking chocolate concoction that is far too sweet with no sugar anyway.
I think I saw you at the Chocolate & Churros stand the other day! ;D ;D
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Breakfast!
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oh dear,if im honest i drink far too much.ive had an inflamed liver,scars from drunken accidents,lost license and lost many months of my life from not remembering them but i have calmed down and am married with four kids but i still like a few beers plus a bottle of wine and a few scotches.ive got down to a beer with my tea and a couple of scotches one of them i like to take to bed with me but i can easily go on a binge and for some reason i like being pissed and have spent alot of my life in that way...sad really but lately ive stopped smoking and taken to cycling to work and my outlook on life has changed so hopefully i can kick the drinking a bit too
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I balance drinking with the normal shite that accompanies life thus far...
I'm currently fighting a stage 4 cancer, therefore nothing else really matters to me at this moment in time.
I'm due a post op scan on the 19th of this month, and I'll have a far better knowledge of the official diagnosis from that date on.
Until then.....I (unsurprisingly) don't give a toss for anything in life other than to remain breathing at this moment in time.
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Bailey's! - seriously bad choice - ladies drink - too sweet!!
Not if it is in a glass with some Malibu and Whisky, over Ice, a BMW.....loverly..... :y :y :y
Costs a bob or two if not home made though... :'( :'( :'(