Binge Drinking! ~ Moose Calls Time!

[Cius]

So Thursday evening found me standing at a bar in Kelvingrove buying Stoney Ginger beer whilst other patrons knocked beer and Gins as the sun disappeared behind the mountain.

The old me would have knocked the beers over like skittles in a bowling alley. Tough it was,but got through it.

Yesterday whilst shopping in a local mall, I bashed into a hometown boy that works on the DeBeers boats, " MOOSE!", he shouted across the expanse of the store, " Ou maat, good to see you..... Are we going for a few beers in the big city tonight?", he enquired...

Starting to realize that 99,9% of all my friends are not tea totallers but hard core suipers from the mining environment...

Anyhow on with my life....

/Moose on his penultimate day in the mother city is off in search of a Bratwurst roll for brekkie....

Curious to know just how much extra money you have each month without the booze, that stuff adds up after all.

 

[ArmatageShanks]

@Mortymoose do you find your self chowing much more if you don't drink? I notice that if I drink I'll only eat one big plate of whatever in the evening, if I don't I pretty much spend the whole weekend chowing on something.

 

[thestaggy]

Sorry to hear mate. Hope it comes right in the end, but you gotta expand on it now - what did you do?

Said female friend (call her 'Z') is in a relationship. We were the party animals of the group. Fun times together while out became flirty times as we'd find a way to get to the bar by ourselves and eventually the type of messages you have to hide/delete started being exchanged in the aftermath of these sessions. I initiated the texting in a drunken-moment of impulsivity. Regret the next morning, agreement that its out of order and then on to the next session and back to our tricks. Never time to step back, get a clear mind and think properly. Eventually we acted on this - after yet another binge session - and we were caught mid-embrace. Whilst sober and in the beginning I told myself I had to stop, but with every binge session my behavior just started spiraling and I became increasingly impulsive. Even when sober I could no longer properly process things and control myself. ''Fvck it'' I told myself.

Regarding my close friend, during my last session she asked what was going to happen to 'Z' (her relationship, how she was getting home) and I told her it wasn't my problem, which was a selfish thing to say and something I never thought I'd say. Worst part is I don't even remember that conversation. Complete blank. When we are out I'm the one sending out messages telling everyone to get home safely, so when I heard I said this I was disgusted with myself. Close friend has lost all respect for me and called me a homewrecker. Deserved, but fvck, that stripped me bare. Not the person I thought I could be nor want to be.

There was clearly a lot more to this in terms of what was going on between myself and 'Z', but it was spurred on by a gradual loss of self-control caused by alcohol abuse. First time in my life I've ever done something like this and also the first time in my life I've found myself cycling through these heavy drinking sessions and just going on impulse.

 

[ArmatageShanks]

Said female friend (call her 'Z') is in a relationship. We were the party animals of the group. Fun times together while out became flirty times as we'd find a way to get to the bar by ourselves and eventually the type of messages you have to hide/delete started being exchanged in the aftermath of these sessions. I initiated the texting in a drunken-moment of impulsivity. Regret the next morning, agreement that its out of order and then on to the next session and back to our tricks. Never time to step back, get a clear mind and think properly. Eventually we acted on this - after yet another binge session - and we were caught mid-embrace. Whilst sober and in the beginning I told myself I had to stop, but with every binge session my behavior just started spiraling and I became increasingly impulsive. Even when sober I could no longer properly process things and control myself. ''Fvck it'' I told myself.

Regarding my close friend, during my last session she asked what was going to happen to 'Z' (her relationship, how she was getting home) and I told her it wasn't my problem, which was a selfish thing to say and something I never thought I'd say. Worst part is I don't even remember that conversation. Complete blank. When we are out I'm the one sending out messages telling everyone to get home safely, so when I heard I said this I was disgusted with myself. Close friend has lost all respect for me and called me a homewrecker. Deserved, but fvck, that stripped me bare. Not the person I thought I could be nor want to be.

There was clearly a lot more to this in terms of what was going on between myself and my friend, but it was spurred on by a gradual loss of self-control caused by alcohol abuse. First time in my life I've ever done something like this and also the first time in my life I've found myself cycling through these heavy drinking sessions and just going on impulse.

YOu

 

[satanboy]

and I failed again this weekend

hic

at least no hangover this morning

 

[ArmatageShanks]

@thestaggy at least you would have woken up next to someone you know.

I've been unfortunate enough to wake up in someone's house with only her parents there having to sneak out of the house with nothing but a shirt and shorts having to walk home barefoot about 7k's, no idea where my stuff is, whos house that was or where tf my car went and how I got there, that sucked proper.

Also the shorts I had were not mine so they were very small and thin and I had to walk through a shopping complex with everyone looking at my swinging sausage because that is the only path I knew home.

 

[Rouxenator]

I think the problem here is not the drink, it is where you drink. I drink at my own house and that keeps things safe and more-or-less civil.

 

[ArmatageShanks]

I think the problem here is not the drink, it is where you drink. I drink at my own house and that keeps things safe and more-or-less civil.

Also the people you drink with play a massive role. Okes with whom you can sit around a fire and talk kak till the sun comes up are much rarer than those who insist on tequila shots every 10 minutes.

 

[Toxxyc]

@thestaggy yeah that's pretty nasty, TBH. Condolences, hope you can work it out in the end. I used to binge a lot as well, but always did it at someone's house. The amount of times I wasn't pulled over while leaving Hatfield square while people before and after me all got pulled over is shocking. I simply can't believe I was that lucky back then.

 

[Alton Turner Blackwood]

Curious to know just how much extra money you have each month without the booze, that stuff adds up after all.

I know you're not talking to me, but it made me do some calculations.

7 quarts per day after work works out to around R105
One box of Peter Stuyvesant costs around R40
Sol it costs me around R145 per day
or R2 900 (R145 x 20) per month drining 5 days a week.
On Saturdays I drink a bit more and Sundays a bit less, so it balances out to an average of R145 as well.
So R1 160 for 4 weekends of drinking per month

That gives a total of R4k per month when I drink every day. Yes, I only drink beer.

Looking at it from a financial point of view has opened my eyes that I'm pissing away quite a bit of money. However, @Mortymoose and @thestaggy made me realise that alcohol has played a role whenever I was in trouble during my social life!

I too, shall be putting my foot down - perhaps not becoming a complete teetotaler, but at the very least cutting down or completely eliminating the drinking during the week.

 

[Toxxyc]

I've also cut down after this thread. Worked my way through non-alcoholic beers that I made a while ago over the past few weekends, and tasted my low-ABV lager last night. It's coming along nicely. I'll be brewing more and more low-ABV beers in the future. It is the future for me.

 

[thestaggy]

@thestaggy yeah that's pretty nasty, TBH. Condolences, hope you can work it out in the end.

Hopefully with time. My formerly close friend and I acknowledged that we'll still cross paths because we frequent the same places and events, but she'll never see me in the same light. Not so much out of anger, more disappointment.

As for 'Z', I don't plan on contacting her and I wouldn't be surprised if I never hear from her again.

Life lesson. Aiming for 30-days and some clear thinking.

I used to binge a lot as well, but always did it at someone's house. The amount of times I wasn't pulled over while leaving Hatfield square while people before and after me all got pulled over is shocking. I simply can't believe I was that lucky back then.

Definitely safer at someone's house, but what often happened in my experience is one or two in the group get the urge to see flashy lights and hear loud noises (usually me) and so you end up looking for the nearest DJ or live band. Or if there are women in the group, they want to go dancing. A lot safer nowadays with Uber though.

I've had my moments of waking up at home and not knowing how I got there.

 

[Craig_]

I know you're not talking to me, but it made me do some calculations.

7 quarts per day after work works out to around R105
One box of Peter Stuyvesant costs around R40
Sol it costs me around R145 per day
or R2 900 (R145 x 20) per month drining 5 days a week.
On Saturdays I drink a bit more and Sundays a bit less, so it balances out to an average of R145 as well.
So R1 160 for 4 weekends of drinking per month

That gives a total of R4k per month when I drink every day. Yes, I only drink beer.

Looking at it from a financial point of view has opened my eyes that I'm pissing away quite a bit of money. However, @Mortymoose and @thestaggy made me realise that alcohol has played a role whenever I was in trouble during my social life!

I too, shall be putting my foot down - perhaps not becoming a complete teetotaler, but at the very least cutting down or completely eliminating the drinking during the week.

I remember the days where I still drank a lot as well, long ago. Would easily drink large amounts of money away.

 

[doubletrouble]

I know you're not talking to me, but it made me do some calculations.

7 quarts per day after work works out to around R105
One box of Peter Stuyvesant costs around R40
Sol it costs me around R145 per day
or R2 900 (R145 x 20) per month drining 5 days a week.
On Saturdays I drink a bit more and Sundays a bit less, so it balances out to an average of R145 as well.
So R1 160 for 4 weekends of drinking per month

That gives a total of R4k per month when I drink every day. Yes, I only drink beer.

Looking at it from a financial point of view has opened my eyes that I'm pissing away quite a bit of money. However, @Mortymoose and @thestaggy made me realise that alcohol has played a role whenever I was in trouble during my social life!

I too, shall be putting my foot down - perhaps not becoming a complete teetotaler, but at the very least cutting down or completely eliminating the drinking during the week.

Yoh bra. Are you not babelas at work after drinking 7 quarts in the evening?

 

[Alton Turner Blackwood]

Yoh bra. Are you not babelas at work after drinking 7 quarts in the evening?

I'm always babalas, but I'm used to it.

 

[doubletrouble]

I'm always babalas, but I'm used to it.

Lol I used to drink a lot during the week in my twenties, now in my early-mid thirties I realized I can't do it anymore. Hangovers are just too bad. I still binge drinking on every other weekend though. usually spend around R250-400 if at home or R450-1000 when at a bar.

 

[Alton Turner Blackwood]

Lol I used to drink a lot during the week in my twenties, now in my early-mid thirties I realized I can't do it anymore. Hangovers are just too bad. I still binge drinking on every other weekend though. usually spend around R250-400 if at home or R450-1000 when at a bar.

Yup, it takes a lot longer for me to revover - especially when I have spirits, which is exactly why I avoid them.

As a perk, my work gives me the option of full flexi, I'm only forced to come to the office if there's a meeting (non-teleconference). Over the last few months I've decided to come to the office every single day because when I work from home, by around 12, I'd be busy making a fire to braai a steak and sit with a few beers. In other words, funny as it may sound, it became too expensive for me to work from home!

 

[fruitbat]

So - I found no alcohol has led to around 1500-2000/week in my pocket.

We went away for a long weekend - of 3nights, and Didn’t buy 12 bottles of wine +1.5cases of beer (and no emergency run to the store OR to the bar). We did go to a fancy wine farm for lunch, and while it was expensive, no wine meant it felt like a steal. This Felt like it was a “free” weekend

Only issue there was - I had the pleasure of someone crashing into my palisade fencing at home while we were away. And had a drain problem at the holiday house, so I was shoveling water and poop. And after all that I didn’t revert back to a beer for destressing, rather did a 15 run when we got home

Good times!

 

[mushroom]

i dont think its the wine that make the ppl go on but its more bout the kind of wine the mense drink like the guy did say he was rude to his friend but maybe its coz he did drink the shots coz i know i also go on when i drink sak but when i drink biere then i only pee alot and dance and chise kinners

 

[Big Rat]

yeah, I'm about R1 000 a week , three day sat the rugby tends to gobble the cash.
Especially if you buy a couple rounds for the buddies that do not have...