There may be a slight problem

[Luna]

I swear, I've done more drinking in the past year than I have in my entire life up to this point. 

Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

It's a divorce thing. Trust me. I'm the resident expert on divorce.

Yeah, you're most likely right.

I figure I almost never drink at home alone.  I've gotten tipsy a few times, but I don't think I've been really hammered since last June.  (I was pretty messed up at Vinland Raids last year.)  St. Patrick's Day this year, I SHOULD have been trashed, I'm still not sure how I put down four of Lady T's Turtle Juices and stayed sober enough to navigate stairs solo.

Couple of beers gaming or sitting around the campfire, I'm not gonna worry about... and I haven't had too much without INTENDING to do so, so I figure I'm still okay.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I swear, I've done more drinking in the past year than I have in my entire life up to this point.  

Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

It's a divorce thing. Trust me. I'm the resident expert on divorce.

Yeah, you're most likely right.

I figure I almost never drink at home alone.  I've gotten tipsy a few times, but I don't think I've been really hammered since last June.  (I was pretty messed up at Vinland Raids last year.)  St. Patrick's Day this year, I SHOULD have been trashed, I'm still not sure how I put down four of Lady T's Turtle Juices and stayed sober enough to navigate stairs solo.

Couple of beers gaming or sitting around the campfire, I'm not gonna worry about... and I haven't had too much without INTENDING to do so, so I figure I'm still okay.

Just give yourself a little leeway for a while and don't feel guilty about it! Especially don't succumb to the idea that "I'm too old for this" (that time will come soon enough). If you're able to maintain your responsibilities, it's ok to go a little wild during this time.

[Elder Iptuous]

Problem with scottish metabolism is it's only supposed to last you to your mid 30's

Then the haggis just collects just above your kilt?

No, generally it's liver failure and/or coronary thrombosis

related?

[AFK]

Everybody put down the bottles and get drunk on life!

RWHN,
Failed motivational speaker.

[Luna]

I swear, I've done more drinking in the past year than I have in my entire life up to this point.  

Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

It's a divorce thing. Trust me. I'm the resident expert on divorce.

Yeah, you're most likely right.

I figure I almost never drink at home alone.  I've gotten tipsy a few times, but I don't think I've been really hammered since last June.  (I was pretty messed up at Vinland Raids last year.)  St. Patrick's Day this year, I SHOULD have been trashed, I'm still not sure how I put down four of Lady T's Turtle Juices and stayed sober enough to navigate stairs solo.

Couple of beers gaming or sitting around the campfire, I'm not gonna worry about... and I haven't had too much without INTENDING to do so, so I figure I'm still okay.

Just give yourself a little leeway for a while and don't feel guilty about it! Especially don't succumb to the idea that "I'm too old for this" (that time will come soon enough). If you're able to maintain your responsibilities, it's ok to go a little wild during this time.

Nah, I'm feeling a lot younger than I did when I was hanging around the house doing nothing.  This is a good thing.

I'm not feeling guilty... just a little cautious.  (Dad's alcoholic, so I do try to watch it.)

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Everybody put down the bottles and get drunk on life!

RWHN,
Failed motivational speaker.

Hmmm.... whiskey means water of life....


Yeah I'm down with that!

[LMNO]

It gets confusing when you get older and things that TOTALLY DID NOT MAKE YOU FEEL OOKY five years ago make you feel a bit like you want to die the next day. For me, it took a while to adjust my behavior down. Like, having four drinks last night at the show. I even made sure to drink a whole pint of water in between each. Still, that shit's a no-go for me these days. And that was whiskey... if I'd had four beers I wouldn't be on the computer right now, I'd be on the toilet crying.

Yeah.  That sounds about right, though not as extreme.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It gets confusing when you get older and things that TOTALLY DID NOT MAKE YOU FEEL OOKY five years ago make you feel a bit like you want to die the next day. For me, it took a while to adjust my behavior down. Like, having four drinks last night at the show. I even made sure to drink a whole pint of water in between each. Still, that shit's a no-go for me these days. And that was whiskey... if I'd had four beers I wouldn't be on the computer right now, I'd be on the toilet crying.

Yeah.  That sounds about right, though not as extreme.

Consider that I am 5'3" and am a big-boned girl at 130 lbs, so adjust it for your manly size. Probably the equivalent of 7 drinks for you.

[Payne]

P3nT: Motivation (I'll be your brother for the duration of making this song make sense)

[P3nT4gR4m]

You EVIL LITTLE BASTARD!!! MY FUCKING EARS 

[Payne]

You EVIL LITTLE BASTARD!!! MY FUCKING EARS 

That'll learn you, you twisted little bastard.

[Triple Zero]

years ago, I filled out a questionaire at the "safe with drugs" stand at the Sziget festival in Budapest.

I was being really honest and then it said at the bottom "if you answered yes to five or more question, you have an alcohol problem"

One of the questions was "if you have a drink that's not quite finished and the group you're with is going somewhere else, do you gulp down the last bit or leave it there?" -- FFS, I consider it good manners to not leave half a beer standing around when I leave. Especially at somebody else's place, I hate it when I have to throw away half-finished bottles or cans ...

Anyway.

So I sat down with the guy at the stand and had a discussion (in bad English). Basically it came down to this. I drank quite a bit more than I do now, back then, cause I was in college and my body was younger. But compared to some friends, it wasn't that bad, either. So the guy told me, that behaviour might be (or seem) okay right now, but if I'd keep up the same pattern till my fourties, I was going to have a problem, and I could make a choice to not continue it.

That made a lot of sense to me. What I was drinking was in the context of college*, and indeed I wasn't planning on continuing that way after I finished. But it was a good realization to make concrete and gave some thought, so I made the decision that I should consciously pay attention to changing my drinking habits as I got out of college, and not run the risk of just continuing in the same manner.

So I did. Currently I'm drinking two cans of beer (34 oz) most week nights, and a couple more one night per week. I still think this is slightly too much. Either I'm going to cut down the two cans to every other night, or I want one "dry week" per month. Both options are kind of hard, but I'm trying, and at least with that goal, it won't become more than that.


* afaik, in the Netherlands they actually have different rules for "alcohol problem" for students, otherwise a shitload of students would be categorized that way, and most of them really cut down after college, anyway.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Who the fuck continues college-age habits into their forties? That whole premise is bunk. It's like administering a "you might be a loser if..." test to 19-year-olds and then saying "well, yeah maybe not now, but if you're still doing the same thing when you're 40..."

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I have 2 jiggers of bourbon a week, one on Tuesday and one on Friday.

Once in a while I accidentally and then I over the wall onto the golf course, and nobody will speak to me for a week.  But that's an accident, and doesn't count.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I have 2 jiggers of bourbon a week, one on Tuesday and one on Friday.

Once in a while I accidentally and then I over the wall onto the golf course, and nobody will speak to me for a week.  But that's an accident, and doesn't count.

Heeee! That's like when I accidentally a whole bottle of wine and then I and wake up in the back yard topless at 2 am.