Alcohol
I'm not addicted, it's just an emotional crutch!

Joking aside I did once date a girl who was convinced I had a drink problem.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:31, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

My ex-boyfriend thought so too about me
Stupid cunt. Just because I'd go out with the client once every 2 weeks and have a few beers. He was just stupidly jealous.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:32, Reply)

Once every two weeks?
Fucking hell, that is paranoid. Said girlfriend at least had a point in that I would drink several times a week. (Though she didn't really help her case by giving me a disapproving, guilt-inducing look whenever I started to move toward the bar)
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:34, Reply)

Yes, he was just being silly
he didn't like me doing things without him...

Several times a week of just a drink or of proper drunk?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:36, Reply)

A couple of beers, normally. Just shy of 'merry,' perhaps, certainly not 'drunk.'
I'd have one or two heavy nights but normally just two or three pints if I were out somewhere that served the stuff. I think part of the problem was that she was completely unable to hold her drink, and maybe this made her assume that if I had more than a pint and a half of beer then I would rolling round pissed on the floor.

(Nothing sucks the mood out of a good evening more than saying "another drink?" and motioning towards the bar only to be met with a disappointed-sounding "Oh..." and a look that's designed to cut to the core of your conscience, before you sigh resignedly and admit that no, you don't need another, and then she smiles at you, which makes it abundantly clear that that was the response she wanted...)
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:39, Reply)

Bah, you're better without her
a couple of pints is not that much. Maybe not every night, but that's me; some friends do it and I don't think they're alcoholic.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:40, Reply)

Oh, this was a few years ago now. It's one of those things I look back on now and (usually) laugh about

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:42, Reply)

...as you finish your second bottle of malt of the night?

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:45, Reply)

Quite. Three would be an extravagance.

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:49, Reply)

Except, of course, when there's an "r" in the month.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:53, Reply)

I finished a bottle of 'whisky' in 2 nights at the weekend
Not the best idea...
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:53, Reply)

haha, fuck, what? seriously?
I averaged more than a bottle of wine a day for several years and that still wasn't anywhere near a drink problem.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:35, Reply)

I used to go through 8 bottles of Grolsch per night for a few months
That wasn't good for me.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:39, Reply)

depends, really, on the person and how it affects them.
Didn't really cause me any issues bar recycling being a pain. But it's much more about how and why you drink then how much. Although 8 bottles a night is quite a lot.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:41, Reply)

Tbh, I drank them because they were on offer
When the offer changed, I stopped. I was drinking them at home, alone.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:42, Reply)

I'd think the calories in that much beer was the biggest health issue
unless you were drinking them all in an hour. Over an long evening, that's processable by most people's livers without too much hardship.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:44, Reply)

In that case, a cautionary tale for you
music.conniptions.org/track/drinking-on-my-own-again
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:47, Reply)

nowt wrong with drinking on your own.
Unless you are doing it to make being on your own seem better.

Tmb, he say, "first learn to love your own company. If you don't like your own company, why the fuck would anyone else like it?"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:52, Reply)

I don't tend to drink alone much anymore

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:52, Reply)

That's all I ever do.

( girlinthehole, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:53, Reply)

You've got your pets!

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:55, Reply)

If you start drinking with your dogs
it's gone too far. Mine had a real control problem after a couple of pints. Slurring her barking, offering anyone that walked past "outside" ... nightmare.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:00, Reply)

I have cats.
The dogs belong to my parents.
( girlinthehole, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:04, Reply)

Well I only drink alone or with other people.
Also: I ain't drunk. I'm just drinkin'.
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:56, Reply)

Exactly.
I drink to make other people interesting.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:01, Reply)

That explains the bash...

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:05, Reply)

Well, you couldn't seriously expect us to talk to one another if we were sober, could you?
(Beekers excepted...)
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:08, Reply)

Oh! We need to have another bash
that I can attend. I was thinking on April, but now I don't know if I'll be here or not. We need to go dancing, and drinking, and celebrate my wedding in a good way!
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:14, Reply)

Definitely

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:19, Reply)

With a bit of luck
we can have one in Chile! Or in Madrid (might be easier)
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:22, Reply)

I know
we were having problems at the time. I asked him if it was ok for me to go on a trip with my girl friends for a weekend, and he was going to explode with rage. He didn't like me having a life without him, so tried to scare me telling me that I'll be like my mother and my uncle, and I was becoming an alcoholic.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:39, Reply)

Uncle Adolf and Eva?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:40, Reply)

Haha

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:40, Reply)

the fact that you even had to ask if it was OK
would suggest running for the fucking hills and not ever stopping is the only solution. Thankfully it appears you did.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:42, Reply)

Yeah... it's so easy to see now, isn't it?
Why am I so silly, I don't know.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:12, Reply)

Meh. My best relationship bollocks up cost me £100,000, more or less.
I think I win on stupid.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:45, Reply)

Fucking hell, he must make you angry then?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:38, Reply)

It's only recently that I've started to get angry at him
I'm quite silly and try to find explanations for people being nasty, so I didn't use to get upset with him.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:42, Reply)

Probably not evident as I'm being a bit of an irritable old git today
But under normal circumstances, you sound like me.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:45, Reply)

I call myself stupid many times afterwards
when I realise what I was letting him (and others before) do me, and wouldn't complain. I think I'm lucky I found someone who's good to me, finally.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:55, Reply)

It's best not to beat yourself up about it
We all do daft things and put up with vast quantities of shit when we think we're "in love." Unfortunately for people like you and me, the symptoms of this condition can sometimes take months, or even years, to wear off.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 13:59, Reply)

Yeah, I'm happy now
but I was searching for an email from my brother the other day, and he's got the same name as this ex, so I found a chain of emails in which his friends called me all type of names for having been me the one asking him to go out. At that moment, I didn't think much of it, defended myself, and stopped talking with those friends. He didn't say a word on my defence, though, and is still friends with them. And now I'm upset (6 years later) for not realising from the begining how stupid he was.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:11, Reply)

I think realising what an idiot you've been is the worse thing.
It's crippling sometimes.
( girlinthehole, Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:13, Reply)

Yes
I wish we had a "memory erase" button.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 24 Nov 2010, 14:22, Reply)