Since no sports, are you drinking more...or less?

[The Crypto Guy]

More. Too many game nights with other couples over the internet.

Those Jackbox games are incredibly addicting when you have 6-8 players.

Also add in an online poker night and the beers come out.

 

[LokiDog]

Significantly more.

Like two bottles of whiskey per week.

 

[aufheben]

Less, for more reasons than sports.

I also quit smoking about 9 weeks ago.

Guy who picks the end of the world to quit smoking.

 

[aufheben]

Is vodka for breakfast a bad thing?

Not if it's for Cheerios.

 

[Larrybiv]

Picked up these bad boys...

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These guys pack almost 10% alcohol per bottle. So after a 4 pack you are already buzzed and beyond. The Kentucky Barrel ale is excellent if you haven’t had, gotta pick it up. Most beer stores that have craft beer should stock it.

Gonna try, thanks for the heads up. Use to be a huge beer drinker, but for me......was cheaper to "drink alcohol". From time to time I have a few oil cans. Will try these for the heck of it. Thanks.

 

[Larrybiv]

It’s 5 o'clock somewhere.

We gonna start singing now?

 

[Larrybiv]

Much less. Not been well

Sorry to hear that bud, feel better. Thats an order soldier!

 

[Larrybiv]

Guy who picks the end of the world to quit smoking.

This had me rolling.

 

[eco's bones]

Even if I've been drinking less in times of crisis people do tend to drink more. The largest liquor store in my area I know is going to town. Not just more customers but customers buying more. That's okay. I imagine if we have weed emporiums in NYS they'd be doing even better. That would be fine too.

'Pack up your troubles and just get happy
ya better chase all your cares away
sing, hallelujah, c'mon get happy
get ready for the judgement day.

Now that's kind of like a drinking or even a weed smoking song to me.

 

[egelband]

These times are enough of a depressant. Trying not to add Alcohol on top of that.

Same here. I’m finding silver linings but in general this situation is fairly sad, if not depressing. These days I’m not much interested in booze. Hoping things turn around soon!

 

[Leonardo87]

At least you don’t need a DD from your living room to bedroom.

 

[17futurecap]

More, but saving money getting it from the liquor store rather than going out with my jackass friends.

 

[Made Dan]

Less, for more reasons than sports.

I also quit smoking about 9 weeks ago.

When you have drank, how'd you deal with the lack of smoking? Unsure I'll be able to not smoke after drinking when I eventually quit.

 

[nyr2k2]

When you have drank, how'd you deal with the lack of smoking? Unsure I'll be able to not smoke after drinking when I eventually quit.

So, I've only drank with my wife in the period of time since I've quit. Since we've been quarantined, I haven't been able to go out and drink socially. That's what scares me, drinking when I'm out socially.

However, I mentioned I had cut back on drinking for other reasons, and that was a falling out with a couple friends that cut me off from my hard drinking/hard smoking group. So now the people I socialize with, only a small amount of them smoke. Before, it was like all of them.

 

[East Coast Bias]

When you have drank, how'd you deal with the lack of smoking? Unsure I'll be able to not smoke after drinking when I eventually quit.

I'm off them about 2 years. The beginning was hard - didn't drink much. When I started again, I only did at home first. Or a restaurant at dinner.

I avoided the bars. If I was going to a BBQ where I knew friends would be smoking outside, I didn't drink.

Eventually the cravings wane. It's just about doing your best to avoid smokers when you're drinking until you adjust.

 

[IronBloodedLion]

I was, and started eating pretty poorly, but realized this isn’t the time to pick up bad habits. I’ll have an occasional drink every now and then, but I mainly focus on eating and continuing working out (bought some equipment before this all started getting serious. I figured it was going to explode at any moment).

 

[Bob Richards]

 

[Bob Richards]

I quit smoking a little over 3 years ago. For me, not having a smoke after drinking was definitely the weirder adjustment than just quitting cigarettes themselves lol.

I did what @East Coast Bias posted. Cutting down on drinking during my beginning phase of quitting made the process easier.

Gosh bless anyone quitting smoking (especially in this current calamity lmfao).

 

[EdJovanovski]

I’ve never been drunk in my life lol

 

[Thirty One]

I quit smoking a little over 3 years ago.

But you're 16 years old.

 

[Thirty One]

I’ve never been drunk in my life lol

Are you a Mormon?

 

[EdJovanovski]

Are you a Mormon?

No I just grew up around a lot of drunks hahah

 

[Gardner McKay]

Picked up these bad boys...

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These guys pack almost 10% alcohol per bottle. So after a 4 pack you are already buzzed and beyond. The Kentucky Barrel ale is excellent if you haven’t had, gotta pick it up. Most beer stores that have craft beer should stock it.

KBB is my all time favorite beer and well worth its price tag.

Early on I was drinking significantly more than normal and I think it was out of boredom. As I have adjusted, it has steadily gone down and fell off a cliff as I started dieting along with a rigorous workout schedule to prepare for my summer beach trip.

So, I've only drank with my wife in the period of time since I've quit. Since we've been quarantined, I haven't been able to go out and drink socially. That's what scares me, drinking when I'm out socially.

However, I mentioned I had cut back on drinking for other reasons, and that was a falling out with a couple friends that cut me off from my hard drinking/hard smoking group. So now the people I socialize with, only a small amount of them smoke. Before, it was like all of them.

I'm in the process of trying to quit smoking too. But, when I say quit, it really only means smoking when I have more than a few drinks. I haven't smoked a cigarette without an accompanying alcoholic beverage in 8-9 years.

The hardest part is usually my 3rd drink. That is when the cravings kick in.

 

[nyr2k2]

The passing of my father is really what made me want to quit. All I wanted was for my daughter to have really fond memories of him, to know him as a semi-adult at least. She's 4, so, probably won't happen. We have pictures and videos, but that's it. The actual memories will fade. And to see how devastating it has been for my Mom. Just awful. So, I couldn't in good conscience smoke and maybe die at 50 or something and leave my wife for that long and never meet my grand kids and all that.

f***ing sucks though. I don't have many cravings, but when I do they're intense. And I could absolutely drive down to the bodega, grab a pack, and be back to it like I never quit.

 

[NYSPORTS]

Can anybody recommend a recipe for moonshine? I have the time