How much do you drink?

[beerocd]

Had a duplicate post - so instead of wasting space I figured I'd go ahead and answer the question.
Averaging sucks because then it just looks like 2 drinks regularly. Sometime I drink nothing all week other times it's 3-4 a night.


-OCD

 

[beerocd]

You could be an alcoholic and only drink once a week.

I got a problem with that statement. If you can go almost a week without drinking - how are you an alcoholic? Irresponsible, lack self control, binge drinker, "a drunk"
all describe it better than alcoholic - I think.

I know the AA people still consider themselves alcoholics after 10 years with no drink. But that's not what we're talking about here. (preemptive)

-OCD

 

[jlpred55]

1-2, 12oz pours weeknights. 6 or so per day on weekends. My doctor told me it is ok to drink 1-2 per day. I might have fudged the numbers a little bit on the weekend conversation. LOL

 

[TexLaw]

Yes, let's make a quick (and non-hijacking) distinction between alcoholism and drinking habits. Alcoholism is, essentially, an addiction. It is not a standard by which you can judge your drinking habits and feel you are doing well. You can be an alcoholic and not drink at all. One does not need to be an alcoholic to have unhealthy or even dangerous drinking habits. What makes for healthy or unhealthy drinking still seems up for debate (although not in this thread).

I don't usually drink at all during the week, unless I go out. On weekends, it's anyone's guess how much I drink. I could go all weekend without a drink (though not likely), I could have a couple, or I could let it all hang out and end up howling at the moon.


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[ThreeTaps]

< HiJacking

I got a problem with that statement. If you can go almost a week without drinking - how are you an alcoholic? Irresponsible, lack self control, binge drinker, "a drunk" all describe it better than alcoholic - I think.

I know the AA people still consider themselves alcoholics after 10 years with no drink. But that's not what we're talking about here. (preemptive)

-OCD

Quite the contrary. Being an alcoholic does not merely facilitate simply the act of drinking alcohol excessively, but more so the addictive mindset of having an urge to indulge in a hyperactive desire to drink alcohol. In other words, your mind is what makes you an alcoholic, not your actions.

I back this up with years of psychology study as well as having plenty of family who were alcoholics. I caught on to what made them so early on, and went a different path.

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[ibrewit]

2 pints per evening on average.

 

[chode720]

< HiJacking



Quite the contrary. Being an alcoholic does not merely facilitate simply the act of drinking alcohol excessively, but more so the addictive mindset of having an urge to indulge in a hyperactive desire to drink alcohol. In other words, your mind is what makes you an alcoholic, not your actions.

I back this up with years of psychology study as well as having plenty of family who were alcoholics. I caught on to what made them so early on, and went a different path.

HiJacking />

Agreed, its more the mindset that how much. If you need alcohol to function and it interferes with your daily activities, then I would consider that alcoholism.

 

[Lando]

A pint each day is normal for me. Some times 2 or none at all.
They are often split between 2-3 different brews depending on the pipeline.
Weekends are about the same.
If they had no alcohol at all I think I would enjoy them just as much. Hell, that would be an excuse to drink even more!
I love beer for the taste of beer, not being drunk. But occasionally it's a nice bonus

 

[mitch171]

As has been posted, what I was eluding to was not the amount of consumption, but the ability to control it.

If you choose to drink until you cannot function that is normal. If you have a drink and can't stop until you either run out or pass out, then you may have a problem.

A good tell tail sign is if you or someone you know gets really upset when more alcohol isn't available. I mean angry not disappointed.

 

[Fingers]

Flippin' amateurs.

I go through 3 to 5 a night, but not every night. Some nights I just don't feel like having any. On average I'll put a cornie away every two weeks.

 

[MrVagabond]

I usually go with 1-2 on a weeknight and probably 12 on the weekend. However, I'm almost ready to bottle my first batch and need bottles. More reason then ever to chug down a sixer every night

 

[jbambuti]

2-3 12 oz. a night, usually after the toddler has gone to bed. Doesn't really change much on the weekends. Occasionally one or two more, depending on what's going on. I don't drink while brewing. Too much to pay attention to, and I don't want to end up with a bad batch because I forgot some step in brewing or sanitation.

 

[DavidSteel]

I'm a college student and how much I drink depends on how much money/beer I have. If I have beer and I'm not saving it for a weekend or a get-together, then I'll usually have 2-3 drinks at the end of the night (usually during a movie) on weekdays. But this usually only happens 2-3 nights out of the weekdays. If I am alone on weekends, I may have 2-4 or none at all. If I am with people, I average 4-5.

 

[DRoyLenz]

I find my consumption cycles directly with my motivation of "staying healthy." During weeks where I am exercising nightly, I may go the whole week with only a couple of pints (weekends are ALWAYS a wildcard though). Weeks like this week, where I am not particularly eating healthy, and not going to the gym as often as I like, I'll take down 2-3 pints a night.

Brew days are always beer filled though. Me and my brew buddy almost took down a case of my homebrew last time. (12 - 22 oz bottles) Needless to say, by the time we got to chilling the wort, I didn't know which way was up, and realized that I had forgot to add the second half of my malt extract at knockout.

 

[DavidSteel]

I drink one or two pints a day. I'm not an alcoholic, but I sure do need my beer after a long day of work and when I have grad school at night. I start to drool when I get about a mile away from home. I think my wife understands it's part of my unwinding routine.

I loled @ drool

 

[petep1980]

If I brew alone I rarely drink during it. If I'm brewing with a buddy, basically someone I can direct once I can't see any longer, forget it.

 

[shortyjacobs]

I drink one or two pints a day. I'm not an alcoholic, but I sure do need my beer after a long day of work and when I have grad school at night. I start to drool when I get about a mile away from home. I think my wife understands it's part of my unwinding routine.

I'm not the only one then! My kegs are in my garage, about a foot away from the door to the house. Chilled glasses in the freezer. I have a beer in my hand before I step foot in my house .

 

[Lynux]

Most nights I'm in a blackout so I really don't know how much I drink...

On a serious note, I really don't think about it too much. If I want a beer, I drink it. If I want 6 and it happens to be a weeknight, so be it. On most Saturdays I like to drink until the wee hours of Sunday morning though.

 

[jake777]

I'm on a college student budget, so maybe a beer a night if I can justify buying a case for the next week or two. Weekends I'll have a few throughout the day, again if there's any beer in the fridge.

As for parties, I try and limit it to a six pack. It's all about the budget these days

 

[Hex]

Beer and wine are just fine, I don't touch the hard stuff anymore. Some mornings I have a beer for breakfast. My favorite is Bear Republic Racer5, which I am enjoying right now. I hope to get to the point where I produce all the beer I want for a daily habit. And then explore new flavors to improve my homebrewing. I also hope to make beer better than I can buy...high hopes indeed! I'd like to grow my own hops as well. Time will tell...

To answer your thread, I don't drink every day. Usually it's three pints in three hours, then I'm done and doing something else. Weekday or weekend, makes no difference.

 

[ruffdeezy]

I generally have 0-5 each night. 5 usually on weekends and less on weekdays. My wife doesn't really drink so she notices me, but generally doesn't think it's a big deal.

 

[Sacdan]

I know I am not an alcoholic, I don't go to meetings. :cross:

Seriously, I drink 1-2 maybe 3-4 weeknights and a few on weekends. I have a rule that if I am doing anything "brew" related, I have to have at least a pint or a bottle. SWMBO takes a couple sips and she is woozy! More for me I guess.

 

[carp]

Firstly, my consumption has increased a bit since I started homebrewing, even though I've had a keg of SNPA on tap for years.
I drink generally 3 a night on weekdays, usually multiple trips of 5-6 oz per trip. Then probably 15 total on the weekend.

 

[Nugent]

I'm a 3-4 pint a day man. Mind you, I don't brew anything above 5.5%. Generally 3.5%-4.5%.

Does the job.

 

[Doc Robinson]

48 oz. per day on average. However, I drink a protein shake for breakfast, a protein shake for lunch, 2 cans of tuna mid-afternoon, and no dinner. Beer has food value, but food has no beer value.

Turn the SWMBO into a SWMOM and your problem will be solved.

 

[shek]

Is she worried about you getting drunk? or just about the effects of moderate drinking on your health? If she's worried about alcoholism tell her to go to some AA meetings if she wants to see some real alcoholics. Unless your experiences after those couple of pints are on the same planet as some of the stuff you hear at AA, there's no need to worry.

 

[homebeerbrewing]

too much lol... but when the weather is warm... then the amber is flowing !!

 

[MeatyPortion]

I drink probably 4-6 beers a night when I'm home. These can range anywhere from a 12oz Schlitz to an 11.2oz Rochefort 10 so, you know, the amount of drinks doesn't mean much to me; it's the level of alcohol. My last morning in Munich I woke up at 8 am and drank both my Rochefort 10s before breakfast then had 1 liter of Augustiner Edelstoff before lunch. That was a slow day.

 

[bonzombiekitty]

While I love beer and wine, I actually don't drink too much. If I have a case of decent beer in my house, maybe one or two bottles a day at most during the week. If there's no decent beer in the house, I'll have a glass of wine if I have multiple bottles. If no decent beer, and no wine, I go without and it'll be a bit before I get around to buying more. On the weekends, it depends what's going on - I could have several bottles on a saturday or I could have nothing all weekend.

If I go out to a bar, I may have two or three pints on average; last night I think I had 4 pints over a 2.5 hour period.

Of course this is all before I started brewing my own. My first batch is in bottles and is conditioning, so it'll be ready in a couple weeks. I've started a pipeline that will give me on average a batch every two weeks. So that's two cases every two weeks, which is 1 case a week to drink divided amongst 3 people. So that's 8 beers a week per person in the house. That's a little over a bottle a day.

 

[petep1980]

My pipeline is designed for 4-5 pints / week. At my current rate of consumption it is often dry.

After thinking about it I drink almost no homebrew on Saturdays or Sundays.