Do you consume alcoholic beverages?

Wow!! It's a draw at this moment

Jedi

 

No, but sometimes I wish I did.

 

I drink now, but carefully.

I went 5 years without drinking any alcohol a few years after I got back from the Middle East 25 years ago.
The little voice that tells you not to drink anymore and you've had too much, went silent in me.
Too high a price to pay socially, so I quit cold turkey for 5 years.

Eventually I went back to social drinking. But now I literally count my drinks.
I alternate between drinks and non-alcoholic drinks all night long. Works well for me.
For example, if I'm drinking gin & tonic, I drink plain tonic on ice every other drink.
Everyone thinks I'm keeping pace with their drinking, but I'm at half speed.
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I don't. I may have a glass of wine 3 or 4 times a year but that's it.

I had an uncle and two cousins who were alcoholics when I grew up. Two of the three are now dead of liver disease and both died while living (or should I say existing) in their double wide trailers in poverty --surrounded by open cans of beer.

That was enough for me to avoid it.

 

That would then be a 'yes'

 

Anybody remember the Mike Douglas Show?

EVERY Celeb/Guest would get these questions right off the bat, and answer the questions the exact same way.

Mike: So... do you drink?
Celeb/Guest: Only socially. *nervously drinks scotch on the rocks*
Mike: So... do you smoke?
Celeb/Guest: *takes drag* Only socially *blows smoke*

 

Hand me a simple Jack and Coke and im set.

 

Stopped drinking in 1992 and have not had a drop of alcohol since then.

I don't miss it one single bit.

 

Where were you in the Middle East? Saudi?

Just wondering....

Mike in Kuwait

 

Correct. Riyadh. Early 80's. 2 years.

 

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Wow.... two years in Saudi would be way enough for me.... Sorry, I just don't like Saudi (after spending 19 months there).

Mike in Kuwait

 

I have not been drunk since 1998. I used to really overdo it on the rare occasions that I would drink. Then in 1998 I got punishment on paper in the Army. It was a barracks party and a bunch of us got out of control. One guy was a corporal waiting for a Sergeant slot. He totaled his car while on a beer run. He got a General Letter of Reprimand and barred from reenlistment. Really woke me up. I didn't quit drinking, just quit getting out of control. I knew out of control alcoholics and didn't want to become one, but I really do love a good beer.

 

I don't drink at all, too many people on my mother's side of the family died of liver cancer. I don't want to go the same way.

 

Yah but I don't finish them!

 

Margaritas, martinis, and Johnnie Walker Black on the rocks w/a lime...Yum!

 

You never had Sadiki?

 

Sure.

There's nothing wrong with consuming alcohol in moderation.

Diseases such as liver cancer are results of exaggerated drinking.

 

Yeah, every now and then.
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Once were warriors one of my all time favourite films, and yes i do have a drink most evenings

 

Same here, you dont mess with Jake the Muss


PS No alcohol for me.

 

Yes, my friend, I have.

 

haven't consumed any alcohol in 6 years (and i'm only 25). Not for me.

 

I drink.

Went for months at a time in college not drinking at all.

Planning on giving up alcohol for Lent next year.