Men over 30, how often do you drink?

Rarely. The hangover extends over 3 days now. It's just not worth it.

It's been 796 days since I've drank alcohol.

Way too fucking much.

Probably should consider myself a functioning alcoholic.

Usually go through a 1.75L of Jack per week on my own.

Been through a similar phase ~12yrs ago, but pulled out of that one changing jobs.

I drink when I'm stressed, but it's a vicious cycle because I know I shouldn't and that stresses me as well.

I used to drink every Friday, but recently quit. 3 weeks free now

40’s. I stopped almost completely since last October, before that though the average was about two six-packs a week. A combination of wanting to reduce costs and health reasons made me drop it. I had just gotten back a blood test showing elevated levels of cholesterol, so I’ve been adjusting my diet to reduce it and apparently alcohol can contribute to cholesterol/triglycerides. Also should end up saving me somewhere around $1000/yr I think, as I tended to drink pricier craft beers, which are $10–12 a six-pack.

I thought it was going to be harder to stop, that I might have more urges to drink or more breakdowns, I’d been drinking semi-regularly for maybe decades now, but it’s been fine. I’m really curious to see my next blood test results to see what kind of an impact it might’ve had.

I have one beer most nights now, since like a year ago. I never drink more or anything else other than a glass of wine instead occasionally. Before that, maybe once a month. I'm not in race shape (bicycle) any more but for my 30's, I'm in far better shape than most.

Sometimes not for weeks, sometimes nightly.

Maybe 1 beer a month, on average. And spirits maybe twice a year.

Never. I have this weird thing where my liver doesn't process it correctly. If I have one beer I'll throw up for 3 days.

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17659-alcohol-intolerance

"When most people ingest alcohol, which contains ethanol:

An enzyme called alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) helps metabolize (process) the ethanol.

Your liver converts the ethanol to acetaldehyde, a substance that can cause cell damage.

Another enzyme called aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) helps convert acetaldehyde to acetic acid (vinegar), which is nontoxic.

In people with alcohol intolerance, a genetic mutation (change) makes ALDH2 less active or inactive. As a result, your body can’t convert acetaldehyde to acetic acid. Acetaldehyde starts to build up in your blood and tissues, causing symptoms."

I used to have a beer every few days, now I'll have one every few weeks. They also hit like a truck now. I have no tolerance.

0 times a year.

There isn't really an upside to getting drunk, but there are a lot of downsides.

Incessantly

Cocktail hour doesn’t take a vacation

Once a week at most, usually I go two or three weeks before heading over to my local pub.

Almost Daily. I make wine and drink about 2 bottles a week. 🤗 usually spread out a few glasses in the evening for a few hours after I'm done with anything that requires leaving the house up to bedtime.

Rarely. Maybe one drink every other week or so.

I want to enjoy what I'm drinking. I like Islay single malts. I can't afford the Islay single malts that I really like anymore. So...

I don’t drink at all. I did the normal college binge drinking thing, but I usually like to keep busy and alcohol makes me too cloudy to think.

So I don’t really enjoy it.

Even if I’m gaming, I get frustrated with the cloudiness and end up just laying around.

I wish there were good quality non alcohol wines And beers as I really like the taste.

1 beer about 5 days per week. Second beer maybe once or twice a month. Haven’t been drunk in probably 5 years or so.

The best way to put it is rarely. Sometimes it's weekly, sometimes it's been 6 months. There's no consistency, and I never drink to get drunk.

Currently I have a bit of grapefruit vodka and fireball whiskey remaining, both are mixers and both fulfill a purpose. The grapefruit vodkas flavor is dead on, and it lasts much longer than actual grapefruit juice. I also just really enjoy cinnamon flavoring with just about anything.

So at this point they are both just flavor additives which happen to be alcoholic.

Once or twice a month I'll have a tall boy and a half, enough to feel bad in the morning

I have a rum and coke maybe once every six months. Even a single shot of alcohol makes me uncomfortably hot so I'd rather just have straight coke instead. I really only break out the rum when it's been an awful, awful day and I want to take the edge off.

I don't. I'm on painkillers long term, and mixing them with alcohol is not recommended. However, I didn't really like drinking before, and I don't miss it now.

Essentially the same as when I was in college except when I was in college it was social drinking. I try to not drink a lot, so sometimes I'll just stop after two or three a day, some days I have none. It basically starts with me not buying alcohol, when I only have expensive wine and stuff I tend not to casually drink. But I don't drink if I drive, if I work or if I have stuff to do later.

I'll polish a bottle of scotch every few months.

Maybe once a month and I rarely get drunk. The last time I actually drank to get drunk was on vacation in Mexico.

At the moment? Once or twice a week maybe. And only one or two drinks. A few years ago it was a lot more. But then I was living in a condo downtown with a top notch cocktail bar on the block. I was out most nights doing something or other.

A few times a year. Usually in the summer when I'm outside grilling. Drank a fair amount in my 20s. Then I had kids. I didn't want to be hungover and having to deal with kids. Also didn't have time to drink after kids.

Almost never drink spirits. Beer, maybe 2-4 cans a week, sometimes in one evening if I'm hanging out with friends, sometimes spread over multiple days. Only get drunk a couple times a year.

About 12 drinks per week on average (1 drink = ~1oz of at least 40% alcohol). It mostly depends on what I have on hand. If I have a good bottle of Cognac, Bourbon, or Scotch I will probably have 2-3 drinks every night until it's gone. If I just have a handle of Kirkland Signature then I may only have 3-4 drinks a week.

I don’t think I’ve been “drunk” in at least 10 years or so. But, I tend to have one drink most days after work.

One beer a night with dinner.

In my 30s I've learned that alcohol is a pretty dangerous and not terribly fun drug.

I'll still drink maybe once a week (but that is a beer or 2, or maybe a bottle of wine).

For the most part, ketamine is a safer and more fun substitute

I am 50. The average is a bottle of whisky weekly.

1-2 beers a week I think. Couple weekends in a year with maybe six or so portions.

Depends. 4 litres of Wine a week or 750 ml of Whiskey can be considered standard with long gaps in-between.

A beer or bourbon a few times a week depending on how wound up I am after work. Haven't actually drank enough to get drunk in months. The last few times I did it was hitting me weird and just making me tired anyway.

I will drink maybe 1-2 weekends a month. Never twice in a weekend unless I'm on vacation. 2-4 pints in a session. Sometimes I will tie one on with a buddy when we have vinyl night. Every six months or so I will go out with a large group or host a party where go a Bit harder . I largely drink socially, but sometimes I will have a craft beer mid week(I do this roughly once a month)

Maybe once a year if that, but I was the same long before 30.

Alcohol just tastes like chemicals to me, cant even have it in food without the taste being ruined.

I'll have a drink 2-3 times a week, usually. Maybe two drinks if I'm in an especially good mood. Maybe once a month or less I'll go to a show at a bar and have 3-4 drinks while I'm there.

I'm 31 and stopped drinking at all 4 years ago.

Maybe twice a year, and then fairly little. A Friday night out with friends resulted in me having headaches until Sunday afternoon, and I wasn't knocking back shots like there's no tomorrow, really just some casual drinks. Not worth it.

I still like going out and drinking (at restaurants, bars, or concerts) but only on the weekends and definitely not every weekend. A lot of my friends don't drink at all anymore, which is fine. It's very rare that I drink at home.

Do you mean drink at all or get drunk?

Drunk once a month at most, normally at gigs.

But once or twice a month I'll have one drink at home on a Saturday night. A large beer or a small cocktail. At the moment I'm doing a Jack Torrance, whisky and advocat.

I don't drink through the week but then again I never did. I used to be a pothead and smoked weed most nights, but I had to stop due to testing about 5 years ago.

None

I'd say the older one gets, the more alcohol can tend to change from being the message to being the punctuation.

In my case it'll be either an IPA (something new: everyone has a shitty IPA around here so there's no lack) or a whisky I like, in 1-2 social zooms a week and/or something to mourn the death of the weekend.

A couple times a month.

4 times a month? Not necessarily weekly but sometimes a work happy hour Thursday and out with friends Saturday. Can't do that too often though.

Was doing 2-3x/week in college but recovery definitely drops off after 30, you just don't feel like drinking the next day.

45 here. Drinking makes my joints hurt the next day. Likely from inflammation.