Food, Drink & Dining Out How Often do you Drink?

[Silent Alarm]

Per month?

I don't know what I'd clarify as 'drinking.' Let's say somewhere between two or three leisurely bevs, and a big night out. So basically anything more than knock-off beers. I guess.

I'm just curious in a financial and cultural sense. Mostly because I've been drinking way more since I've moved and had a few more social pools, rather than just two or three big ones.

 

[Shell]

I definitely wouldnt classify myself as a "non drinker", but having said that I can go months without having a drink. (I think my longest stretch was maybe 6 months, when I was saving to go overseas).

I just dont see drinking as that big of a deal, nor do I need it to have fun.

So having said that, I would drink maybe once or twice a month. More in summer too, less in winter.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Very rarely

 

[Xtreme]

Rarely

 

[ioppolo]

Probably 2-3 knock off drinks a week

 

[bushpie]

Good to see a few rares answering the question......
I would have one drink of spirits a month and in winter a few small ports per week .... so not a lot

But unfortunately I witness far to many drinking far to much..... it is a huge problem in our society so good to see it being talked about !!!

 

[TassieEagle]

One or two knock off beers once a week or so, then every second weekend or so usually have a few with some mates. Drinks with mates can be anything between a 3 beers spread over 5-6 hours or a fairly decent binge session, as bad as that sounds. Though In my defence its never going out, getting plastered and causing trouble but rather at someones house having a few. playing some cards, watching tele or something

 

[Quivorir]

Probably buy a 6 pack (or 7 pack at the moment) almost every Friday night.

 

[raskolnikov]

probably about once a month

 

[Power Raid]

whilst in the military, I drank 5-7 days a week

the military bars would open for morning smoko, lunch and afternnon tea. thus the culture was built around drinking.


20 years on, I would drink once or twice a month

 

[13_Stitches]

one weekend a month.

 

[raven echo]

Once a month. In saying that, I'm currently unemployed, so I don't have the money to go out as much as I would like.

 

[WCErevival]

Probably once a week. That may only be one beer sometimes.

 

[WinmarToLockett]

Once a month I'll go out on a Friday night and drink at least half a bottle of spirits and a slab, by which point it which will usually be Saturday afternoon. I know it sounds impossible but add a gram of speed/cocaine or a handful of pills and some acid and it's really not that hard.

December/February and that will happen fortnightly, plus there'll be the occasional festival bender where I'd consume alcohol seriously.

Occasionally I'll have just the two beers or so midweek if I'm catching up with friends or heading to a gig.

The vast majority of the time I drink though I'm usually on a bender and mixing alcohol with drugs.

 

[Silent Alarm]

Pretty surprised, to be honest. I'm heading out at least once a week and buying five or six beers. Some weeks I'll do that three or four times when there's some good gigs on or everyone wants to do something. So I'd say it's six to eight times a month for me.

 

[Password is Taco]

I didn't answer the poll accurately. I didn't realise it was per month. I drink once a week, sometimes, both Friday and Saturday. On a long weekend, add a Sunday in there.

I don't drink a lot though, being a light weight makes it easy to keep the night cheap.

 

[The Big Sticks]

Where is the option for never?

 

[WIZARD24]

at least twice a week footy season alot when its game day

 

[Yellow Feathers]

Probably 20-25 times a month?

I try to get in a few alcohol free days every week, so I'm quite proud of that. I like to drink every day on my week off- I work a 2/1 roster. And I have after work beers 3-4 times a week when I'm at work. Drink every day on holidays too.

Yup, I like my sauce.

 

[treefingers]

Probably 20-25 times a month?

I try to get in a few alcohol free days every week, so I'm quite proud of that. I like to drink every day on my week off- I work a 2/1 roster. And I have after work beers 3-4 times a week when I'm at work. Drink every day on holidays too.

Yup, I like my sauce.

How many drinks are you having per day though?

 

[treefingers]

To answer the thread, first year of uni I was going out 3 times a week, probably getting through 10 beers each time I drank.So what's that, 120 beers a month (sounds terrible),

This year I've cut it down a lot, have probably been drinking once every two weeks. I've stopped going out to clubs etc which helps a lot, I only ever go to get hammered and I just don't enjoy it anymore.

Now I prefer to have a couple of beers at the footy with some mates, or a pot and parma instead of getting sloshed on a Saturday night.

 

[Yellow Feathers]

How many drinks are you having per day though?

At least 6.... At most?? I lose count.

 

[The_Reaper]

4-5 times a week. But that's generally 1-2 cans of beer.

 

[treefingers]

At least 6.... At most?? I lose count.

that's heavy

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

These days, two or hree times a year and rarely more than two or three beers, or two or three nips of scotch.
20 years ago, probably once a fotnight in winter and three to four times a week in cricket season (after each match and each training session). Most of the time they were heavier sessions, from five to ten beers, sometimes perhaps a few more.