Do you drink alcohol?

[jaxqen]

If yes, what do you drink?
If no, why don't you?

Red wine
Whiskey cream
Blueberry liqueur
Dark beer

[SuffolkPunch]

Yep, not often, maybe 1 drink once or twice a week on average
beer - ale or lager
whiskey
wine - any but prefer red (only with guests)
other spirits rarely

[Camarija]

I drink several times a year, but I plan on stopping altogether.

Tequila shots, michelada, whiskey & club soda, or champagne.

[EliKoehn]

Yes; beer (IPAs and German beer are the best, but I like most varieties) and neat bourbon are what I prefer the most, but I have tried the gamut. Coming out of the first half of my 20s, I feel like it's something I've had my fun with and that it's time to reduce consumption, even if I don't plan to quit altogether.

[faithbrah]

every weekend now that it's summer... just beer

[DougyF7]

Yep, not often, maybe 1 drink once or twice a week on average
beer - ale or lager
whiskey
wine - any but prefer red (only with guests)
other spirits rarely

Pretty much this frequency except I like tequila and soda with lemon and lime or Maker's and diet.

[AdamWW]

Very rarely

I think I drink maybe once every 6 months, or twice a year.

When I do, I have like 1-2 drinks.

This usually lands on someone's birthday, or a family reunion.


I typically have either craft beer, wine, or something like a gin and tonic... I also like moscow mules.

[desslok]

Usually a beer or two per week. Sometimes red wine. Sometimes a mixed drink, like a margarita when out at a mexican restaurant or sake bombs at a japanese place. Sometimes a rum and coke or old fashioned, depending on mood etc.

[Tommy W.]

I was drinking a bottle of wine 4 nites a week but recently 1 bottle per week max.

[xsquid99]

Rarely, probably 3-5 times a year on average. In 2020-2021 I went about 18 months without a single drink at all.

But now when I do its always sake or wine, or the occasional beer.

[RapidFail]

Usually five days per week with scheduled 'AFDs' on Monday and Tuesday.

Mostly it's one glass of wine or beer with dinner, sometimes more on social occasions.

Craft beer is my drink of choice if I'm just drinking, but I prefer wine (red or white depending on the dish) with Italian or French food.

[TearsOfIce]

I like alcohol hence why I haven’t removed it completely from my diet, but there are many reasons why I try to limit is as much as I can:

1) Alcohol and protein synthesis don’t go well together (and this is the main reason).
2) I suffer from IBS and reflux, so alcohol is not my best friend (I’d rather give up on alcohol and allow myself more coffee and chocolate, even if they’re bad too in my conditions).
3) I have troubles sleeping well and for some reason even small amounts of alcohol mess with my sleep.

All these factors influence my wellbeing and energy levels, and consequently my training and my results at the gym (which is a priority to me).

That said, I still like to enjoy 1 drink or a glass of wine per week whether it’s red/white wine (during a meal) or a nice gin&tonic or aperol spritz. I only go a little overboard on special occasions or if I wanna drink more I simply watch my total calories.

Everything in moderation. But I still believe that lifting and drinking is a bad idea if you want to maximize muscle growth.

[gbullock32]

Once a week I enjoy my liquor, usually Thursday since it's always been the one day of the week I never seem to work, day off or swapped off. Cut way back though, few shots and a beer or 2 while gaming before bed is enough.

Favorite is Mead, traditional honey is #1, from Drinking Horn; have to order it online and shipping kind of sucks, but so worth it.

[Rsurf72]

Don't drink, I like to be clear

And don't smoke, if you don't smoke and have any level of self awareness, after a month or two of smoking you'll notice your lung capacity greatly diminish

[desslok]

Don't drink, I like to be clear

And don't smoke, if you don't smoke and have any level of self awareness, after a month or two of smoking you'll notice your lung capacity greatly diminish

Don’t drink don’t smoke,
What do you do?

[paulinkansas]

Don’t drink don’t smoke,
What do you do?

Subtle innuendos follow.

When I was in grad school, me and my neighbors probably went through 10 kegs a month. That's 1650 beers.

[EliKoehn]

Subtle innuendos follow.

When I was in grad school, me and my neighbors probably went through 10 kegs a month. That's 1650 beers.

Routinely? Wow lol.

[air2fakie]

Subtle innuendos follow.

When I was in grad school, me and my neighbors probably went through 10 kegs a month. That's 1650 beers.

I'm impressed by some grown adults I've known who sustain professional careers, in some cases wives/children at home too, who are legit alcoholics and are often buzzed during the day without it impacting their daily activities or people noticing.

[paulinkansas]

Routinely? Wow lol.

September of '89 through May of '90. The Bulls did a 3 peat that year.

[desslok]

I'm impressed by some grown adults I've known who sustain professional careers, in some cases wives/children at home too, who are legit alcoholics and are often buzzed during the day without it impacting their daily activities or people noticing.

I work in IT. Had a coworker in the office, we got in by 6AM. If you came in at the same time as him and had to share an elevator with him to the top, your eyes would sting from the vodka fumes from his “breakfast”. Sometimes he would pass out in his truck on his lunchbreak in the parking garage. I am talking 6 figure jobs. Worked with him a few years but he left when he got a better job offer.

[paulinkansas]

I'm impressed by some grown adults I've known who sustain professional careers, in some cases wives/children at home too, who are legit alcoholics and are often buzzed during the day without it impacting their daily activities or people noticing.

I had to give a random alcohol/drug screen to a refinery contractor yesterday. This was probably at 2 in the afternoon. The alcohol screen is a strip of paper that they put under their tongue to get some saliva on, then there is a reagent pad on the end of the strip that detects alcohol. The guy had been working in a refinery since 7am, and his strip showed positive. Retested him, positive. He had tobacco in his mouth. Told him to spit it out and wait 15 minutes. I showed him a rental house in those 15 minutes. Him and 3 other guys took it. Did the alcohol test again and it was negative.

[EliKoehn]

I'm impressed by some grown adults I've known who sustain professional careers, in some cases wives/children at home too, who are legit alcoholics and are often buzzed during the day without it impacting their daily activities or people noticing.

September of '89 through May of '90. The Bulls did a 3 peat that year.

It's interesting to me too how much some of the intelligent and competent people in my life drink without it seeming to affect them. On the other hand, it's also surprising how many people lose it when they're drunk and do and say stupid stuff, instead of merely having a pleasant buzz. That might just depend on the person in question, independent of whatever tolerance they have.

[paulinkansas]

it's also surprising how many people lose it when they're drunk and do and say stupid stuff, instead of merely having a pleasant buzz. That might just depend on the person in question, independent of whatever tolerance they have.

In my state, if you have a felony drug violation you go to jail. If you have children, the state takes them away. You get out of jail then you have to go through rehab. After rehab you have to take a weekly drug screen. I gave this guy and his wife a weekly drug screen for 18 months. Every now and then meth, opiates or THC would show up. But the state deemed him good enough to have his kids back and not take the drug screens anymore. Within 8 weeks he died from an overdose.

[paulinkansas]

The guy had LTFC tattoed on the fingers of one hand.
He had ESUK tattoed on the fingers of the other hand.

[desslok]

I showed him a rental house in those 15 minutes. Him and 3 other guys took it. Did the alcohol test again and it was negative.

What a coincidence

[jaxqen]

The guy had LTFC tattoed on the fingers of one hand.
He had ESUK tattoed on the fingers of the other hand.

LTFC - Luton Town Football Club ?????????????
ESUK - Equine Sports UK ??????????????????

Routinely? Wow lol.

Maybe he had 1650 neighbours.

[paulinkansas]

LTFC - Luton Town Football Club ?????????????
ESUK - Equine Sports UK ??????????????????

Interlock the 8 fingers and see what it says.

[EliKoehn]

Interlock the 8 fingers and see what it says.

Classy.

[paulinkansas]

Classy.

Would you expect anything less from someone who died from a drug overdose?

[TolerantLactose]

I once played hockey with a goalie who kept beer on his water bottle. We lost just about every game. The guy could handle his alcohol. He's just very bad at stopping pucks.