Liking to drink a lot doesn't make you an alcoholic.
Don't let those fun-killing, do-gooder, health-nazi, bedwetting, hand-wringing cunts label you like that.
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Sun 13 Oct 2013, 1:17, 1 reply)

I do wonder about the semantics.
On one hand I crave drunkenness and count the hours to my next bottle and on the other I go for a few days without anything or with one or two (literally) for social reasons.
I think the term is "functioning alcoholic". But that might just mean "really likes to drink since nothing else, on it's own at least, is as calming and as exciting rolled into one.".
I know I can stop, but I can't afford skydiving, fast cars, progeny or anything else that's supposed to alleviate the tedium.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Sun 13 Oct 2013, 7:33, closed)

Lol. You could afford all those
if you didn't drink.
( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Sun 13 Oct 2013, 15:07, closed)

Not really, no.
I've not met anyone with my type of work and pay that can afford to do anything interesting. I've met many with state-supported kids they can barely afford to bring up and ones with shite cars they can barely afford to put on the road. I know some who save all year for a crappy holiday or a hobby they can afford to do infrequently also.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Sun 13 Oct 2013, 16:21, closed)

I realise it's not a straight choice.
Hence the Lol.
( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Sun 13 Oct 2013, 16:27, closed)

Like the man
who after watching me fly my $120.00 radio control plane, says "must me nice to have money", as lights up another smoke. With the cost of smokes, most of would be spending more than that a week.
(M61A1 CUPID- STUNTS, Mon 14 Oct 2013, 12:46, closed)

I've (breifly) flown a radio control plane.
It was more fun that a couple of packs of cigarettes but not as much as a bottle of wodka.
Edit: If I stopped drinking I'd likely have to spend a lot more on trying to lure the opposite sex or just buying useless junk on Amazon to get over the sheer ttedium of a normal week.
If you have a certain type of temprament self-medication seems to be the norm. Or real medication, which can be career limiting (not that I have a career).
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Mon 14 Oct 2013, 18:22, closed)