Alcoholics Anonymous.......

[JAC526]

I got a six pack of Sam Adams Winter Ale and some good ole Kentucky Bourbon.

 

[coastalconn]

I'm sober for 2 years. I woulda had a handle of Vodka and a 12 Pack of Stella otherwise... But if I still drank I would have never picked up a camera...

Based on the photos I've seen of yours - you made the right choice

Though I think we might have to found a "sober" club somewhere to compete with this drunken partying that goes on Sober people can party too!

Ironically I have met a few other people locally that are almost as addicted to photography as I am and are also sober... hmm, maybe a link?

 

[jhodges10]

I live in Cincy. Where you at? Let's do this.

I'm in West Chester, had been meaning to PM you to see what part of town you were in.

 

[mishele]

I'm sober for 2 years. I woulda had a handle of Vodka and a 12 Pack of Stella otherwise... But if I still drank I would have never picked up a camera...

Based on the photos I've seen of yours - you made the right choice

Though I think we might have to found a "sober" club somewhere to compete with this drunken partying that goes on Sober people can party too!

Ironically I have met a few other people locally that are almost as addicted to photography as I am and are also sober... hmm, maybe a link?

Start a poll....lol I bet you find more drinkers!!

 

[jhodges10]

In the spirit of " pictures or it didn't happen" here's a decent portion of our ridiculous collection of booze.

 

[unpopular]

a few years ago, wifey and I would buy a 1.5L bottle of sutter home white merlot for EACH of us and get hammered to the point of alcohol induced psychosis (not exaggerating).

Bought a bottle tonight, and one cup (because you DON'T pull out the wine glasses for Sutter Home) and I have a stomach ache and only feeling more barfy than buzzed. WTF? How did we drink this ****?

 

[coastalconn]

a few years ago, wifey and I would buy a 1.5L bottle of sutter home white merlot for EACH of us and get hammered to the point of alcohol induced psychosis (not exaggerating).

Bought a bottle tonight, and one cup (because you DON'T pull out the wine glasses for Sutter Home) and I have a stomach ache and only feeling more barfy than buzzed. WTF? How did we drink this ****?

Yuck! Even when I drank, just saying. At least buy some real wine....

 

[unpopular]

I know. I was going to get a bottle of Q Syrah. Really wish I had.

Guess I was feeling nostalgic.

 

[Buckster]

In my 20's, I wasn't much of a drinker. In my early to mid 30's I had a thing with tequila and beer, but just for the express purpose of getting seriously stoopid-to-the-max drunk with pals for the fun of it. I did that a few (or more) times per week, including every weekend. A few years before I hit 40, I guess I just lost my taste for it and was promptly over my drinking and binging phase.

The last time I remember drinking to the point of feeling it was at a birthday party for a friend of mine in 2000, and I got so drunk by the time we left the party that I just never have had an urge to drink liquor since:

Left to right: My best friend, Wayne, my wife Michelle, and Me with a drink in my hand on my way to the last time I was ever drunk.

These days, in my 50's, other than an occasional Sam Adams (I like the taste, but only average maybe one bottle of beer per month), I prefer lemonade, gatorade or a good root beer most of the time, so that's what you'd find in my fridge.

 

[shefjr]

I'm sober for 2 years now.

This is the path I should take. So says my Doc. In his opinion 1 is too slippery a slope for me.

 

[unpopular]

^^ My Brother in Law is on that path. One DUI, three or four cars - one was his mother's which he wrecked, tossed the keys in an ally and stumbled home into bed "no, Ma, I have no idea where the car is. It was here when I came home!". Holds down a job OK, but can't seem to keep an apartment.

For a while there, that's all you'd talk to about with him was booze. He seems to be getting a bit more responsible lately, and I had a nice conversation about cars, apartments, furniture and his love of nice things. But the guy still likes to drink, and I am not sure it's good for him.

I personally don't really 'get it'. Being drunk always makes me feel kind of disappointed that weed isn't legal

 

[sm4him]

I'm sober for 2 years. I woulda had a handle of Vodka and a 12 Pack of Stella otherwise... But if I still drank I would have never picked up a camera...

Based on the photos I've seen of yours - you made the right choice

Though I think we might have to found a "sober" club somewhere to compete with this drunken partying that goes on Sober people can party too!

Good for you, coastalconn!! And I quite agree with the statement that sober people can party too!

My dad was an alcoholic; not a typical one, but an alcoholic nonetheless. No violent rages, no missed work, no stopping at bars instead of going home. Just came home every night, filled a glass about halfway with bourbon, the rest of the way with ice and water, then kept "topping it off" all night--but it never saw any water or ice after the first round, lol. Finally, just before he passed out, he'd stumble off to bed.
In his late 60s, his doctor (the first one he ever had that he actually LIKED) told him to stop or it would kill him. So he stopped. Cold turkey. Never had so much as a beer after that. Incredible.

In my early 20s, I was pretty sure I might be headed down the same path. But then I got pregnant with my first son, and I quit. I didn't want to do the "do as I say and not as I do" thing with them, so I didn't even want liquor in the house. From 1990, when I got pregnant the first time, until December 2011 (when my oldest turned 21), I didn't drink alcohol. At all. Not at home, not out with friends. And I really didn't miss it at all--well, every great once in a while, I'd get a nearly overwhelming desire for a great big margarita, but other than that...

I was a little worried when I started drinking again, that I might have a problem. But it doesn't really hold that much of an attraction to me anymore. I never have more than two drinks in an evening, and generally speaking I probably only have two or three drinks in a typical week. Usually on Friday nights, I'll have a margarita, maybe two. It's a nice wind-down to my week and I'm no longer worried that I'll drink to excess. Maybe twice a month, I'll also have a hard lemonade, or some Bailey's, or a Smirnoff Ice, something like--once every few months, maybe even a shot of whiskey. But I drink now because I like the taste, not to get drunk. I have NO desire to ever be drunk again.

 

[shefjr]

I didn't drink for a whole month last winter because I wasn't working. I'm not bothered by not having drinks. In fact i lost about 20lbs that month. Damn those empty calories My rationale for having drinks is I'm a builder and come home with sore muscles. Having one drink takes off the tightness. I used to drink more than I care to admit and made the conscious decision to slow it way down. I only drink at home and when my wife and I have children I won't drink. Which btw, that is "planned" for this year! Yay! I'm excited and can't wait! But shhhhhh! Don't tell anyone lol!
Yikes! I'm gonna stop now cuz this really is turning into some sorta AA which I know wasn't the intention. Lol

 

[unpopular]

ehh. There's no problem getting a little drunk after the kids go to sleep and they are sleeping consistently through the night, provided that you're not so hammered that you can't handle the situation if they need you (and are capable of knowing the difference). It's important that you don't allow parenthood to consume you.

 

[shefjr]

The plan is to get a hot tub. No need for drinks muscles will be great! Plus I'm quite sure that'll lead to other types of after hours activities. maybe add some wine or other bubbly.