I have some Fat Tires in the fridge (not gonna lie) but I have not opened one up in a month
or so. Just been too busy between work and radio geek stuff.
I have not missed it.
I guess I just echo Saps when he said:

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"as you get older the hangovers just aren't worth it anymore"

5/1/2011 6:44:32 PM

I will be buying beer this week. Four straight games at Fenway, $Texas beers
Ftl.

[Edited on May 1, 2011 at 6:50 PM. Reason : I occasionally sip scotch, but not really a liquour drinker]

[Edited on May 1, 2011 at 6:50 PM. Reason : Grr]

5/1/2011 6:46:07 PM

So no one likes the hard stuff?

5/1/2011 6:48:16 PM

your mom likes the hard stuff. she also likes people who can spell correctly in their thread titles

5/1/2011 7:09:37 PM

oh fuck - mom and spelling smack. You sir, are a king among men.

5/1/2011 7:18:23 PM

knowing is half the battle

5/1/2011 7:19:40 PM

fucking quitting, just cut back

5/1/2011 7:45:10 PM

i am on day 1 of trying to quit smoking weed...not good

5/1/2011 8:07:40 PM

I always rely on another substance to quit a substance. When I lay off the green, I drink, when I lay off the drink I smoke.

5/1/2011 8:10:59 PM

It's illegal or whatever, but you should stick with smoking.

5/1/2011 8:20:20 PM

approximately 48 hours ago I swore I was going to stop drinking until after exams

I lasted an entire day. and prank called my friend and then couldn't figure out how to hang up my own phone

I might need to go to AA sometime in the future

5/1/2011 8:23:02 PM

I'm on my 3rd pint of guiness.

5/1/2011 8:25:17 PM

^^ lol thats awesome

5/1/2011 8:27:16 PM

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"I might need to go to AA sometime in the future"

5/1/2011 8:27:17 PM

I probably go through between a handle and a handle-and-a-half of cheap whiskey each week. I switched to coke zero as a mixer about a year ago, which ameliorated the weight gain somewhat.

My issues with quitting have always been boredom and peer pressure. Unfortunately I've established something of an, ah, reputation among my peers, so whenever they're drinking and I'm not, the pressure comes on quickly. Unless I have a clear and immediate reason to refrain, I usually cave in pretty quickly.

I've also never really had a compelling reason to stop for any significant length of time. I make good grades. I've never been late to work. I abhor drunk driving and do not do it. Drinking makes me feel genuinely good and does not make me want to fight somebody, start drama, or get all weepy. So whenever someone says that I should cut back, all I can think to say is, "Why?"

5/1/2011 11:00:37 PM

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"I've also never really had a compelling reason to stop for any significant length of time. I make good grades. I've never been late to work. I abhor drunk driving and do not do it. Drinking makes me feel genuinely good and does not make me want to fight somebody, start drama, or get all weepy. So whenever someone says that I should cut back, all I can think to say is, "Why?""

Wikipedia's answer to the "why" question:

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"Binge drinking is associated with increased impulsivity, impairments in spatial working memory and impaired emotional learning. These adverse effects are believed to be due to the neurotoxic effects of repeated withdrawal from alcohol on aberrant neuronal plasticity and cortical damage. Repeated periods of acute intoxication followed by acute detoxification has profound effects on the brain and is associated with an increased risk of seizures as well as cognitive deficits. The effects on the brain are similar to those seen in alcoholics who have been detoxified multiple times but not as severe as in alcoholics who have no history of prior detox. Thus the acute withdrawal syndrome appears to be the most important factor in causing damage or impairment to brain function. The brain regions most sensitive to harm from binge drinking are the amygdala and prefrontal cortex."

What they're saying is that after years of heavy drinking your brain don't think good no more.

At that rate you're drinking ~6-9 shots per day. You would probably suffer some withdrawal symptoms if you quit. Many people would recommend that anyone drinking that much go to a doctor and get a benzo prescription before quitting to prevent some of the worst withdrawal symptoms. You're young and unlikely to have been drinking heavily long enough to experience many of the symptoms now, but the withdrawals get worse each time you do it. It's a process called "Kindling". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_withdrawal_syndrome

I'd suggest that you and ncsuallday have a yearly physical which includes a liver function test...blood work which measures the levels of certain enzymes that can be indicative of liver damage. Nobody can tell you when to cut back and even if they did you wouldn't listen. Unfortunately, by the time your body tells you to cut back some amount of damage will already be done.

EPIC 27,000th POST PSA

[Edited on May 1, 2011 at 11:52 PM. Reason : l]

5/1/2011 11:46:32 PM

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"reputation among my peers"

I have the same issue - next weeks poker game is going to be interesting.

I'm on day 5 - had some withdraw - but nothing to justify pills. Still have not slept more then a few hours a night - but have a feeling that will change tonight.

/blog

5/2/2011 8:33:11 AM

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"yes i quit drinking every sunday"

same here....i don't drink mon - thurs...well sometimes on thurs but i leave the drinkin for the weekend. if i drink during the week its hard for me to wake up and be productive.

5/2/2011 9:16:55 AM

time to pick up a weed habit

5/2/2011 9:32:23 AM

why would i quit drinking altogether? i'm neither an alcoholic nor do i consume enough alcohol on a regular basis for it to be "bad" for me, as i have a healthy hepatic system

[Edited on May 2, 2011 at 9:37 AM. Reason : as far as i know, anyway]

5/2/2011 9:36:38 AM

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"I'm on day 5 - had some withdraw - but nothing to justify pills. Still have not slept more then a few hours a night - but have a feeling that will change tonight."

dang how much were you drinking that you're going through withdrawal?

5/2/2011 9:40:43 AM

i've been thinking recently that i have begun to drink too much

i keep saying that i'm gonna stop for a while, but inevitably someone calls me or something and wants me to come out that night...

le sigh.

i don't ever drink alone, though, except for maybe a beer or two with dinner sometimes... so at least there's that.

5/2/2011 9:42:02 AM

i have maybe 2-4 each night during the week. Depending on the weekend plans it may be 2-4 or 12+.

5/2/2011 9:48:19 AM

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"as you get older the hangovers just aren't worth it anymore don't come as often"

Seriously, unless you get wasted off liquor wine and beer at the same time its pretty easily to avoid hangovers. Especially when you have years of experience.

5/2/2011 9:52:13 AM

^this

it also helps to have a drip of LR

5/2/2011 9:55:06 AM

I've always had bad hangovers and nothing helps.

5/2/2011 9:55:11 AM

I never feel hungover.

5/2/2011 9:57:42 AM

my weekends of heavy drinking have actually increased over the last 4-6 months since moving uptown within walking distance to some great bars. but they are still only a few times a month. The rest of my nights are usually a few craft beers or some cheap drafts at a knights or checkers game. but yeah, hangovers are a lot less common now that i don't drink trash.

5/2/2011 10:00:03 AM

I'm in this boat:

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"man oh man. i prolly need to, not that i'm an alcoholic or anything (i'm functional ) but its just getting....old. i seriously bet i would lose 10ish lbs if i did..."

5/2/2011 10:03:21 AM

I'm off - will reboot tomorrow.

5/2/2011 10:07:59 PM

pat we're talking about real drinking, not three beers at the saucer drinking

5/2/2011 10:19:35 PM

my memory is terrible. i thought maybe i had ADD or something, but i think i might have really drank myself retarded. i don't really drink often, but the once a week or every other week, i drink a ton. i used to be kinda smart, and witty, and athletic. now i'm slow, and an asshole, and unmotivated to do shit. oh well. i can always quit later.

5/2/2011 10:20:06 PM

I quit getting drunk on weekdays. Going to the bar every day was making my bank account

5/2/2011 10:22:14 PM

I've cut back considerably. Was drinking a couple of glasses a day. Now I'm buzzed from half a glass. You def save a little money from cutting back, which is a huge plus. I cut back mostly bc the girls I hung out with a year ago are either pregnant or trying to get pregnant, so they don't drink. It's amazing how much we end up drinking socially just bc bars are the normal places to go with friends.

Now we just do power walks and pool time, for the most part.

5/2/2011 10:40:27 PM

from about halfway up the page, in the Wikipedia list of alcohol withdrawal signs and symptoms, one is "Euphoria". sign me up!

in all seriousness as i got older i didn't want to waste my days too hungover to do anything. nowadays i'll maybe have like one delicious high-gravity beer every weekday night, and on weekends i try to control myself. key word: try. always end up seeing an old friend and end up being obnoxious with them.

5/2/2011 10:49:54 PM

I wish I could cut back - tonight was a fail to the max.

5/2/2011 11:43:47 PM

during schooltime I usually drink at least once a day

but I cut back in the summer due to less stress

5/3/2011 12:43:29 AM

I split a bottle of wine with the girlfriend for every dinner we cook. If no wine, then a beer or two.

I don't, however, binge on weekend nights off. I'll add a couple more drinks to the total (so maybe 5 or 6 on my "big" nights)...but I just don't go big time that much anymore. It still happens, but more like once or twice a month instead of once or twice a week like it did in law school (and the first couple years afterwards).

Slowly turning into a grown-up....

5/3/2011 7:32:22 AM

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"I split a bottle of wine with the girlfriend for every dinner we cook."

this is us, but we rarely have more than a glass or two, so we never finish a bottle in one sitting

i might have a beer (never more than one) if we're just at home and i want one

we go out once a week to someplace that i'll order multiple beers (2-3)

all in all, i very rarely have more than 6-7 drinks per week and happy with that

5/3/2011 8:12:08 AM

I usually have a beer or two Thursday and band practice and maybe another one or two on a weekend night and that's about it these days.

5/3/2011 8:13:31 AM

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"pat we're talking about real drinking, not three beers at the saucer drinking "

that's because Patrick pukes and rallies more often than people realize

5/3/2011 8:16:47 AM

^lol, that is usually only invoked on special occasions!

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"pat we're talking about real drinking, not three beers at the saucer drinking "

Ah, I forgot that drinking a lot of Busch Lights is serious business. I was at the Saucer last night, and to ease your mind I'll tell you that I had 6 medium to high alcohol content pints and had no hangover this morning. So suck it

5/3/2011 8:47:53 AM

that's because you have the tolerance of a beast. drinking 4-5 nights a week over many many years will do that

5/3/2011 8:48:42 AM

Exactly! Hence, no hangover

5/3/2011 8:52:39 AM

i had 1.5 beers last night. a huge headache came on after my softball game that shut me down for the night.

5/3/2011 9:00:32 AM

I'm kinda brokish at the moment so no beers until Friday.


Also the biggest thing for me, I think, is just the whole novelty of getting trashed everytime I drink has worn off. I can stop at just two beers and be okay with that. Most of the time when I get trashed now, it's more of by accident...meaning I'm out with friends and we are having such a great time and I keep ordering another drink I don't realize how trashed I am until I go to lay down in bed and the room starts to spin and I have to run to the bathroom...and then I end up passing out onthe bathroom floor, then I make my way back to bed and then I spend the next two days hating life.

Those nights are becoming farther and farther apart now.

[Edited on May 3, 2011 at 9:12 AM. Reason : ]

5/3/2011 9:09:49 AM

Maybe some of you guys need hobbies (other than drinking )

5/3/2011 9:18:51 AM

I have 2 hobbies:

1) drinking
2) hangover prevention

5/3/2011 9:43:59 AM

i was about to come in here and say that i'm planning on cutting down quite a bit until the wedding....just because i have a lot goin on and stuff, but then i realize somebodys gonna come home this weekend, or theres gonna be a dinner, or just .....something.

so i wont

5/3/2011 9:53:53 AM

sometimes i wish i drank enough to say "i need to cut back"...




[Edited on May 3, 2011 at 10:13 AM. Reason : i just realized that i go to bada at least once a week and i haven't had a beer there since december]

5/3/2011 10:08:36 AM