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How often do you drink?

Started by Queequeg, February 13, 2014, 08:22:21 PM

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How often do you drink?

World consolidation into a few Mega States?
4 (6.2%)
More than 4 times a week, with some going in to extreme drunkenness
1 (1.5%)
More than 4 times a week, rarely to extreme drunkenness
12 (18.5%)
Between 4-2 times a week, with the occasional actual drunkenness
3 (4.6%)
Between 4-2 times a week, much less frequently to real drunkenness
9 (13.8%)
About once a week, frequently to real drunkenness
2 (3.1%)
About once a week, rarely to actual drunkenness
10 (15.4%)
Maybe once or twice a month, but frequently to actual drunkenness
2 (3.1%)
Maybe once or twice a month, and of that rarely to real drunkenness
9 (13.8%)
Very infrequently, only a few times a year or at special events.
6 (9.2%)
I have previously imbibed alcoholic drinks, but have not in a long time.
4 (6.2%)
It is prohibited by my religion.
0 (0%)
Never; it never appealed to me.
3 (4.6%)

Total Members Voted: 65

Queequeg

Ah.  By drunk I meant coming close to passing out or passing out, not necessarily getting sick.  I get loud, obnoxiously drunk pretty quickly but have only vomited due to alcohol consumption once or twice in my life. 
Quote from: PDH on April 25, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
"Dysthymia?  Did they get some student from the University of Chicago with a hard-on for ancient Bactrian cities to name this?  I feel cheated."

crazy canuck

Quote from: Queequeg on February 13, 2014, 08:53:19 PM
Ah.  By drunk I meant coming close to passing out or passing out,

Ok, by that definition I have never been drunk.

Btw, why would someone do that to themselves?

Queequeg

That depends.  I brownout; I drink, have fun, then misjudge the amount of alcohol I need to consume to continue the present state of drunkenness, and then become tired and have to go home or find a place to nap/sleep.  That said, this is obviously not something I do that frequently after college. 
Quote from: PDH on April 25, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
"Dysthymia?  Did they get some student from the University of Chicago with a hard-on for ancient Bactrian cities to name this?  I feel cheated."

Queequeg

Again; I'm weird with alcohol.  I get drunk very easily, but it takes a lot in order to make me feel truly sick, and very rarely get hangovers. 
Quote from: PDH on April 25, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
"Dysthymia?  Did they get some student from the University of Chicago with a hard-on for ancient Bactrian cities to name this?  I feel cheated."

Queequeg

#19
TBH I actually don't like that definition though.  I think "incoherence" is probably the best distinguisher from drunk to non-drunk. 
Quote from: PDH on April 25, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
"Dysthymia?  Did they get some student from the University of Chicago with a hard-on for ancient Bactrian cities to name this?  I feel cheated."

garbon

Quote from: Queequeg on February 13, 2014, 08:58:49 PM
I think "incoherence" is probably best distinguishes from drunk to non-drunk. 

:hmm:
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I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Queequeg

Quote from: PDH on April 25, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
"Dysthymia?  Did they get some student from the University of Chicago with a hard-on for ancient Bactrian cities to name this?  I feel cheated."

sbr

Too much and more often that I should.

Queequeg

This is probably the best spread on any poll I've ever seen on this board.
Quote from: PDH on April 25, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
"Dysthymia?  Did they get some student from the University of Chicago with a hard-on for ancient Bactrian cities to name this?  I feel cheated."

Caliga

I would guess about 3 times a week on average, and I haven't been drunk in probably a decade or so.
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Jacob

It really varies. My parents are staying with us right now, and we often have a beer or glass of wine with dinner. Probably 5 or 6 times a week. Other times, it's more like once a month that i have a drink.

As for getting an actual buzz on, maybe twice a year. Sloppy drunk? Not for years and years.

... not sure how to vote, but those are the facts.

Syt

Maybe a beer or a glass of whisky per week. But it's been a loooong while since I've been drunk. The recovery time afterwards is just not worth it.
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Queequeg

Huh.  I find this very strange.  I can drink quite a bit, say around 4 hard-hitting cocktails, and wake up feeling, if anything, refreshed. 
Quote from: PDH on April 25, 2009, 05:58:55 PM
"Dysthymia?  Did they get some student from the University of Chicago with a hard-on for ancient Bactrian cities to name this?  I feel cheated."

dps

Very infrequently.  I generally get us a bottle of wine at Christmas, and another for New Year's and maybe 2-4 6-packs of beer the rest of the year.

I don't think I've actually been drunk since 1988.

Habbaku

Once or twice a month, at most.  Usually to fun-level of inebriation, but no further.  I think I have a pretty good sense of when to cut myself off and I simply don't drink anything other than water or soda once I've hit a good buzz.

I occasionally have a cider with lunch when at home, if that counts too.  :cheers:

Spellus, I'm like you.  I have never had any of the usual side-effects I hear from people (blackouts, bad hangovers, etc.).  Probably because I don't drink enough?
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