I have been told that drinking alone

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

at home is a sign of a problem... but going out, and leaving my kids here alone and hanging out with friends is not?

[leftyclimber]

1. I would think that either one isn't a terribly positive choice.

:shrug:

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

3. are you entrenched in the alcoholic

economy sub-section?

I look at it this way... I am not drinking to excess, not driving drunk, not absent from my home, saving money

and, well there must be others...

[Midlodemocrat]

14. Been doing it for years.

Mr. travels, kids aren't old enough. Until recently, I almost always had a glass of wine with dinner, even when he wasn't here.

I figured. I'm not drunk, not even buzzed, so what's the harm? :shrug:

I'm trying to lose weight now, and the sugar in the wine is impeding, so I quit along with other diet modifications. I figure if I had a problem, I wouldn't have been able to quit so readily without thinking about it all the time.

[bif]

2. Myth. Ya know what I say?

"You do what you wanna do, and you don't do what you don't wanna do." And you can quote me on that.

[rrneck]

4. I expect there is

a difference between drinking alone and getting drunk alone.

[Orrex]

5. I believe that part of the thinking behind it is...

that people who drink alone may be doing it in lieu of hanging out with other people and/or as a way of compensating for the lack of social interaction.

Let me throw back a few, and then I'll elaborate.

[no name no slogan]

6. If they kids are home with you, you're not alone

Therefore, no problem.

However, if you THINK you have a problem, you really should look into it.

[AlCzervik]

7. having a few or getting drunk?

i've had a glass of wine on friday night when it was just me at home.

[SoxFan]

Mo isn't drinking, is she?

[flvegan]

8. I share a snort with my eldest dog to get around that.

He loves him some Amstel Light. He hears the cap pop, and he's like..."dad? CanIhavesome?"

[seemunkee]

12. Dogs count?

Then I never drink alone.
I catch the little one trying to get a couple of laps in when my back is turned.

[raccoon]

16. Be careful the dog doesn't develop a problem. Remember the St. Bernard dog on TOPPER? nt

[RushIsRot]

9. Vodka is my sleeping pill and I live alone.

[Downtown Hound]

10. If you're getting shitfaced every night home alone

then yes, you probably have a problem. If you have a drink or maybe a few drinks or every once in a while get hammered, then you're probably okay.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

11. hardly ever get "hammered"

don't have time for it

[BikeWriter]

13. I drink, I fall down, no problem.

[Strong Atheist]

15. .

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