Maybe it's the cocaine.

>>214501
No it happens without cocaine just not as bad.

Actually got stopped and searched by the police a few weeks ago because they thought I was coked up when I was just drunk.

>>214487

Could be residual effects of the drug use.

Probably more of a /stim/ question.

so here I am again, drunk aat precisely 12:53. I happen to have some dank nugs so I'm not so horribly a mess but the combination of chugging vodka and drinking a mix of gin and tea to chase has my head quite bobbly sitting on my shoulders...I am an alcoholic because there are truths to me that sometimes I don't want to be aware of...when I drink I receive fleeting clarity.
I sit here listening to King Crimson's "Starless & Bible Black" on a sunny NY day and things are much strange with the Boston bombings on people's minds....people die everyday but usually not in such gruesome public fashions. I hope the sun is finding you all crisp and alert today.

>>214503
i went 3 years of drinking every day. a 12 pack after work was common and expected, on the weekends id try and not push past 18 but that was usually accomplished by just sleeping more as im bored when im not drunk (even still)

it took me getting sick (the real kind you know like the flu) and not being able to stomach shit for 2 days to realize im not an alcoholic im just drinking because i feel like i need too. sense then i stopped drinking on the weekdays and by my self (for the most part) its been about 6 or 7 weeks now. what im saying is, you'll snap outa it when you realize the booze doesnt do anything but make you even more melancholy. good luck and i hope its sooner then latter

I'm a freshman in college, and I don't feel right on any night that I have downtime unless I drink a bit and go out.

>>213636
That's what i used to think. I still think that about it by itself. But at 47-52% mixed with ginger ale or juice? I'm fucking down. It becomes delicious.

>>213538
thats classed as an alcoholic bro

>>213541
You went to bed of 6 beers :/ light weight

>>214347
is that you Rebecca

>>214256
You know 3/4 of the listed beers are brewed by the Harp company?

I'm sure a nice English Pub will have more to offer, you just haven't found the right one yet.

Depends. Is it a student pub with incredibly loud music and sticky floors, with people jam packed in and £1 pints, or is it a quiet place with a fire, some soft music, a friendly barman and £3.50 pints?

You have to pay for the nice places.

Bars are different all over depending on the culture. Like in the US, you can find those kinds of bars in working class places. It's whatever the culture is around drinking.

The American bars you are talking about are social. People get dressed up to go to the bar and fuck. In England, working class places in the US, and Australia (where I live), people just go to bars pretty much every day. They go after work.

Like where I live, you finish work and then go to the bar for a couple of hours and hang out with your friends and get some beers. You don't have to get dressed up in a pin-stripe shirt and try to fuck everyone.

You can do that too, but I think that's the major difference you are talking about.

You can find those kinds of bars in the US. They're everywhere.

>>214466

Someone said neighborhood bars. That's where you need to go. I lived in Japan for a while, and I found neighborhood bars like that too. Tiny places where the same guys drank every day. It's mostly a working class thing. It's a social hub like someone else said. There are plenty of binge-drinking arsehole-magnet bars in the UK too.

>>214205

Indeed, "lads" are cunts, same with UNAYY Lads, utter dickheads.

>>214094
cheers to you mate

>>214074

Cool story bro?

im sorry op, i lost my mom when i was 11, i swear it gets easier to deal with over time

Sipping on yuengling as I read this thread. My dad is in the last stages of dementia right now so I'm sure I'llbe in the same position as OP soon. RIP OP's mom and duck yeah /hooch/

Best of luck to you, OP. Sorry to hear about your mom. Keep ya head up

Drank the sweet wine
Went to restaurant with my family to dine
I was the only one who was drunk
They watched me approach as my heart sunk
That night, my mother turned sixty years
All I could focus on was their snide remarks and laughter in my ears

Beer is good. Beer is good. Beer is good. And stuff.

That orange-brown hum
heavenly sun
In a glass
Glaciers clink
and wink
rum and wine cigar
tied by fingertips-to-lips
a goodnight kiss
on a rainy spring night

Poems are manly yo.

Empty bottle
Five dollars
Drunk again

drinking liquor liquid fun
the perfect buzz has just begun

quite

with liquor (sans cream liquers with milk in them) the absolute worst thing that could happen is the alcohol evaporates away

so give it a shot bro!

If you want something similar but better try Knob Creek (Beam) or George Dickel No. 12 (Tennessee).

For Irish whiskey I prefer Bushmills, especially Bushmills Black Bush.

Good cheap/starter single malts are Aberlour and Bowmore. Some people like Glenfiddich and Glenlivet, but I find them really bland. Blended scotch I usually go for Islay Mist or Teachers.

>>214462

Thanks, my buddy also told me to try Black Bottle. I don't have much taste experience with blended scotch and it is on the cheaper side.

>>214468
They don't sell Black Bottle here so I've never had it, but it's considered one of the better blends on other sites.

So far my favorite has been Woodford Reserve. Really smooth, really rich. Total comfort whiskey.

On the hand of having a bit more bite, I recently picked up a bottle of Makers Mark 46 that has a lovely lil' nip to it to wake ya up. I'd offer more suggestions, but I'm still trying bottles out and haven't gotten TOO far.

i very seldomly drink whiskey but i recently got hooked on old granddad. the bourbon bite is still there but nowhere near as offensive as other bourbons to me (does this make me a pussy?)

Just the 10 year old base model I got, btw. But gotta start somewhere!

Yes, that is good Scotch.

Laphroaig is my favourite drink, although I usually go for the quarter cask version because it's cheaper here. Also peated whisky in my experience is better younger, aging removes some of the smoke flavour.

If you like it, also look for Port Charlotte and Ardbeg.

>>214355
Yea, Laphroaig is very good imo. One of my favorite single malts.

a grocery store?

>>214083
Yeah sure but im looking for a more expanded selection
Can't find any good english ales or more obscure styles of brew :(

>>214084
Check out organic grocery stores like whole foods, trader joes, and especially central market if you can find one. Any small organic specialty shops will have more obscure stuff but less overall selection.

Get yourself a long island!

had a lpng island like
>>214429 said
fuckin smazibg
sleeping now
nite

>214403

I didn't say he should start with Laphroaig, I hated peated whisky at first. I started with bourbon & rye, mixing the first couple bottles with various soda before I could drink them straight.

I never said he had to go all out at first, just to avoid mixing sugar with more sugar.

Just remember, it's all fun and games til you get a DWI

>>214446 i had a D.D. so i didn't get one

>>214334
Cool. I will use the budget lager from aldi. I'll be here in 14 hours or so.

Drinking a bottle of FJ sounds OK, but I wouldn't want to listen to sting that much.

I would defiantly play a drinking games on hooch.
But I am trying to not drink midweek.
Friday-Saturday

motha fuckin aldi...

>>214391
It has been 5 years or so and I still cant remember the correct names lidl/aldi

Even thought they sell different hooch.

at my old job sometimes this older guy would go get a 6 pack for lunch and slam it within the hour to get ripped, one day I tried that, it was a lot harder than he made it look but it is doable, I mean it was just a lot of liquid that I wasn't that motivated to force drink was the only issue

so I think maybe the 1 shot per minute thing could help with that issue

I think you're looking at like 8 beers in 1 hour which should get you pretty fucking lit

Best mexican beer, it's all i drink down here.

>>214281
This. I'll drink Modelo over Tecate all day.

>>214323

>best mexican beer

Those would be called Pacifico Clara and Victoria.

yummy

>>214326

>Pacifico Clara

Man that's one of the worst beers I've ever had

>>214281

dan murphys used to have that shit for $30 (cheapest price for any carton of beer in australia) never tried it cause I thought it would be like the other $30 beers