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Do you drink (alcohol) when you are by yourself?

If yes, do you observe the same limits as when you are drinking with other people, or different ones? Why?

If no, why not?

I'm sure some of you don't drink alcohol at all, and while I respect that choice and am sure you have reasons for making it, I'm interested in the alkies' responses on this one.

Current Mood: curious

One of football's most legendary living reprobates discussed his self-destructive (one hopes former) lifestyle with Sky News recently. It's pretty awful stuff, and it makes me feel sorry for the guy at least so far as he was clearly unprepared (as many young athletes are) for success and didn't develop coping mechanisms before his impulses destroyed his career and nearly his life.

But at one point it's remarked that "Gascoigne has had a well-publicised battle with alcohol, and admits that only four months ago he was drinking 30 cans of Special Brew (strong lager) per day."

I have, on more than one occasion, had far more to drink than was sensible, and have cut back to the point that if I have 3-4 drinks more than once a week, I feel guilty of going on a bender. Thirty cans of high-octane beer A DAY? I simply can't understand how he's not dead.