lemme alone

and gives me confidence

yes

seriously. My wife's started telling me off about it 'you always drink five times as much at the end of the year cos you're tired and stressed out'.

Cider / Lager / Real Ale / Guinness

Will occasionally have a Strongbow topped up with Red Aftershock- StrongShock. Best drink ever.

I can't understand people who drink a couple of bottles a night at home or drink by themselves.
Lone drinking is one of the most depressing things ever.

it's what lads do. Get SMAAASHED!

To aid me chatting shit to anyone who'll listen.

For the lolz.

Sociability.

Also, I tend to drink a lot more when I'm in an unhappy/awkward place than when I'm happy. But equally, if I feel comfortable, I also get more drunk.

like the taste, like feeling drug, stimulates conversation, fun, i like the atmosphere of pubs and clubs, aids dancing

RE: the taste. i remember this anti-alcohol guy coming into my school and asking us why we thought people drink, and I said because it tastes nice and he INSISTED that NO ONE likes the taste of alcohol. hahaha

or something.

I hate the idea of not being completely in control over my thoughts, words and actions. My rational self, that is.

because drunk people are annoying when you're not drunk, and LOADS of fun when you are
sometimes: because a gin and tonic tastes really fucking good
Sometimes: because it makes me lots more sociable

I generally feel happier, more confident, giggly and more sociable when I've had a drink.

Even when I'm on my own, I like to let go and lose a bit of control. Or just feel more relaxed and forget about whatever's stressing me out that week.

Also, a cider or beer/lager can be really refreshing when you're tired, fed up or just on a hot day.

Drinking to the point where you're tipsy and know that one more will tip you over to be properly pissed is my favourite stage.

since this was my #3 pastime previously i am finding it hard to fill my time. i am spending more time on the internet LOL.

tough. I'm actually drinking while I type this.

- I have an inability to say no to most things
- Helps me to loosen up in social situations as I'm naturally fairly quiet and shy
- I like dancing, and it helps me to dance
- Basically, I just love getting shitfaced drunk. I know full well that thats not big or clever, but I do.

and am a terrible bore i think, though in turns entertaining. i drink because... i don't think i can let go without it anymore. i'm not especially good at being gregarious without it - though i used to be aces at socialiting.. on friday i more or less spent the first part of the evening staring into my phone until the alcohol kicked in so i could talk to people.. i can't remember the last time i had sex sober. or even kissed someone. gah. so yeah it's a social crutch and i am dependent now. need to quit drinking before i am a proper alcoholic.

because im all about positive choices.

and it makes me feel sick and ill the next day, and i dont like not being in control of what im doing. its too easy to blame drink for stupid things.

Like when you have a bottle of whiskey or a bottle of vodka or both and you down a huge gulp and it feels like your stomach is aflame and everything swirls around and you can't remember anything and can't think of anything about from the fire inside.

but seriously, because i like getting absolutely wrecked, rolling around, and getting away with abusing people, knocking drinks over, singing out of key, air guitaring and pulling ridiculous faces for pictures.

I feel pained and unhappy.Therefore,I try not to think about why I drink.
In fact,I try not to think much at all,and alcohol helps a lot in this respect.
So to escape the boredom and mundanities of real life.How depressing,I think I mught have a drink

trying to pretend I'm having a great time when really I'm in a nightclub and there's no such thing as a genuinely enjoyable nightclub.

I'd been off for about two or three months until going out on Friday and Saturday, I'm not really sure how much I gained from going back to the grog.

I used to.

I hate it when people go on about how awful they find it to go out and not drink - MTFU, it's better than staying home.

cos there's no point

apart from i like guinness

I find being drunk a horrible feeling and dont like how it makes me black out, the gap in memory gets filled with all kinds of doubts and anxieties. Straight edge till death.

social cohesion
the taste
making an evening more fun (to a point, anyway)
sometimes just for the warm fuzzy drunk feeling

I get really self concious if I'm out in a club without drinking, and don't like dancing unless I'm half way to drunk... And even then I still worry people think I look like a fool. Also, I've grown up in a household where we have a glass of wine or a coupla beers with a meal, and so even when I'm away from home at uni I still tend to have a drink in the evening, though my housemates don't.

I drink too much, in all honesty. Meh. Cheers!

I'm not to arsed about gettin pissed at the moment mind it aint that special.

and i don't know why

but getting fucked less. I would assume this is good but it may be a case of getting used to the drink :(

but i drink because i like the taste and its quite fun socially, and the weather and sometimes when im stressed it relaxes me out and theres a perfect stage described above of not being quite pissed but almost there which is a wicked numb feeling ting.

& i hate being sober around drunk people