Can I get some insight to alcohol use please?

harryopal

Is this a bit like asking a thief if he steals things? Answer: "Not ever.... never.... well, hardly ever" I recall once doing interviews in Melbourne about how many beers men drank a day. Found one ageing fellow propped up at a bar where he spent his whole day and said he had thirty glasses a day. Does that help?

Fred2

I will be the odd man out, after waking up in places I don't remember beaning there (when I was a lot younger) I don't drink beer anymoreo_O, I would be lucky to have a baileys on ice every 6 months. I can still have a coke and be sociable.:rolleyes:

PERtoDPS

I watched this documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX2opvj7WE8 about a month ago and realised what I am doing isn't just "fun" and probably going to have serious health consequences. I ask because I am at an age where I can turn it around, a couple of years back I didn't drink for 12 months or so straight. I also read a book "how to control alcohol" that also made me have a re - think, there is also quite a few government websites now so you can see how many standard drinks you're taking etc. I just wanted the thoughts of you guys, keep them coming. Thank you or dare I say "cheers".

PERtoDPS

harryopal wrote Is this a bit like asking a thief if he steals things? Answer: "Not ever.... never.... well, hardly ever" I recall once doing interviews in Melbourne about how many beers men drank a day. Found one ageing fellow propped up at a bar where he spent his whole day and said he had thirty glasses a day. Does that help?

No danger of me doing that at $11.80/pint. But 6-12 beers a day and some bourbon and cokes no worries. That's what I'm saying, taking abstinence days is the best method for me other than totally chop the grog.

PERtoDPS

How much do you guys especially the older ones drink? As I get older, I'm starting to question and try to reduce my alcohol use. As it's winter here I don't have the luxury of sweating all the crap out fast like in the tropics and the hangovers are getting uglier. I've gone from a daily drinker to having a few abstinence days a week. I will add the diet here probably does not consist of as much fresh and nutritious ingredients both due to high price and availability issues. Don't get me wrong here, I don't see anything wrong with a friendly beer or two, but when does it tip over in to alcoholism and associated problems? I post this thread knowing the average poster here is 20 or so years older than me and would love some tips, or even just to hear about what role alcohol plays in your life, has it had a negative impact on your health and what would you do differently? Are you guys drinking daily like most bule I know in Bali? The empty Bintang crates sure do seem to stack up whenever I visit!

mugwump

The old adage that "The white man and the tropics don't mix" has merit. Most of us, if we are being honest realize that with a lot of time on our hands it is easy to slide into more consumption than we know is wise. For those of us under the restrictions of a retirement visa it is especially easy, and must find activities to use this available time in more healthy routines. Cultural aspects play a hand as well. People from the UK and its Commonwealth children are easily attracted too readily to meeting up with friends at the local pub in late afternoon. Hell I had to escape to the wilds of Jembrana to escape the leisure habits of Ubud! It is a great inducement if a person is at all socially inclined, and many have so much difficulty resisting they must get out of here or become a total lush!

Markit

Most older men have been drinking for decades and understand how to limit themselves to how much they can handle. Those that can't limit themselves have fallen by the wayside years ago. Those that drink to excess generally have other problems and use the booze to deaden the reality of those problems. The difference for me personally is that in my youth I'd look for opportunities to have a good drink with friends and now I try and avoid those opportunities - not because there's any real problem with my consumption (4 - 7 large binnies of a late lunch one or 2 times a week, with most lunchtimes a single) it's getting rid of the results 5 or more times through the night - the old prostate isn't what it once was. That gets boring real fast. Learned a valuable lesson years ago: How to tell the home of an alcoholic? No booze in it, none! So if you house has no booze in it, you may have a problem...