Do you drink alone? (1 Viewer)

[Arizona Ron]

When I started traveling a lot many years ago, I checked off many "alone" things.  Eating in restaurants, going to movies, bars, concerts, shows, sporting events, you name it; I've done it solo.  I've even gone to all-inclusive resorts alone and had a blast.  I always end up meeting people and it's much easier when I don't have to coax someone into seeing where the next rabbit hole goes.  Just go with the flow.  

 

[FreeBaGeL]

At home I won't skip on a beer or glass of bourbon just because my wife turned in early for the night or something.

Likewise on work trips obviously all alone things (as AZ Ron mentioned) are on the table.

 

[Galileo]

I like a good shower beer and I’m more often than not alone in there

Shower beer?  This is not something I have ever considered...

ETA: Whoa...just discovered showerbeer on reddit  

 

[comfortably numb]

Does eating lunch at the bar with a glass of wine count as drinking alone?

Actually, i do drink alone. As the weather is getting better I'll start a fire in the yard, make a drink and light up a cigar.

 

[msommer]

Since I started homebrewing it happens more often

 

[peaces]

After three drinks nobody wants to be around me 

 

[Ray Barboni]

Of course I drink alone. Is that supposed to be a bad thing? 

I’ll also go out to dinner alone - AND drink.

Are there people that believe doing things alone, like eating or drinking - is wrong? 

I’ve traveled all over the US, and been overseas on business many times - alone.

Should I not be drinking or going out to dinner by myself? Cause that’s dumb. 

Even when I’m not traveling. Sometimes I just enjoy eating and drinking (at the bar) with strangers. Sometimes I need the meaningless conversation. Knowing that you’re never going to see this person again, mixed with a couple drinks ... has led to some of the most entertaining solo dinner nights I’ve been on.

 

[rockaction]

####### Thorogood rules. Back in college, when I was a dirty, grubby crusty punk, I'd clear out the entire second floor of the men's bathroom and blast Thorogood from the sink while I had my biweekly/monthly shower. 

Nothing like a thirty minute hot shower while the juke played One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer. 

God, was I a nineteen year-old crazy person. In any other society, insane. In ours, a college guy.  

 

[E Street Brat]

Almost every night when I lived alone for 6 or 7 years. 

 

[AAABatteries]

When I started traveling a lot many years ago, I checked off many "alone" things.  Eating in restaurants, going to movies, bars, concerts, shows, sporting events, you name it; I've done it solo.  I've even gone to all-inclusive resorts alone and had a blast.  I always end up meeting people and it's much easier when I don't have to coax someone into seeing where the next rabbit hole goes.  Just go with the flow.  

this thread just got good!

To answer the question - I have and do drink alone but with a wife and 4 kids I don’t have a lot of alone time.  That’s one of the reasons I drink.    

 

[TheIronSheik]

Some people are overly defensive about this question.  Wow.

 

[Da Guru]

I have my 2  Yellow Labs, my iPad and phone.   So the dogs are with me and I am texting my friends.  I don`t count that as alone.

 

[Lehigh98]

In keeping with the questions about drinking/not drinking, are you drinking like George Thorogood?  Alone, with nobody else.  I ask because I see people saying work is stressful so they drink to unwind.

I think I drank alone once in my life.  Drinking for me was always social.  About getting drunk and laughing with buddies.

Only when I'm alone with my grill.

 

[Lehigh98]

When I started traveling a lot many years ago, I checked off many "alone" things.  Eating in restaurants, going to movies, bars, concerts, shows, sporting events, you name it; I've done it solo.  I've even gone to all-inclusive resorts alone and had a blast.  I always end up meeting people and it's much easier when I don't have to coax someone into seeing where the next rabbit hole goes.  Just go with the flow.  

Ok, this too, but I didn't consider traveling solo for work.  I'll drink at a restaurant or bar (usually sitting in the bar area) but I'm not taking a 1/5 back to my room or anything.

 

[IC FBGCav]

Does being on here and drinking count as "alone", asking for a friend of course.

 

[IC FBGCav]

Also, at home alone today, wife is at work, dog is playing at daycare, going to be in the 60's.   Wondering why I haven't started drinking yet. 

 

[Zow]

Very rarely but I have.  Usually it's just a few glasses of wine or a couple of good beers to relax if I happen to be alone on a weekend evening. 

 

[Zow]

When I started traveling a lot many years ago, I checked off many "alone" things.  Eating in restaurants, going to movies, bars, concerts, shows, sporting events, you name it; I've done it solo.  I've even gone to all-inclusive resorts alone and had a blast.  I always end up meeting people and it's much easier when I don't have to coax someone into seeing where the next rabbit hole goes.  Just go with the flow.  

Huh never woulda considered this but I can see how that'd be fun. 

 

[Poke_4_Life]

OK, I don't think drinking alone while grilling counts.  Grilling and drinking are Pavlovian for me.  

 

[TheIronSheik]

Again, just to clarify, in this instance if you are around other people, you are not drinking alone.  So if you are at a bar, restaurant, resort... whatever.  That's not alone. 

Alone = no one else around.

 

[jvdesigns2002]

I have drank alcohol alone before--but it was pretty much only when I was traveling.  I've been in a couple long distance relationships and when I'd travel for work--sometimes after my conventions/conferences I'd skype with the GF from my hotel room and have a couple glasses of wine or mixed drinks..etc.  She'd have them too--so I guess technically we were both drinking "alone" although we were conversing together on a computer/ipad screen. Aside from that--for me personally--drinking is more of a social thing--so while I understand and respect why some would enjoy doing it in absolute solitude--it's just not for me.  

 

[Apple Jack]

Sure

 

[AAABatteries]

Again, just to clarify, in this instance if you are around other people, you are not drinking alone.  So if you are at a bar, restaurant, resort... whatever.  That's not alone. 

Alone = no one else around.

I didn't take offense to your question but I think people are assuming you mean "why would you do that?"  For somebody who drinks for reasons other than social (which there are many) the idea that drinking alone is weird, is weird.  Nobody asks, "Do you drink soda alone?",  "Do you shoot pool alone?",  "Do you play cornhole alone?".  But again, I wasn't offended at all - just seems like a weird question to ask.

 

[TheIronSheik]

I didn't take offense to your question but I think people are assuming you mean "why would you do that?"  For somebody who drinks for reasons other than social (which there are many) the idea that drinking alone is weird, is weird.  Nobody asks, "Do you drink soda alone?",  "Do you shoot pool alone?",  "Do you play cornhole alone?".  But again, I wasn't offended at all - just seems like a weird question to ask.

I was asking because I don't, so I was curious to see why others did.  That's why I explained why I drank with others and not alone.  

I'm one of the least judging people I know.  Do whatever makes you happy as long as it doesn't affect others.  But I love to know what makes other people tick.  I love to get in the minds of others who have differing views, opinions or actions.  I find it fascinating.  But I can assure you, I'm not asking because I think it's a bad thing.

I don't judge or hate anyone.  Except white people.  

 

[AAABatteries]

I was asking because I don't, so I was curious to see why others did.  That's why I explained why I drank with others and not alone.  

I'm one of the least judging people I know.  Do whatever makes you happy as long as it doesn't affect others.  But I love to know what makes other people tick.  I love to get in the minds of others who have differing views, opinions or actions.  I find it fascinating.  But I can assure you, I'm not asking because I think it's a bad thing.

I don't judge or hate anyone.  Except white people.   

And that's how I took it - but again, I think most people that drink find that question odd.  As for the specific reasons why I would drink alone - if I'm looking to have a drink it's usually to unwind after I a long day or just to have something special - I'm going to do that whether somebody is there or not.

In fact, another thought on this - I probably have "extra' if I'm alone at home than if somebody is there because I want to set an example of responsible drinking for my kids. 

 

[SWC]

you bet your sweet rear end i do and i mean alone like im in the basement by myself alone like im grilling alone like im the only one having a beer while we are watching  a movie the answer is yep sure thing im your huckelberry ask me whatever you want take that to the bank brohans

 

[tonydead]

When something bad happens I drink to forget.  When something good happens I drink to celebrate.  When nothing is happening I drink to make something happen.

 

[Epic Problem]

I just assume that I always am since proving that other people actually exist is apparently quite troublesome

 

[Dedfin]

Does God count? 

Never 

 

[KarmaPolice]

I would say 80% of the time.  Kids go to bed, and I have a drink or two by myself as I watch a flick or play some video games.  

 

[Arizona Ron]

Huh never woulda considered this but I can see how that'd be fun. 

I just did 10 days in Montego bay not too long ago.  Girls travel to these resorts in packs and always feel safer hooking up with a guest then locals.

By day 2 I was hanging out at the check-in area bar, scoping out women checking in with friends vice a couple situation. 

I put up some serious numbers. 

 

[nirad3]

Again, just to clarify, in this instance if you are around other people, you are not drinking alone.  So if you are at a bar, restaurant, resort... whatever.  That's not alone. 

Alone = no one else around.

Welp, since I'm very rarely truly alone, the answer is hardly ever.  Having a stay-at-home mom for a wife and kids who are always home (8 and 6), I am very rarely by myself in our house.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Welp, since I'm very rarely truly alone, the answer is hardly ever.  Having a stay-at-home mom for a wife and kids who are always home (8 and 6), I am very rarely by myself in our house.

Just like church & school recitals this is what flasks and bathrooms were made for.

 

[DallasDMac]

Again, just to clarify, in this instance if you are around other people, you are not drinking alone.  So if you are at a bar, restaurant, resort... whatever.  That's not alone.

Funny you mention this. I am probably way more subconscious about eating alone in a restaurant (with or without having a drink) than I would ever be having a drink when the house is empty.

 

[kevzilla]

I have a carve-out. I live alone, and I see no problem with having a drink in the evening. That's a nightcap.

There is no plural for nightcap. If you make another, you're just drinking now. I do that very rarely, when some Longhorn team or another drives me around the bend. 

 

[Zow]

I just did 10 days in Montego bay not too long ago.  Girls travel to these resorts in packs and always feel safer hooking up with a guest then locals.

By day 2 I was hanging out at the check-in area bar, scoping out women checking in with friends vice a couple situation. 

I put up some serious numbers. 

Sounds like a thread...

 

[NutterButter]

I just did 10 days in Montego bay not too long ago.  Girls travel to these resorts in packs and always feel safer hooking up with a guest then locals.

By day 2 I was hanging out at the check-in area bar, scoping out women checking in with friends vice a couple situation. 

I put up some serious numbers. 

Which resort?  I'm certainly not at that level yet, but now that I'm getting a nice taste in the dating world after finally getting divorced, Im really starting to expand my horizon.  

 

[nirad3]

Just like church & school recitals this is what flasks and bathrooms were made for.

Mmm, this reminds me, and perhaps enough to edit my response.  I've been bringing a road soda to my daughter's Friday afternoon soccer practices.  

Weather is getting nicer; it's enjoyable to sit out in the sun with the shades on sipping a cocktail while watching the coach herd cats.

 

[kutta]

I was asking because I don't, so I was curious to see why others did.  That's why I explained why I drank with others and not alone.  

I'm one of the least judging people I know.  Do whatever makes you happy as long as it doesn't affect others.  But I love to know what makes other people tick.  I love to get in the minds of others who have differing views, opinions or actions.  I find it fascinating.  But I can assure you, I'm not asking because I think it's a bad thing.

I don't judge or hate anyone.  Except white people.  

If you don't judge anyone for drinking alone, and don't think anything is wrong with it, why don't you drink alone?

 

[TheIronSheik]

If you don't judge anyone for drinking alone, and don't think anything is wrong with it, why don't you drink alone?

I mentioned it above.  Honestly, I barely drink anymore as it is.  But when I did drink, it was always around people to laugh and have a good time.  I enjoyed drinking because of the social aspect.  I was never really a fan of the taste, so I never craved a drink.  Even when I go out to a nice dinner, I'll have a drink before dinner, but I'll get a Coke with dinner.  I can't drink alcohol and eat good food.  Not a fan.  After I eat, I'll go back to drinking.  

I would go to bars by myself and drink there.  But again, I was around other people.  I remember one time in college where I had a bottle of whisky and all of my friends were gone for the weekend.  Don't remember why, but I was there alone for the most part.  I started playing some Sega Genesis NHL Hockey and drinking whiskey.  As I started to get buzzed, I just remember thinking, "Why am I drinking?"  I wasn't adding to my experience.  

But that's just me.  Again, everyone has different reasons.

 

[heckmanm]

I drink alone sometimes, but not more than 1-2.  I never get drunk alone.

 

[nirad3]

Even when I go out to a nice dinner, I'll have a drink before dinner, but I'll get a Coke with dinner.  I can't drink alcohol and eat good food.  Not a fan.  

Totally agree.  Even beer and chicken wings doesn't do it for me.  Wine with steak?  No thanks.

I separate my "drinking" from my eating.

 

[peaces]

Yes and then I take advantage of myself. 

 

[comfortably numb]

60 degrees in NJ today.

Cohiba and Remy Martin in the yard on the cool evening

 

[comfortably numb]

It's not drinking alone if I'm with all you guys, right?

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

If you don't like yourself enough to drink alone, how can you expect others to like you enough to drink with you?

 

[James Daulton]

If you don't like yourself enough to drink alone, how can you expect others to like you enough to drink with you?

So you just don't drink? 

 

[Alex P Keaton]

When I started traveling a lot many years ago, I checked off many "alone" things.  Eating in restaurants, going to movies, bars, concerts, shows, sporting events, you name it; I've done it solo.  I've even gone to all-inclusive resorts alone and had a blast.  I always end up meeting people and it's much easier when I don't have to coax someone into seeing where the next rabbit hole goes.  Just go with the flow.  

:subscribe:

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

So you just don't drink? 

I like me just fine.  As a matter of fact, I'm my own biggest fan.

 

[Nigel]

I’m sitting at the airport bar right now drinking, but my kids are 100 yds away at the gate doing homework. Does that count?