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Alochol???????
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I have decided my alcohol intake has been excessive recently and have decided to cut right back, in fact, I thought I would do "stoptober" and not drink alcohol for a full month, longer if I feel any benefit from it.
My problem is, I still want to socialise with friends and can only drink so much diet coke, so thought I would drink lager shandies. NOW I know I am still drinking alcohol, but in my mind, in very diluted quantities.
I got into a discussion with someone earlier who said, I am still having the alcohol equivalent of half a pint, for every pint of shandy. My argument is 1) they normally do less than half a pint and fill the rest with lemonade. 2) even if it was 50% lager and 50% lemonade, that would dilute the alcohol content to half the original quantity and thus, I am actually only having a quarter of an actual pint. So 4 pints of shandy would be equal to the alcohol of 1 pint?????
Your thoughts please.
My problem is, I still want to socialise with friends and can only drink so much diet coke, so thought I would drink lager shandies. NOW I know I am still drinking alcohol, but in my mind, in very diluted quantities.
I got into a discussion with someone earlier who said, I am still having the alcohol equivalent of half a pint, for every pint of shandy. My argument is 1) they normally do less than half a pint and fill the rest with lemonade. 2) even if it was 50% lager and 50% lemonade, that would dilute the alcohol content to half the original quantity and thus, I am actually only having a quarter of an actual pint. So 4 pints of shandy would be equal to the alcohol of 1 pint?????
Your thoughts please.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Considering I have drank regularly for a number of years, maybe 8 pints some nights, (which is probably moderate to some drinkers), even if I have 2 pints of shandy, that is still only one pint of alcohol if the alcohol isn't diluted as suggested. It was an honest question, I thought the content of alcohol would be relative to the amount it was diluted with.
I don't think you're going to go this alone, cold turkey and socialising in your way of thinking are not a good idea, are the only friends you have the ones that drink 'moderately', not very good combination, I think you should speak to your gp, truthfully tell him how much you drink and how often and then maybe when you're off the drink, try going to AA meetings, it's your relationship with alcohol you should consider and not the maths of ½pints to pints etc. try go bowling or some other out of your comfort zone activity, you might find you have a new lease on life and make friends who are less alcohol dependant
8 pints would be a very heavy lads night out. A couple of cans at home a few nights a week. I am quite certain I don't have a problem drink wise. I have not had any alcohol this month, apart from last night's shandy. I am currently working in an industry where drinking heavily is the norm and yes, 8 pints is moderate to some of these lads, who will drink over 10 pints and then have more at home. But thankyou for your concern. I will stick to diet coke this month, then go the shandy route after that.
eight pints would be moderate to William Hague, whos used to drink 14 and yet ascended to leadership of the Conservatives. To me, on the other hand, it would be like drowning. To each his or he own.
If you continue drinking you're not stopping, but no harm in cutting down. Half a pint in a shandy is still half a pint, but because the lemonade is in there too, you will probably be ingesting the alcohol more slowly, and no harm in that either.
If you continue drinking you're not stopping, but no harm in cutting down. Half a pint in a shandy is still half a pint, but because the lemonade is in there too, you will probably be ingesting the alcohol more slowly, and no harm in that either.
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It doesn't sound like you have a problem. A coupe of cans here and there and a night out is what a large amount of the population do.
I was brought up in a pub and seen how much people down on a daily basis.
Drinking the same soft drink becomes boring. Just don't get into rounds so you're drinking at you own pace.
I was brought up in a pub and seen how much people down on a daily basis.
Drinking the same soft drink becomes boring. Just don't get into rounds so you're drinking at you own pace.