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Old 17-09-2008, 11:22
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Go on, be honest!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7619508.stm

This 'report' seems very black and white but it appears I'm:

Boredom drinker:-
Typically single mums or recent divorcees with restricted social life.
Drinking is company, making up for an absence of people. Drinking marks the end of the day, perhaps following the completion of chores.
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Old 17-09-2008, 11:43
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Actually, it reads, 'The government believes it has identified nine types of heavy drinker'.

I don't drink anymore, but when I did have the odd drink it was social drinking.
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Old 17-09-2008, 11:45
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Either re-bonding or community drinker if I have to pigeon-hole myself

And I don't consider myself to be a "heavy drinker" - I rarely go over my units - anymore!!!
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Old 17-09-2008, 11:50
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I score 6 out 9. Beat that!
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Old 17-09-2008, 11:59
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I don't fall into any of those groups. Every day, I go home, go into the kitchen, prepare the evening meal, and drink a bottle of wine. The Government can get stuffed, not exactly perfect specimens themselves are they?
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Old 17-09-2008, 13:17
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i am a mixture of depressed and de-stressed! not bad for a 25 year old student nurse...

annoyingly, my boyfriend fits into none of the categories - he just goes out every few weekends and gets royally blootered! yay for binge drinking!

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Old 18-09-2008, 09:05
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Im a mix between re-bonding, community and hedonistic (except the single/divorced/kids bit)
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Old 18-09-2008, 17:58
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I think I could go through all of them in one night
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Old 18-09-2008, 18:03
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I like to relax in a hot bath with a bottle of gin and some nice depressing world war one soldiers poetry about mustard gas.
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Old 18-09-2008, 18:10
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Hmm. So what happens if you don't drink frequently, but whenever you do it's 'heavily'? (I'm assuming that "heavily" is more a thimbleful in one sitting, or whatever the government's 'safe upper limit' is these days).

The category "because I genuinely like the taste of wine and I also like feeling squiffy for a couple of hours" doesn't appear to be there, so now I feel dreadful that I'm letting the government down as I can't 'classify' myself.
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Old 18-09-2008, 22:55
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I don't really fit into any category, I drink maybe once every 3-4 weeks. And when I do... I drink alot!
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Old 18-09-2008, 23:00
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I'm not in any category either.

I enjoy the taste of certain drinks (Southern Comfort in particular ) but I don't need to have one to have a good evening and can take it or leave it.
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Old 18-09-2008, 23:35
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I used to be hedonistic before I started on the health kick,,,
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Old 18-09-2008, 23:53
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I don't drink alcohol, so yeah... interesting read though.
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Old 19-09-2008, 01:51
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So what happens if you don't drink frequently, but whenever you do it's 'heavily'?
Sounds as though you are one of those ghastly binge drinkers who are ruining society
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Old 19-09-2008, 08:58
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Sounds as though you are one of those ghastly binge drinkers who are ruining society
LOL!!!!! binge drinkers are ruining society? SO tonight when i have a bottle of wine, maybe open a second, with my husband, in my own home after a hard days work I am considered ghastly and someone who ruins society?

Rather than a kid of 15 who knifes someone in the street or a teetotal father who rapes his kids on a daily basis et cetc etctecec?

Not every one the "binge drinks" is a complete head case that goes out on a saturday night geting into fights, falling asleep in gutters and puking everywhere
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Old 19-09-2008, 17:53
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You're missing out on all the fun
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Old 19-09-2008, 17:59
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If I had to choose based on my drinking patterns it would be a mix of community and Re-bonding drinking but on a much smaller scale as I am not a heavy drinker.
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Old 19-09-2008, 18:39
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i'm a re-bonding drinker.
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Old 21-09-2008, 18:31
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LOL!!!!! binge drinkers are ruining society? SO tonight when i have a bottle of wine, maybe open a second, with my husband, in my own home after a hard days work I am considered ghastly and someone who ruins society?

Rather than a kid of 15 who knifes someone in the street or a teetotal father who rapes his kids on a daily basis et cetc etctecec?

Not every one the "binge drinks" is a complete head case that goes out on a saturday night geting into fights, falling asleep in gutters and puking everywhere
I think degsyhufc was joking - I agree with both of you though, this whole 'binge drinking' culture is ridiculous.
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Old 21-09-2008, 20:52
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Must have forgot my

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Old 22-09-2008, 10:06
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I'd have to be the ''boredom drinker''

Drinking marks the end of the day, perhaps following the completion of chores

I work all week, do the housework on a Saturday - and have a wee drink while watching The X-Factor


you gotta have a drink to get through that
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Old 22-09-2008, 16:40
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Making excuses for drinking eh?

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Old 22-09-2008, 16:44
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Must have forgot my

ah ok! well you know what its like on DS
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Old 25-09-2008, 17:54
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The category "because I genuinely like the taste of wine and I also like feeling squiffy for a couple of hours".
Thats my category!!! I love how you described it, perfect!
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