A Drinking Problem

[k0ua]

So how did all the abstainers survive anyway? Or were they closet drinkers?

That is a VERY good question! Perhaps they just visited the "little house out back from the main house" a lot more!

I know on sea voyages, that the water stored in the water casks became pretty "brackish" over a long sea voyage, and rum was put in to upon serving. That is what grog is. Plus the sailors liked it. I don't thing there were any tee-totaling sailors in the days of sail.

 

[quicksandfarmer]

So how did all the abstainers survive anyway? Or were they closet drinkers?

The alcohol in beer doesn't make undrinkable water drinkable. The boiling in the brewing process does. Coffee or tea or even boiled plain water would work. I saw a claim recently that the scientific revolution was triggered by the introduction of coffee into Europe, people went from drinking beer all day to drinking coffee. I could see a slight increase in intellectual activity resulting from that.

 

[Gunny]

According to the History channel, it looks like beer might have been responsible for the rise of agriculture and politics:

Did Beer Spur the Rise of Agriculture and Politics?

If they're right, I'm glad they helped agriculture, but I wish they hadn't helped politics along!

 

[TomSeller]

If they're right, I'm glad they helped agriculture, but I wish they hadn't helped politics along!

You got that right.

 

[davrow]

So how did all the abstainers survive anyway? Or were they closet drinkers?

They didn't. They're all dead now.

 

[BLUE ME]

Now it is understood that
a littler eye opener to start the day is OK.
A mid morning Pick Me upper is fine.
A little something at lunch time is spot on.
An afternoon break with a snort or 2 is well understood.
Naturally at quitting time A few drinks is only natural.
A little something before supper is a good way to help your appetite.
Of course after supper its good to have a nice relaxing drink.
& Nothing beats a Night Cap to help you sleep.

BUT This Damm Sip, Sip all day long Has Got to Stop.

I'll Drink to that.
Cheers.
:drink:

 

[jerrybob]

“I drink to make other people more interesting.”
― Ernest Hemingway

 

[dragoneggs]

Alcohol has cost many lives…but let’s not forget how many it has created.

 

[crash325]

Alcohol has cost many lives…but let’s not forget how many it has created.

Good One -AH so true. :laughing:

It is said that if you drink alone your an alcoholic. I don't have to worry on that point. My dogs never let me outside alone. Like to sit on the deck & enjoy the quite, while sipping a beer or 2.
Isn't there an old saying?? " A beer a day keeps the doctor away".

 

[JimWalch]

Alcohol: According to Chemistry It's a Solution

 

[orezok]

I'm glad I'm a Drunk not an Alcoholic, I don't have to attend all those **** meetings! :laughing:

 

[tcreeley]

Orezok - I like that - "Don't let the bastards grind you down." on the avatar!

 

[lilranch2001]

My belief is that different people have different levels of addictive personalities.

Personally I have done a lot of dumb things earlier in my life, and never had any problem stopping (other than arguing with rs) but a lot of people in my life get hooked on some really silly or really bad stuff

We should all pray for those addictive personalities!

 

[Bird]

My belief is that different people have different levels of addictive personalities.

Personally I have done a lot of dumb things earlier in my life, and never had any problem stopping (other than arguing with rs) but a lot of people in my life get hooked on some really silly or really bad stuff

We should all pray for those addictive personalities!

I don't know whether its personality or physical body chemistry, but I do know that some become alcoholics and can't stop drinking while others may drink way too much at times, but have no problem stopping.

 

[tcreeley]

I don't know whether its personality or physical body chemistry, but I do know that some become alcoholics and can't stop drinking while others may drink way too much at times, but have no problem stopping.

I read once that the people who can't hold their liquor early on, learn to regulate their alcohol consumption so as to avoid feeling sick, embarrassing themselves, etc. They quit drinking earlier in the day or at a party.
The people who genetically can hold their liquor early on, keep drinking past when the other guy is puking or passed out or stopped. Life is good for them, but in the process they consume much more alcohol over time, and that changes their body chemistry producing alcoholism at a greater rate than the other guy.

Who knows the truth of it. I have family on my wife's side that have their beers and do just fine, and others who are lucky to hold down a job despite a solid work ethic. That's addiction.
The opiate addiction is the one that we are all starting to see around us. That one scares me - seems to suck them in faster and keep them. Time will tell.

 

[Happy Gilmore]

I am enjoying sobriety, too many ugly memories from my times of over consumption. I simply choose to not want go back to the darkness that alcohol can bring. In a time in my life when so much was going wrong, drinking seemed like a solution to numb the pain. I was always the guy who thought, how bad can things get, how do people end up the way they do or that'll never happen to me. The fact is things can get ugly real quick and out of hand even quicker. If you choose to drink do it responsibly, I just like don't like what I've seen alcohol do. I'm not a preacher.

I just don't want to end up looking like this;