Don't quite understand the celebration of drunkenness that occurs in the lounge

[HERVEPA]

I do drink, understand that people sometimes get drunk occasionally, but the celebration of it here amazes me.
Yeh, I know if I get comments they won't be pleasant ones.

[MiddleFingerMom]

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Have a beer.
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[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. !!!

[CrazyOrangeCat]

3. Nary an unpleasant word from me.

Of course I'm high as a kite . . .

[Bertha Venation]

4. I must've missed such celebrations.

But then, I've only been here since 2003.

[Chan790]

5. Why not?

We like to drink and smoke and swear and be baudy and fuck. Life is good.

[ohiosmith]

6. I agree! And don't Bogart that!

[pipi_k]

7. You know what?

No negative comment from me.

Too many of my family members have died from alcohol...either directly, or indirectly.

Too many.

I grew up in an alcoholic home. Lots and lots of emotional pain there.

I spent much of 1969 so drunk and high that I don't remember too much of it. In my defense, I was 16/17.

These days I have maybe two drinks a year, if that.

I don't want to rain on someone else's parade, but damn...it does hurt to see the celebration of drunkenness.

[HERVEPA]

9. Sorry, and thanks.

[bike man]

36. I've seen these 'celebrations'. One that I recall started out "I drove drunk at work today. Ask

me anything."

[olddots]

8. I just did a quart of Tango and a six pack of Shlitz for breakfast

there is no problem in the lounge .....none

[Incitatus]

10. What would Jesus do?

Turn a jug of water into wine.

[In_The_Wind]

11. Dang! I picked up a 12 pack yesterday.

Do I offer you one or keep it all to myself?

[HERVEPA]

15. Enjoy. I don't like beer.

Wine or margaritas would be nice though.

[Callmecrazy]

29. Wine? I love wine...

My favorite is "I wanna go to Miami!"






Oh!... Can I get a DUzy rec?


Anybody? Anybody?

[jakeXT]

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[narnian60]

27. Tried to watch thinking

it would be like America's Funniest Videos, but after the first 2 guys, just got disgusted. Not funny when you can't stand up. I have been what I consider very drunk probably several times in my lifetime, but I never fell down!

[KT2000]

13. The Lounge

can be construed as a cocktail lounge, a place to relax, a place for social drinkers.
I don't think anyone is promoting alcoholism though.
Also - there are plenty of weed comments too.

[HERVEPA]

14. Stoned on weed much preferable to being drunk a lot

[KT2000]

16. I agree n/t

[pipi_k]

19. Yep...

My younger brother would probably still be alive today if the place where he worked didn't test for pot.

He changed over to booze so he wouldn't lose his job.

Irony. They test for pot but not for alcohol.

It wasn't the pot that killed him. It was the booze. Dissolved his organs so that near the end he bled from just about every orifice. Horrible way to go, especially at only 40 years old.

[Callmecrazy]

30. Ess tee oh, enn ee dee

Aye gee aye eye enn

[Aristus]

18. An alcoholic isn't someone who ends his day with a drink or two.

It's someone who can't start his day without one.

[HERVEPA]

20. Pretty much agree

Some here seem to start pretty early, or at the least joke about it, and it's clear some aren't joking.
But I had a girlfriend who didn't start drinking until after dinner, and she never got sloppy, but she was absolutely an alcoholic.

[HappyMe]

22. We all live in different time zones.

What may seem early to you, may not be where that person is.

I'm not going to judge people, it's none of my business. As far as stoned goes, Colorado is the only state it's legal in. You don't post on the internet in a vacuum.

[HERVEPA]

25. If they're in the US, if it's early for me, it's earlier for them

I'm not judging what folks do.
Given the plague that is alcoholism (not alcohol), I'm concert that drunkenness is looked at so positively by many here.

[HappyMe]

26. I know a bunch of people that work

the graveyard shift. Their couple of drinks after work starts at 8 or 9am.

I still don't think people have one too many is as big cause for concern.

[Major Nikon]

37. It's always Miller time somewhere

[HappyMe]

40. Absofuckinlutely.

[nolabear]

42. Actually, you are judging what folks do.

Mind you, we all have opinions and I don't begrudge you yours, but might as well own it.

[pipi_k]

23. Yep, my dad...

He went to work every day but when he got home that's when he started drinking.

The fridge was always stocked with a case or two of beer. Always.

When we went to my grandfather's house about 1 1/2 to 2 hours away, they would get drunk and my mom would have to drive us home. She would get lost every single time. My dad and two sisters would be sleeping. It was just me and mom awake on the way home, and, starting at around 9 years old, I am the one who had to give her directions because she could never remember how to get back home. That's how and why I learned how to read a map and have never become hopelessly lost anywhere.

When you're a kid in an alcoholic home, you often have to be the adult as well...

[MiddleFingerMom]

24. Once, my GF and I and another couple went camping at Virginia Beach (BEAUTIFUL).

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I swore to myself that I was going to start each day with a BIG, strong frozen strawberry Daiquiri.
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I took a blender, bought a case of strawberries at a farmer's market on the way out of town, and
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Every morning about 6:30 AM (the sky was already bright by then), I would start the blender and
make daiquiris for myself and my friends. Almost every morning, a nearby camper would come over
kinda angry about the noise I was making so early. My answer was always, "Sorry... want a frozen
strawberry daiquiri?" They always did... and the person who came over as an angry neighbor never
failed to leave as a happy camper.
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It was the only thing I drank all day -- but it sure was a wonderful way to start a beautiful morning.
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[pipi_k]

21. That was my

second husband, who is now dead.

First thing in the morning, there he would be, sitting at the kitchen table slugging down a few shots of Canadian Lord Calvert and a bottle of Bud.

He drove a truck for a steel company. Most of the time he was buzzed. I don't know how he ever escaped injuring or killing someone in that state.

He would come home and drink himself to sleep in front of the TV. How he managed not to burn himself up, I'll never know, either. He would pass out holding a lit cigarette. There were dozens of burn marks in the rug around his chair.

Next morning it would start all over again.

We lived together two years, were married for three before we separated.

What a god-awful life.

[Flying Squirrel]

31. That's the late alcoholic phase

Many middle-phase alcoholics can start their day without a drink.

[blueamy66]

28. Just don't read those threads/posts

nt

[GoCubsGo]

32. Yes, especially since most people are joking.

I'm assuming...



(Yeah, Blackhawks! Please stop trying to kill me, guys.)

[blueamy66]

33. sipping on a Corona....did a shot of Jack

and loving the Blackhawks right now!!!

[GoCubsGo]

34. Just finished a Leinenkugel's, myself.

Sunset Wheat. Perfect for a warm day like today. And, still trying to recover from last night's game (and the whole damn series). Holy crap! I almost resorted to the Sauza Gold to calm myself. Glad it turned out well.

[blueamy66]

35. Crazy game!

Bad call! Saad didn't do a thing.

And it sux that they have to play back to back games this weekend! Stones in town or something? The ice is gonna be rough....

I told you about my guy's brother has some season tix, no? They sold their $200 per seat tix for last night's game for $1000.

I'll be cheering!! Keep in touch!

[GoCubsGo]

43. Why yes, they are in town, from what I hear...

I don't know if I could have sold those tickets--not for under five figures, anyway. I understand that some of the seats on the glass were going for five grand each. I am sure there were some that paid more than that. And, yeah, that ref sucks. Don't get me started...

[blueamy66]

44. Sweet pic. Will have to send to Mark.

His bro just had his knee replaced, so he was better off staying home! United center was rocking...no way the whistle was heard!

[GoCubsGo]

45. The photo is from Ronnie's Twitter feed.

Your guy's brother picked a hell of a time to get his knee replace. Hope he's in better shape and can go to the next round.

[blueamy66]

48. They live in NW Indy, so it's a bit of a drive

But my guy is willing to drive his bro for a chance to see a game!

[Xipe Totec]

39. finishing a Leinenkugel is something I've never been able to do.

Waaay tooo sweeet!

[GoCubsGo]

47. The selection down here is pretty slim.

I see the Sunset Wheat, Honey Weiss, Summer Shandy, and occasionally the seasonal Canoe Paddler. But, I have never been anywhere that sells the original Leinie's. Go figure.

[Major Nikon]

38. I believe in the power of ethanol

God, not so much.

[nolabear]

41. Sweetheart. It's The Lounge. The Chapel is down the street.

Look, alcoholism is a terrible thing and causes terrible problems for many people. But all drinking is not alcoholism, just as all sex isn't abuse and all eating isn't gluttony and all flirting isn't a wild, raging affair.

Now, granted, I grew up in a part of the country where the consumption of alcohol has been raised to a high art like nowhere else on the planet. But like there, the emphasis here is, I think, on the celebration and not the drink.

And you'll find, I believe, that you'll suffer far less unpleasantness here than you will in the more, shall we say, "sober" (i.e. painfully neurotic and perpetually angry) areas of DU.

By the way, I don't drink much. But when I do I thoroughly, thoroughly enjoy it.

[blueamy66]

46. Amen

nt