topic Why Do you Drink Alcohol? in Community Spirit

Why Do you Drink Alcohol?

the_bob_delusion — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 11:45:12 GMT

Go.

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lyndal1838 — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 11:46:11 GMT

I don't.

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flashie* — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 11:47:40 GMT

Me neither.

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not_for_sale — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 11:54:11 GMT

Because I ran out of coffee years ago.

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davewil1964 — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 12:40:27 GMT

Why do you want to know?

Why do you posit these questions without posting your own opinion?

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bidicus*maximus — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 13:22:24 GMT

In my teens I drank it to get drunk. The bed-spins, getting up early for work, the hangers-on always wanting me to buy theirs too, and good common sense caused me to quit years ago.

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countessalmirena — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 13:26:43 GMT

I am restrained with alcohol, taking it occasionally only, and primarily for celebrations or conviviality - never to excess.

Romate Cardenal Cisneros Pedro Ximenez is irresistibly delicious.

A really good glass of champagne is something to enjoy languorously.

One or two glasses will do it for me. Any more than that, and I would be leaping onto tabletops and becoming far too vivacious, possessed of the erroneous view that I am the wittiest person in the world.

(I have over-imbibed twice in my life. Once - my drink was spiked. The second time - during a business party - I didn't know that my glass was being topped up. I had my sister drive me to the nearest police station in the morning and requested that the police breathalyse me because I wanted to drive somewhere that afternoon. They laughed; apparently I was the first person to ever make such a request.)

Properly done, the drinking of alcoholic beverages, in moderation, makes the heart glad.

Overdone, it's a sad, sad slide into tasteless crudity and pitiful dependency.

Do you drink, Bob? (Or are you truly just a delusion? If you are, who is asking these questions?)

Re: Why Do you Drink Alcohol?

joz*garage — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 13:33:25 GMT

Hard to refuse a good Hungarian wine (a glass) while enoying their cuisine

Apart from the negative affects drinking daily, it can compromise the liver or destroy it

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not_for_sale — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 14:03:32 GMT

"In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is strength and in water there is bacteria". Cheers.

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domino-710 — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 20:44:10 GMT

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gutterpunkz05 — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 00:18:31 GMT

I don't, but some ebay buyers have driven me to consider it.

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springyzone — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 00:56:36 GMT

I don't really, except I might have a glass at some celebration. When my kids married I was determined to have one glass at the receptions to celebrate.

There is some italian wine, really sweet, lambucca? I had a glass of that once. Really liked it. Usually I find wines a bit sour. Don't mind a glass of champagne or white if it has orange juice in it.

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zanadoo_56 — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 01:43:15 GMT

Alcohol makes me feel very hot and sleepy so I rarely drink it (sometimes not for years). I also don't have the palate to tell good from bad, and strong spirits seem to affect my asthma.

I used to have a bottle of sherry handy for cooking....until the last bottle was never opened at all so 10 years later I threw it out.

There is one drink I like - Baileys Irish Cream - but I only buy it on special and probably once every 3-4 years.

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shoppingbag* — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 02:37:03 GMT

On rare occasions I will have a drink to help me sleep. My experience of others who drink is this. Some cannot cope with everyday life unless they dull their brain. Others drink because they are depressed. Some use it to gain dutch courage. Some oldies turn to drink because they are afraid that death is getting closer. Some have mental problems. Some have an addictive nature and are easily influenced by others. These are the people I have met or encountered or lived with. There may be many more reasons.

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sandypebbles — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 03:08:17 GMT

I don't

Why do you?

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*tippy*toes* — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 03:51:46 GMT

Because I hate having blood in my alcohol system.

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the_great_she_elephant — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 04:23:14 GMT

Why Do you Drink Alcohol?

Because it's there.

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the_bob_delusion — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 04:25:07 GMT

@sandypebbles wrote:
I don't

Why do you?

Because it's unAustralian if you don't.

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sandypebbles — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 04:26:33 GMT

Any excuse will do, eh?

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the_bob_delusion — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 10:32:44 GMT

@shoppingbag* wrote:
On rare occasions I will have a drink to help me sleep. My experience of others who drink is this. Some cannot cope with everyday life unless they dull their brain. Others drink because they are depressed. Some use it to gain dutch courage. Some oldies turn to drink because they are afraid that death is getting closer. Some have mental problems. Some have an addictive nature and are easily influenced by others. These are the people I have met or encountered or lived with. There may be many more reasons.

Wow, sad state of affairs the reason we drink.