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I used to work at a bottle shop, there was one old guy who used to come in twice every day with a little wine carrier bag and a mug and buy 3-6 longnecks each time, then just go over to the park opposite and spend all day going through them on his own (that's like half a case to a full case of beer every day). He was a nice guy and I wished he'd stop but there was nothing I could do, he looked about 80 but one time he came in and told me it was his 53rd birthday, fucking grim. Obviously not the only alcoholic regular, but just struck me as uniquely sad.
yeah, we used to go grab pizza for lunch sometimes and there was always 1-2 guys drinking whiskey at noon on a wednesday.
It's not good folks.
If it wasn't for the sad microwave dinner part I'd feel pretty called out right now.
They're just bad at being alcoholics. Go for wine over beer everytime, it's more economical and you get drunk faster. Liquor works too, obviously, but only if you're aiming for the grave ASAP. Tried being a whiskey drunk once, it just hurts all the time after awhile. Wine is the way to go.
Also tv dinners are stupid when crockpots exist.
Crockpots are great for when you're on a drink because even if you pass out it doesn't burn your house down or set off a smoke alarm, it just gets tastier.
Being a bad alcoholic makes it easier to quit though. Drinking 20 beers is harder to do than downing 4 bottles of wine or a fifth of whisky.
a lot of alcoholics like to have a beer in their hand and drink it. getting drunk faster is not exactly the goal.
source: myself.
Downing a case in a night is definitely trying to get drunk though
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beer is way less likely to give you a proper hangover.
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hard liquor and wine are sold in container sizes that make it a lot easier to abuse. Once you're out of beer the inconvenience/embarrassment of going to the liquor store can be enough of a deterrent to get you to call it a night, where as with wine or whisky it way easier to go "just one more glass" till you black out.
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beer is good for maintaining a steady buzz that's easy to sober up from fast, you can easily gauge how much you've drank and how tipsy that will get you. Wine and liquor tend to sneak up on you and once you're drunk you're drunk.
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way easier to get away with drinking them in public.
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once you've had enough of a certain wine or a kind of liquor it just all tastes the same, the more dramatic differences of different styles of beer can prevent taste fatigue.
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Between the nightmares and my partner leaving me, I gotta get to sleep somehow
Honestly I don't understand the people who get shit faced off of only beer. I can't imagine downing a gallon of bread water for the same effect as a handful of rum and cokes.
You don't necessarily get shitfaced; you get a little drunk, keep in going for hours, and maybe get real drunk for a bit before you nod off.
Or you mix 2 beers with weed and get to feel a nice combo while not getting hungover or drinking a gallon.
Belgium Voodoo Ranger imperial IPAs
That shit tastes like garbage though.
Most REALLY high ABV beers kinda taste like shit with the exception of some barrel aged shit, certain porters and Belgian Tripel, but they're all really hardy and hard to drink like more than two of. Most other really high ABV beers are just over hopped IPAs, and taste like hazy hopp juice.
Like if you’re gonna drink beer at least get something hefty like those new Belgium Voodoo Ranger imperial IPAs, they’re like 9% ABV up in there.
Or go for a Duvel, a Chimay or even better, a Chouffe.
All three are trappist beers IIRC; they're relatively inexpensive where I live (France) but it might not be the case in the US. In any case, good to know, thanks ! I'd still recommend you try a Chouffe if you can, it's awesome.
Nah, get some Hefeweizens to mainline and start at breakfast. Goes down quick and easy.
I saw someone leaving costco with 48 rolls of toilet paper. Can you imagine? Like, how many shits were they planning on taking tonight? Desgoosten!
I did that and then I didn't buy toilet paper for a year.
actually longer. I think I gave most of it to my parents when I moved to the US after about a year.
That's called alcoholism and it's the national passtime. I'm sure he was also obese, beer tends to do that.
It's not like it goes bad if you don't drink it in one night, we're just economical
Looking at these dudes I don't think spoilage is a huge concern for them
Alcoholism is pretty prevalent in boomers to the point that I meet more alcoholic boomers then not.
This makes me feel better about making a lovely, homemade meal of salad and rice and beans to accompany my lonely drinking
