Whew... I got wasted last night!

[AIM]

After about 8 shots of tequila and 3 beers I was a stumbling mess. I came home and got a little crazy with the animated gif so I apologize to anyone that I might have angered. :)

Anyway, so I went back to the club that I was at earlier at proceeded to drink some more. I did 3 jello shots and drank 2 rum and cokes. Luckily I know the bartender so it was more rum than coke! :D

I hooked up with a girl and the rest of the night was a blur. Hmm.. I hope she was a girl! :shock:

I figure most of the forum members here are over 30 so I'd like to ask if you fellows go out anymore? I can't imagine not going out on the weekends. At times I'll stay home and game on my PC, but in the Summer it's one big party. Well maybe that's because I live in a resort town? :D

[Jason McMaster]

I'm 27 and I quit partying a few years back. I grew tired of all the crap involved with it and now it's a rarity for me to leave my house if given an option. Luckily I'm married and don't have to worry about the whole "companionship" thing, but hell, I quit going out a few years before I met my wife.

I did more than most peoples share of drinking in my younger years.

[Tyjenks]

Other than going to the strip club with McMaster the first Tuesday of every month, my wife and I usually Karaoke about once a month and get semi-plowed. I am no longer in drinking "shape" at 34. I can handle my liquor, but my recovery time has quadrupled. My wife and I continued to go out quite a bit until we almost got into trouble and soon after decided to settle down and have a kid.

I miss it on occasion, but once the hunt for strange has ceased to be an option, then it simply is not worth the effort.

[hido]

After 30, hangovers take on a whole new meaning. When I was a young man,all I needed was a Mountain Dew and some greasy fast food and I was good to go. Now, at 36, hangovers are more like the flu and take two or threee days to fully recover from. Plus, being a stumbling drunk at 22 is "cute"; at 36 it's "pathetic".

However, if you are looking for a silver lining, you can usually handle a lot more booze as you get older and you generally will have more money to afford quality beverages.

[Duality]

Not an old man (mid 20s), though I do feel like it.

I never got into the partying thing. I do love my drink, but I think I've gone barhopping all of two times. Never did the happy hour thing with coworkers, either.

I attribute it mostly to being and associationg myself with geeks. People I befriended in school have been the studious types. More interested in gaming than drinking all night, that sort of thing.

My brother went to a 4 year college and was the exact opposite. Even after his college years, he continued to party with his friends.

[BobJustBob]

However, if you are looking for a silver lining, you can usually handle a lot more booze as you get older

That's not a silver lining! It will cost a lot more money to get wasted.

[John Reynolds]

Married, aged 39, with a 1-year-old daughter, all I can say is: what's beer taste like. . .I've forgotten. But I did my fair share of drinking, partying, chasing girls, and being stupid in my early and mid twenties. Now I resolve myself to just being stupid. :)

[nutsak]

MA! I beat all of you. I 'stopped' drinking at 18 right after my 18th Birthday (when I was legal to actually drink alchohol). About the only alchohol to pass these lips these days is a can of bourbon every 6 months or so ( only ever one can because I hate feeling drunk ).

Oh and no worries AIM, they were very... interesting. :lol:

[Gary Whitta]

I just stay home and copy those floppies.

[AIM]

I just stay home and copy those floppies.

:x

[Robert Sharp]

I stopped drinking at around 21 or so. I haven't even touched a drink in a couple of years, and when I did, it would just be one drink on social occasions. I no longer like the feeling of being drunk, much less the way I feel the next day.

Actually, AIM, there are lots of things you can't imagine doing right now, but you will. And when you do, you will no longer think that being drunk is something to be proud of. You'll still think it's funny every now and then to talk about how wasted you used to get, but you won't seriously consider doing it again.

Course you could end up being the 40 year old guy who still goes to such bars. Look for him next time and see if that's really how you envision yourself in the future.

[AIM]

Course you could end up being the 40 year old guy who still goes to such bars. Look for him next time and see if that's really how you envision yourself in the future.


Oh yea I've seen 40+ year old men at the clubs I go to and I'm always asking myself why are they even here? It scares me to death that I could be 40 years old and bar hoping. I pray to god that I don't turn into one of them.

[Bill Dungsroman]

Oh yea I've seen 40+ year old men at the clubs I go to and

Mmmmmm....eeeeghhh....uuuuughhh....THE JOKE IT'S SO OBVIOUS SOMEONE PLEASE MAKE IT SO I DON'T HAVE TO

[Qenan]

I figure most of the forum members here are over 30 so I'd like to ask if you fellows go out anymore? I can't imagine not going out on the weekends. At times I'll stay home and game on my PC, but in the Summer it's one big party. Well maybe that's because I live in a resort town?

Not much. I'm 42. But even when I was younger, I didn't drink much; my dad was an alcoholic, and that is not an experience I want to give my loved ones.

[Dave Long]

I don't get wasted but I go to a lot of hard rock/heavy metal concerts now after having the three boys. My wife doesn't always dig it but you only live once, you know? I get a release at those shows I can't get anywhere else. That's my drug. I throw my fists in the air, bang my head til my neck is sore for two days afterward and I can't talk right either.

You guys that either just had kids or are a few years into them, don't let them steal your life away. You still CAN go out and have a good time once in awhile and absolutely should do so. Sitting at home weekend after weekend, night after night, playing games or whatever... it'll make you an old man before you know it.

--Dave

[Peter Frazier]

If I were ever given the chance to travel back in time and meet my younger self, the first thing I would do is punch myself out for being a binge-drinking idiot. Then I would offer a few great stock tips. Then I'd put the boot into my semi-comatose form because I'd realise that the drunk schmuck would never remember them anyway.
As you can see, I have a bit of self-loathing for my party-hearty younger self. Having kids straightened me out and made grow up, I wish I ended the partying earlier. There are years in my life which are very blurred because of my drinking. As you get older you start remembering things you did or said (or unrepressing them) and the judgement of time is pretty harsh.

[BobJustBob]

I'd much rather be the 40 year old club hopper that's pathetic but is still having fun, over the self-righteous regretful 40 year old that feels their life is something of which to be ashamed.

[Brandon Clements]

I party every once in awhile (at 26, my hard-core "drink until class starts and then go to the liquor store for more" days are behind me), but I try not to get plastered (drinking a glass of water for every drink does the trick for me, nice buzz without ever being too drunk). Hangovers are a bitch for me, and I don't like having the room spinning when I try to sleep.

Interestingly, I don't think I've ever drank enough to forget what I was doing when I did it.

[Peter Frazier]

I'd much rather be the 40 year old club hopper that's pathetic but is still having fun, over the self-righteous regretful 40 year old that feels their life is something of which to be ashamed.
What makes you think you'll have a choice? :twisted:
Just have another drink to help you think that you're not pathetic. What a greeeeeat life.

[Jakub]

I haven't had a hangover in years, but that's because I drink water like crazy. Truth be told, I'm a heavier drinker and closer to being an alcoholic now at 25 than I ever was at 20.

[Dave Long]

I'd much rather be the 40 year old club hopper that's pathetic but is still having fun, over the self-righteous regretful 40 year old that feels their life is something of which to be ashamed.
What makes you think you'll have a choice? :twisted:
Just have another drink to help you think that you're not pathetic. What a greeeeeat life.

I know it's the topic of the thread (getting so bombed you can't see) but really, you don't have to drink to be a partying type or go out and just go freaking nuts. I guess my love for loud music makes that easy for me, I dunno? People think they know me, that I'm a fairly reserved guy, until they go to a concert with me... and it's hell getting a lot of the people I know (that love that kind of music too) to just go to shows. Like they're too old for it, or they just can't arrange it or whatever. It's all just excuses IMO. I look for the opposite excuse now... the excuse to go break out of my daily shell so I can appreciate that again when I come back.

It's funny...the older I get, the more I realize I was trying too hard to suppress who I wanted to be, what I liked, what I thought looked or felt cool... just because I thought that was "growing up". Now I realize that was bullshit. I can be whoever I want. If people don't dig it? Fuck 'em.

--Dave

[VegasRobb]

I figure most of the forum members here are over 30 so I'd like to ask if you fellows go out anymore? I can't imagine not going out on the weekends. At times I'll stay home and game on my PC, but in the Summer it's one big party. Well maybe that's because I live in a resort town?

Not much. I'm 42. But even when I was younger, I didn't drink much; my dad was an alcoholic, and that is not an experience I want to give my loved ones.

I can relate to that last sentence. I enjoy(ed) drinking, but I don't want to take a chance of triggering something, if that makes sense. Occassionally it's nice, but I definately don't go looking for it.

[Gourmand]

I don't get wasted but I go to a lot of hard rock/heavy metal concerts now after having the three boys. My wife doesn't always dig it but you only live once, you know? I get a release at those shows I can't get anywhere else. That's my drug. I throw my fists in the air, bang my head til my neck is sore for two days afterward and I can't talk right either.


--Dave

I've worked shows listed at merriweathermusic.com for a summer job. I wish there were more people like you, really. Alchohol at most of the shows is ludicrously expensive and most people are barely conscious once the leading band on the bill takes stage. It's really sad to watch.

Not to mention trying to talk the lushes into staying on the fucking lawn, and not the pavement (for when they inevitabley fall) is a pain in the ass.

Personal alchohol experience - raided dad's liquor cabinet early with friends. Thought I was cool until I felt like shit. Haven't enjoyed drinking in any context other than a "nice red wine to go with this steak, sir?" context since.

EDIT: just remembered a fun story from the nickelback show. A 40+ year old woman got totally plastered and ran down a steep hill, slammed into a waste high railing, and landed the neck plant on the other of the railing for 150 points. Drinking at an old age is hazardous for more parts of your person than just your liver ...

[Peter Frazier]

Dave, you make a hell of a lot of sense and all I can say is 'More power to you, mate'.
I come from the other side of the spectrum where I was in the binge-drinking anything goes side of my early years. Growing up and having kids opened my eyes to the fact that life's simple pleasures are far greater than getting pissed and getting laid. Especially when you don't have to gnaw your arm off to get away from the one night stand who doesn't look remotely like the beauty that you bedded 6 hours ago.
As for binge drinking, I guess it's a rite of passage that we have instead of hacking our foreskin off and wandering in the desert for a few weeks. Do it if you want to, but also think about if it's necessary for you to rely heavily on a drug to have a good time every weekend.

[Andrew Mayer]

I didn't really start with the clubbing and partying until I was 26. Started out going to goth clubs (which were, of course, much better back then ) and then ended up going out a lot.

Things reached a crescendo back in '99-2000 with the money flowing like water, and the booze flowing like... yeah, water. Clubbing and drinking 3 or 4 nights a week was common.

At that point I was 34, and I decided that San Francisco was becoming crowded and stupid. I used to go to clubs to hang out with like minded mutants, but suddenly every space was filled with would-be hipsters hoping to score some "benuine" alternative experience that they could somehow translate into a web based experience. Had to get out...

I moved to NYC, and against common wisdom, I acutally started to clean up my act. I quit smoking and toned down the alcohol consumption. I also took up fire performance, and a group of us ran around the streets of New York with bottles kerosine and implements of entertainment. Far more fun than just going to another house of hipness...

By the time the towers fell I was in the best shape of my life and hit the clubs almost never unless I was part of a performance there.

I moved back to SF and into a friend's home\metal shop. The crew there worked hard and partied hard. But watching a bunch of folks doing speed so that they could party like they were 10 years younger than they were (28-40) was the final nail in the coffin of my club lifestyle.

Now I spend my nights writing posts on game forums... ;-)

[Robert Sharp]

I'm with Peter here, Dave. I think you are right too, but remember that many of us may have discovered that the partying WAS when we were faking it and now we are being ourselves. I partied because that's what people my age did. Even looking back I never really liked it. I had some good times, I guess, but I could have spent my time more productively and I wish I had. There's more to life than having fun, and even if there weren't, there are lots of ways to have fun.

[cornfuzed]

I can be whoever I want. If people don't dig it? Fuck 'em.

Oh but Dave, be careful in our shitty little Commonwealth, Big Brother (http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/9345310.htm?1c) is everywhere.

Mike.