How often do you get drunk?

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Originally posted by alexgerrard:
I used to drink quite a lot.

"passed out, sleep on a park bench, wake in a pool of own kebab filled vomit". Anything else is, frankly, lame.

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Visions of a younger AG wandering the streets of London in an old mac clutching his bottle of meths wrapped in old newspaper.

You let that one slip

Mike

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Originally posted by mike lacey:
I feel sorry for those out there who do not drink.

Imagine waking up in the morning and knowing that this is as good as you are going to feel all day.

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You mean your hangover only lasts a few hours? Not days?

Tom

Actively enjoying it all

My worst hangover in living memory followed my trip to Jonathan Ribee's and Pog's on 11/9/2001.

(At the time that the Towers were hit, I was sipping red wine at Pog's in front of a formidable stack of angle iron, and completely oblivious to the tragedy unfolding in NY in this house without TV.)

I recovered enough to feel totally safe to drive on the morning of the 13th when Jonathan put on the radio as I was about to depart, and I first heard of the terrible events of two days previous.

As I only work in the evenings a sesh on a monday or tuesday night (my nights off) usually leave me feeling clear before I start work at 6pm on the Wednesday.

The rest of the week I either abstain altogether for night or two or I drink moderately (2 to 3 cans of German lager) while I do what I'm doing now...



Regards,

Steve.

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Originally posted by mike lacey:
Imagine waking up in the morning and knowing that this is as good as you are going to feel all day.

Regards

Mike

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Imagine waking up in the morning feeling so good, that this is o.k.

Mike C



I did seem to end up naked a lot, which is worrying.

ag

Rohypnol is a bitch like that.

So I hear, I can never remember.

I get tipsy at least once a week - usually on about 6 or 7 pints of real ale. I'm in the pub at least 3 times a week though (Thursdays, weekend nights (not both!) and the odd pint on a week night.

I probably binge drink too much, but don't do the townie "let's see how many we can cram in between Last Orders and Closing thing (as I'm not a townie!). If there's a party and wine about, I can easily drink 2 bottles of red back to back if I'm in the right mood, and I dont' very often get hangovers...

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Don't wanna be cremated or buried in a grave
Just dump me in a plastic bag and leave me on the pavement
A tribute to your modern world, your great society
I'm just another victim of your highrise fantasy!

I like to feel the warm merriment of a bottle of wine or beers on a Friday / Saturday night.

In the week, maybe average a glass a night.

I can't remember the last friday night I didn't have a drink.

Avoidable brain damage is worth avioding!

Cheers

Harry

Well as Cheech & Chong said. "You only use 20% of the brain. Let's burn out the other 80%"

Tom

Actively enjoying it all

I would do Tom, but you keep bumming the roach.

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Originally posted by garyi:
I can't remember the last friday night I didn't have a drink.

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Originally posted by Mekon:
I would do Tom, but you keep bumming the roach.

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Don't bogart that joint, dude - pass it over to me (etc etc!).

Everything gives you brain damage these days - living is dying, so why not have fun doing it?

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Don't wanna be cremated or buried in a grave
Just dump me in a plastic bag and leave me on the pavement
A tribute to your modern world, your great society
I'm just another victim of your highrise fantasy!

About your signature. You realise that that quote is meant to be humourous/ironic, yes? It's just that quoted like that out of context it might seem like exactly the sort of bad undergraduate style agit-pop lyrics it seeks to satirise.

BTW I always assumed that that song ("I'm Gobbing on Life") was ripped off my Mel Smith for "Gob on You" Not the Nine O'Clock News.

Matthew
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A mistake has been made,
It's a fact they can't hide,
Though I'm partly to blame
It cannot be denied.
There aint no use defending,
It seems I've been tending the wrong grave for 23 years.

A letter dropped onto my doormat one day
And I thought I'd ignore it,
It might go away.
And I took up my shears to the place for years
I'd presumed my sweet darling had lain.

Curse those in charge of plots,
Curse these forget-me-nots,
I've been sharing my inner most thoughts with an Edward McGrain
I'm inconsolable
And at times uncontrollable
But you wouldn't know 'cos you're 200 metres away...

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Originally posted by domfjbrown:
Everything gives you brain damage these days - living is dying, so why not have fun doing it?

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But what's fun about getting drunk? I really don't understand. [I hasten to add that I did get drunk once, for the express purpose of finding out, but it just made me feel miserable].

As with all things Jeremy, there are degrees. Slightly blurred, merry, drunk, horribly drunk and shitfaced.
To what degree did you go?
To nicely maintain a level of slightly blurred going towards a merry towards the end of an evening is very pleasant IMO. I manage very well to keep to this on a regular basis and very, very rarely exceed it.
By not drinking ( I assume you don't) you are very vulnerable to being out of control if you ever did have a drink again. It is worth mastering the art to prevent future embarassment.

Having said that Rasher, alcohol is a depressant is it not?.....

A depressant in that it depresses the Central Nervous System rather than makes you depressed.

Tendency for some to get maundlin notwithstanding.

Matthew

If I had all the money I'd spent on drink

I'd spend it on drink.

Regards

Mike

Spending money I don't have on things I don't need.

so you don't need a drink then Mike?

You've met The Nagger...

Mike

Spending money I don't have on things I don't need.

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Originally posted by Rasher:
As with all things Jeremy, there are degrees. Slightly blurred, merry, drunk, horribly drunk and shitfaced. To what degree did you go?

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On that scale: drunk - difficulty walking in a straight line and a hangover the next morning.

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By not drinking ( I assume you don't) you are very vulnerable to being out of control if you ever did have a drink again. It is worth mastering the art to prevent future embarassment.

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Hehe . [I do drink but not often and not much. I can't say there's any chance of my accidentally getting drunk].

It's strange that Matthew picked up on the fact that alcohol is not a depressant, because it's not.

It slows down the nervous system and "numbs" it, as Dr Robinson says.

So, stop being weak, stop watching your soaps and find an attitude yourself.

I'll get off my soap box now.

P.S. Surely you mean maudlin Matthew, not maundlin?

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Originally posted by JeremyD:
But what's fun about getting drunk? I really don't understand. [I hasten to add that I did get drunk once, for the express purpose of finding out, but it just made me feel miserable].

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You've not been "blotto" then.......

Everyone should get seriously rip-roaringly drunk at least once. It gives you a great perspective on sobriety and all the varying degrees of intoxication after that.

Many a great story results from a gathering that ends up getting OTT. My "claim to fame" was whilst crashing down on a friends floor after a great night out in a Working Man's Club outside Newcastle (double Jameson's £1.50 and a pint of beer at only £1.00).

I had rolled up my jacket to use as a pillow (all the other b's had nicked the cushions....) and managed to roll over, my head falling off the jacket onto the floor.

Aparently my quote was "Fuck me, I've fallen off the floor......"

Needless to say, the lady of the household was less than chuffed with the resultant uproar and laughter - it was 4am.

What was the song ?

"Those were the days my friend......."