Ten months aff the demon drink

[Highland Capital]

Don't know about you, but I think people over the age of 40 drunk is tragic.  Staggering around in a drunken mess is excusable when you're in your teens and early twenties, but surely by middle age you should be over it.

[keptie]

4 hours ago, Blackbirdonthewire said:

What a f*cking loser.

^^^^^

Alcoholic

[Blackbirdonthewire]

7 minutes ago, keptie said:

^^^^^

Alcoholic

^^^^^^^

Vegan

[Highland Capital]

7 minutes ago, G_Man1985 said:

 

Why? So they need to look at teens and early twenties go about drunk while they stay sober ?
Good one.

 

Middle-aged people staggering around plastered is just sad.

[Highland Capital]

Just now, G_Man1985 said:

 

Just stay at home and read yer paper if it's sad to you.
Not seeing much of an issue here.

 

Gladly. 

[Sergeant Wilson]

1 minute ago, Highland Capital said:

Gladly. 

It's unanimous.

[Alert Mongoose]

Ten months dry.
I just thought I would share this with you.
Does society create pressure to drink? Alcohol is considered very much part of most occasions in Scotland and indeed most of the western world.
Meeting friends? Drinks! Birthday? Drinks! Out for a meal? Drinks! Funeral? Drinks! Train journey? Carryout! You get the idea.
I learned at an early age that alcohol did not agree with me and I never actually enjoyed any alcoholic beverage I ever drank but I kept trying . Everyone else my age drinks so surely I should too?
Do you consider people who don't drink alcohol strange? I usually get reactions ranging from disbelief and surprise to people persistently and aggressively insisting on buying me drink. Why is it so offensive to refuse alcohol?

[supermik]

I have never had a problem with alcohol. I drink, get drunk, fall down, no problem!

[Twinkle]

People that dont get guttered like the rest of us, are people that should be watched. Dregs of society imo

[Raidernation]

Always thought that people who make an issue out of alcohol and feel the need to "come aff it" are the ones with the real problem.
 

Yep that’s me that is.

[supermik]

13 hours ago, Slenderman said:

Always thought that people who make an issue out of alcohol and feel the need to "come aff it" are the ones with the real problem.

 

Know exactly what you mean. I average 105 units a week and I have no problems!!!

[Sergeant Wilson]

8 hours ago, supermik said:

Know exactly what you mean. I average 105 units a week and I have no problems!!!

It's a shame you've only got one mouth.

[ICTChris]

It's a shame you've only got one mouth.

Maybe he is using the method Stevie Nicks used to get more cocaine into her back in the day.

[Granny Danger]

44 minutes ago, ICTChris said:

 

Maybe he is using the method Stevie Nicks used to get more cocaine into her back in the day.

 

Stevie Nicks criticisms are likely to be met with a painful retaliation.

 

[The Chlamydia Kid]

Know exactly what you mean. I average 105 units a week and I have no problems!!!

105? You taking it easy? My old boy puts away most of a bottle of whisky away every night. My brother also does at least a bottle of tonic each night and 2 or 3 at the weekends.

[Homer Thompson]

On 09/12/2017 at 07:35, ICTChris said:

I don’t think it’s a case of being pressured into drinking as such, more pressured into getting drunk. Socialising in this country seems to consist of drinking to excess to the exclusion of anything else.

I’m bored of it. I know people who’ve been doing it for twenty years, having ‘amazing nights’ or getting pished and acting stupidly. Eventually doing the same thing gets boring, doesn’t it?

This. I'll drink if I go on a night out but they are rare these days and I enjoy them more because it isnt a regular occurence. I stopped drinking in the house a few years ago because I just didnt see the point anymore and I was sick of feeling shit the next day. 

[coprolite]

Don't know about you, but I think people over the age of 40 drunk is tragic.  Staggering around in a drunken mess is excusable when you're in your teens and early twenties, but surely by middle age you should be over it.

up yours cunto.

I very rarely get blootered nowadays because of kids and 5 day hangovers but when i do i am witty, charming and debonair as i've always been.

[ilostmyself]

Had a weird moment with a friend this weekend along these lines. Group of 6 friends, 4/6 are married with young kids and we only get to see each other once or twice a year. Whenever we do it's food and 4-5 pints nothing more than that and nobody is steaming or out all night etc.

One of the guys gave up drinking a few years back, goes hill climbing all the time and almost exclusively talks about both things. I suggest going into town one night for dinner for our christmas catch up and he says he'll only meet us in a local restaurant for lunch  as he hates drinking and if we don't like that he just wont come out.

Is it that bad to be around people drinking? I can understand not wanting to drink or to be around people getting wrecked but simply being in a situation where people are drinking can't be that annoying. Either that or he just can't be arsed with us any more

[Shandon Par]

19 minutes ago, ilostmyself said:

Had a weird moment with a friend this weekend along these lines. Group of 6 friends, 4/6 are married with young kids and we only get to see each other once or twice a year. Whenever we do it's food and 4-5 pints nothing more than that and nobody is steaming or out all night etc.

One of the guys gave up drinking a few years back, goes hill climbing all the time and almost exclusively talks about both things. I suggest going into town one night for dinner for our christmas catch up and he says he'll only meet us in a local restaurant for lunch  as he hates drinking and if we don't like that he just wont come out.

Is it that bad to be around people drinking? I can understand not wanting to drink or to be around people getting wrecked but simply being in a situation where people are drinking can't be that annoying. Either that or he just can't be arsed with us any more

I've been on/off the booze in recent years and on a night out, for example, there are only so many glasses of Coke/Irn Bru etc you can tuck away. Places get noisier, the company gets less sparkling and it just becomes boring when you're not on the same wavelength. Your pal clearly does still like you as if he's suggesting meeting for lunch it means he wants to chat to you without noisy drunk folk in the background etc. I swap my booze addiction for other stuff, like your friend.  Some folk are lucky enough to take or leave booze but for those of us who struggle with it then socialising in the same way as before can be difficult. I go to the cinema more now and like quieter restaurants. It's probably no reflection on you that he's not a fan of the nights out and is just a sign that he's taking being off booze seriously for his own general wellbeing and peace of mind. 

That said, I still happily go out with a close pal who boozes like I used to and have a good time, plus I can drop him home knowing that he's not going to wake up on the train in Aberdeen rather that Queensferry. Consuming booze is generally great in any scenario. Removing it from the equation probably just makes you a bit fussier about what you get up to. 

 

[ilostmyself]

9 minutes ago, Shandon Par said:

I've been on/off the booze in recent years and on a night out, for example, there are only so many glasses of Coke/Irn Bru etc you can tuck away. Places get noisier, the company gets less sparkling and it just becomes boring when you're not on the same wavelength. Your pal clearly does still like you as if he's suggesting meeting for lunch it means he wants to chat to you without noisy drunk folk in the background etc. I swap my booze addiction for other stuff, like your friend.  Some folk are lucky enough to take or leave booze but for those of us who struggle with it then socialising in the same way as before can be difficult. I go to the cinema more now and like quieter restaurants. It's probably no reflection on you that he's not a fan of the nights out and is just a sign that he's taking being off booze seriously for his own general wellbeing and peace of mind. 

That said, I still happily go out with a close pal who boozes like I used to and have a good time, plus I can drop him home knowing that he's not going to wake up on the train in Aberdeen rather that Queensferry. Consuming booze is generally great in any scenario. Removing it from the equation probably just makes you a bit fussier about what you get up to. 

 

I reckon you're probably right with the reasoning behind it, I've been on a few nights out sober and 1 or 2 hours is all i can really be bothered with before, like you say, you're fed up with soft drinks and the chat degrades into nonsense. It's more the hard line approach to going out that left me a bit cold as we weren't suggesting or even have a track record of doing anything too extreme as a group. We've now arranged the lunch he was after as it suited most people anyways but he's away in the huff at the mere suggestion of going to town so likely isn't going to come along.

 There's another guy in the group who, like yourself, doesn't really drink much but still enjoys coming out for a bit of a catch up considering we don't see each other as a group very often.