How much do you drink a week?

[hoosierdoc]

I have seen numerous alcoholic liver disease patients this week which led to this post. By a drink, I'm saying a 4oz glass of wine, 12oz beer, or 1oz shot of liquor equivalent. If you drink wine coolers, please hit ALT+F4.

To keep the thread bumping: how much will you drink while you're in possession of a gun? I limit myself to one drink, reasonable size in a restaurant but usually won't drink when carrying.

EDIT:
Some have questioned the quantities. I did some looking and the 4oz wine is 12%, 5oz for 10% alcohol content. the 12oz beer is light beer at 4% or less. The liquor 1oz is 50%, and 1.5oz for 40%.

 

[phylodog]

I go months without drinking then when I do I usually drink way too much. I probably drink a 12 pack a day during my week long fishing trip to Canada.

 

[iamaclone45]

In my college days not too long ago, I would say way too much.

I probably average 1-2 alcoholic drinks a month now. Usually just a beer with buddies or a glass of wine here or there with dinner.

When carrying, I limit myself to one beer (bottle or standard size glass at restaurant) or one glass of wine and no liquor. Also, this only applies if we will be eating as well. If no food, then I just skip on the alcohol.

I voted 1/week then though it's really closer to .25 or .5 / week.

Not sure that age matters, but I'm 27 years old.

 

[Benny]

This poll is flawed.

I drink exactly 30 drinks a week and don't know if I should vote "16-30" or "30+."

 

[.452browning]

From age 21-23 way too much. Now at 24 I pretty much got bored with it and quit completely. I haven't had a drink over 10 months. So now it's zero. More money to invest in guns and fishing gear.

I never mixed booze and guns nor booze and wheels.

 

[canav844]

Once every 2-3 years I'll have a few drinks. Alcohol never had the allure for me that it did my peers when I was in high school or college, I was 21 and half before I had my first drink. I've never managed to drink enough where I've felt effects from it. Between little to no effect and poor taste I generally have zero desire or motivation to go near it. I've also seen more than enough people abuse it, with varying degrees of consequences.

When I carry maintain a personal zero drink policy; IMO if you're under the limit to drive then there is no reason you shouldn't be allowed to exercise the judgement of carrying or not on your own (operating under assumption that .08 shows consistent statistical impairment levels), but I never want to give any excuse to a prosecutor or jury pool to harp on should I reach a point where deadly force needs to be used.

 

[semperfi211]

I drink a glass of red wine just about every nite before bed. But since your saying a 4oz glass of wine I will have to say I have 2. 4 Oz sure is a small portion.

 

[Benny]

I drink a glass of red wine just about every nite before bed. But since your saying a 4oz glass of wine I will have to say I have 2. 4 Oz sure is a small portion.

I think he meant 8 oz...IIRC, an 8 oz glass of wine is about the equivalent to a 12 oz beer.

 

[sepe]

I go months without drinking then when I do I usually drink way too much. I probably drink a 12 pack a day during my week long fishing trip to Canada.

This is about how I've been lately. The summer will probably have several occasions where I end up drinking way too much (last summer, one night I drank almost all of a 1.75l of Vodka and probably 10-15 beers).

I'm more apt to mix booze and fire than booze and firearms.

 

[Benny]

This is about how I've been lately. The summer will probably have several occasions where I end up drinking way too much (last summer, one night I drank almost all of a 1.75l of Vodka and probably 10-15 beers).

How can you drink that much without daily practice?

That's insane.

 

[semperfi211]

I drink a glass of red wine just about every nite before bed. But since your saying a 4oz glass of wine I will have to say I have 2. 4 Oz sure is a small portion.

Of course that is on average. When I am on vacation I drink more.

 

[actaeon277]

In the 90s, I would drink half a bottle of bacardi 151 a day, with 6 or more wine coolers. Thing is, you can't keep doing that.

Now, 0 drinks.
More money for ammo.

Problem with sobriety is, reality sucks.

 

[sepe]

How can you drink that much without daily practice?

That's insane.

When I was drinking 3-5 nights a week, I was known for 5-6 schooners at Wings Etc., then we'd hit a dive bar and I'd drink 4-5 pitchers and 3-4 doubles of liquid cocaine. There have been 3 times I've blacked out. 2 times were just from drinking all day (once in Mexico and once was one of my birthdays). The 3rd time a bar tender challenged me when I was ordering Tanqueray in a 12 ounce glass with a splash of cranberry. That night we'd done the pre-game and when I was challenged I ended up drinking a fifth of Tanqueray at one place (ended up buying the bottle for $15 because I won) and then 3/4 of another fifth before I blacked out. I know people kept putting drinks in front of me. That night ended pretty rough. I ended up emptying my stomach about an hour after stopping. I emptied it 7 times in a pretty low class "gentlemen's" club. I'm still not sure why they didn't kick me out.

I've had blood work 2-3 times a year for the past 3 years and I'm not sure how it happened but my liver shows very little to no damage.

 

[Hookeye]

I'm out of practice, had one last night, think 2 last month.
Fun mobile keeps passin' me by.

 

[JohnP82]

These days I pretty much only have one or two drinks every few months.

 

[PistolBob]

I don't drink. Never saw the fun in it after watching too many of my counterparts puking and passing out. I never needed the booze to attract the ladies either, I guess I am just that good looking. :-)

 

[GI JOE]

Lover by day, fighter by night, drunkard by choice, Marine by God!

I may get so drunk I'll have to crawl home, but by god I'll crawl like a Marine...

Just a few choice sayings I like to tell people. YAY BOOZE

 

[42769vette]

in the winter mabye 1 beer a week

in the summer probably 10 a week

 

[Constructionist]

Back in the bar band days of the late 90s/early 00s, I tested my body's limits regularly. Now with a wife and two children, my priorities have changed dramatically.

I'll have one beer at the beginning of a meal, if at all, but as others have posted I'll rarely drink when carrying - and I always carry. I wouldn't want alcohol to be a factor in the aftermath of a SD situation. Also, as others have mentioned, the money saved can be used for other ventures (in my family's case, that would be ammo or Disney trips).

 

[JetGirl]

Not a drinker.
The last beer I had was when the Colts won the super bowl. And I didn't finish it.
Even if I wanted something and I knew I'd be carrying...I wouldn't have it.