My husband and I often have a cocktail b/f dinner. So do our friends. It's not unusual.

Anonymous wrote:Woman here, I have a drink at home if dinner reservation is later in the evening. It's not to save money. Will still have the cocktails and wine with dinner.

Alone? WHy?

Anonymous wrote:Its time people stop justifying and glorifying use of alcohol and see through scientific lens not a social lens.

+1000000

Alcohol culture thriving

Woman here, I have a drink at home if dinner reservation is later in the evening. It's not to save money. Will still have the cocktails and wine with dinner.

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Anonymous wrote:Dcum is so weird about alcohol.

Presumably a lot of Muslims and Mormons post here? Plus status conscious prole strivers who are obsessed with all things classy and image.

This is what I think too, there are cultural fringes on the board dominating the conversation. And frigid orthorexics obsessed with their adrenal glands. Imagine a high-income European being this uptight.

High income Europeans don't get drunk like Americans do (of all income levels).

lol Europeans have higher rates of alcoholism vs Americans.

I was gonna say, our western European cousins and extended family are all big boozers and uncork lots of wine whenever they visit.

Anonymous wrote:Its time people stop justifying and glorifying use of alcohol and see through scientific lens not a social lens.

A scientific lens won't condemn or otherwise judge the use of alcohol. That's not what science does.

Ultimately, alcohol has costs and benefits. Its prevalence throughout human history and across almost every society *strongly* suggests that the societal benefits outweigh the obvious costs. If not, the alcohol-free societies would proliferate and subsume the cultures that use alcohol.

Anonymous wrote:Its time people stop justifying and glorifying use of alcohol and see through scientific lens not a social lens.

What? Everything should be seen through both analytical and emotional/social lenses. That’s what makes life good!

Its time people stop justifying and glorifying use of alcohol and see through scientific lens not a social lens.

Listen to this.


https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/what-alcohol-does-to-your-body-brain-health

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Anonymous wrote:Dcum is so weird about alcohol.

Presumably a lot of Muslims and Mormons post here? Plus status conscious prole strivers who are obsessed with all things classy and image.

This is what I think too, there are cultural fringes on the board dominating the conversation. And frigid orthorexics obsessed with their adrenal glands. Imagine a high-income European being this uptight.

High income Europeans don't get drunk like Americans do (of all income levels).

Who mentioned anything about getting drunk? No grown man is drunk off 2 or 3 cocktails or glasses of wine spread out over a couple of hours. If levels of intoxication are 1 to 10, feeling a buzz is in the 2-5 range, being drunk is the 6 to 10 range.

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Anonymous wrote:Dcum is so weird about alcohol.

Presumably a lot of Muslims and Mormons post here? Plus status conscious prole strivers who are obsessed with all things classy and image.

This is what I think too, there are cultural fringes on the board dominating the conversation. And frigid orthorexics obsessed with their adrenal glands. Imagine a high-income European being this uptight.

High income Europeans don't get drunk like Americans do (of all income levels).

lol Europeans have higher rates of alcoholism vs Americans.

The average adult male two regular drinks, not doubles, will be fine.
If dinner is later in the evening I might have a drink before, to kill time while waiting for DW to get ready. Typically we eat fairly early though.
Most times I don't drink when we got out to eat, because of driving.
I'm more surprised with those worrying about paying for drinks or eating a sandwich before going out to save money. So many on here talk about upper 6 or 7 figure incomes.

Anonymous wrote:I always have a drink and a sandwich before I go to a restaurant, so I don't have to buy drink and food when I'm there. So expensive!

Ha! I do give my teenagers sandwiches before we go out to eat. When I’m buying expensive food, I want them to at least taste it!

I always have a drink and a sandwich before I go to a restaurant, so I don't have to buy drink and food when I'm there. So expensive!

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Anonymous wrote:The only men I knew who did this were alcoholics, but if you think you buy his explanation and that he doesn't have a problem, then maybe it is just science.

Same. I would wonder how they could possibly be so much drunker than everyone else at the dinner/party so fast....turns out they had quite a head start at home.

My friends would cause this pregaming.

I'm reminded of my Dad who crashed to the floor on Christmas Day. Turns out he had been drinking alcohol in his room all morning. We never saw it.

Drinking in advance of a social situation to catch a buzz to deal with the social situation is alcoholic behavior.

Children of alcoholics have a trauma response to all alcohol beyond 1 drink so really you don’t have an educated opinion you have an emotional one.