[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Speaking of beer... - (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 10/12/2009 3:09:24 PM EDT
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With that said, I've never had a DUI, I've never gone to work hung over, and I typically only have beer at the end of the evening while watching TV on the couch. I drink beer ONLY, and never consume hard liquor, drugs or cigarettes. I don't need to drink and to my knowledge no one has ever suggested I am "that guy." I also typically do NOT drink when going out to dinner with friend, etc - mostly just at home recreationally with my wife and friends. I'm also a 30-year old 230lb male in reasonably good shape (no gut - yet!) and in good health. So, based on the above, what say the hive? There's your answer.. if you dont need to have a drink i think your all good. try giving it up for a week all together and see if it effects you or is it no big deal? |
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so far the "you have a problem" option is ahead - but only reasonable people ("if you don't need it, then you're fine") are posting? lol.
I will go cold for 2 weeks and see what happens. I have a notoriously bad short-term memory, but I have always blamed it on the chemotherapy! 
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Try not drinking any beer for 36 hours. Skin crawling? You're an alchoholic. But if it ain't broke - don't fix it. There are long-term effects to consider though. I'm sure you've already Googled them extensively or you wouldn't have posted this poll.
How do I know? Yeah, that's why. |
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Poll inbound. But, I was talking to the wife tonight and we were playfully joking around about how frequently we swap out the kegerator: I run a 1/2 barrel of Bud Select and a 1/6 barrel of American Ale (the local distributor is a AB-only place), and I think we typically bleed them dry around every 6-8 weeks. It's just the wife and I, with an occasional fight-night deal with a few friends over. The wife is more of a wine person, but I drink most of the beer. Now, help me with the math: We'll approximate by saying each 1/2 barrel (a typical "keg") has around 165 servings of 12oz beer (depending on who you ask, and how its served relative to foam size). A 1/6 barrel has perhaps 1/3 of that, or 50-55 glasses. I know, I know - Math. for the sake of argument, we'll assume that I am the only one consuming the following, and doing it over a 6 week period: 165 "beers" for the standard keg, and 50 for the smaller one. that's 215 "cans" or 12oz servings total, over six weeks. 36 cans of beer per week over 5 cans of beer per day (most of that occurs on the weekends, however). With that said, I've never had a DUI, I've never gone to work hung over, and I typically only have beer at the end of the evening while watching TV on the couch. I drink beer ONLY, and never consume hard liquor, drugs or cigarettes. I never drink before, during, or while on break from work - usually after dinner around 8-9pm. I don't need to drink and to my knowledge no one has ever suggested I am "that guy." I also typically do NOT drink when going out to dinner with friend, etc - mostly just at home recreationally with my wife and friends when I can enjoy it. I'm also a 30-year old 230lb male in reasonably good shape (no gut - yet!) and in good health. But, I DO enjoy it. 
So, based on the above, what say the hive? Technically yes (by the girlie man definition of alcoholism). COmpared to my house you're a lightweight!
Honestly my definition is if it does not mess with you work or responsibilities, you are not an alcoholic. Yea, yea, I know that is the typical alcoholic response.
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You need to stop or SERIOUSLY cut down.
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Try not drinking any beer for 36 hours. Skin crawling? You're an alchoholic. But if it ain't broke - don't fix it. There are long-term effects to consider though. I'm sure you've already Googled them extensively or you wouldn't have posted this poll. How do I know? Yeah, that's why. This Ranger beat another to the punch. As another poster stated - stop drinking for at least 4-5 days. If you feel fine, you are GTG. My money's on the fact you won't though. YMMV. |
| I'd say no, but as you get older those lbs will catch up with you. 5.1 beers per day, That's why I've resisted getting a Kegerator. I fear that it's just too easy to have one more glass. I keep all the beer out in the Garage so I have to get up and go out there to get it. It seems to slow me down and I usually cut it off at 2 or 3. |
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I drink about the same amount or less as the op. For the last 4 years during lent I give up alcohol. I can honestly say I don't crave it a all during that time.
My hands don't shake, I don't get mad when a friend has a beer in front of me, and my skin does not crawl. The funny thing is, after quitting drinking I have no excuse for the way I sometimes feel in the morning and sometimes I wonder......................I'm only 41 and I feel like crap today?!?!?!!? He's a big boy, let 'em live his own life. |
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I would say that anyone who regularly has 2 kegs, whatever the size, probably is, or bordering on, alcoholism. And anyone who owns more than 2 guns is a radical, right-wing gun nut. 
Think about it. Really, before you respond, think about it. ETA: Shit, Norske beat me to it. Amazing how frequently this happens! 
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I'd say no, but as you get older those lbs will catch up with you. 5.1 beers per day, That's why I've resisted getting a Kegerator. I fear that it's just too easy to have one more glass. I keep all the beer out in the Garage so I have to get up and go out there to get it. It seems to slow me down and I usually cut it off at 2 or 3. Switch to vodka, Gin, Slivovice, or absinthe. I'm not sure, but *I think* they're less fattening. I keep mine down stairs so I have to take a flight of stairs to make a drink. |
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No.
I can't give up soda for 36 fucking hours, does that make me an soda abuser? Eh, I don't think so. I drink 1 or 2 a day and no one in the world will see a problem with that. As far as the beer consumption, no. You drink beer, a lot of it. Who cares? If its not piss drunk every night its just another beverage to drink. |
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I don't know, and don't care, whether you are an alcoholic. But depending on how long you have been drinking the amount you are quitting cold turkey is not a good idea. DTs typically don't set in unless you have been an 11 drink/day drinker for some time. Even then, only 5-10% of alcoholics suffer DTs upon stopping the drink. The problem isn't DTs. The problem is blowing up on someone you love. YMMV. |
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Quoted: seizing from withdrawal is not the same as DT'ing. Quoted: I don't know, and don't care, whether you are an alcoholic. But depending on how long you have been drinking the amount you are quitting cold turkey is not a good idea. DTs typically don't set in unless you have been an 11 drink/day drinker for some time. Even then, only 5-10% of alcoholics suffer DTs upon stopping the drink. The problem isn't DTs. The problem is blowing up on someone you love. YMMV. |
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People might disagree with me, but if your drinking gets in the way of nothing but your wallet, and you can still pay your bills, you aren't an alcoholic. More or less, but can OP voluntarily refrain from alcohol for an extended period without medical complications? If so, then OP is not an alcoholic. Just a habitual and heavy binge drinker. |
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I would say that anyone who regularly has 2 kegs, whatever the size, probably is, or bordering on, alcoholism. Really????? I have the ability to have 5 MicroBrews on tap totalling that equals 25 gallons. That makes me an alcoholic? The AMA would welcome a new determining factor in the classifcation of alcoholism |
