Sam Nichols Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Something that I found very interesting, slightly disturbing and I'm not really sure how seriously to take it!Take this quiz HERE and then answer the above poll. I'll be honest, recently I've been drinking every other day at least.. sometimes daily, not getting pissed but just drinking around 4 cans or so. The quiz on that site said that I'm an alcoholic.. which I laughed off.But perhaps I do need to cut down?!Anyway please take the time to do the quiz and complete the poll.. You'll either make me feel better about myself or confirm to me that I need to sort my shit out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Arnold Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 what about if i drink once a week? and more than 2 drinks really isn't a very difinitive option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Nichols Posted May 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Well that was kinda the point I was getting at.. I dont get drunk every time I drink.. But I do drink a lot, and apparently that makes me an alcoholic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Logan-Price Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 LOL according to that i need help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Anscombe Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 i drink like a fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 I answered 1 question 'yes' which was 'do you wish people would mind their own business about your drinking'. But that was in a different context.Also, i only drink 2 pints or more once a week (tonight actually yey!), so the poll hasn't got enough options.If you're drinking 4 cans daily, that can over a long period of time damage your health, it's just twice over ice the recommended daily limit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishy Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Say's I'm an alcoholic, but I really don't drink that much anyway, but when I do I get para. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben John-Hynes Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 i drink like a fish Meaning you don't drink? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Well that was kinda the point I was getting at.. I dont get drunk every time I drink.. But I do drink a lot, and apparently that makes me an alcoholic? The fact that you can drink 4 cans and not get drunk says a lot. I'd be quite drunk on 4 cans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Arnold Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 i don't drink all the time because it tends to screw with my head. also, i hate ruining a good ride with a stinking headache!although saying that i usually get drunk on fridays, then end up paying for it all weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Nichols Posted May 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 (edited) The fact that you can drink 4 cans and not get drunk says a lot. I'd be quite drunk on 4 cans.There are other factors involved in ability to drink more or less than other.. it's not all about being a hardened drinker! Although, drinking a lot will build up resilience to to it, so that's a valid point.EDIT: Resilience wasn't the word I was after, what am I looking for?? Edited May 6, 2009 by nichols_sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 I drink maybe one night a month. Not into drinking really that much, never have been really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 There are other factors involved in ability to drink more or less than other.. it's not all about being a hardened drinker! Although, drinking a lot will build up resilience to to it, so that's a valid point.EDIT: Resilience wasn't the word I was after, what am I looking for??Immunity?That's true, but usually it's either that, or people have different definitions of the word 'drunk'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Nichols Posted May 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 My view is that being 'drunk' is when the alcohol begins to inhibit your balance and speech..And my general opinion is if I was getting into that state on a regular basis then we'd be talking problems.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 So how do you feel after you've had 4 cans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish-Finger-er Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 erm, it says im an alcoholic, and im semi inclined to believe thembetween 17 and 19/20, i did have a drink problem now i look back on it, i was constantly getting to wasted and drinking too much (but its kind of what we do as youngsters anyway) the trouble is i quickly built a resiliance up to alcohol, to the point where id think nothing of finishing a bottle of scotch or vodka before leaving to go to a club (i was pissed as a fart, but still functioned normally). Id sat in drinking with people i knew before, and had a guy passed out in the toilet, whilst i was sat there playing xbox like i was sober. over the last year ive calmed it down a lot, but the trouble is, it doesnt take much to go back to drinking the way i was, generally find a couple of days on it, and im back to my old ways. dont really count holidays as there my break to go silly, to stop me from doing it the rest of the time, but i drank a gallon of spirits on top of a €400 euro bar bill on a recent trip to italy. and after a mates recent death, i drank stupidly for basically a week, just so i didnt have to deal with it, talking 3/4 bottles of whisky and a couple of crates of cider in the weak. although recently ive been enjoying going out and gettin sociably drunk rather than plastered, i still find that i dont really need much of an excuse to go back to getting blind drunk. But i can easily stop, i did 3 weeks between the bank holidays, and ill most likely go till the next time i go out in manchester before i drink. my saving grace as i see it, is the fact that i dont drink in my house,which stops me from hitting whisky whilst just chilling at home etc.So how do you feel after you've had 4 cans?depends on the night, how much ive had to drink, how much ive drank in the 2/3 weeks previous, and what ive eaten. I can be anything from having 4 cans of regular strength cider ('bow, woodpecker, koppaberg,blackthorn etc) and feeling semi done in, still talking and walking fine, but feeling slightly messed up in my head. to drinking half a crate and not feeling a thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Nichols Posted May 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 So how do you feel after you've had 4 cans?More often than not I feel indifferent.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_ Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 I only got 3 yes' so im not quite an alcoholic. I drink maybe 4 times a week, but normally its a glass of wine or a pint, I normally have between 2 and 4, on a saturday and often alot more than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 I'm an alcoholic according to the website.Apparently I'm in trouble with alcohol...blimey. Although I have cut down a lot lately, which I guess is good...it's not a personal thing though, I just don't have the time.And by the way, I love the equality of the banner at the top...Elderly, disabled, hunch-backs, fat people, cowboys and midgets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Nichols Posted May 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 And by the way, I love the equality of the banner at the top...Elderly, disabled, hunch-backs, fat people, cowboys and midgets. No fatties though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 The fact that you can drink 4 cans and not get drunk says a lot. I'd be quite drunk on 4 cans.To be fair that says more about you. 4 cans isn't a large amount to get you drunk. Unless your trying to count over the limit to drive which isn't drunk in the slightest. There's a huge difference between being drunk and having slower reactions. Generally i'd class drunk as showing 3 or more of the following...Loss of balanceSlurred speechLoss of inhibitions (saying stuff you wouldn't etc)Becoming angry or violent against your usual natureMemory blackoutsNumbing of the lips/tongue4 can's for me isn't enough to affect me much at all, and i'll happily have 10 or so cans and still be talking away coherently and calculated like i normally would. Pints are different, normally it's between 6-8 pints before i find a slight loss of inhibition, by 10 or so i'll be onto spirits and then it'll take a while before loss of balance and slurred speech.I have been known to drink a litre of vodka as pre night-out drinks and usually the night will end up in me being very drunk indeed with all of the symptoms above. It's not something i'm ashamed of, in fact quite the opposite... however i do recognise the inherent health risks associated with it and wouldn't condone someone else to do the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that NBR dude Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 I pretty much don't drink. I don't see the point in it, and don't really enjoy the taste either. If I do, I'll have like 1 every couple of months, if we go out for a special occasion or something. In fact I can count the amount of times I've had a drink in the past year on one hand.When I was ill last year, I wasn't aloud to drink because of the medication, and since then I have hardly touched the stuff. I can enjoy an evening just the same without the need for alcohol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 The questionnaire is pretty shoddy in fairness, i got 6 yes and 6 no but the questions were left very open.I normally drink a bottle of whiskey a week half before thursday night and half before friday then drinks in town etc, normally a few cans on a saturday daytime too.Not worried at all really and wont be able to go town for a good 6 weeks anyway due to a broken knee so i guess ill have time to freshen up for when its healed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 (edited) Recently I've cut down massivly because i really realised how much it was affecting my studying... but as soon as my exams are over im back on it. Its just so good going out with mates all the time and having classic nights out, i dont see the issue I've quit drinking (well i say that i have a pint a night but only as a hey ho thing, got a bow in my hand now (maybe i am an alchie)) and during the long summer i will go mental, nass and the 24 tour being 2 examples, of days which i plan to not remember. The only adverse thing ive found is when things go downhill they rapidly fall down, other night in a club some kid was starring at me, so i just stood there and starred back, he punched me 3 times, and i flew over a table, i got back up so drunk that i walked up to him because he was still starring at me, to ask him what he was doing, next thing i know i got punched another 4 times before the bouncers pulled him off. Things were fine as it was but just really shook me up and made me reconsider getting that drunk again. But the next week... sure enough, i was walking round the club in my pants... stripped of my clothes i was so drunk... good times. Edited May 6, 2009 by Simpson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocktrials Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 I drink rarely....love drinking when going out/plannin to get smashed but thats all, maybe some wine at home, other than that, i'd rather drink water/juice, its cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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