When do you stop drinking?

[Booze Zombie]

At the point at which I stop drinking, which is normally when I'm done drinking.

 

[chronobreak]

Stop... drinking? Wha? I mean sure, if you have to go to a funeral or something, yeah, it might be time to slow down but come on! Gotta live it up mang. Sometimes you wanna get social, sometimes you wanna get sloppy.

 

[Quaidis]

I drink until I am giddy and/or buzzed, and always in the presence of a friend or family member. I cannot trust myself when under the influence, no matter how vaguely I drink at the time. I also need to keep an eye on what I drink; I have two close family members who are terribly allergic to yeast and vomit every time they have a beer, and I don't know if I have similar reactions to certain products. Mainly I drink liquor, brandy, whiskey, or sake and stay away from beer.

I have drunken too much at one point during a good celebration and ended up falling asleep on the bathroom floor, after messing up my clothing with lunch earlier that day. That taught me a lesson.

 

[bmf185]

When...

A) Everyone goes home
B) The booze is gone
C) The ratio of screaming things (fun drunk) and running into things (not fun drunk) becomes far too tilted in the wrong direction.

This is more accurate for a few years ago. I'm a pretty relaxed drinker now.

I'm considering stopping altogether, but I probably won't because it would hinder my social life too much. Sorry, liver.

 

[reinersailer]

I don't drink, because i have my experiences with it and now i know, every cent i gave for alcohol was wasted. Drinking changes the personality and is like a catalyst for a reaction, that doesn't work without. I am a human, not a chemical element in an experiment.

 

[RetiarySword]

Urghh... I didn't drink the right amount last night. I think I hit on the bar wench in front of her boyfriend. I drank too much to get me to that state, and too little so I remember it. Its a real knuckle biting moment..

 

[suicidal pencil]

I drink just enough so that it's 10x better to watch everyone else be drunken idiots and not be one of 'em

 

[lenin_117]

You stop drinking when you nolonger retain the coordination needed to bring a bottle to your mouth the right way round. Until then, its fair game.

 

[dwightsteel]

What is the status quo on drinking? do you find it unattractive if a person is "too" drunk? I personally stop at about 4 beers, because I don't like to get to the point in which I cannot control my actions.

Because on the rare occasions that I choose to drink alcohol, I decide to get drunk, I'm immature...mmmhmmm. I haven't been to a bar, or consumed in alcohol in, I guess it has to be close to 6 months. I don't know for sure because it's been a LONG TIME. So when I decide to actually do the deed, I make sure it sticks, and I make sure that I'm having fun. And on the rare occasion I do go out, people are pumped enough to see me that I normally don't pay for many of my own drinks. And seeing as this is how I enjoy playing the alcohol game, I can safely say no regrets. The only one I can't nail back in your little four word slash fest is the STD. What can I say? Sometimes you roll the dice. So tell me how the way I do it is "Immature"? Did I ever suggest to you that you had to go on a bender every time you choose to partake? No. I said that four beers is an amazingly low amount of beer to claim to even get tipsy on, then I went on about my method for the drink. I know and expect the consequences of my actions. I'm not yet a married/family man, so I don't hold a lot of responsibility to not go out and enjoy myself that way. I'm still quite young. And like I said, it's a rare occasion that I even choose to drink. If I'm immature, then I feel fairly confident that the world is screwed, because most in my generation are much worse.
My advice? Don't get uppity when a complete stranger makes a small jab about your drinking habits. It wasn't meant to offend. I wrote two sentences pertaining to you, and I didn't feel either of them were that harsh. If you did, then sorry. Again, not my intent.

Making something out of nothing is better than making nothin out of somethin.
I'm 5ft tall and weigh about 85 lbs. I can't drink as much as your average sized male. Your drinking habits are yours to enjoy and I don't care how you drink. I just hope you don't drive home with the girl you picked up on the "few" nights you choose to drink. THAT, would be class A immaturity my friend.

...Why would you even tag those last two sentences on? That's a statement made to infer to other readers that those are the habits of all people who partake in a night out. Don't turn yourself into the forum D.A.R.E. officer, man. You're making yourself look like a douche. No. I don't drink and drive under any circumstance.

Thats some wonderful information. Our roads are safer, most definitely. First of all I am a girl, therefore I am not a douche. Secondly I wasn't implying that everyone drinks and drives. It's a touchy subject with me because I got hit by a drunk driver and got 4 broken ribs and a punctured lung, and right leg was broken. Everytime I go out I see someone who shouldn't be driving get into their car. Just saying it happens. You surely didn't care about the other consequences of getting plastered (your first post) so why wouldn't you care about drinking & drive? Honestly. Conversation over. dick.

Oh, just because you're a girl doesn't mean that the term douche doesn't apply to you. I'm not gonna roll over on this because you were in an accident. That's unfortunate, and I wouldn't wish that on anyone. But that doesn't change the fact that your last two posts are suggestive that because I enjoy myself at a bar, I must be a drunken driver. The other "consequences" I don't seem to care about, are, like drinking and driving, decisions I acknowledge before I go out and consume alcohol, like I've said in my previous posts. You have a picture in your head towards my habits that is more backward than you seem to know, and you're using that demonize me. It's ignorant, and it's more than a little annoying. Get off your high horse, and quit pretending that I'm some sort of villain here. Honestly. Conversation over. And yeah, I'm a dick. Not new information.

 

[ViolentlyHappy91]

I stop when I'm between tipsy and drunk, that way I don't puke everywhere, I don't get a hangover, I remember everything that happened and I still get the feeling I drunk around the same as everyone else.

 

[quiet_samurai]

I'm one of those people that makes you wonder why they classify alchohol as a downer or depressant. Seriously, when i dtink i get wired and active and it feels awesome, if I could have a few shots of whisky before work and get away with it I would because it works better then caffeine for me. I ususlly stop drinking when the booze is gone and there is no way in hell to get anymore, or i am no longer physically capable of raising a drink to my lips.

 

[ccdistancerunner]

I drink in controlled enviroments where I'm not going anywhere until I start to feel like i'm distant from my actions. I then stop. I do not drink and go anywhere.

 

[Taniquel]

After one, maybe too glasses. Hate, hate, hate that feeling when I get lag, trying to move my limbs. Loosening up slightly is fun, but being drunk is unpleasant.

I agree, I stop with the movement lag. I stop there because half a drink after that the room starts spinning and it is all downhill from there. I hate that naseous drunk feeling when you just know that your are gonna be miserable for the next 24 hours.

 

[Weaver]

I usually know my limit, as I've exceeded it many times.
I don't get completely plastered anymore, just enough for some fun.

 

[John Tacos]

There is a fine line, but the best way to avoid looking too drunk, is to test yourself before each beer. At most parties, we prefer to stand on one foot for 15 seconds before each drink/shot.