Have your drinking habits changed
 

Well I've been a drinker for longer than I care to remembr, but my tastes have very much changed over the years. When I started off I was a mixrd drinker, then went onto Bitter, (Lions) when I lived in Hassy I got a taste for Wilsons Bitter, then Boddies, in the eighties I went on Larger for a while, then when I came home again to Ossy in 86 I went on Thwaites Mild and have been on it ever since. But I think the bigest change in my drinking habits is that I have now got a taste for wine, I always have good stock in and have become quite keen over the last 10 years, in fact I have a nice bottle of Pinot Grigio by my side has i'm writting this post. I have to say though that I only drink White wine, as like a lot of asthmatics I'm alergic to red, go on then whats your poison and how have your habits changed over the years, I must just add for our younger members I've been at it for nearly 50 years

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mine have changed... i used to drink as much as i wanted (working in a nightclub, it was quite alot! lol) then i had ty and now i drink as much as i can....which is very little :D:D

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started off Mixed graduated to Bitter after a couple of years, then went on to guiness, then i became 18:D got a taste fer southern comfort with dry ginger, after i couldn't fit no more pints in, stayed like that fer 6/7 yrs then got wed n reversed back to bitter, with a very occasional grouse, stayed like that till 98 then moved to spain n wi me own bar the world was me oyster:D, 2 yrs after that me drinking habits changed again dramatically, cos now i can't fer health reasons n it bugs the hell out of me.:( in that little story is a Lesson for any Pi** heads reading- it catches up wi ya.;)

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I don't think I have two days drinking teh same thing.

Ales of all kinds,
Guiness orginal ( not keen on canned draught but proper draught is OK)
Lager ( prefer teh 'stronger brands, Stella, Kronen, warsteiner etc)
Wine(red white and rose)
Spirits, Gin vodka, whiskey, brandy, rum, liqueurs,

You name it I'll probably drink it! :D

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Well entwisi you've covered the full gamut, I never said anything about my bad habits, just the normal ones, but I can see where cashy' coming from, its only when you can't carry on with your usual habits that it hurts the most, but I'll tell you what I admire a guy like cashy who realised that life is better than looking into the bottom of a pint glass or short bottle, your a star cashy, and any young uns reading this, it can happen to you, the thing is booze wasn't my down fall it was the fags, i gave up 30 years ago but then the damage had been done, and I always said it won't happen to me, it did and just like cashy now i'm suffering, beware it can happen to you, think about it, take evrything in moderasion and remember when your twenty the worlds your oyster, when you get to sixty and your past catches up with, you beware

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Yes...my drinking habits have changed.......I have found that over the years I am much less tolerant of alcohol...it affects me much sooner and the effects......the not so pleasant ones, last longer.......so I drink much less alcohol now.
I actually prefer a good strong mug of leaf tea.

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Ya Margaret but with a drop of Whisky in it :rolleyes:

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Lovely on a cold winters night.

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When I go out I drink lager and at home I like white wine with loads of ice. Probably far to much of both!!!

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When I used to work in the pubs, I would drink pints of larger, bitter & cider, and I quite liked the odd pint of guiness.

But these days I mostly drink Rose wine,

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EEEEEEEwwww Nooooooo. That stuff is vile. I call it Devils Wee Wee.
Nasty stuff....cant even drink it when i have a cold.

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I used to drink 20/20 (before i was allowed in pubs) then went onto bacardi breezers / bacardi & coke, realised that these were giving me hangovers, went onto lager, this had the same effect, went on vodka and coke or WKDS and stay on these now, no hangover (although occasionally i do go on lager and pay for it the following day!)

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an interesting little wander on this, when Lager was first introduced in Lancs pubs (Harp) was nothing else available at the time, i was young n did try it n quite liked it (was more fashionable than owt) after a few weeks,there was a article in the evening telegraph, explaining n asking WHY lager was cheaper to brew than bitter/mild etc yet Dearer in price, after that i Never drank another pint- no-body rips cashy off.;)

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Lager for me, pref cold Fosters, but I have been known to indulge in the odd glass of wine , either red if with a meal or white if not. Am partial to a nice gin and tonic too, esp in Spain !

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My drinking habits have changed drastically.

4 years ago, used to drink. Had child, now even a drop isnt worth a hangover with likkle one about

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Before I was old enough used to be a bottle of Thunderbird wine and a couple of cans of Lynx lager (was cheap)
Then as I got to legal age became
Bitter
Lager
Newcastle Brown
Pernod & Cider
Benne & Hot (Winter Thing)
Guinness & Cider (poor man's velvet)
Brandy & Babycham

These days tends to be Lager & WKD

Although must admit to starting to sup Shandy more often must be a mid life crisis:eek:

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My tipple used to be scotch and dry ginger but, for the last 10 years or so, even the smell of whisky makes me nauseous though I can, happily, drink Baileys. My drink of choice now is wine, preferably red (cabernet sauvignon goes down very well). When the weather is hot, or I'm just plain thirsty, I like cider and my "short" drink is vodka - but elongated with coke or cranberry juice.

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I am a constant companion of Captain Morgan Rum with diet coke and ice.
In the past I would have drunk anything that was bought for me....now as I have to pay for it I'm a bit selective.

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Started off drinking lager, then got a taste for bitter and lime, then went back to lager, cant stand guinness its horrible, and stayed on lager ever since..... shorts were vodka and orange, double baileys with a single of tia maria in over ice, very nice indeed. But now its orange and soda.

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Haveing been in the hospiality trade for over 40 yrs, I was in a culture of drinking , it being available all the time, so that meant every day. then one night 8 yrs ago got caught on the breathalizer. There and then I said enough is enough and went cold turkey, havent had a drink since. Went for a check up not long after and doctor said the alcohol had knocked my pancreas around over the years, so I am type 2 diabetic. There are thousands of stories like mine. I never thought Id make it to 50 never mind 60, and feeling better than I did in my 20s. Another Coffin dodger, or only the good die young.

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good man Al them as heed the warnings survive, them as don't - don't, georgie best is a classic.;):)

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ive gone from a seven nights a week drinker
anywhere anytime to a more sedate weekend drinker
age and cost are a main factor
its nice not waking up feeling the effects of a good nights abuse :hidewall:

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My drinking habbits hav never changed my fave drink is cheeky vimto (port and blue wkd) but it costs to much to drink all nite on a night out so its either blue wkd, bacardi and lemonade, vodka and lemonade/coke, or blue bols lime and lemonade were available because not many places sell it now


:-)

lisa x

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I have been the same for a few years,Baileys for when im in the house chilling out after a stressful day/week,blue WKDs when i go out(i just drink water on a lot of nights out now),Pernod occasionally, and Corkers cans of whatever his got when he aint looking.

Its really cheap for me to go out these days cos i figured i act like i have had a few and feel better when im sober n when i drink it calms me down (seriously), so alot of the time i stay on tap water when i go out(yet im the loudest one)....people are surprised n take the mickey but i dont feel bad for notdrinking or for not spending in a pub...why should i?-whoever im out with it paying over the odds for their drinks anyway.

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I like the diet coke bit Roy, on a diet are we:eek::D:D

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No option.............Class 2 ;)

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Diet Coke contains aspartamine - that is just one of the several toxic chemicals in the ingredients.

http://www.theecologist.org/archive_...content_id=636
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Although Diet Coke has a strong association with sport and health, it is actually a worrying mixture of neurotoxic and potentially carcinogenic high intensity sweeteners (aspartame and acesulfame K), tooth and bone destroying acids (phosphoric acid) and DNA damaging colourings (sulphite ammonia caramel), as well as psychoaddictive caffeine and other undisclosed ‘flavourings’.
It also contains sodium benzoate, which can be broken down into the listed carcinogen benzene in the presence of strong acids, such as the citric acid found in this product.

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One pleasurable side effect of Diet Coke.....If you put too much Captain Morgan Rum it............You get drunk. ;):D

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Aspartamine is also linked to brain damage and behaviour disorders ;)

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Dont you start..................I believe inuendo is not your forte :confused:

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I was 11 when alcohol first passed my lips. It was in the middle of the winter of ’47 on a train with no heating and several hours to our destination. My uncle poured a tot of Vodka into a cup of lemon tea to warm me up. It worked. Not only did it warm me up but magically shortened the journey. Or was that because I went to sleep?

At 16 the Australian Inn supplied me with my first half pint of mild.

Until my 20th birthday, when I got my first tot of Navy rum, it was generally mild but not much of it or down south Watneys.

The Navy rum was something to behold and it was issued at 12:00 noon after being drawn from the rum locker at 11:00am to the pipe of “Up Spirits”. Although some wag would sometimes add, “Stand fast the Holy Ghost”.

We, on the lower deck, had our rum watered down with two parts of water to one part of rum. That might sound a bit weak until you consider the strength of the neat stuff, how much we got and when we got it. The neat rum was at least 150 degrees proof (some say it was as high as 180) and each tot was one eighth of a pint. Watered down our tot of rum ended up as three eighths of a pint of liquid around 50 degrees proof and on an empty stomach. Imagine the effect.

Ashore Woods’ Navy rum at 100 degrees proof with two parts of coke added made a pleasant drink if a slice of lemon was added. Black Cat rum obtainable only down south had the same taste as a neat tot but not the strength. As did Old Mariner (in a square bottle) available up here only at Thwaites’ pubs and off licenses.

More than two years in Capetown introduced me to Brandy and Canada Dry ginger ale (horse’s neck) and white wine, the drier the better.

Although I had my alcoholic moments I was never a drinker as such and quit completely after my second heart attack.

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Lager Cider Vodka Southern Comfort Dry White Wine

Haha only 18 so will add to this as the years pass

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What you mean Roy that weren't no inuendo:D:p:rolleyes:

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I know...but I have promised to be nice to the ladies :p

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Michael Green, author of course sailing and many other art of course, books, at the beginning of each book would put a definition describing that particular sportsman, in 'The art of course drinking', he defined a course drinker as:-

Someone that turns up at a friends house unexpectedly, all the friend has to offer is a very cheap cooking sherry, the course drinker accepts the glass, sniffs it, knocks it back in one, pulls a disgusted face and says, "God, that was awful!". As he hold the glass out for a refill!
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I love Jack Daniels and coke. :D

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i was a cider drinker when i was younger ; can;t stand the stuff now ;

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Try Scrumpi with a drop of orange cordial.....blow your brains out.
Pints of course.
1 Oh I like that.
2 What the hell is this?
3 I feel a little tipsy.
4 Can you pick me up off the floor please.......I cant walk.
Tewkesbury..............1968.

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Started when I was around 16 on brown-and-mild splits (half a mild and a bottle of brown ale in a pint glass for the uninitiated). Moved over to lager in my thirties, much to the disgust of my old fella ("that's not real beer!"). More recently, found that lager was giving me headaches, so, over the last year, I've started supping real ale, which goes down very well indeed. Bring on the Black Sheep! :cool:

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Used to serve a bloke at Rishton your first tipple, he had it with Macky. Macky mild split we called it:)

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I am admitting to nothing,but i wish those dustbin men wouldent rattle the boxes so loudly every other week.....""oooh the shame of it"":eek:

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Nowt wrong with that Granny you have earned a few drinks;)

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I started off on white lightning because it was cheap then became a lager drinker(i still like one now and again) then went back onto cheap cider but stopped because i went a bit crazy off it and now my fav is vodka and irn bru.

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yup GC must agree even over here Hyndburns Recycling Engineers, seem to take delight in rattling he blue box on the way to the wagon:D

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On Saturday mornings on his way home from work (Saturday mornings was part of the working week in those days) my dad would bring home a bottle of Mackeson’s stout, where he would pour it into a glass and stick a red hot poker into it. I was allowed to drink some of the froth.

I did have a spell where Black Velvet tickled my palette, or at least the poor man’s version, being Cider and Guinness instead of Champagne and Guinness.

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me as well,in fact it blew me head off that night in 60s,when Tosh found me sprawled in the mud on " Ellisons Tenement":D

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I started drinking when I was sixteen or so. Having to avoid Church and the Blackburn Road area so that my dad and his many mates didn´t catch me, I travelled to Burnley and Rising Bridge.........well, for the first few months anyway!!

I started off on half of Double Diamond with the odd tasters like brandy and babycham, gin and orange and that awful barley wine.

Now that I´m carting on a bit, I usually stick to Dorada Especial.........a nice strong bottled lager. At home I like a brandy or three before bed!

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When i was around 14ish we would club together for cider. I was 15 when I had my first drink in a pub. Would usually drink Lager/black.
I once drank Bitter all night it was awfull and I was violantly sick after. never touched the stuff since.
Would have ozzy white wine in yates wine lodge coz it was cheap but not keen on it. I love Gin n bitterlemon but it dont like me.
These days i stick to Bicardi n coke. No nasty hangover at the end of the night.

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Not drunk much for the last 20 odd years but since last year have got a taste for vodka and drink it like there's no tomorrow, it feels good having a drink and not being whinged at because of it.:cool:

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My drinking habits have changed!

I always used to go out, get sozzled:D
Now since becoming a Mother, ya'll be lucky if i go out once evry 6 bloody month!!

But i wouldnt change it for the world:D
I dont drink..(often)
I dont smoke anymore
and iv lost weight...:D
what more could a girl ask for?....:D:D







well a winning lottery ticket maybe :rolleyes: