What's your relationship with alcohol?

[God14]

Box of beer per weekend. Usually an 18 pack. I'd have 5 or 6 on a Friday evening as soon as I get in the door from work, serious pangs for that one.
7 or 8 on a Saturday evening
Last handful of cans on the Sunday afternoon whilst making dinner

Nothing from Mon to Thurs

Been like that for a good few years now. I've definitely an issue. Would love to quit it. Off if for now anyway

[Itchy]

Stopped drinking pretty much. It is a depressant and as I get older I dread the next day after drinking more and more. Didn't drink a drop over Christmas.

[Milltown Row2]

Drink far less but easily couple bottles of red and maybe 6 beers

I never get hangovers or feel bad afterwards or next day.

Very rarely drink Monday to Thursday

If out at club I'm usually getting picked up which leads to binge drinking Guinness!

Your relationship to drink will lessen as you get older, your body ultimately rejects it to a point.

I enjoy the social side of it and never worry what people think.

[LC]

Stopped drinking pretty much. It is a depressant and as I get older I dread the next day after drinking more and more. Didn't drink a drop over Christmas.

Would agree.

[whitey]

Had a bad reaction to a antibiotics 5 years ago and had to quit for 90 days as part of my recovery plan

Haven't touched a drop since

(The transition was made easy by availability of Heineken Zero. Constantly explaining to people who know me why I don't drink anymore is actually harder and more annoying than not drinking)

[Tony Baloney]

Finished work for Xmas the Wed beforehand and would say I had 2 days max where I didn't have a drink. I really enjoy toppling over Xmas when the fire is lit and no work to worry about. I know it is unhealthy to use alcohol to "decompress" from work and it should be exercise instead but I do enjoy a few beers or a couple of glasses in the house on a Fri and Sat and then won't touch a drop Sun-Thurs. Tippling definitely leads me to the "crisp cupboard"!

[JoG2]

Finished work for Xmas the Wed beforehand and would say I had 2 days max where I didn't have a drink. I really enjoy  when the fire is lit and no work to worry about. I know it is unhealthy to use alcohol to "decompress" from work and it should be exercise instead but I do enjoy a few beers or a couple of glasses in the house on a Fri and Sat and then won't touch a drop Sun-Thurs. Tippling definitely leads me to the "crisp cupboard"!

I'd be fairly similar. Enjoy a few watching MotD once I get a run at the TV on Sat night. Beer 95%, wine 5%. No spirits ever
My main resolution to to cut out the cheese and crackers / crisps.

[ONeill]

Gradually drinking more the older I get. Drink about 6 bottles of wine at the weekends, a few beers and a few chasers. Don't really drink on a Monday or a Wednesday unless it's the first week or last week of the month. Hungover to fcuk most days but you get used to it. Planning on drinking every day in my 50s as the Mediterraneans do.

[seafoid]

Wine occasionally. I like Pinot Noir . Various spirits for cooking.

[weareros]

Had a good sup of everything over Christmas. Bloody Mary's with Breakfast. Goes great with a full Irish. Afternoon Irish coffees with a biscuit or two from the Jacob's tin. A few Heinekens in the evening and a dropeen of Redbreast or two before bed. Dry January now but always potential signs of a damper January as the days go on. The missus bought me non-alcoholic Heineken yesterday. I drank one bottle. It was enough. Followed it with five cups of tea.

[AustinPowers]

I think drinking behaviour has changed in the last couple of decades  . Youngsters growing up now  might drink more in the house  Rather than going to pub

I seen a couple of examples where  kids  16+ would gather for a session (with parents permission) , and grew up never really knowing  what is too much or no  idea  about sensible drink portion sizes.  Fall asleep  in the chair , never having to walk home /ring taxi or  know they've had too much.

. Now I see some of those same youngsters having drink problems later on.

I'm not really a drinker  at all , so sitting down to watch MOTD or emmerdale farm with a  can of beer is an  alien concept

[clarshack]

Had a bad reaction to a antibiotics 5 years ago and had to quit for 90 days as part of my recovery plan

Haven't touched a drop since

(The transition was made easy by availability of Heineken Zero. Constantly explaining to people who know me why I don't drink anymore is actually harder and more annoying than not drinking)

Had surgery in the latter half of 2023 and obviously couldn't drink for a period of time, and around week 3 post op I had a real thirst for a cold beer so the wife went and got me some Heineken zero and it was actually alright to drink.

[ThomasMullan]

I've decided to extend my usual dry January to a dry 2024.

I don't have any particular issues with alcohol but am curious as to what if any change cutting it out would bring.

A year goes by so fast now (I'm in my 50s) it doesn't actually seem like that much of a challenge!

[snoopdog]

What ever happened to nightclubs in this country? Seems to me that the nightclubs I frequented when I was younger are all shutdown now. Where do the youngsters go these days?

They don't need niteclubs as they meet women on line.

[thewobbler]

What ever happened to nightclubs in this country? Seems to me that the nightclubs I frequented when I was younger are all shutdown now. Where do the youngsters go these days?

It's the same across the UK too.

Rates, insurance and casual staffing issues are being put forward as the red flags. Pretty much the same as the rest of the hospitality industry. It's probably worse for nightclubs though as unless there's students about, they're leaving a warehouse size building vacant for 4-5 days a week.

Other theories surround changing habits - horny people can meet on Tindr etc, drink driving and availability of transport when there's 1000 people exiting a building at once, obviously an issue.