Drinking alcohol as you get older

I'm definitely a house drinker, nothing excessive but I have a couple of drinks most nights.

snap dealer

It's a tricky one to break when you have the 'habit' each night of grabbing a bevvie...

Totally barstool - it's so cheap to buy drinks for home compared to going out for one!

Idrinl lots ! hatee tea tote allers

I once looked at a pub's prices and realised I could easily buy a whole night of my usual drinking on a heavier night at home, than for one drink in the pub!

the dealer28  the dealer's blog
I agree Belvedere is a really good vodka. I also like Nemiroff,

Folk find it hard to believe that you can drink Vodka on the rocks, i piece of ice...haha, but the better
vodkas are outstanding.....its not like drinking smirnoff which is like paint stripper compared to
the quality one's.

I will have to try Nemiroff....

Re prices out and about, out in town,7 of us a few weeks ago, i bought a round in this pretentious place (nice ladies though) - £67 for 7  drinks...was gobsmacked..haha

one can of lager every teatime last 10 years.  Could count on one hand times i've had two.  It's called discipline of course.

I'm 54 and I haven't had a drink in over 3years and don't miss it.It turned out to be an inspired decision as 18 months ago I blacked out at the wheel and was diagnosed with a brain tumour -I think if I had still been drinking the outcome could have been different.

Hope your betting's that disciplined Howard   

Try Irn Bru Hayden puts a bone through it…..

Try Irn Bru Hayden puts a bone through it…..

too much hayden. Pro gamblers are talented compulsive gamblers.

Ace . i've no ambition to start bending girders but i'll give it a go   

The rugby The other week, 2 cans of magners, 1 can of Guinness and a plastic tumbler £20.10

Home drink now and then , usually a decent bottle of lager or beer . Perhaps 2x a week these days . Bi annual curry in London next week with racing buddies going back 40 years , it will be draught Stella in smallish glasses for £7 a pop .Couldnt afford the amounts we used to drink as city boys 40 years ago .

All the best Eddie with the tumour....all ok now I hope

I dursnt say what I enjoy. Never realized the forum was this dry.

Thanks DBtB back working and doing 10,000 steps a day -everything good.Could tell you a story about clear spinal fluid dripping from my nose and me getting worked up because I missed a 14/1 winner at Royal Ascot.

mitolo may not be along to join in this debate.

51 and involved in the bar business all my life. Always very heavy drinking.
Retired when covid hit and still go out for a couple every night.
Funnily was just talking to mate last night who'd had a month off and he missed it like mad. Don't think it would bother me for what little I drink, Only go out for a bit a chatter and try and get hold of birds.

i am 66 and drink red wine most days.stopped for 38 days in the summer and lost a bit of weight.

will stop for a period after xmas again

aulo in to his flaming lamboughini,s 40 yrs ago ,whislt the plebs were on 80/20

58 and cant drink anymore as of last 5 yrs, hangovers from a couple of swigs made it untenable (docs no interest in finding any underlying issue..just think it's great you dont drink )

big negative effect on social life but thankfully there are finally alcohol-free alternatives which aren't bad at all tastewise (Guinness Zero, for one)

Can’t really drink in the house will have the odd one before going out on a weekend, you may not get the same buzz having a drink as most lagers have dropped alcohol content, madri is 4.8 without looking it up it’s never seen Italy or Spain a pure made up in the uk drink and heritage but it’s the old carling that’s just been swapped and that’s dropped to 3.8 carling now,

The newish ipa lager like beavertown neck oil is nectar it’s the best I’ve ever tasted but you can pay £5 - £7 but plenty of the craftish beers are good, salt brewery’s jute is nectar as well and same ish price, some great beers around and once you stop going out your lifes over imo, while you can do it you need to because there will be a time in the future where you can’t go out

Weekend I still live for only bars with music and a older crowd and it lifts you I don’t bother with the ladies as I’ve got a good un still wears short skirts as she has the legs, costs a fk fortune but we have a choice and we make the effort to go out but it’s limited so as I said make the most of it, the games changed as well for the older ones starts about 3 on a Saturday and can be home by 10 ish it’s happening all over now

Hangovers really don’t get them like I used to as don’t mix the drinks no shots or the like, but the best lager for no hangover is the Samual smiths organic lager it’s good but no hangover at all but hard to find

66 here and drink every night to varying degrees
Stopped for a year up to May just gone, just to prove to myself that I could do it
But back on it now and enjoying it
Normally 3 pints of real ale and a large g and t most nights
In spoons, about 12 quid total spend
Just like the banter with the lads, and hard luck gambling stories most nights

Lot of old Farts on ere, Acey's Boring Dry Club.

Gambling Big, Spending Big, Drinking Big,
Especially in Thailand..... Boos Boos n More Boos,  Playing pool, Girls Girls n more Girls.
Loving life n living it to the Full.
He's pretty Good This Mattie

Does Ting Tong go to the bar for you

No, she's too busy playing Ping Pong

No, she's too busy playing Ping Pong

So funny, I said it twice

Ding Dong

Mat can’t get laid over here. NAP!

Thailand ffs,pervs paradise….you wouldn’t know the difference between funnel and tunnel tbh….imo

Ugly people need to get laid too, Lochy! If the mountain won’t go to Mohammad……

Glad i stayed in my own country,lost my cherry at 13 and still going….

Took bit of turn on here
Got boozy afternoon tomorrow
Met up with boys Irish pub
Racing on  half leave for Westham arsenal
Me few others stay watch from comfort of pub
Early start or miss early dross from Newbury
Do like afternoon beer rather than night one
Tuck up in bed by 9pm

When hit 40 + wonky health issues
Should knock booze on head but
**** me where only here for little look
By time you know it in box or dust

At least i get laid.....But yeah plenty of old farts in Thailand looking for  cheap love.

My NAP is S.Kenbo n Farty can't get it up anymore or only Have Pamela Hand erson to satisify their tidler 1.01

Lots in the betting and punting world with a Thai in hand….

Each to their own.

But as you get older,life becomes more repetitive,so people reach for the drink as the day evolves.

Any medical reasons helps with stopping.

To be tea total in later years for quality of life over medical reasons seems strange.

Why,once on the road to decline,would you want to try and fight nature against enjoying your future.

Life’s experiences are far better sober has you soak them up clear headed,but it’s just a bit boring.

This country is fuelled by acholol,if your sad drink,if your happy drink,etc etc.

Every event,publicity and privately tends to involve acholol.

So how do you manage that delimena.

Was reluctant to comment as not one to judge those who like a drink. However Matt22 aka Rico claiming to get laid after admitting he is impotent required a response. His street name is the " Panda Maker " among the professional ladies and ex girlfriends, not been active they say since his last conviction.

Another fantasy or a new type of viagra that curbs violence toward women?

BTW those citing "Tea total " need to look up the spelling and meaning of Teetotal!!

So it’s a golfing term,not a drinking term.

Nothing like the term you imagined tbf!!

Think it’s a twist on amercianisation of terminology

As you have probably guessed i drink every night, mostly had home. Do dry january for past 4 years. Lost 18ibs last january.

I have found that as i get older my tolerance has increased, which is bad news. Had two pints today over lunch at the pub. Also got a lovely delivery from rebellion brewery in marlow.

Sadly it affeCts my form study as i get out of bed at ten am not 7 am and with a fuzzy brain. Raceform interactive is a  blur most mornings. LOL

I can honestly say that alcohol has had a significant negative effect on my life. I got the best a levels in the whole of my school 3 As in maths physics and chemistry and that was 1984 when exams were tough and meant something, but went onto a modest rather than stellar finance career.

Very lucky that i am an exercise freak. Prefer an hour in the gym or a long walk to sitting in front of the computer shouting at jockeys each day. Suppose at 58 i am close to getting one of those illnesses which will make me stop drinking. That terrifies me to be honest!!

If anyone ever nags you about your drinking, do as I did when I did. Promise you will not drink any more, I kept the promise but did not drink any less!!

I reckon 80% of this forum are white males over 50. Only swads and rico still in their youthful prime

Rico is 68 going on 10!!

According to CRO but he mat have given a false DOB tbf!!  He never supplied a birth certificate.

My other problem is my wonderful wife is scottish. She drinks aussie shiraz by the bucket full. Its basically a race from 6pm until unconscousness between the two of us.


Have to do reruns of shetland poirot midsomer murders etc the next day as we never remember any of the plots. Lol!

sparrow 28 Nov 24 19:14 
mitolo may not be along to join in this debate


i wasnt going to as i suspected how it would be and it duly was, i.e. cans of (crap) beer and vodka but now youve enticed me

theres an ocean of good beer around nowadays with the rebirth of british brewing and no excuse for drinking cooking lager that the big brewers got away with for decades

and wine has gone bananas with choice despite the spiteful tax on it. again, no excuse for drinking rubbish. never buy a bottle under 8 quid and never buy french and you will probably be ok

i have 3 bottles a day and was fine on it until i fell off me bike last year and can no longer play sport, and thats been a big problem and is degrading me elf so i might have to slow down a bit


i went to the quack for a check-up post-crash and she asked how many units i consume. couldnt own up so i told her 50% of the reality

after she had regained her composure she said; 'well, at least you are honest. most people admit to half' 

i actually prefer being off it but for some mad reason, I always go back, in fact I'm going for carry out just now after reading this thread

Blimey mitolo - I thought I was bad, 3 bottles of wine a day? I got up to about 1 bottle a day average must admit a few years back.

lol, at the doc saying she was shocked at what you admitted

Just out of interest how old are you, and have you had 3 bottles per day for long?

nervous about sinn feins results probably. wise to have consolation at hand. to paraphrase ernie o'malley

to malay^

very old 54 but doubt im going to get much older. been a lagboat all me life and drink less than ever but since the shakedown i no rarely go out and dont really drink beer any more. i had it good for so long but its not what it was and my bum chums have moved away

about same age (54 nearly 55) - seems like we've both used the bevvies over the years and still do so.

Like u say, we all dread the medical advice to 'give up drinking'

Life is for living not longevity

sorry it was celtic who made the point about 'medical reasons'

Cant beat a nice glass or 3 of Bollinger, weekends only though

I hate drinking. I never chose it as an option. But binge drink when it’s the right situation.

Everyone is different. Whatever suits you.

Pubs. And most people are tiresome. So need a drink to deal with them.

keeping active is crucial. i was mad for all sports for decades and played fiver side poofball and tennis until last year and the decline is marked. im now a raspberry

all i can do is swim in the lido and its orrible despite the crumpet. women put up with so well it does me head in. i cant give it up as long as they can do it. im too shamed

Cocaine was legal in the UK until 1920....Yet the drug called alcohol remains legal...funny old world. If there were cocaine bars , im sure it would still be legal..lol

edit, tbf, most bars today are stuffed full of cocaine...we just dont tax it.

A lot of old buddies over 90 admit to having a wee dram or a glass of red…

I am struggling with wednesday's shetland as we speak. Shiraz is kicking in

I should be studyng the hennessy till 2am sober instead like one if those 1990s brimardon videos

Go to the gym most days, 70 now, never felt so fit ! like a glass or two of red wine before bed, have lost friends who've passed early due to excessive acolhol abuse ! Belive me, nothing clever in drinking too much.... wtf wants to end up like chavman !   

^^^^ terrible spelling !

Why would anyone over 70 be that desperate to linger around. You’ve had your life. Hanging around seems pointless.

You don’t really enjoy it. When it’s over it’s over

Sitting in a chair for one last Cheltenham seems pointless

mitolo29 Nov 24 19:16Joined: 13 Apr 21 | Topic/replies: 5,263 | Blogger: mitolo's blog
nervous about sinn feins results probably. wise to have consolation at hand. to paraphrase ernie o'malley


Mitolo won't make a difference to myself in terms of Euros, but I think Sinn Fein will probably do well here in my locality, because of 100 % commitments to Micah redress, which other big guns are  fudging over.
Was with some friends yesterday, they are not voting at all, in the past, long past would be heavy Sinn Fein supporters, but they are rich now, rich people don't vote Sinn Fein.

the fact there's a larger variety of choices been put up here goes to show its not the alcohol content like but finding something that makes the alcohol palatable, todays GIN fad fine example if you give someone a bottle of that green gin or Gordon's from 1980,s and a small bottle of tonic and made them drink it you,d cure their lust for GIN in 2 drinks,my old mans 91 drank whiskey for 50 yrs in the house dimples etc and if he bought you a whiskey and caught you putting coke etc in it he,d chop your hands off, putting a touch of GREENOCKS GREEN GINGER in it was his only concession

you only have to look at the new fad of football lads putting photo,s of their drinking for the day on the table on their train journey, 8 cans of Carling doesn't cut it anymore,bottles of gin,vodka, full blooded bordeauxs etc all for a mornings drink before game

todays 1st photo airy arsed geordies on train drinking
3pro pineapple [ whatever that is ]
cans of Smirnoff raspberry
cans of jack Daniels Tennessee honey
small bottles of TEQUILA ROSE
come on WTF is that all about have all the Geordie offey,s ran out of Carling and Stella

I've also noted last few months and had a bit of crack on Facebook that these photo,s normally end in the team getting a bit of a thumping, Geordies at palace today

my Gran lived until she was 97- 20 Woodbines and Whiskey every day

Just got up. Fuzzy heed. Watch the opening show to ease into the day with a sausage sandwich. Today could be that special winning day!

My twin back in hospital after another stroke...just had mri, thety said its a middle brain stroke....lost use of his right arm and slurring his speech. This is a result imho of many years (his teens, 20s, 30s and 40s of massive over endulging). You think you are invincible when you are younger but it comes to bite you in the ass later in life if you over indulge

Similar Story Dragon , gran had a few drinks till into 60/70s  20 woodbine a day till  94

lot of Fit 70/80 year olds going About Hill , they help out with the Family grand kids etc ,

Only as old as the woman you feel…tbh

The problem is the question of 'how much' is wrong also.

As others have said some drink lot of alcohol and do so into elderly ages no both. Some say any alcohol is bad for you and leads to serious problems with health.

But, there's surely a reality somewhere in between. Problem is also we don't know whether it is too much for us personally e.g. being disposed to having alcohol cause a problem, or not.

Then there's the whole 'pleasure' question - if you get pleasure from it, stopping will reduce your life, not in length but in quality perhaps.

*no bother

Well i have just opened a delicous renegade snakeoil . Imperial IPA

injury time equaliser hope the Geordie lads have reloaded for long train journey home

comingupthehill..

Good evening. Having friends die when they're your age ( ? ) or younger ! I state once again, imvho there's nothing clever in drinking too much ! Btw, I enjoy life very much.. hope you LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO TAKE IN MANY MORE CHELTENHAM'S you young ''lush!''

hal has a babycham at the drag club every friday night

chavman, you're the most cliched **** who posts on the forum ! THE LIVING PROOF OF BEING A BITTER TWISTED ALCHO ! 

i think you should go to anger management classes hal

Craig, get back to your cesspit with your fellow cider-men ! 

Is that with a Cherry ?

Me old Mum liked Babycham

This thread is like an episode of loudermilk(Netflix).

As George Orwell said,acholol,football and gambling is the best way to control the people.

If we were all vegan,marathon running healthy citizens,we d then demand better of our politicians and business's.these distractions keep you from wanting more from life,because even though they are their to tempt you to hinder your progress in life,you also accept it’s your own fault for caving into these temptations.

Everyone can’t be rich,everyone can’t be the boss,everyone can’t succeed,
Drowning the nation in acholol is the best solution to controlling this.

Ironic this thread is on here,horse racing.acholol plays a massive role in racings survival,success,future.has the product itself dosent appeal to enough people.so linking it to acholol themed events is racings biggest sales pitch.

Should probably add alcohol and gambling in general have always had a fairly close connection.

Watch any poker coverage or casino footage and you see alcohol getting swigged very often. Then there is sports betting and booze of course, hand in hand.

In olden times they might even both have been called the 'vices' - somewhat grouped together in that respect.

Though maybe those kind of views are making a comeback too

Well,yes.the Victorian do gooders who believed they should intervene into the feckless,is starting to creep back into society today.

But no government wants 20 million,focused,healthy,pumped up,clean living population.has they couldn’t manage their desires.

Plus big business can’t fleece them and profit of their weakness.

If everyone did everything perfectly,every minute of every day.after a few years they’d start demanding more and more.and when those demands weren’t met,you’ve got a problem.

Let them eat cake,let them drink gin.or dark fruit cider in this day and age.

you could be looking through the wrong end of the telescope and might need to turn it round if you cant enjoy life without DRINK/ALCOHOL,my latest buzz at 65 is going to watch the 9 yr old grandson play football ,meeting blokes on touchline watching their grandkids who I used to see/drink with on a weekly basis who I haven't seen for 20 yrs and more .the wife says I,m living my 2nd life,he,s also got me hunting down and spending a fortune on panini football cards

54.few thatchers every night.more at the weekend.happily married.

Am 52......having worked about 40 hours in the last 3 days/nights am sat at home having a few pint cans of Stella watching motd2 and really enjoying them. Cheers all

Stella ffs that stuff will destoy you D.B

very rarely drink alcohol but tried a really nice cider called orchard pig at a restaraunt a few days ago ,smooth and not gassy like many of the more popular brands .

Yep, Orchard Pig is a lovely, easy drink, Foyles.

Plenty of it in Bristol area!

yes raspberry although i just had the 2 bottles about a pint , so smooth easy to drink many more i would say.