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At what point are you an alcoholic?
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Psiloc 6,351 posts
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Armoured_Bear 31,140 posts
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Registered 9 years agoI hope he does get help, alcohol can be so lovely and so fucking evil. -
elstoof 27,862 posts
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Registered 16 years agoMy dad used to be able to cane a bottle of vodka a day. He’s in a wheelchair now, he can’t control his arms and legs properly due to the ataxia. I don’t think he expected to live to the age he is now, he’s only 63. There’s more pleasant ways to go early, rather than shrivel into a shell of a human and count down your days watching U.K. Gold -
JYM60 19,043 posts
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Registered 15 years agoMe and the Mrs would finish a bottle of Gin between us in one night no problem. Maybe once every two weeks. The other week in between is usually 2-3 bottles of wine.
I'd have never entertained the thought of drinking G&Ts or wine in my lager guzzling and Vodka vomitting youth, but they're both delicious to me now!
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KD 3,540 posts
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Registered 16 years agoAs a teen I had to go to my uncles funeral who was the strongest person I ever knew, bouncer/steel worker who died before his 50th Birthday due to long term alcohol abuse.
I never really started drinking often after that, one weekend every few months and even went 10 years practically sober in my 20's only having a single can some nights just to shut up arseholes who find my non drinking a problem. Not drunk proper since I last went out Sept 2019, since then I have had a can over a girls house and a small bit of whiskey when another visitied over this last year.
I should add I do smoke way to much so thats my vice.
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TheSaint 20,925 posts
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Registered 16 years ago@JYM60
Same here. All about the spirits now and if I do happen to have beer it’s usually the alcohol free stuff. -
Dougs 100,285 posts
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Registered 18 years ago@elstoof sorry to hear that Els. We've had this discussion before. I'm amazed my old dear didn't end up the same, but her vice was weak German wine with lemonade top. 2 bottles wasn't unusual and in her 50s would do a bottle of Bacardi no worries. I am much more moderate but do mix quite a bit, which tends to lead to bad hangovers. -
Trafford 9,335 posts
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Registered 13 years agoAh shit, DrStrangelove has emo quit. 😕
On a side note, RIP to this bloke.
https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/man-in-his-40s-dies-suddenly-on-lancaster-canal-towpath-3178615
I knew him, strapping self employed gardener, met him at meetings. Sadly never really got involved.
One of those death by misadventure things. -
challenge_hanukkah 14,318 posts
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Registered 8 years ago@DrStrangelove come back you daft fanny. -
Armoured_Bear 31,140 posts
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Registered 9 years agoTrafford wrote:
Does that usually mean "was pissed and fell"?
Ah shit, DrStrangelove has emo quit. 😕
On a side note, RIP to this bloke.
https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/man-in-his-40s-dies-suddenly-on-lancaster-canal-towpath-3178615
I knew him, strapping self employed gardener, met him at meetings. Sadly never really got involved.
One of those death by misadventure things. -
Trafford 9,335 posts
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Registered 13 years agoYeah, it covers a multitude of endings. -
JYM60 19,043 posts
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Registered 15 years agoTheSaint wrote:
TBH if I went out to the bar to watch the football I would probably still have a pint. But I can't even remember that far back!
@JYM60
Same here. All about the spirits now and if I do happen to have beer it’s usually the alcohol free stuff. -
quadfather 38,985 posts
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Registered 11 years agoAfter a year of generally being alone, I'm finding the idea of going to a pub a bit weird now I've got used to solitude! -
Dirt3 1,738 posts
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Registered 7 years agoelstoof wrote:
I used to know a guy who was a landlord. AFAICT a lot of the cash was sunk into booze and smokes. He was a nice bloke and I got on OK with him.
My dad used to be able to cane a bottle of vodka a day. He’s in a wheelchair now, he can’t control his arms and legs properly due to the ataxia. I don’t think he expected to live to the age he is now, he’s only 63. There’s more pleasant ways to go early, rather than shrivel into a shell of a human and count down your days watching U.K. Gold
Last time I saw him (don't know his age but suspect mid 50s) he had given up the booze and was shaking so badly that he couldn't really hold anything in his hands and do any work.
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Dougs 100,285 posts
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Registered 18 years agoSounds a bit like my brother tbh. Ex-landlord, chef, who drinks approx 8-10 pints or cans a night. Last time I saw him he had a bit of the shakes. Not massively noticeable but enough.... -
quadfather 38,985 posts
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Registered 11 years agoWhen I was caning beer during a particular shitty time, I got to the stage where, after work, I'd go to the train station to wait for my train home, and I'd always have a couple of beers in the station while I waited. This was on top of an always heavy night before.
I've never had DT's before, but what started happening is that I'd be at the bar, ordering a pint, waiting, paying for it, and then as my hand reached towards the glass to pick it up, it started to shake ever so slightly. If it was a non-alcoholic drink, it wouldn't shake. I thought that was a bit weird, but went over to my table and put the drink down.
The problem started when I attempted to lift the glass to take a drink. My hand would start shaking enough to make me spill some on the table. Then the second attempt would be slightly easier, and then after the 3rd glug, I'd be ok again.
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challenge_hanukkah 14,318 posts
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Registered 8 years agoI've just heard the woman next door shout at the guy for pissing and shitting on some laundry when he was drunk last night.
I've been a pisshead pretty much all of adult life, but not once have I soiled myself or ever pissed/shat in random places in the house. I've pissed in doorways and what have you but never wet the bed at home or anything.
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Rum_Monkey 3,349 posts
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Registered 2 years agoI've walked outside when over at someone else's and pissed in their garden. I was in a ground floor flat at the time and the steps I took to the garden were like the layout to get to the toilet in the flat. I've also pissed in a bidet thinking it was a toilet.
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challenge_hanukkah 14,318 posts
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Registered 8 years agoYeah, I think I pissed in a bidet on holiday, but I didn't follow it up by taking a dump on a windowsill or anything. -
quadfather 38,985 posts
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Registered 11 years ago@challenge_hanukkah
The closest I've got to that is staying at a mates and waking up in the middle of the night dying for a piss and being completely disorientated in the house, often simply walking into walls until I can find the sodding light switch. I can proudly say I've never pissed myself before getting to the toilet, hurrah! -
RawShark 2,092 posts
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Registered 10 years agochallenge_hanukkah wrote:
In my early twenties a mate got me so pissed I got up after crashing on his sofa and took a leak behind his TV. Was not conscious of it at all - it was basically sleep pissing. He was not best pleased.
I've just heard the woman next door shout at the guy for pissing and shitting on some laundry when he was drunk last night.
I've been a pisshead pretty much all of adult life, but not once have I soiled myself or ever pissed/shat in random places in the house. I've pissed in doorways and what have you but never wet the bed at home or anything.
How common is this sort of thing? Are any of you (not including Mowgli) drunken shitters?
Other than that one incident, no. I did have a girlfriend who pissed the bed after a boozy night though. To make matters worse we were staying in the spare room at a friend of hers and she had to quietly confess to it the next morning. She quit drinking fairly soon after, and it was for the best. Terrible drunk.
Never known anyone who’s shat the bed. Friend of mine had a stomach bug in India and managed to shit all over the floor when the bomb bay doors opened seconds too early as he ran to the bathroom... That’s what you get for asking for ice in your drinks. -
challenge_hanukkah 14,318 posts
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Registered 8 years agoSo far this is pretty encouraging.
I was worried I wasn't normal by generally making it to the bog under the influence. -
freddymercurystwin 2,787 posts
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Registered 17 years agoI've embarrassed my self plenty of times, mainly in my twenty's, fallen over, passed out at weddings, work-do's, woken up in doorways sometimes 40 odd miles away in some odd location having fallen asleep on trains a few times (had to start standing up on the train journey home to prevent that happening), did throw up quite badly in West Croydon Bus Station but I was only 16 at the time and it was my first ever Christmas do but not had a poo/wee related incident yet! -
Psiloc 6,351 posts
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Registered 14 years agoI've been morbidly curious about this phenomenon too. Is it like a form of drunken sleep walking?
EDIT: How long was I writing this
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RawShark 2,092 posts
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Registered 10 years agoIf you’re going spew, West Croydon is the place to do it. -
challenge_hanukkah 14,318 posts
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Registered 8 years agoI have puked down the side of the bed, got up and not realised I'd done it til going back to bed the next night.
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Rum_Monkey 3,349 posts
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Registered 2 years agoI've never puked from drinking before, I think it's why my hangovers would kill a lesser man. All that alcohol and regret stays in my system for days. -
Psiloc 6,351 posts
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Registered 14 years agochallenge_hanukkah wrote:
Done that one
I have puked down the side of the bed, got up and not realised I'd done it til going back to bed the next night.
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Registered 13 years agoPsiloc wrote:
Aye, its horrid especially the smell.
challenge_hanukkah wrote:
Done that one
I have puked down the side of the bed, got up and not realised I'd done it til going back to bed the next night.
That was fucking grim.
I've almost missed the toilet when I had a stomach bug and had to rush to the bathroom as I misjudged how quickly it was coming. -
Used to work the pubs in edinburgh amd woild regularly find underpants stuffed behind the toilets after one of the regulars had an accident. Serious all day boozers many if who had the proper shakes before the first of the day (9am opening). Some of them made themselves ill as they were on anti drinking meds but carried on anyway. Pub used to sell cans of calsberg special brew to the down and outs from the nearby park every morning too. Classy place.
Suffice to say the whole experience changed my own drinking habits eventually.
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