What's everyone's relationship with alcohol like?

21 is drinking age
I'm 19

Didn't drink at all throughout high school and freshman year of college. After freshman year, I drink about 1 to 2 times a week on Fridays and Saturdays. Went out 5 nights in a row the week before classes started though and that wasn't too rough, except two nights. Oddly enough, after our uni won the NCAA tournament, I drank pretty heavily that night, woke up for my 8 AM after 2 hours of sleep, and PR'd on my didly at 350 lb. I haven't seen a decrease in lifts or anything, really. I've stayed pretty consistent and have been increasing.

Did Veeky Forums drink in college? If so, how much?

quit now, it will only get worse.

>im getting really worried about it, i have no control once i start drinking. like i usually have no desire to drink anymore but when i go out and have 1 or 2 i just cant stop and get black out drunk. its getting scary. i really think i have to stop completely but everyone i know just wants to drink

100% my life. Didn't know how far down the hole I'd fallen until I woke up in a hospital.
We all gotta hit rock bottom eventually, it was the wake up call I so desperately needed.

I don't have any relationship with alcohol. The last time I drank (one gin and tonic this weekend) I got an awful hangover with no buzz to make up for it. It just ain't for me.

At this point its some sort of self medication or the train tracks

I might dabble with LSD for a bit then as I get older and can talk about it more, therapy.

quit while your ahead kid

Gin does the same thing to me. Have beer brah,

Gin is the worst thing on this planet that's why

Cyder and Whisky are my two pleasures in life

No I'd rather not acquire another vice and not even get any social benefits or pleasure out of it.

I don't smoke or vape either.

I'm going to quit drinking. I use it as a crutch to be more sociable on the weekends. It helps but the benefits are being outweighed by the damage it does. I'm 27 now.

I drink once a week but it's binge drinking so I'm always hungover no matter what I do. I lose sleep, I lose any gains, I feel like shit, I eat like shit, I become lazy and feel fat, and the fallout from the hangover lasts until Tuesday.

It's just not fun to do anymore either. I want to be fit again. At least we got as I was and drinking even once a week prevents me from doing that.

I might have one drink with dinner or on dates from now on because I like the taste of a good beer but otherwise I'm going to prioritize different things and spend my money and time on the weekends at places that aren't bars. And if I am at a bar it's going to be only water for me. First test is this weekend.

>I At least we got as I was and drinking even once a week prevents me from doing that.

*at least as fit as I was...

22, never drinking or got drunk, just have a couple of shots on the New >ears or a beer when its a special celebration of something in the family.

Pretty much only drinking very little when I need to.

recovering alcoholic.
cut drinking in june 3rd.
ever since had a beer only 2 or 3 times, visiting old friends.
it's a victory to me, since I could never stop after 2 beers.
mentally stable, lost fat, stronger lungs and muscles and more money. aint never going back to bing drinking life.

oh, had to cut ties with some friends, of course. fuck them anyway

Alcoholic here as well
>Have not gone more than 5 days without drinking in 3 years
>average 9-12 beers per night.
>I tried to switch to liquor to cut calories, but I just end up knocking back a fifth a night
>Want to quit and have tried at least 50+ times
>Being 25 means that it's impossible to do any social activity without alcohol being involved

It's literally the biggest gains goblin ever, I'd be in pretty good shape if I only cut out alcohol. At least I'm functional and can hold a well paying white collar IT job

this is how it started for me too, but that went downhill in a hurry. I didn't even realize how much worse it was making me feel until I cut waaaay back.

I like to drink a good amount on the weekends, I'm an American college student so it's basically unavoidable. I guess I'm lucky in that I don't feel any "need" to drink and will go months without a drink and not really even think about it, but I can also handle my liquor pretty well

>high tolerance for alcohol
>a quiet, mellow drunk
>always feel warm and happy, regardless of level of drunkenness
>everyone (including sober people) tells me I'm a lot funnier
>borderline autistic in day-to-day activities, but sociable and can flirt when I'm buzzed
>don't get hangovers unless I get absolutely blitzed and drink *no* liquids all night
>even then, they're super mild compared to what I've seen other people get, a minor headache and dry lips is the max

Drinking is pretty much the only thing I'm good at. I feel bad for you guys who don't enjoy the feeling or get angry/depressed when you drink. I guess drugs just work differently for everyone. Weed never did anything for me.

On a dark note, going off to college made me understand how my mother wound up a (barely) functioning alcoholic. I limit myself to only drinking on friday or saturday nights. Only exceptions being shit like weddings.

Limit yourself to the most disgusting shit you can find. Maybe it will work like aversion therapy, lol

Been there. If you want to make your life better either stand up to your friends or get new friends. People who are drinking and try to get you to are the same type of crab bucketers that try to wreck your diet or get you to skip gym.

Before I went to college I went to a mid-sized high school. I was in the cool group but we only drank like once a weekend when someone would have an open house to have girls over, otherwise we would just smoke weed, do some other drugs, or just bullshit around. We almost all lifted a decent amount and our alcohol consumption didn't get in the way of our gains.

Now that i'm a senior in college, i find myself drinking nearly until blackout every thursday and friday, some tuesdays, and most saturdays. I'm also on my third cycle of test + deca.

I feel like a fucking degenerate. My drinking doesn't really get in the way of my grades, but I feel like if I hadn't been around the fraternity culture here at my SEC school I would have gotten in a good rhythm of studying more often and leaving my procrastination behind.

It's still so fuckin much fun though. Tons of girls around us all the time, we all are extremely good friends because of the amount we go out together and from our fraternity's hazing.

I'm frequently one of the biggest kids at the bar, if not usually the biggest kid in my vicinity of the bar. By far the biggest of my friends. But I feel I would be fucking huge if I had spent less days hungover in bed and wasting my money on alcohol and spent more time recovering and eating good food.

Also my stats are 6'0', 205, ~12-15%

bench 3pl8+

I'm big in self improvement and appearances so i've been chewing mastic gum to make my masseter muscles bigger. I also apply rogaine foam to my face to stimulate facial hair. I also am the best dressed kid that i'm friends with (think more asap rocky/kanye but less obnoxious).

I'm really into improving any part of my physical appearance i can.

i like to drink on weekends. get more sociable and funny when drunk, feel good and happy. always manage to be responsible when drunk too and can stop myself from going overboard or doing something i'd regret. i get gnarly hangovers though. all in all a good experience every now and then.

final post.

when i drink, i go fucking full scorched earth unless I keep myself in check.

There have been times when I get extremely blacked out and my friends tell me that I act cringey or people think i'm weird.

When i wake up from a blackout I feel depressed all day because I just know i did something weird or strained a relationship.

This being said, i'm trying to not black out again.

I'm good at drinking besides that though. I am very social and really funny and can be the life of the group when i'm in a good range of drinks.

Lots of alcoholics on mother's side. I got lucky and got a more manageable alcoholism in the form of binge drinking/benders. I can and regularly do go weeks without drinking and I feel great. I have no problem keeping myself from drinking, and I don't drink myself into a blackout, but say if you were to drop off 48 beers at my house right now you'd find me a day or so later with 48 cans strewn about my bedroom and me in my bed taking a nap in the middle of the day.

Usually not even drinking with people, just me, the beer and the computer. Sad. I hate how shit I feel the next day, and it makes losing weight fucking impossible. Toying with the idea of just going fully dry, don't know if it'd be better to just try to keep it under control.

>a victim to alcoholism
>coping with your on ability to control yourself

I always like to have a few drinks but lately ive found that drinking just has no place in a diet when youre cutting. Even in moderation it always just screws me over. Trying to cut back

I don't know what you were going for there m8. I'm not a victim of anything, and again I've gotten to a point where I drink once a week max, which is still not good as I drink to excess, but I feel like I have it pretty much under control, otherwise I'd just go to the store right now and buy myself a couple of 24s and do what I described, it wouldn't be the first time.

I've been sober 6 plus years and had a late start in life because of drugs and alcohol and have just finished an IT degree and can't find a job worth shit, been looking for six months yet the guy who's slamming 12 beers a night is comfy as fuck in a nice job. So is life

I like wine and most beer, I dislike most liquor.
But I almost never drink. My rationale was originally to keep my tolerance low so that I didn't have to spend as much money to get wasted if/when I went out with friends. I really need to get drunk to get to the point where I actually do loosen up and have fun.

Then I realized that like, psychologically maybe, my threshold for how much alcohol I needed to loosen up was just increasing anyway and trying to have a low tolerance didn't make a difference.

So I think that I just stopped caring about alcohol. I couldn't 'self medicate' anymore and I just gave in to being a sober asshole. I only ever got blackout drunk once (that I know of), so it wasn't as bad as it sounds, and that was at some party where a bitch was goading me to keep drinking vodka and telling me it was water or something. At the time, I didn't have a hangover when I woke up so I thought nothing of it, but I found out that I vomited a lot.
Every other time that I hit that plateau, I knew I was drunk, I knew I was being silly, but it was fun and I wanted to be there.

I'll still drink on occasion. I haven't sworn off alcohol as a beverage.

In college so I enjoy having a little extra to drink once a weekend every month or so. Never during the weekdays though.

How do you guys feel about coffee? Considering getting into it as part of my routine to help me wake up, but I've been fine without it so far. Just seems like something to do as I grow up.

I have like one shitty light beer or a shot of vodka after work every night. I serve in an upscale restaurant though so I have to do I stay sane.

I finished the majority of my bachelors degree at a respected university before getting bad, hence having good grades and opportunities.
>it also helps not being a brainlet
You'd probably be surprised how many people are functional alcocholics

I'm 21, avoid alcohol like the plague.

pretty good. it opens me up and I get a lot more boisterous and enjoyable at group events
plus nothing else gets me to doing homework as easily. a couple shots of whiskey and I'm hammering out essays like I actually enjoy it.

I don't even drink heavily that frequently, and when I do it's usually because some friends and I organized a craft beer share event and we open up like 6-8 bombers of heavy fucking beer in a night.

only ever had a hangover once.

When I drink I smoke a fuck ton, and that's a double barrelled fuck-you to all my gains

So I've stopped drinking entirely, so that I stop smoking. Going well so far, no desire whatsoever to do either. If I'm out with friends I'll have a non-alcoholic beer or something because being able to do something with my hands is important (I'm a huge fidgeter).

I rarely drink, but when I do start drinking I usually drink on nights a few days in a row because I believe that drinking gets better the more you get used to it. One time I went on a 1 month holiday to China and drank with lunch and dinner all the time cause I was staying with some Chinese. When I got back I craved drinking everyday so much and drank a bottle of wine per day for a few days with no real hangovers and just comfy drunk feels. That's when I decided to get back to lifting and just stop again.

Haven't drank in a few months. Would only ever consider drinking again if I was at a party or something.

Its tough user, know you are not alone. Wine is killing my dad. He aged so much in such a short time and now he basically lives to drink 1-2 bottles a night. Hurts to see him rot away but at the same time not much I can do.

I don't drink because I never really gave a shit, to be honest.

I used to binge drink 1-2 nights a week and blacked out very often. Been cutting back for the past few years and now I rarely drink more than 2-3 beers in a night and that's maybe 3 times a month. I work an ER and dealing with drunks is worse than any other drug. Seeing patients with liver failure is tough too because it seems like they rarely understand the direct link between their drinking and all their health issues.

I don't drink at all and I don't miss it at all.

Generally speaking, the only 'adult' amusement I really want is sex.

Switched to craft beers exclusively.
>More variety
>Tastes way better on average
>Get drunk easier (typically more alcohol in 'em)
>Hangovers not as bad
>Prices keep me from buying too much

Working pretty well right now desu. I'll be 30 next month though, so I've had my fill of making getting plastered the solitary goal.

I don't drink it at all. I don't understand the appeal.

In college now, same situation as you but I stopped after the first few weeks, I might still go out and drink sometimes but I only have two or three and I still hate it.

used to drink neat gin to self medicate, pretty much never drinking with other people. Tried to quit but people make it so awkward when you tell them that you seriously don't want to drink. Feel bad when I drink now, can't help but think about how much it fucks your body up but also can't help but love the edge that it takes off. Nowadays I become even less social so I can avoid drinking and don't drink to ease the pain anymore.

I get smashed about once a month

lmao what kind of fedora tipper is behind this post i shudder to think

I made some random user here apromise to stop a few months ago, I haven't had beer since.
My lifts are actually improving for once, but I miss it every day and my life has become significantly more boring since then, I won't relapse because I'm doing well otherwise, but how do you fellow alcoholics deal with the crushing boredom of sober life?

I quit drinking 5 years ago and it was hands down the greatest decision of my life.

I used to go out with "friends" for drinks and would end up spending $150, drinking until was blackout drunk and fucking any girl I could find.

Since I have quit my life has improved 400%.

Would highly recommend to anyone considering quitting. Fuck alm the social consequences you are worrying about. They don't exist. I still get laid. I still go to parties. People are more interested in me because I don't drink.

cardio and books

15 pints in the weekend if I go out twice, none on weekdays except if I go out with a girl or friend.

Need to cut back, but it's so intertwined with socialising baka

I only drink on special occasions. When I do, it's something along the lines of gin & tonic or vodka soda.

drink maybe once every two weeks at uni but go all in. During breaks I dont touch the stuff

>anyone try hypnosis videos on youtube im sure the
wtf .... are you me ;( ?

I don't drink. The only problem I have is a sugar problem. I eat too much sweets.

it's one of the biggest things in my life currently holding me back.
really snuck up on me over the last few years.
didn't have a drink until 20 b.c. goody 2 shoes christian kid.

didn't really get into it until 23 just to unwind with my girl at the time.
Used it as a coping mechanism from then on to deal with pain, just to be able to "check out" of things like breakups, bad grades, no social life

at some point over the last year I realized it was stuck in a loop – just frying the reward center in my brain with alcohol, feeling depresssed when I was unmotivated to do what I actually propelled me forward in life (talking to girls, lifting, looking for better jobs, interest in my craft).
It kind of slowly steals away the things you find joyous in life.

tl;dr it's been an abusive relationship on both sides and I'm in the process of exiting it. Weed helps a little

Warm memo.

..and for dopamine receptors, antioxidants.

i'm cutting back starting today. ive been getting drunk almost everyday for the past month

my kidneys hurt, my liver hurts. i have muscle spams and i'm shitting water every day

i'm over it

I gained 25 lbs of fat from drinking. It took the edges out of my face and make me look vaguely uglier, as well as giving me a fat tire around my stomach.

I've been trying to lose weight but I always go through the same routine. I stick to the diet and don't drink for about two weeks and then something shitty happens and I say FUCK IT and binge for a week or two with liquor and junk food, completely reversing my progress for the weeks prior.

How do I stop being a bitch?

I drink at least 3 times a week and at least one of those turns into a bender.

Help me.

Drank a bottle of rum in increments but didn't get drunk once. Drank a couple of beers and got a buzz a few days ago, and that's it. Not into alcohol, and I'm glad for it

There's something creepy about you, not sure what.

no sense of humor

Your not committed, everyone cheats here and there, I'm eating a nutty butter bar right now. Just pick the battles correctly mate, some situations may "warrant" a beer or a some whisky but nothing justifies binging. If your gonna binge might as well not even put in the work.

The older I get the less appealing it becomes.

Still gotta tie one off every now and then though.

That gif is legendary lad big up

I enjoy drinking, I drank a lot in college but never huge amounts. I live in the same town and work here now and whenever someone comes to visit we always drink Herculean amounts. That I'm not really a fan of, because 3 days in a row of heavy drinking hurts

Tell him to his face he needs to fucking quit it. Maybe hearing it from his son and seeing how much of an impact it has on his family will change him. That's what got my dad to quit smoking.

I'll have a couple beers with friends or coworkers maybe once every week or 2 just to be social. I only get "drunk" maybe a couple times a year.

I love the taste, and being drunk can be fun as hell, but it interferes too much with the gym and my other hobbies. Workouts following a night of drinking are always shit.

>started drinking at 14
>looked and sounded older so got into nightclubs at that age
>getting drunk 5 nights a week by age 17
>started working with professional musicians, would go on 3-week-long benders while on tour
>cut down a lot but would still get plastered at weekends
>got sick of going out all the time, felt like I was having the same night over and over
>completely quit drinking one month before 21st birthday

I don't think alcohol was ever a 'problem' for me - I drank way too much but it was never out of my control, I just liked it a lot, and because of my lifestyle at the time I had a lot of separate friend groups that I saw regularly and would go drinking with them all at different times. I was a very likeable drunk, lots of energy and little inhibition but not an asshole so I guess that's another reason I had a lot of friends. After I stopped drinking, that massive circle of friends disappeared quickly since I realised that the only thing we had in common was alcohol. I still have a lot of acquaintances from back then but only one or two close friends.

Really glad I quit desu. It just got really boring and I've looked and felt a lot better since.

College boi here
I don't drink that frequently, but when I do I drink a lot, but I'm a fairly big guy so it's not bad.
I like getting drunk but when I do I'm still a pretty normal guy so that helps. No stumbling, slurring speech or puking or anything and I generally remember things.
It's fun cause I can be trashed with people but I still seem like I'm pretty sober, just more confident, etc.

>>got sick of going out all the time, felt like I was having the same night over and over

man, this really resonates with how I felt my last few months of college went lol. Everyone tries to "get the most out of it" by getting as drunk as possible as often as possible and at some point you look around and realize you've been going to the same 5 or 6 bars every weekend for months now.

>>me 18-27
>>drink 20 beers, get up the next day hit the gym drink 20 more
>> me now
>> I even smell alcohol and begin to get a hangover
>> drink two beers and I am totally useless the next day
>> actually get drunk, two day hangover

not worth it

no drinks for the past three years.

i want to drink. i love beer. but anytime i have alcohol, i get insane sinus headaches after half a drink. beer, vodka, whiskey, tequila, everclear...doesnt matter the type, it all makes me sick as fuck

I prefer to enjoy four (4) standard drinks of beer in my abode during the evening, up to thrice weekly.

i drink every sunday during football season and on special occasions like my birthday or a wedding

Lmfao retard. Nothing wrong with drinking if you're responsible.

You really can't compare alcoholism with smoking.

i only drink on weekends if im socialising. never during the week and never if im alone

>drinking every day
thats a sure fire way to end up as an alcoholic when you get older user

I have 9 credits to do in 4 weeks so right now my alcohol consumption is at an ask time high