I Need a drink when i get home from work
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More and more i'm at work thinking, i really feel like i need a drink when i get home. When i get home its nearly straight to the fridge for a glass of wine or a cold beer. So am i turning into a alcoholic ? Too stressed ? Or,is it just another sign of getting old ? Think ill have another glass and give it some thought. Anybody else sufferring like me ?
mr bee said:
More and more i'm at work thinking, i really feel like i need a drink when i get home. When i get home its nearly straight to the fridge for a glass of wine or a cold beer. So am i turning into a alcoholic ?
Depends how many you have!
A large gin & tonic works wonders for me when I need a pep-up
perfectly normal behaviour sire......
just keep an eye on the regularity and intake level......
it could soon turn into
'ooh i fancy a couple of beers when i walk in...'
and then onto
'i need to pick a four-pack up on the way home'
then you turn into someone who is agitated when there's no beer around
i have a beer in the morning when i finish a nightshift - it helps me sleep....no more than one beer tho'
just keep an eye on the regularity and intake level......
it could soon turn into
'ooh i fancy a couple of beers when i walk in...'
and then onto
'i need to pick a four-pack up on the way home'
then you turn into someone who is agitated when there's no beer around
i have a beer in the morning when i finish a nightshift - it helps me sleep....no more than one beer tho'
I only experienced that problem once, when I was lecturing on about ten different courses and in the process of completing my MA. It was entirely down to stress and feeling the need to wind down and relax. Once I finished my course, things got back to normal - I waited half an hour after getting in before I had a drink 
tollytuff said:
yeh that stuff that calls you is troublesome alright. all this talk (2 posts!) has made me thirsty, time for a small sherry...
tollytuff said:
yeh that stuff that calls you is troublesome alright. all this talk (2 posts!) has made me thirsty, time for a small sherry...
Hmmm gone too far there I'm afraid - he's posting double.
Somebody rescue that glass from Tolly
mr bee said:I found myself thinking that I fancied a pint whilst on my way to work a few months ago.
More and more i'm at work thinking, i really feel like i need a drink when i get home. When i get home its nearly straight to the fridge for a glass of wine or a cold beer. So am i turning into a alcoholic ? Too stressed ? Or,is it just another sign of getting old ? Think ill have another glass and give it some thought. Anybody else sufferring like me ?
It was 8.30am.
So I hung up my goblet for a couple of weeks.
Now I am safely back on the Shiraz.
Did you know that a couple of glasses of red wine a day are good for you?
The second couple of glasses cancel out the first two and it is rude to leave the rest of the bottle.
Cheers
Pat
Doesnt mean you are an alcoholic if you fancy a beer when you get home, now when you wake up and you fancy a beer, then I'd worry 
We all go through stages of drinking, some weeks I will be up to my 14 units but then go 3 or 4 weeks with only 1 unit a week, cant be any worse that eating a plate of chips- as long as you dont drive
We all go through stages of drinking, some weeks I will be up to my 14 units but then go 3 or 4 weeks with only 1 unit a week, cant be any worse that eating a plate of chips- as long as you dont drive
When I was in my last job, I would open a bottle of red in the evening and invariably finish it. Couldn't wait to get home to it.
I still love my red wine, and to me it is just a perfect accompaniment to the early part of the evening when you've got the whole night ahead of you and can choose what to do.
Difference is that now, I stick the cork back in the bottle after one or two glasses.
I still love my red wine, and to me it is just a perfect accompaniment to the early part of the evening when you've got the whole night ahead of you and can choose what to do.
Difference is that now, I stick the cork back in the bottle after one or two glasses.
Mr Bee said:
Normally its just 1 can or a couple of glasses of wine.I feel no need to drink anymore. When i go out at the weekends i never drink more than say four pints. But during the week that thought of a cold guinness in the fridge is just heaven.
You are such a wuss!!
No...you are not drinking too much -you're barely drinking at all - you're even a bigger loser for posting this crap !
I get a can of stella in the fridge ready for when i get home AM time,i find its great to wind down with a can,surf the net or stare at the TV before hitting the sack,i dont drink much so i can get a buzz of one can
Like has been said its when you get out of bed and fancy a drink i would worry,and the mere fact you are questioning it suggests you are in control.
>> Edited by ZR1cliff on Tuesday 1st November 19:52
Like has been said its when you get out of bed and fancy a drink i would worry,and the mere fact you are questioning it suggests you are in control.
>> Edited by ZR1cliff on Tuesday 1st November 19:52
It's probably in part due to the fact that you subconsciously associate alcohol with relaxing aswell so when you're thinking of going home to relax you think of alcohol automatically.
Doesn't sound like you've got a drinking problem to me at all (says me, who had about 8 pints last night..)
Cheers,
Rob.
Doesn't sound like you've got a drinking problem to me at all (says me, who had about 8 pints last night..)
Cheers,
Rob.
mr bee said:
More and more i'm at work thinking, i really feel like i need a drink when i get home. When i get home its nearly straight to the fridge for a glass of wine or a cold beer. So am i turning into a alcoholic ? Too stressed ? Or,is it just another sign of getting old ? Think ill have another glass and give it some thought. Anybody else sufferring like me ?
Nein Liebchen! Ganz normal!
Mad Doc like Vodka Martini when he get home before meal und I have small dry sherry before we eat together as family. Und we have mineral water with the meal in week und either red or white wine at weekend...with our meal. So long as you are not polishing off several bottles und you have with food - you are perfectly OK und very, very normal
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