When did you stop drinking a lot?

[MRT144]

I'm turning 24 in 5 days and I drink more than I ever had. I usually have 2+ drinks every day but I am thinking that is excessive at this point. Is this something you grow out of?

[Krill]

If I'm drinking, then I usually have a good 10 units+ on the night, but I rarely drink more than 3 times a week.

[Bkeela]

Hangovers get REAL old by your late twenties.

[Krill]

What's a hangover?

[Lancer]

That's alot.

I stopped drinking mass quantities in my mid 20s with the peak coming early at 17 and 18 when I was in the army and had access to German beer. I stopped drinking alot on a regular basis after being diagnosed with diabetes. I stopped drinking alot ever at all never again last night.

[MRT144]

Originally posted by Bkeela
Hangovers get REAL old by your late twenties.

see, the problem is I don't ever drink enough to get a hang over. Like i said, I drink about 2-5 drinks every day because i don't want a hangover. but is this just a phase or do i have a bonafide problem

[Geronimo]

I cut way back after my 21st birthday

[snoopy369]

Krill: Meet Liver Cancer. Liver Cancer, meet Krill.

I don't drink and never have, but from what I've seen usually you stop drinking when:
a) You mature and realize life isn't about extremely short term gains
b) You get married and have children

[Lancer]

Originally posted by MRT144


see, the problem is I don't ever drink enough to get a hang over. Like i said, I drink about 2-5 drinks every day because i don't want a hangover. but is this just a phase or do i have a bonafide problem

You might not have a problem yet, but giving your system alchol on a daily basis is likely to become addictive, and not just habit. Test your will and find out if you are hooked yet, stop drinking 4 days in a row every week, drink your normal amount the other three days and see how tough it is. Set this regimen as a max for the rest of your life. If you get a strong feeling that you just don't want or feel like cutting back, that's a bad sign.

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by MRT144


see, the problem is I don't ever drink enough to get a hang over. Like i said, I drink about 2-5 drinks every day because i don't want a hangover. but is this just a phase or do i have a bonafide problem

To this specifically, many people drink two or three drinks a day. Whether it is a problem or not largely is a function of why you drink and how it affects you and the people around you... Many people drink 2-3 beers a day with no adverse effects, but many have adverse effects, so ...

[ZEE]

i think im getting hooked again

[Lancer]

Originally posted by snoopy369


To this specifically, many people drink two or three drinks a day. Whether it is a problem or not largely is a function of why you drink and how it affects you and the people around you... Many people drink 2-3 beers a day with no adverse effects, but many have adverse effects, so ...

I agree, but MRT said he's drink between 3 and 5 a day, not 1-3. Big difference when you're talking about addiction imo.

[Jaguar]

I'm a freshman in college and I'm not ready to give it up yet.

[Aeson]

I stopped drinking when I was 6.

[Dis]

2+?

it all depends on the +. 3 is okay, maybe 4. More than 5 is a bit high. yeah 5 doesn't seem like much, but it means you have a lot of tolerance, which isn't necessarily a good thing.