Road to alcoholism

[pms67]

I drink on my own,almost every night and i am more than happy with it 😁
Hope everyone is being honest,i am too obsessive with my brews to leave it until the weekend.
I have two beers a night midweek and six on a Friday and Saturday, and a glass of red.

 

[MarkMayf]

I also drink less since I started brewing. After all the effort that goes into it, i like to savour it. Though my cascade sha was really moreish. That went quickly!

Generally though 1-2 beers each night. More on weekends etc.

 

[Brewdoug]

My problem is if I've brewed something really nice it's very difficult not to keep having a taste. Particularly something like an IPA which has to be consumed before the hop flavours start to fade.
Conversely, I've done a couple of brews that have been very easy to leave alone. :lol:

 

[BeerisGOD]

You have to be to finish 40 bottles of ipa before the hops fade!

Seriously though I have 3 - 3.5 days off the booze a week whilst there is temptation with all that beer down the shed al that's happened is I buy far far less from the shops now!
:grin:

yea I second the not buying beer. saves you a packet.
nice to see you don't hold back on Ur high Abv's sir

 

[BeerisGOD]

Aren't we meant to be aiming for 5 a day?

I substitute greens for hops

 

[Covrich]

I substitute greens for hops

Its salad .....right?

And Cider is great for you!!

 

[Joeyriles]

I have just had six weeks off so I have definitely been packing it away more than I should!

During a regular working week I try to have 1 or 2 days totally dry, though I do like pairing beer with food and so I occasionally will pour myself a cheeky half from the kegerator (deadly.) Weekends are usually spent in nice places and, by extension, nice pubs so that's a write-off.
I got a little worried at one point because I was very stressed with work and was drinking more beer to help me sleep (counterproductive when you have a tiny bladder) though I've since proved to myself that was just a phase. I rarely drink anything other than beer and if there was no beer in the house I certainly wouldn't crave any of the port or gin we've got on the top shelves.
Everyone is different and it's easy to get into a habit.

 

[BeerisGOD]

Its salad .....right?

And Cider is great for you!!

thats a plus, since an apple a day keeps the doctor away:thumb:

 

[Linalmeemow]

I tend to go just a couple of nights a week of 2-3 beers for a while, then it creeps up to three nights and then four, then I notice I've put on half a stone and I knock it on the head for a couple of weeks til the weight comes back down and then the cycle starts again!

 

[dad_of_jon]

yea I second the not buying beer. saves you a packet.
nice to see you don't hold back on Ur high Abv's sir

As you get older you can't drink the same volume and I'm not really a wine/spirit fan so higher abv brews in 330ml bottles is the way to go for me.

I do occasionally have the odd 500ml bottle of 9-10% beer but that's only because I don't have enough 330ml bottles. :whistle:

I also drink more water than I used to but not from the tap as that water is sh**e :-(

I hate what welsh water have done to it :sick:

 

[Poochops]

I love a bevy me but I tend not to get pished. I have a few on a Thursday but on Friday and Saturday I'll manage about 5 maybe six at a push, at home and my wife doesn't drink. I find I've had enough by then I'm too full! Before hb I'd have a bottle of wine on a Thursday and two on a weekend night, very occasionally three:-? I never used to drink beer except on holiday or a night out. So units I'm drinking less, hangovers were mild but non existent now, the waistband is tighter though!

 

[Linalmeemow]

I love a bevy me but I tend not to get pished. I have a few on a Thursday but on Friday and Saturday I'll manage about 5 maybe six at a push, at home and my wife doesn't drink. I find I've had enough by then I'm too full! Before hb I'd have a bottle of wine on a Thursday and two on a weekend night, very occasionally three:-? I never used to drink beer except on holiday or a night out. So units I'm drinking less, hangovers were mild but non existent now, the waistband is tighter though!

****ing hell, three bottles of wine of an evening and I'd disgrace myself all over the bathroom and probably in the bed too.

 

[Hoppyland]

As you get older you can't drink the same volume :sick:

Ah! So true. As I make my way through my 60s, I find that I can't come close to drinking what I did in my 20s :-(

Unfortunately, it's not confined to drinking :twisted:
Can't run like I used to, can't heavy-lift, got no stamina compared to even 10 years ago. Bugger, I say! :twisted::twisted::twisted::twisted:

 

[Pirate_Pete]

I have two alcohol free days a week.... most weeks. This week was a rarity when I drank every night. Two of those nights was only one 330ml beer though.
Even on Friday night I only had three beers.

Now I make my own beer I drink far less units of alcohol a week though, as I used to drink wine.

My missus doesn't drink, so I guess you could say I drink alone most of the time.
Hopefully one of my mates will call by later and interrupt my DIY. We'll have a couple English Bitters.

 

[Clint]

I'm falling off the same wagon as Pete! You don't have to be a brewer to be an alki. ..I'm enjoying my first couple of batches better than any shop bought ,got another conditioning, one brewing and starting another later. It's all in the planning....she's starting to believe me !

Cheers

Clint

...plus I'm saving loads on petrol not going back and to buying beer. How good is that?!

 

[serum]

I try not to drink Monday to Thursday and if I do its just one or occasionally two but that's either low strength beer or small bottles of it.

I drink pretty much every weekend though and probably too much.

I've always loved trying new food and drink and learning how it's made. I also tend to take things too far when I like something! If I could drink without getting drunk but still get the flavours I would.

 

[Chrissparky]

I'm running out of space in my beer cupboard for conditioning beer, I think I need to move house!
I need a garage then I can build a micro brewery. At the moment I have no space in a small 2 bed house

 

[Chrissparky]

Me too I don't know when to give up

 

[Chrissparky]

I try not to drink Monday to Thursday and if I do its just one or occasionally two but that's either low strength beer or small bottles of it.

I drink pretty much every weekend though and probably too much.

I've always loved trying new food and drink and learning how it's made. I also tend to take things too far when I like something! If I could drink without getting drunk but still get the flavours I would.

Me too I don't know when to give up

 

[IainM]

In reply to the OP's question, is home-brewing a road to alcoholism? I would say no, or more precisely not a major factor. I've known quite a few alcoholics, four in my direct or not-so-direct family, and a few in social circles or friends-of-friends. None of them were home brewers. Don't get me wrong, having booze cheap and readily available would make it easier to be an alcoholic or abuse it to the point of being detrimental to health, but to become an alcoholic takes a lot more than just liking booze and having it to hand. Are home brewers more likely to end up as alcoholics? Possibly, but I would say that anyone that becomes an alcoholic has underlying issues that are more relevant to their condition than their ability to ferment.