# How bad would it be to drink at 7:00 A.M. ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 24, 2002, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-would-it-be-to-drink-at-7-00-a-m/129441 "2002-09-24T11:44:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-would-it-be-to-drink-at-7-00-a-m/129441/1 "2002-09-24T11:44:24Z")
It’s about 7:00 and I just got the kids off to school, I’ve already had two cups of coffee, so I don’t want more right now. I’m thirsty and all I’ve got in the fridge is Kool-aid, that’s too sweet right now, Milk, I’m not in the mood for it, Juice boxes, they’re for the kids, and Iced tea, I never like that. But all the way in the back, I found 4 wine coolers. We bought them for some friends that came to visit and the wine coolers are left over. The cons of drinking now are: 1. It’s early in the morning 2. I jut drunk very easily, it only takes one for a buzz. 3. There’s no one else here to babysit me when plastered The pros are: 1. I don’t have to share 2. I get drunk very easily, that’ll get rid of my bad mood 3. There’s no one here to yel at me for drinking so early in the morning. 4. If I get drunk, I have lots of time to recover, kids won’t be home until 3:30. 5. It’s convient, I don’t have to go to the store. To drink, or not to drink ? ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-would-it-be-to-drink-at-7-00-a-m/129441/2 "2002-09-24T11:50:06Z")
Number 2 sounds like a pro to me. Go for it, **dragongirl**! ---
**Author:** ![ladydisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@ladydisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladydisco)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-would-it-be-to-drink-at-7-00-a-m/129441/3 "2002-09-24T12:18:29Z")
I say, have 1 each morning for the rest of the week. That way you’ll have a buzz every day, but won’t ever be drunk. And you won’t need to make sure you recover by 3:30. also note: “Beer then liquor, never sicker. Liquor then beer, never fear. Coffee then coolers, uh, during schoolers?” dammit. nothing rhymes with ‘coolers’…:smack: ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-would-it-be-to-drink-at-7-00-a-m/129441/4 "2002-09-24T12:20:51Z")
I’d suggest you try it once, but don’t make it a habit. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-would-it-be-to-drink-at-7-00-a-m/129441/5 "2002-09-24T12:22:12Z")
Are you guys for REAL??? No, don’t drink alcohol at freaking 8:00am!!! Whassamatta wit you??? ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-would-it-be-to-drink-at-7-00-a-m/129441/6 "2002-09-24T12:24:51Z")
Coors, the breakfast of champions. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-would-it-be-to-drink-at-7-00-a-m/129441/7 "2002-09-24T12:58:45Z")
::Looks up from his bowl of Jim Beam and Corn Flakes:: Huh? Oh yeah, drinking in the morning – very bad. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-would-it-be-to-drink-at-7-00-a-m/129441/8 "2002-09-24T13:04:31Z")
I had a few beers for breakfast once, on a day when I had no reponsibilities. It was an interesting experience, and I spent the morning in a benign giggly haze, before the hangover kicked in about lunchtime. It’s not an experience I’d care to repeat, however, hence my advice. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-would-it-be-to-drink-at-7-00-a-m/129441/9 "2002-09-24T13:10:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LolaCocaCola \* > \*\*Are you guys for REAL??? > > No, don’t drink alcohol at freaking 8:00am!!! > > Whassamatta wit you??? \*\* What is the difference between drinking a wine cooler at 0800, vs 2000? Is it the social stigma of being an alcoholic? I thought evryone here had such open minds! ---
**Author:** ![EchoKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@EchoKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EchoKitty)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-would-it-be-to-drink-at-7-00-a-m/129441/10 "2002-09-24T13:15:50Z")
I’ve done it. It’s fun. It’s also probably a bad sign, but… ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-would-it-be-to-drink-at-7-00-a-m/129441/11 "2002-09-24T13:16:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spit \* > \*\* > > What is the difference between drinking a wine cooler at 0800, vs 2000? Is it the social stigma of being an alcoholic? > > I thought evryone here had such open minds! \*\* You consider getting drunk before breakfast having an open mind? More power to ya. :o ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-would-it-be-to-drink-at-7-00-a-m/129441/12 "2002-09-24T13:18:19Z")
Bad sign if she doesn’t usually drink much and only drinks in the morning one time? I say go for it **dragongirl**. Sounds like fun. Just don’t make it a habit. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-would-it-be-to-drink-at-7-00-a-m/129441/13 "2002-09-24T13:20:48Z")
I’m just funnin’ ya **Lola**. I used to catch a lot of crap about drinking at 8am. The catch was, I work nights, so my days are inverted. My time to sit on the couch with a beer was when everyone else was eating Cheerios. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-would-it-be-to-drink-at-7-00-a-m/129441/14 "2002-09-24T13:25:38Z")
No prob, **Spit**. 😉 I guess you are right about the social stigma, tho’. I think if I were to come accross a drunk person at 8:00am versus 8:00pm, I would be more inclined to think that person is an alcoholic. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-would-it-be-to-drink-at-7-00-a-m/129441/15 "2002-09-24T13:31:44Z")
If she’s thirsty, why not drink water? ---
**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-would-it-be-to-drink-at-7-00-a-m/129441/16 "2002-09-24T13:47:33Z")
I don’t like water, but haven’t had any wine coolers yet, but there’s still time 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-would-it-be-to-drink-at-7-00-a-m/129441/17 "2002-09-24T14:07:33Z")
Ah Springer and wine coolers :::sigh::: ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-would-it-be-to-drink-at-7-00-a-m/129441/18 "2002-09-24T14:11:53Z")
Oh, hell. My brother and I had a garage sale a few years ago, and when business got slow around 9 or 10 a.m., we decided to pop a few open. We even sent out for pizza, which was amazing that we could find a shop open that morning. So there were were, on a hot summer morning, drinking beer in our driveway. I’d suddenly realized that we’d crossed the line into white-trashiness, but for some reason, we didn’t care. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-would-it-be-to-drink-at-7-00-a-m/129441/19 "2002-09-24T14:15:14Z")
"One of the conventions which bores me a lot is the ukase about not opening a bottle until the sun be over the yardarm. Well, this might have been all right for the Royal Navy; failing rum they always had buggery and the lash to be going on with…I have a robust relative who fancies a bottle of Rioja: more fragile a flower, I like a glass of white, or perhaps a drop of the Special Old Pale, the Very one. “It could, I suppose, be a bad idea to drink at breakfast-time in the damp temperate climate of England, where the metabolism is slowed, but in a drier atmosphere, and it does not much matter whether it be warm or cold, I can’t for the life of me see why one should not drink at breakfast time.” – Nicolas Freeling, from “I Long for my Porridge,” THE COOK BOOK, 1972. I don’t think Mr. Freeling would approve of a wine cooler at ANY time of day, though. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2002, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-would-it-be-to-drink-at-7-00-a-m/129441/20 "2002-09-24T14:30:58Z")
Drinking in the morning of a day off wasn’t totally unheard of while I was in the Army. I remember several Saturday mornings going over to a friends room (already crowded with other people) and we’d sit and watch cartoons and drink coffee with Bailey’s Irish Cream. Though usually the hard liquor waited until at least early afternoon. That said, I’m in the same boat as **Spit** was; I work nights. A few months ago I came home and sat down to browse the boards about 9:00AM and realised I was all out of Pepsi and other non-watery things to drink. I wound up having a B & J fuzzy navel wine cooler (yuck). Helped put me right to sleep. I’d caution to at least hydrate yourself with some water first, unless you’re the kind that gets up every couple of hours in the middle of the night to have a glass of water or two. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-would-it-be-to-drink-at-7-00-a-m/129441.md?page=2)