Alcohol … how’s your relationship with it ?

[Jeff Jones]

I've been drinking beer for over fifty years, but my habits have changed over time. I drank with mates at local pubs two or three nights
a week until my mid thirties.

We bought a house in a dry area, no pubs, about forty years ago and drank mainly at monthly golf BBQ's and at home.

These days we go out occasionally on Sundays for pub lunches with friends, and apart from that I drink beer for about an hour
before dinner, which me and my wife share the cooking of.

I love IPA and Pale Ales and match British style brown ales, which I love, with pints of 50/50 Kilkenny and hoppy pale ale cocktails.

It's late afternoon now and I'm looking forward to my first in about an hour. I'll start with a can of IPA.

 

[Billy Dean]

Been going out teetotal a lot more recently. Actual quite enjoying it. It's nice not having to cancel my plans for the following day for the hangover

 

[jaybx1878]

Trying to do a year tee-total and i'm around 50 days in, the first big test on Saturday though when I meet up with the crew of drunks I go the match with.

 

[spectateur]

Had to go the offy to get some tennants in. Only way to solve this hangover is more alcohol.

If it's a serious comment, I think you need to be careful John

 

[wainy]

Normally only drink on a Friday night but these school holidays could turn me full alcoholic. No reason for these kids to be off for 6 weeks.

 

[LEONARD]

As a wise, older, mate said to me years ago, 'A good servant, but a bad master'.

 

[Ivo]

Drinking tonight because the missus has a chest infection and my youngest has scarlet fever... My throat has been scratchy since mid morning and I'm now aching all over so it could be my last drink for a few days and I'll need something to help me sleep...

That's my excuse anyway... Oh, and me and my eldest both got hole in ones at the crazy golf in Formby today

 

[overkill]

Drink only on occasions I have to

Holiday
New year's
Weddings or other similar events

Thats it so a few times a year, I only associate alcohol with social things like that it never enters my thoughts otherwise

 

[YoboCopter]

I only drink twice a year

When its my birthday and when its not

 

[zebedee]

Trying to cut back. Hit mid 40s and my system isnt burning the calories like it used to. I love a beer when grilling outside and love a red wine chilling with the missus. But let's be honest this weather is [Poor language removed] and just sucks all enjoyment out of ya

 

[Rita_Poon]

Trying to cut back. Hit mid 40s and my system isnt burning the calories like it used to. I love a beer when grilling outside and love a red wine chilling with the missus. But let's be honest this weather is [Poor language removed] and just sucks all enjoyment out of ya

 

[JimmyJeffers]

I only drink twice a year

When its my birthday and when its not

A lad I was working with as part of charity work, I asked him how often he drank and he was like ‘how many days are there in a week again’ and I says 7 and he looks all happy and proud of himself and goes ‘7days a week’

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Probs dead now mind

 

[Rita_Poon]

Probs dead now mind

you gearing up for a quality two punch here, go on, what was/is the charity?

 

[Kurt.]

Not touched a drop since last Friday …. But get home from work tomorrow so I’m getting pyar Phil Mitchelled