There are four types of drinker – which one are you?

During my Corporate years In the workforce;I would spent as much time drinking as working. My body was extremely resistant to whisky. a reply to: olaru12

I’d say “coping” because the only time I want a glass of wine is after a long day. But the article links that to heavier drinking (if I understood it right) and I’m not a heavy drinker.

I’m kind of a lightweight so one glass of wine is more than enough. It makes me sleepy and I sometime have a headache the next day. I know... I sound like a party animal.

I don’t like to drink socially because I like to stay awake at parties.

originally posted by: VegHead
I’m kind of a lightweight so one glass of wine is more than enough. It makes me sleepy...

Yeah, me too...

I drink too much. I will admit it. Honestly I wish I would quit for now. I think it interferes with my diet and my sleeping.

I like to drink in the morning. I wake up at 230-3 am.... drink coffee. So a beer at 7 is like most peoples beer at noon

originally posted by: tinner07
I like to drink in the morning. I wake up at 230-3 am.... drink coffee. So a beer at 7 is like most peoples beer at noon

I get that... I finish work at 3.30am... then people see you at 7am, 9 beers down and act all crazy, like as if you've got some kind of problem or something.

a reply to: olaru12


I quit drinking like 27 or 28 years ago. I lost track of how long ago it was. I would of been dead if I didn't quit.
I don't know what number that falls under.

Ummm, I don't fit any of those types?

I enjoy the occasional hard cider with my supper or maybe a margarita or Long Island iced tea with my food at a restaurant. I might get closer to social drinking with my extended family or at a wedding, but I never get drunk.

"To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems".

a reply to: olaru12
Purely a social drinker here. I rarely have so much as even vanilla extract in the kitchen. But I am competitive, and I must play beer pong when challenged. Its the only time I ever get drunk, when people invite me to parties and I will throw in a twelve pack to do my part.

Otherwise, I find consuming alcohol to be a waste of my money. Although, there is the occasional rare date I have with the wife and we share a handful of drinks when we go out.

a reply to: olaru12

Adding another type to the list: "Person that drinks lightly when social, but more when at home".

If I'm out with friends, I usually will either not drink or only have something light, knowing that I have a long ride home. At home though, I throw the keys in a corner, and maybe will have a sipper shot of something hard.

originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
a reply to: olaru12

I generally try to just drink alone... social drinking is no good for me.

Just last weekend, I had a work function where we went to a T20 cricket match at the MCG, the big boss was their and everything... Anyway, long story short, I was approached by the police and kicked out... for apparently being "over hydrated".

Next thing I remember, I'm in a taxi outside my apartment block... I jump out of the taxi, go to walk across the road and just go down like a sack of bricks... tbh, I'm fairly sure I must have blacked before hitting the pavement, cause I seriously didn't feel that ground at all!

End result... a massive black eye, Grazes all up the right side of my body and some cracked ribs.

So yeah... think I might keep the "social drinking" to people less prone to that binging type of behaviour from now on... at least when I'm at home by myself, I've got a couch to cushion the fall...

Lol that reminded me of a time when some work mates and I went on one of those night time tours of the old Fremantle jail... Of chouarse I did my usual trick and preloaded before, then got tanked on the way, and by time we even got to the place, I was already blacking out. I think I must be the only person in history to be kicked out of a prison...

My drinking is slow suicide. Liver is screaming at me as per the MRI, kidneys are growing new features, general health is sayonara..

Was sober for 2 years once. got my certificate in community services, was planning on a career helping others. aaaaaand.. here I am fighting a hangover.

I'l make it back.. just not today.

I don`t fit any of these.I enjoy a beer with some types of food,I drink a few a week for health reasons-kidney stone risk reduction,beer is a excellent source of vitamins,etc,and working nights a drink helps with sleep.And last,but not least,I like the taste of some typesof beer and some mixed drinks and whiskeys.I haven`t been drunk in years and years because I limit my drinking to meals and bedtime.

a reply to: olaru12

I am the type of drinker who prefers water

When the missus turns to you in the morning and says to you ,you gave me that warm tingling feeling up my back last night honey , you wet the bed you plonker it is time to stop drinking

a reply to: olaru12

I don't see myself as any of those types (of course I would say that!).
I really only drink water, coffee and wine and the occasional mixed drink.
I just drink when I want to.
I like trying new wines and drinks.
I couldn't tell you the last time that I was DRUNK but I do remember having one too many and a headache the next morning...UGH!

a reply to: GraciaEspn

I am a kind of drinker who drinks water and tea