# How often do you drink alcohol? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 18, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232 "2011-08-18T22:05:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Al\_Bundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@Al\_Bundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al_Bundy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/41 "2011-08-19T00:50:28Z")
Unless you count mouthwash, the answer would be never. I see no advantage to it. I want full use of my senses without adulteration. I can get buzzed in another way through physical exercise or working out a problem. I need to be fully ready for any emergency and that could include driving or otherwise reacting to situations. Nope. NO upside to alcohol for me. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/42 "2011-08-19T00:53:20Z")
I vote 3-4 times a week, but sometimes if we have good wine or beer in the house I’ll have a drink every night. And when I’m watching calories it falls down to maybe 1-2 times per week. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/43 "2011-08-19T01:04:13Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Starting to get just a little miffed with polls which don’t have an exhaustive list of options-the one about coffee last week also didn’t have a selection for “No, never drink the stuff-it tastes like fermented Mississippi mud to me.” I think “fermented Mississippi mud” would count as alcohol, wouldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/44 "2011-08-19T01:21:05Z")
I essentially quit drinking over a year ago. The only reason is I wanted to. I had some beers on NY Eve, and two other times. The last time was the night Osama was killed. I do find that I sleep better w/o alcohol in my system. I will say that I have been a moderate to heavy drinker before I stopped. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/45 "2011-08-19T01:26:48Z")
My vote was 3-4 times a week, but that’s the standard, garden-variety average week answer- i.e. neither work nor home is too hectic, and I have beer/wine or limes/lemons (to go with my rather comprehensive home bar). It’s usually Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and sometimes some other day of the week. When things are hectic at home, I drink less- no time! When things are hectic at work, it’s more of a stress reliever, so I tend to drink more often- up to every day. I rarely have more than one at a time, except for the occasional time when I meet buddies for beers after work, or I’m playing games with a different set of friends, and the Belgian beers come out. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/46 "2011-08-19T01:27:36Z")
There’s no 2-3 times per week, so I went with the 3-4 times per week option. Some weeks it’s never, some weeks it’s 3 times, some weeks, it’s 5 days. Around the holidays, I really get a jones for cocktails. In the summer, it’s beer. Spring, fall and the rest of winter, I don’t have much of a taste for it. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/47 "2011-08-19T01:33:52Z")
I like the taste of alcohol. Maybe once or twice a week I’ll have a single drink sometime after dinner. Manhattans are my current favorite. I rarely drink any more than a single drink, and I don’t drink to get buzzed. Maybe once a year I’ll drink enough to start seeing double, but I’ll stop drinking at that point. I don’t really like that feeling, I prefer being alert, and I don’t like being around drunk people. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/48 "2011-08-19T02:01:55Z")
I voted “once a month,” but really it’s somewhere between that and “once a week.” Maybe every two weeks on average. I really don’t drink as much as I used to in my youth, but if my friend from upcountry comes to town for a weekend or there’s some other special get-together, I’ll make up for lost time, heh. EDIT for a nitpick: “Every day” and “every night” are two words. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/49 "2011-08-19T02:11:19Z")
Only in a fancy restaurant, or in a bar do I partake. And I’m rarely in fancy restaurants or bars. Well, I have partook at home, that’s true. That’s even more rarely than at bars or fancy restaurants. ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/50 "2011-08-19T02:12:38Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > I voted ‘once per month’ because it’s the least frequent option available. But it would be closer to ‘once per quarter’. This for me, also. I’m not a teetotaller by any means, but thinking back, I had a ‘hard lemonade’ at a conference last June, before that I think was Christmas. Wait, I mean FOOL OF A TOOK! YOU FORGOT … less often. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/51 "2011-08-19T02:14:01Z")
> [@Satchmo](#): > > Wait, I mean FOOL OF A TOOK! YOU FORGOT … less often. > 😉 Ahem. Royalties. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/52 "2011-08-19T02:18:34Z")
Never. ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/53 "2011-08-19T02:27:21Z")
Once a month normally, more if I’m on a business trip - maybe 2-3 a night. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/54 "2011-08-19T02:54:51Z")
3-4 times a week, adjusted across the year. I may go three weeks without a beer, but I’ve had one every night for about eight days in a row right now. ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/55 "2011-08-19T02:56:59Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Ahem. > > Royalties. Okay, Skald, I’d rather owe you than beat you out of them. I have a fear of flying monkeys with fricken’ lasers on their heads. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/56 "2011-08-19T02:59:47Z")
Poll could have used more options.(including never) I average 3 drinks a month. I usually have 2 drinks at the same time but I don’t necessary even drink every month. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/57 "2011-08-19T03:03:18Z")
Somewhere between “Never” and “I take a sip of my husband’s beer a couple of times a year.” No, wait, I have a very small drink of di Saronno a couple of times a year. Wow, I’m drinking like a half ounce of alcohol every other month! I’m out of control! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/58 "2011-08-19T03:33:31Z")
Pretty much every day. I’d say 6 days a week on average. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/59 "2011-08-19T04:06:46Z")
Never. Haven’t had a drink since 7/22/87. Before that, every goddamn day. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/60 "2011-08-19T05:17:00Z")
Never. Except to cook with. For me, any kind of alcohol=instant migraine. No thanks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232.md?page=4)