Or at least an unhealthy relationship with alcohol?
I was just reading a thread about the weekly units you're allowed and a point was brought up about drinking every week, although it mightn't mean you're an alkie, means that you probably have a drinking problem of some sorts. Like if the only think you can think of at the end of the week is getting absolutely hammered every single weekend does that mean that you have a problem, that the only way you can get through a week is by getting * at the end of it. Doing it 52 weeks a year.
I'm not really sure, I grew up in a culture were it was seen as the norm to get drunk every weekend and did this myself from my late-teens to about a year or so ago I drank every weekend (a lot of the time during the week being a student and all that) without thinking otherwise. But now I'm at a place where I really don't want to waste my weekend getting drunk on a Friday and die the Saturday (or drink Saturday/die Sunday). But for a lot of people they continue this trend of getting drunk every weekend through their twenties, into their thirties and some people even continue into their forties! So for about 3 decades (or more) they get hammered every weekend. Like they literally cannot go a weekend without drink.
Anyways, do you think it means you have a drinking problem if you drink every weekend?
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I think it's only a problem if you drink alcoholically.
Losing job, Binge drinking, Relationship issues, Debt building up etc..
This all happened to me,,, Until I changed my life around.
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The reason people want to get wrecked is because life from monday-friday is *, if everyone had a job the love etc, the number of people who drink alcohol would lower id imagine.
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Id say it is obviously unhealthy but whether it is a problem depends on the context, age, etc. Getting drunk 4-5 times a week as a student when your social life based around going out and drinking isnt a big deal. And if you are 18 you can easily sweat it out with exercise during the day. Besides, when youre a student there isnt much else to do.
It is pretty different if you are 45 getting * on your own every saturday and sunday night, or even with others. At that age I reckon its far healthier to be prioritising time with family at the weekends, especially if you are working monday to friday. Or just doing something a bit more productive with your limited time.
It also depends on volume. Doctors will tell you that even a couple of whiskies every other night is too much. But drinking only to get smashed is very different and clearly far more unhealthy.
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Wouldn't say drinking every week is a problem, no.
I do think it's * that most people (myself included) are so dependent on it when it comes to socialising though.Drakhan, ChrisMoh, lockerbie-bhoy and 1 other person like this. -
Does driving every weekend mean you have a driving problem?:39:
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As above, it depends on your situation and whether you yourself believe it's having a negative impact on your life.
If you're using it habitually or to escape from your job / life circumstances, it's better to change whatever in your life makes you unhappy.Clint Eastwood likes this. -
If the 1 night affects the rest of your life then yeah that's a drink problem.
If you go to the pub a night a week to catch up with mates or family and sink half a dozen pints I see no issue at all.
It's not good for you physically but then nothing is without moderation.Clint Eastwood likes this. -
Nah. If life is good and you just enjoy a few drinks at the weekend then no problemo. If life is * and you're drinking to escape then you have a life problem not a drinking problem. I am in the latter group.
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Every weekend- no.
There's plenty of folk who drink most days and don't get blootered/smashed and hold down jobs etc. they actually reckon the middle class are the worst culprits maybe sharing a bottle of wine over tea every night or a few beers to relax in front of the tv. I know pre kids me and the missus would probably have a drink every night.Clint Eastwood likes this. -
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I'd say no, it's just the way it is.
Would only be a problem if you were wanting to get drunk all the time, I know guys who'd have a half bottle of whiskey when they get out their beds before work, or drink 6-8 cans every night after work or guys who want to go for 2-3 pints every lunch time at work or would bring cans to work to drink on the way home and really want to drink all the time. Thats a problem i'd say.
But just at the weekend is pretty normal, for Scotland anyway its how people have been brought up for decades.Clint Eastwood likes this. -
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I used to get rat arsed every weekend, as my hangovers gradually got worse i knew it was time to ease up, the enjoyment i once got from alcohol was no longer there.
Nowadays i take alcohol in moderation, i don't even have to think about it tbh, once upon a time the thought of going thru a weekend sober would've been too much.Mince.Charming and Clint Eastwood like this. -
I only drink in celebratory times or when i am in a very very good mood. Drinking out of sorrow or as a way of escaping is dangerous. If your "monday to friday is * so i need to go get * at the weekend " - then change your monday to friday .
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I drink beers every weekend, never to get steaming drunk though. The thought of a whole weekend without enjoying a few beers seems a bit rubbish to be honest because it's what i like doing whether it's socialising with pals or chilling out in the house watching sport on TV, if that means some folk would presume i have an alcohol problem then so be it, but i'd completely disagree with them.
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I used to love a drink at the weekend whether its in the pub way my pals or in the house playing records. But I can't do it anymore get awfully depressed the morning after, it brings feelings out to the fore front of my mind that I normally don't think about.
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I probably went from the ages of 12-20 being wrecked pretty much every Friday-Sunday without fail.
I never would be hanging out to get a drink in me though, it was just a social thing.
I rarely drink these days, lucky if I'm hammered 4 times a year, as bumblebee mentioned above I tend to slip into a sketchy mind frame following a heavy night on the drink that id rather do without.Clint Eastwood likes this. -
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