Alcohol

[camokid]

i only drink to make the misses look pretty

[Pinkella]

i only drink to make the misses look pretty

I'm assuming she isn't a member on here then lol

[camokid]

god no she would have left me a long time ago ..

 

i told her pigeon watch has a no mustache rule so she cant come on

[Pinkella]

god no she would have left me a long time ago ..

 

i told her pigeon watch has a no mustache rule so she cant come on

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH lol

[rascal72]

All depends on if driving/shooting and if in the mood for a drink

If not driving/shooting and in the mood for a drink I can manage 6-8 bottles of lager and then a70 cl vodka but hate the hangovers so thats not very often

If not really in the mood a couple of bottles and I can be speachless (as in not able to) ha ha

But if driving/shooting which is becoming more often as the kids are now taking an interest I wont touch a drop of the evil stuff

[novice cushie shooter]

Like a nice shloer on ice....3 months tee total and delighted and feel brilliant.

[Pinkella]

Its nice to know you can go without it

[kdubya]

I like a sensible drop of the hard stuff on an eve, and I like a trip down the pub when it suits, but fact is and it goes against all the know all rants of its a "slippery slope" that the older I am getting the less I NEED a drink.

 

KW

[yates]

A few beers most evenings, nothing below 5% as i like to feel there's somthing in the liquid. Unfortunately i've developed a liking for single malts too. Just realised i've been doing this for a couple of years since i stopped smoking. Perhaps it's time to slow down but i must admit that i do like to drink. I always wondered why my kids call me 'Father Jack,

[gemini52]

I have a few beers at the weekend to chill out,its a fact as you get older your body does not tolerate alcohol like it did when you were younger,plus i end up spending more time getting up for the loo,the joys of getting older

[neillfrbs]

me and the mrs drink a bottle of wine most nights with dinner,and a few beers on the weekend.

[chrisjpainter]

all told, including pubs trips with friends, probably one a week? I have a pretty sizeable collection of whisky, but it keeps growing because it takes me so long to finish a bottle! a couple of months back I finally finished my Undergrad graduation bottle. The last shot was to celebrate my friends' wedding, but I got the bottle in 2009 when I got my degree results!

Can't remember when I had a drop, so I might have one tonight

[garjo]

From drinking weekends - beer, wine etc - now given up completely. Some of it because of medical reasons mostly because seen the damage its done to members of family. Result - lost 3 stone, feeling healthier and bit better off money wise.

[matty thud]

up to last week drank every fri sat sun night 8 cans a night but now nights drawing in going to go lamping fri nights till late hav a drink on saturday then sun aft go pigeon shooting plus need to loose some weight for hols and save some money for new gun

[figgy]

I enjoy a drink as and when I feel like enjoying one or two.

 

If I don't feel like having a drink I don't regardless if I'm in a pub, party,barbecue etc

 

Like a nice ale but malt whiskey and cognac is my preference,mmmmmm enjoying a nice Remmy Martin now while perusing the forum.

 

Figgy

[bullet boy]

Have a few Ciders in the house throughout week and like a drop of Whiskey but do dont drink excessively.

[markm]

I drink a litre of vodka split between Thur, Fri and Sat. I would be devastated if I had to stop drinking.

[Laird Lugton]

Due to the job I don't drink during my working week. On days off I occasionally have a small beer with dinner as I like the taste but I don't drink to unwind or relax in front of the TV (god created biscuits for that purpose ;-) ). If we have visitors I may have a g&t or a single malt.

 

A bottle of malt or gin will last at least 2 years in our house and I think that is primarily due to evaporation!

[gemini52]

When i had my last visit from a feo,which was about four years ago,one of the questions he asked was do you have problem with drink or drugs,what his reasons for asking is anyones guess.

[-Mongrel-]

When i had my last visit from a feo,which was about four years ago,one of the questions he asked was do you have problem with drink or drugs,what his reasons for asking is anyones guess.

Would you consider an alcoholic as being suitable for a SGC then?

[FarmerSim]

subject to prescription medication, quite often have a beer in the evening. More often than not "old speckled hen", but always one of the ones on offer in the local Tesco (!) , which Mrs Sim is kind enough to get in for me

 

Fond of single Malts too - Glen Ord being my favourite.

 

Rarely go to the pub now, but an occasional pint of the black stuff goes down pretty well.

[rascal72]

Well after a 24 hr shift then stripping the new house from top to bottom I deserve a drink tonight prob have one before Zzzzzzzz

[RED BEARD]

i usually have a couple of pints most nights,guinness,newcastle brown or manns brown ale.i also like couple of glass's of whiskey or rum,and if i start on the baileys its not worth putting the bottle away,as it dont take long to sup it.i dont go out drinking much,unless its a funeral,which usually ends up being a good session!

[geordieh]

Would you consider an alcoholic as being suitable for a SGC then?

What is an alcoholic? Back in the day in the early 70s I joined the army went out to Germany and drinking was a way of life, I would usually have 3-4 double brandy and cokes on a lunchtime every lunchtime.Some of my mates would have 4-5 pints every lunchtime.Weekends I could easily do a litre of Asbach brandy a day without even trying.A litre of spirits cost about a quid in the naafi shop and everbody I knew kept 2 or 3 crates of beer on the balcony.God we even cleaned the windows with vodka it was cheaper than windowlene. In camp we had vending machines that sold beer.But every morning we did a 3 mile run I played football twice a week and trained once a week. I am now nearly 57 was diagnosed with an enlarged heart, high blood pressure and diabetes two years ago so hardly touch the stuff now.Was it caused by alcohol? Probably.Was I an alcoholic? Definitely not.But by todays standards they would say I had a problem but I was never violent through drink I was never a falling down or staggering all over the place drunk I wasn't even classed as one of the heavy drinkers in our squadron. When I work out how much coke I used to drink on a good session mixed with brandy probably 10 pints of coke on a heavy session probably didn't do me any good either(blood pressure and diabetes).When I go out now I will have the odd pint and that's it but I have enjoyed my life and when it is my time to go I hope to be 100 years old and shot by a jealous husband

Geordie

[kyska]

Would you consider an alcoholic as being suitable for a SGC then?

 

Alcoholism is a strange beast Mongrel, when I was practicing I've seen people who drink tremendous amounts, but don't score as 'dependent', I've seen people who drink little compared and are completely driven by drink and can't function. I've seen people in very, very high profile jobs, earning 100's of 1000's who are on the soup all the time but are completely competent...functional alcoholics.

 

The generalised fact that people who drink shouldn't have firearms is based on acute social trends.

 

My point is, someone could have half a bottle of wine and decide to take the Police on, become nihilistic and do something very silly indeed, others may drip feed themselves with booze and never even have a cognitive thought of doing harm.

 

The depth of what I'm saying isn't well portrayed by my words, I'm not defending drinkers/substance abusers, but the majority of people who do silly things isn't driven primarily by drink, but the situation they get dumped into starts a unfortunate series of events, which normally ends up with a unbalanced mind/period coupled with alcohol.