Considering you're all alcoholics
what do you think of this www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15265317 I think it's pretty interesting.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:11, 95 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

I agree mainly that blaming alcohol for your behaviour is pretty stupid.
If you're consious you're responsible for your actions.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:13, Reply)

Also, if you act like a cunt when pissed then stop getting pissed

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:15, Reply)

Yep, that too
If I was a violent drunk I'd like to think I'd stop.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:17, Reply)

I would
Who wants to go out and pay a load of money to be in a bad mood? I can do that for free
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:18, Reply)

If you're a violent drunk
then chances are you're violent sober. What is it they call alcohol, a mood amplifier or some shit like that?
( Kroney, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:19, Reply)

This^

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:20, Reply)

Totally agree, and I really hate people who constantly act like total pricks and then blame it all on being bipoler or autistic or something.
It is possible to be a total cunt to somebody _and_ be bipoler or whatever, rather than _because_.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:19, Reply)

Yep
I like a drink as I feel chilled and relaxed when I have one
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:20, Reply)

As far as I can see drinking exaggerates your mood
If you are happy/silly then you get happier/sillier
If you are in a nark, you end up in more of a nark
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:14, Reply)

Kate Fox also wrote a very good book "Watching the English" - worth reading.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:18, Reply)

Also "would"
Fox by name, fox by nature eh? Eh? Eh?
No?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:29, Reply)

No

( Kroney, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:32, Reply)

^ this ^

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:36, Reply)

Oh suddenly everyone has standards now?
That's it - I'm off to the iffy crushes QOTW. No one understands me like they do...
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:38, Reply)

*sob*

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:25, Reply)

I think you are suited to answer this question actually
Were you a happy/sad/angry drinker? What made you start/stop?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:29, Reply)

I'm guessing: necessity

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:30, Reply)

Yup

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:32, Reply)

I'm just interested, is all

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:33, Reply)

Oh, i wasn't being arsey, sorry.
But at the end of the day, necessity was pretty much what it boiled down too. 'Rock Bottom' as they say.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:35, Reply)

I didn't take it as being arsey

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:38, Reply)

Well fuck you then.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:46, Reply)

I took that as being arsey
Does this help any?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:47, Reply)

I wouldn't be arshey with you, I love you, you're the besht.
*hic*
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:49, Reply)

DID YOU SPILL MY PINT?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:51, Reply)

Leev it Scarp - ee ain't worf it

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:47, Reply)

I stopped because I was a solo drinker of the worst kind by the end
but before that I was a very social, happy drunk. Occassionally dangerous to myself or others through clumsiness rather than malice.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:33, Reply)

Ahh, OK

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:34, Reply)

I mean, that's what I think anyway.
You'd need to ask others who were around me if my perception matches the reality.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:36, Reply)

Out of interest, what/how much did you drink?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:43, Reply)

Lots and everything.
That sounds flippant, but it's the best description. Vodka as a favourite, but cheap, internal organ stripping white cider wasn't out of the question. If you drink two bottls of Frosty Jack on a Sunday, you know something's not right.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:48, Reply)

Blimey
How long have you been sober?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:49, Reply)

606 days.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:50, Reply)

*claps*
Good fucking going!
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:51, Reply)

Thank you.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:52, Reply)

Because everyone knows Frosty Jack is a Monday morning drink

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:50, Reply)

Exactly!

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:51, Reply)

Trampjuice.tk gave it 10/10

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:14, Reply)

Ah poor Scarpo, it's not that bad. Here have a dr...
Oh shit!
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:30, Reply)

+izzle cake

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:34, Reply)

Yes! That.
That is precisely what I meant. Thanks sporto.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:35, Reply)

Something I don't get, right, with my tablets.
Sometimes when I take them, it's like nothing has happened, no real strength to them at all. Then other times I take them, like this afternoon, and they're rediculously strong.

It doesn't seem to co-incide with what I've eaten or what I've drunk with them, how much sleep I've had, or anything like that. It's just, like, random, where every few days a dose would do nothing and every few days a dose would make me feel wasted.

Is it possible that the tablet manufacturing has gone funny?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:30, Reply)

Shouldn't be
They should be manufactured and distributed under very strict conditions.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:32, Reply)

You can build up temporary resistance to them in your synapses.
Different parts of your nervous system will clear out at different times that's probably the reason.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:37, Reply)

Really?
I'm not disputing it, but it sounds like something out of a shampoo commercial!
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:44, Reply)

Pain meds effect neuroreceptors on the end of nerve cells,
they can only activate a limited number of times before they stop working and get replaced.
Drugs generally either block them to stop pain travelling or speed up their usage. So the cells try to counter it, either creating more or removing them quicker.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:49, Reply)

Can I ask why you dont work in a more medical capacity in the NHS?
You seem to be very knowledgeable about it
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:50, Reply)

Well, there was this incident with an unconscious patient and a rectal probe...

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:52, Reply)

We've ALL done that DG
*looks around furtively*
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:56, Reply)

I did a degree in psychology, but I didn't do and post grad stuff that I'd need to be clincally trained.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:53, Reply)

It's all over now anyway
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15269207
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:00, Reply)

Perhaps you could set yourself up as an online quack
There is a lot of call for internet diagnoses round these parts.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:01, Reply)

It's kinda sweet that politicians think they can change the way the NHS works.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:09, Reply)

They can change how much money it has

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:13, Reply)

Only until people start saying "give us more money or pretty photographic children start dying of preventable diseases"

(PsychoChomp, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:15, Reply)

I don't quite understand really,
Is this that thing where now the GPs decide how to spend the money, ie, who gets what operation or medicine, rather than PCTs ?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:12, Reply)

Sort of yes.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:14, Reply)

Cool, sounds good then.
I gotta dash, sorry to run.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:18, Reply)

Some info here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12177084
Or ask Chompy.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:15, Reply)

Makes sense, although I would thought it would be regulated as I always take them the sameish times.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:03, Reply)

Depends on the contents of your bento box

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:09, Reply)

I get this sometimes with my meds. I think it's related to blood sugar level.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:37, Reply)

Turn it up when Give It Away is on
Problem solved
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:45, Reply)

Please leave the internet for the next 3 hours.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:49, Reply)

Woohoo!
My 2nd LTI!
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 15:50, Reply)

bravo!

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:19, Reply)

OH BOY !!!! OFFER ON FLAT EXCEPTED ! YES !
//edit//
cheers =D
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:04, Reply)

Gonzgratulations

(PsychoChomp, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:06, Reply)

I like this

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:08, Reply)

Excellent news, Gonz!

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:08, Reply)

Good stuff
Have some meaningless congratulations from someone you don't know.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:10, Reply)

...and some more from me.

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:22, Reply)

Excellent. Congratulations.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:11, Reply)

woohoo

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:19, Reply)

Whoopee!

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 16:34, Reply)

Good work. Don't wank in all the rooms on the first day
save some for later.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 17:03, Reply)

Woo!

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 17:26, Reply)

woo!
still waiting on news of my house, it's all too complicated
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 17:55, Reply)

I saw that earlier
it's one of those things that's actually pretty obvious but doesn't occur until somebody states it. It's well known that france, spain and italy have higher per capita alcohol consumption but much less of an "issue" with it, so there's obviously something in what she says.

Although I think she underestimates the gaping chasm between "amount of trouble actually caused by drunk people in the UK" and "amount of trouble the hand-wringing press bleat on about related to drunk people in the UK"

see also how your kids will definitely be killed by a paedophile now and they were safe to go where they wanted at any time 30 years ago. Even though child rape and murder has decreased over time.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 17:02, Reply)

Yeah well I've got a coffee and a KitKat Chunky
so you can all suck it.
( Kroney, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 17:22, Reply)

I'd rather bite it

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 17:56, Reply)

I'd rather you didn't.

( Kroney, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 17:57, Reply)

I just worked out how to do a fucking amazing feature on the new iPhone software and I'm considering staying with Apple now, just due to this one feature.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 18:35, Reply)

Can you make the naked lady dance?

( girlinthehole, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 18:45, Reply)

Nah', but I can make it remind me something when I'm at a location, which would be so fucking handy, such as when I'm at Tesco, to get toilet paper.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 19:00, Reply)

Nope, it's not on there, but would be really easy to make. I'll make it, it'll be good to learn a new language, haven't done that this year.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 19:10, Reply)

They have a good point
Ireland has a similar drinking culture to us and yet they seem to associate drinking with 'a bit of a giggle' rather than 'this is the last days of rome'
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 18:51, Reply)

I drink to forget.

( girlinthehole, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 18:52, Reply)

why?

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 18:53, Reply)

Why what?

( girlinthehole, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 18:53, Reply)

why do you drink to forget

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 18:57, Reply)

I don't know...............I've forgotten.

( girlinthehole, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 18:58, Reply)

Its working then
this makes drinking=great a scientific fact
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 19:03, Reply)

Woo!

( girlinthehole, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 19:06, Reply)

I propose a toast

( willenium Fist bump for verification, Wed 12 Oct 2011, 19:20, Reply)