The no alcohol beer thread has thrown up that some people don’t like getting drunk. Whilst I did know this, it seems more common than I thought. Retailers like drydrinker.com would suggest it also goes beyond STW. Whilst I think it is more nuanced than choosing sober or smashed? For example I generally like the glow of 1-3 pints the most, I’ll happily proceed to pretty pissed and still think all is great. But full on mullered ie forgetting significant events etc is not my thing. Equally, when the road race season is off I will happily drink every day but really watch when racing. I also think a significant point is that I am equally happy drinking home or out, alone or in company. An old boss of mine once told me always knowing where your next drink is, is a good thing, and I tend to agree.

(I think I have disclosed enough poor drinking habits there to ensure I’m not trying to be judgemental)

Just for my interest, what’s your approach to the sauce?

Well I’m here drinking my last of my 6th peroni gran reservia…watching total recall on 5. Best way to end a Monday

I like a drink as much as the next man, but not as much as the next woman (the Mrs).
To be honest I’m just bored of hangovers and wasted weekends.

I don’t get drunk much at all, though I do like it occasionally. But I do like getting just a wee bit loose.

Well I’m here drinking my last of my 6th peroni gran reservia…watching total recall on 5. Best way to end a Monday

Sounds good to me!!

I definitely prefer to drink outside the house, the more sociable the better, but equally haven’t always shied away from having the odd beer in the house either. When I was younger I used to drink to black out bit I’ve gone right off it- it starts to look a bit sad, and the hangover guilt is too debilitating! Rarely get that these days, which is nice 🙂

I don’t get drunk much at all, though I do like it occasionally. But I do like getting just a wee bit loose.

If only I had condensed my post to this 😳 but I am at present a bit loose.

I’m currently a bottle and a bit of wine (don’t usually drink the stuff but got turned down for a job today and it was hiding in the cupboard) anda big ol’ glass f rum down. And although it’s not something I do often I feel like anything more than a refreshing beer without getting wobbly seems like a waste.

I do like a drink, stopped smoking da erb years back as it just didn’t agree anymore. The drink has worse health wotnots but I get to functionproperly and still partake.

++ Typos are not due to drink but a dodgy keyboard,I spilt beeron it theother week

watching total recall on 5

If that’s the remake then just stopit now and watch the original instead.

Be more him

Strangely a still of one of those clips is my avatar on another forum…

I like a drink, but I really can’t be arsed with a massive 3 day hangover following a proper bender.

I’m more of a 3 -4 pint bloke these days if we go out, that’s enough to make me talk shit

At home, it’s a couple of large g&t’s or maybe half a bottle of wine. Can’t even manage to finish a bottle of wine these days

I like a drink, but not enough to make me a total arse.

I struggle to recall the last time i got drunk, it was a while ago for sure, 2-3 years maybe. Part of that is i guess down to having a young lad, someone needs to look after him, so if the wife is drunk, then i need to be sober.
When going out there’s only 1 village pub, which means we generally drive somewhere, so i do the driving.

I rarely drink at home, only when making BBQ or having curry, but that’s because i enjoy the flavour rather than wanting to get drunk/tipsy.

If i go out for a few drinks on the rare occasion i am a 4 pint and i’m in trouble now.

This year we had our yearly blowout at PEmbrey circuit, the Sat night is usually VERY messy… but i was tucked up in bed semi-sober quite early.

Just not feeling it really.

Gave up drinking in the new year. Best thing I ever did – feel so much better for it.

I’ll have a glass of red most days. Rarely two. Dont really drink beer, dont enjoy pubs. My brothers death was drink related too so I just dont like feeling drunk.

Like Sweepy I’ve grown bored of hangovers and wasted weekends so stopped drinking 6 months ago. There is the very odd occasion when I miss it, but that lasts for about 5 minutes, otherwise not drinking is better in almost every way.

I like beer,wine,whisky, but like many above I can’t stand hangovers. So a couple of drinks will do just fine and any more is heading into hangover territory. Probably max 3 nights a week.

Occasionally there might be a big session, but i’m getting less competent at them nowadays.

I echo a lot of the above, 3 drinks is fun and I can get up the next day and do stuff.

Even my “3 drink glow” is probably a monthly thing at most.

I do get drunk once a year, office Xmas party. I’m a one man conga line. I can accept a hangover once a year when the weather is shit.

I like to drink but not to get drunk, I can’t drink for toffee either so often get a hangover despite not getting pissed.
I drink for the taste (love good wine and beer) and wish booze had less alcohol in it so I could drink more.
One of my favourite beers is Kernel table beer at 2.8-3 abv and packed with flavour, I can drink a couple of those 🙂
I hate the drink culture in this country, it’s an immature attitude that extends into adulthood plus alcohol destroys so many lives and families.

I seem to get totally shitfaced in 10 year cycles ..so I’m due a one this year ( but I don’t think that will happen )..1997, 2007..and after the last time vowed never again.
Depending on where we are I will have a pint after a ride with mates ..and that’s the only time I frequent a pub these days ..the rest of my drinking is at home a max 2 bottles of real ale ( golden ) or a couple G&T’s ..some weeks not at all but a max of 3 nights per week ..
There was a time though when it was every night in the pub 20 years ago ..and that’s when I decided to take up mountain biking instead of peeing it all against a wall..

What Mr Smith said. I can’t stand being drunk these days, and drink throws weight on me.

I hate getting drunk, I think because I’ve never been able to tolerate alcohol well. Never drunk so much that I’ve no memory of the night before, and three pints or small glasses of wine over the course of an evening will leave the room spinning unpleasantly.

I just don’t see the point anymore. Feel like crap for a day or two, plus the cost. I enjoy 3-4 pints during a summer ride, or some wine/port at home but that’s it. I value my time not feeling crap more.

I prefer tipsy – 2-3 pint wonder.
Can’t just have one though. 🙂

I used to be bit drinker, rugby and then music culture. Started drinking in pubs when I was 16 in early 80s. I could happily drink 12 pints on a weekend night and be fully functional next day.

Been winding it it progressively for last twenty five years. Now only drink Friday, Saturday and generally either half bottle of wine or s couple of 330ml tins of beer. Big night out is four pints any more than that is very rare.

Many reasons to cut down,not least the fact my dad was a big hitter had a major stroke in his mid-50s. But also I’m quite a strong extrovert so don’t really need beer to socialise and the hangovers are a nightmare over 45. On the other hand I like the taste of beers and wine so not likely to give up…

After a weekend of drinking I can safely say I wish I could give up.

If I’m perfectly honest, my early 20’s (uni), was dictated by drinking. Now my life is almost the opposite, and I rarely drink other than binging heavily. The issue I have is most of my social circles enjoy drinking, I’ve come to realise that I have nothing in common with some of my oldest friends other than drinking, and I don’t want to throw those friendships away. So I manage them by doing 3 or 4 big nights out per year with them. Means I maintain friendships without killing myself.

I rarely if ever drink at home, and could go weeks without unless I’m seeing friends who drink. Where I struggle is going to the pub and not having a few, it just doesn’t feel right to me, and I actually quite enjoy a few pints.

I do wonder whether binging maybe 10 times per year is better or worse than regularly having a ‘few’. I would prefer the binging regardless, as at least I spend the vast majority of my time without a fuzzy morning head.

I don’t often drink much more than one or two beers a couple times a week, but when I do I drink until I no longer can. Maybe twice a year tops.

Gave up drinking in the new year. Best thing I ever did – feel so much better for it.

Same, haven’t touched a drop in 2017, although I can’t really say I feel any better. Just can’t be arsed with it anymore.

I still like to get drunk occasionally (when there’s something to get drunk about, basically) but I don’t like the colds etc. I often seem to get afterwards and generally parental responsibilities (and needing to get home safely) preclude drunkenness.

It’s not the hangover per se, I can always cope the next morning. What the Americans would call a bit buzzed is probably what I generally get from a normal night out, and no significant hangover or follow on colds, so it’s all good.

Until recently I only drank on friday and Saturday evenings, 2 or three beers or perhaps half a bottle of red. Have recently knocked that on the head as it was starting to give me hangovers and with two small kids / biking etc it wasn’t worth it.

However I went to a wedding in England two weekends ago and it was rad getting leathered

I am wine dependent.
Have a glass or two on probably 5 days out of 7.
Bit more on a Friday night.
Don’t like going out drinking.
But a pint of ale on a Sunday afternoon is bliss.
Don’t like being drunk.

I like beer (and gin, and plenty of other stuff) but dont like being drunk. I also brew my own so there’s usually a keg of something tasty in the house if I want some.

A mixture of being quite happy to talk rubbish whilst sober and having a busy week means I quite like an evening of socialising to not wipe me out for the next 24 hours too.

I am wine dependent.
Have a glass or two on probably 5 days out of 7.
Bit more on a Friday night.
Don’t like going out drinking.
But a pint of ale on a Sunday afternoon is bliss.
Don’t like being drunk.

This is not meant to sound too harsh, but this is basically what I hope I never turn into. For me a few binges a few times a year is healthier than 3-5 bottles of wine per week, every week.

Also, I only ever drink to ‘enhance’ the occasion I am at, just drinking at home to me is basically someone who is reliant on alcohol.

Love beer and whisky but truly loathe hangovers now so I try and avoid getting smashed. It usually happens as a by product if being out with friends and the beers just slipping down as I do enjoy them.
Been drinking a bit at home recently and I think that should stop though.
I don’t really like the lack of control and my judgement is shocking after too many so I try and avoid it.

Northern Tom…but some of us really do like the taste of wine and beer, not just drinking to get a buzz. I don’t go out that much, but sharing a bottle of good wine once a week at home is hardly reliant on alcohol.

MrSmith – Member
I like to drink but not to get drunk, I can’t drink for toffee either so often get a hangover despite not getting pissed.
I drink for the taste (love good wine and beer) and wish booze had less alcohol in it so I could drink more.
One of my favourite beers is Kernel table beer at 2.8-3 abv and packed with flavour, I can drink a couple of those
I hate the drink culture in this country, it’s an immature attitude that extends into adulthood plus alcohol destroys so many lives and families.

^ This. I drink because I like the taste, not to get drunk. Looking back 20 years my drinking habits at uni were frightening and I regret them, but I guess many of us have been there, done that.

Drink mostly water or coffee and the odd can of coke, but would happily substitute the coke for a nice beer. Work apparently frowns on that sort of thing though.

In common with many, have long enjoyed a drink, sometimes to excess though not to excessive excess IYKWIM. But winding it back more these days, sometimes find it’s been a few days without a drop. Could knock it on the head but I like good beer!

I don’t mind a drink occasionally but hate being properly drunk.
I generally only have a drink when working away from home, or when on holiday.
I’ve not had a drink since we got home from our holiday on 3-Sept, and probably wont until I go away for work in a couple of weeks time.
Last time I was pretty drunk was new years eve 20 months ago.

As others have said – I like the 2-3 drink glow, but nothing more.

If I could drink beer all night, and remain like slightly affected, then I would. Love beer, don’t like being drunk, hate hangovers.

I do get drunk occasionally (quite regularly) but don’t enjoy the after effects. I would actually prefer if cannabis edibles, ecstasy and lsd could be purchased legally and in controlled quality and quantity.