[Redway]

weeknights*

If you do. Teetotallers are generally fine but if you are one of them there’s no point commenting on this thread, as you’ll add little to the discussion.

[Redway]

And by weeknights I really mean Monday to Wednesday. Thursday’s nearly the weekend and a very convenient time for happy-hour so y’know.

[Niamh.]

I don't drink at all Sun-Thurs generally. The very odd occasion if there's some sort of occasion or something I might but I try not to go too mad if I have to get up the next morning

[bitontheslide]

I had my first little bottle of beer in 3 months, yesterday

[LeatherTrumpet]

Iv not had a drink since i came back my golf holiday



keeping fresh-faced for my daughter's graduation




(and yes she got a 1st)

[Cherie]

unless i'm on holiday i generally dont drink Mon - Thurs

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Iv not had a drink since i came back my golf holiday



keeping fresh-faced for my daughter's graduation




(and yes she got a 1st)

mine did too

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

mine did too

[Alf]

Too much.

I've just bought eight cans of Stella to sit in the garden with.

Making the most of the sun and not working.

[Redway]

Originally Posted by Alf

Too much.

I've just bought eight cans of Stella to sit in the garden with.

Making the most of the sun and not working.

What's going on with your work this week?

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Redway

What's going on with your work this week?

I worked for a bit this morning. I just finished early today. Finished at 1:30.

[Redway]

Originally Posted by Alf

I worked for a bit this morning. I just finished early today. Finished at 1:30.

Then by all means, fish-drink away.

[thesheriff443]

As people get older they tend to drink less
And getting wasted loses its appeal due to having more responsibility and the time it takes to recover from a heavy session

[Soldier Boy]

I don't drink often at all any more, I'm not tee-total but I don't drink "for the sake of it", occasions only (although the occasion can be as simple as a meet up with old friends) but can answer from days gone;

As a teen I was a strict "Friday and Saturday only" drinker. Mainly because I've always been awful/non-functional on a hangover and I quite liked school, so I would always turn down ill-advised weeknight plans. Similarly, I wouldn't drink for any reason these days if I had work the next day... because I'd end up simply not logging in.

Uni on the other hand was a free-for-all. Generally didn't drink on Mondays and Tuesdays just because they were dead nights, but Wednesday was the biggest student night of the week so any night from Weds - Sunday was fair game.

I went through a roughly 3 or 4 month phase in first year where I was drinking Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat pretty much every week and I ended up really unwell. Lost over 3 stone and was crapping blood a lot. I was in a fairly self-destructive or, at least, totally nihilistic phase... to be fair... if I was losing weight like that now and pooping blood constantly I'd be panicking about cancer or something but I just didn't give a ****.

Anyway yeah... not to moralise, but I would ultimately say, no I don't think drinking regularly through the week is a very healthy adult decision.

[MTVN]

I've cut back a fair bit in the last year and am trying to do so more so that I'm only really drinking on 'occasions' - at a gig, football match, stuff like that, and even then I won't have too many. If I just fancy a beer at home on a weeknight I'll just have a non-alcoholic one now

[bitontheslide]

my brother has been drinking at least 4 pints a day for 50 years, and he is still very healthy. It very much depends on the individual

[LeatherTrumpet]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/s...-b2356344.html

Moderate alcohol consumption may lower stress, reduce heart disease risk, study finds

[Redway]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

I don't drink often at all any more, I'm not tee-total but I don't drink "for the sake of it", occasions only (although the occasion can be as simple as a meet up with old friends) but can answer from days gone;

As a teen I was a strict "Friday and Saturday only" drinker. Mainly because I've always been awful/non-functional on a hangover and I quite liked school, so I would always turn down ill-advised weeknight plans. Similarly, I wouldn't drink for any reason these days if I had work the next day... because I'd end up simply not logging in.

Uni on the other hand was a free-for-all. Generally didn't drink on Mondays and Tuesdays just because they were dead nights, but Wednesday was the biggest student night of the week so any night from Weds - Sunday was fair game.

I went through a roughly 3 or 4 month phase in first year where I was drinking Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat pretty much every week and I ended up really unwell. Lost over 3 stone and was crapping blood a lot. I was in a fairly self-destructive or, at least, totally nihilistic phase... to be fair... if I was losing weight like that now and pooping blood constantly I'd be panicking about cancer or something but I just didn't give a ****.

Anyway yeah... not to moralise, but I would ultimately say, no I don't think drinking regularly through the week is a very healthy adult decision.

The funny thing is that the default web-dictionary defines a weeknight as “any night of the week other than Saturday or Sunday,” when Friday night’s the beginning of the weekend and Sunday night is very-much a weeknight. It doesn’t have anything to do with what you’re saying but it’s just funny.

[Redway]

What was the diagnosis you had at the time, anyway?

I was so worried about my drinking in uni. at one point that I went to get my liver checked out but lo-and-behold everything was normal.