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Pint after work or getting d*unk

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By *tomCom OP   Man
over a year ago

Wellingborough

From my own observations, drinking habits in the UK seem to have changed.

When I was young I remember people going to the pub after work for a quick one, I remember people get really d*unk on a Saturday night. Strange Alco-pops and ciders. Diamond White, MD 20-20 etc ..

Now people seem to be happy at home with just a bottle of wine.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cos it's cheaper than the pub. I remember one or two nights a week, the guys I worked with and I would grab a couple after clockin off. A tenner would get ya 2 or 3 drinks and still enough for a chippy tea. Heaven forbid I tried that now, would poleaxe half me weekly income for a few cheeky sherbets after work now.

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By *reelove1969Couple
over a year ago

bristol

think the smoking ban contributed to the change also.

We don't do pubs anymore since the ban as I smoke and he doesn't and we cant see the point in going out and me standing outside the pub all night .. just doesn't make sense

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"it's cheaper than the pub. "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't drink alcohol now...... but the idea of people replacing going to their local pub with drinking alone at home, sparks all kinds of alarm bells with me...

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

The industry has changed significantly over the last few years, there is very little profit in alcohol, it's all in food....which is where many, if not most pubs, are concentrating their efforts on now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I worked in the trade for a number of years before teaching. I saw the smoking ban come in and saw people stopping coming into licensed premises. The off trade (supermarkets predominantly) sells in bulk cheaper, people can have a cigarette at home. Pubs are closing and being turned into a number of different businesses. I don't think its just the smoking ban, I think its a number of things including the issues including the recession and the overly competitive off trade.

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By *tomCom OP   Man
over a year ago

Wellingborough


"I don't drink alcohol now...... but the idea of people replacing going to their local pub with drinking alone at home, sparks all kinds of alarm bells with me...

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Why alarm bells?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cost/recession is a big factor as well as the smoking ban.

I'm not sure what sort of drinker it hits the hardest but personally I like cheap white wine and it pains me to pay so little for it in a shop and then be ripped off in an average 'two for one' style pub

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I don't drink alcohol now...... but the idea of people replacing going to their local pub with drinking alone at home, sparks all kinds of alarm bells with me...

Why alarm bells?"

I could be wrong and I’m not suggesting everyone who drinks alone is at risk…….

But alcohol consumption effects behaviour and can become addictive….!.

Lone drinking seems to offer a greater potential for developing dependency….!.

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By *riendly foeWoman
over a year ago

In a crisp poke on the A814


"it's cheaper than the pub. "

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By *riendly foeWoman
over a year ago

In a crisp poke on the A814

I would much rather get a bottle of something and sit on sofa with a good book/movie than go to the pub....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"From my own observations, drinking habits in the UK seem to have changed.

When I was young I remember people going to the pub after work for a quick one, I remember people get really d*unk on a Saturday night. Strange Alco-pops and ciders. Diamond White, MD 20-20 etc ..

Now people seem to be happy at home with just a bottle of wine. "

That's because we all got older and pubs got more expensive

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By *tomCom OP   Man
over a year ago

Wellingborough


"I would much rather get a bottle of something and sit on sofa with a good book/movie than go to the pub....

"

But according to Soxy in a pervious reply on this topic (see Above), that is not a good thing. To them it ring alarm bells

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By *reelove1969Couple
over a year ago

bristol


" sparks all kinds of alarm bells with me...

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You would have sirens going off if you came round our house !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Lone drinking seems to offer a greater potential for developing dependency…"

Leaving the problem of alcoholism out of the equation, as most don't suffer from it, there is the much bigger problem of isolation. The pub is pretty much the UK established social centre where most social behaviour is learned and practised, if we all shut our doors and drink at home then where is there any chance of a community forming with all the benefits that brings?

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By *reelove1969Couple
over a year ago

bristol


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Leaving the problem of alcoholism out of the equation, as most don't suffer from it, there is the much bigger problem of isolation. The pub is pretty much the UK established social centre where most social behaviour is learned and practised, if we all shut our doors and drink at home then where is there any chance of a community forming with all the benefits that brings? "

churches, community centres, after school clubs, gyms etc etc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I would much rather get a bottle of something and sit on sofa with a good book/movie than go to the pub....

But according to Soxy in a pervious reply on this topic (see Above), that is not a good thing. To them it ring alarm bells"

Oi...lol,,, don't put words in my mouth.... I said “I’m not suggesting everyone who drinks alone is at risk”

I was only suggesting people who habitually drink alone seem more at risk of developing a dependency than those where drinking is a limited part of their social interaction with others,,,

Sheeeeeeesh,,,,

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Our gym is lacking in conversation, we go in with headphones in and do what we do then leave, it's not just us, pretty much all who attend do the same.

Church is a problem as that will naturally lead to secular divides, plus it isn't open on the way home from work most places!

Community centres, we don't have one within a 10 mile radius of our house.

After School... bit old for that!

The old tradition of a local pub serving half a dozen streets was important, sadly it's on it's way out.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"!

The old tradition of a local pub serving half a dozen streets was important

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I agree with this 100%

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can not drink in Home I find it incredibly dull and a waste of beer, Mrs liddy will gladly sit with bottle of wine of a Saturday evening where's as I'd just rather not drink,

Drinking to me is a social thing, the pub is where I go to meet my mates get the stresses of the week of my shoulders Oman about the wife the boss or just have a chat and a laugh, also it's where I go to swear lol don't swear at home can't swear at work the pub is my release

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By *arkstaffsMan
over a year ago

Rugeley

A lot of pubs have closed because they are owned by what are effectively property companies and not breweries. These companies charge high rents and lock the tenants into a 'tie' where they have to buy all their beer through the company at a high price. The only pubs that are doing ok are the free houses and those tied to actual breweries. The smoking ban has certainly not helped either, nor has the ready supply of cheap alcohol at supermarkets.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My OH doesn't really like going to pubs, and if he does, it's quite simply for a pint then home.

I, on the other hand (Mrs T), like to go to the pub to socialise, usually every other Friday; obviously a glass or 3 of vino is usually involved, but I love catching up with friends in that environment, especially after a hectic week, and just chewing the cud and enjoying their company .

I also like a bottle of wine at home with hubby, either with a meal, or curled up on the sofa chatting - best of both worlds

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I would much rather get a bottle of something and sit on sofa with a good book/movie than go to the pub....

But according to Soxy in a pervious reply on this topic (see Above), that is not a good thing. To them it ring alarm bells

Oi...lol,,, don't put words in my mouth.... I said “I’m not suggesting everyone who drinks alone is at risk”

I was only suggesting people who habitually drink alone seem more at risk of developing a dependency than those where drinking is a limited part of their social interaction with others,,,

Sheeeeeeesh,,,, "

I have to agree with this,i hate drinking alone and if i do its a glass of wine...But most people with a problem do drink alone most of the time.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cost is definetley why it's all changed.

I used to go out Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday when I was much younger.

I'm lucky these days if I can afford one big night out a month.

Saying that often have 'girls nights in' which are always a good giggle. Food, drinks, and just generally being silly, karaoke, pj party's, etc.

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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago

In Your Bush


" A lot of pubs have closed because they are owned by what are effectively property companies and not breweries. These companies charge high rents and lock the tenants into a 'tie' where they have to buy all their beer through the company at a high price. The only pubs that are doing ok are the free houses and those tied to actual breweries. The smoking ban has certainly not helped either, nor has the ready supply of cheap alcohol at supermarkets."

The ones tied to breweries are still locked into getting a high percentage of their supplies through them.

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By *arkstaffsMan
over a year ago

Rugeley

Yes they are but the breweries charge less than the pubcos.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Go out once a wk now for a drink, 20 yrs ago it was most nights . You just feel ripped off these days . Would rather stay in.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love the English pub. when I visit it always amazes me the amount of folk who go and have just one or two pints and a chat with their locals. it is one of the best things about England. in Ireland pub goers tend to drink until they fall over!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Go out once a wk now for a drink, 20 yrs ago it was most nights . You just feel ripped off these days . Would rather stay in. "

Sad thing is it will never go back

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By *o-jCouple
over a year ago

Outskirts of Notts


" A lot of pubs have closed because they are owned by what are effectively property companies and not breweries. These companies charge high rents and lock the tenants into a 'tie' where they have to buy all their beer through the company at a high price. The only pubs that are doing ok are the free houses and those tied to actual breweries. The smoking ban has certainly not helped either, nor has the ready supply of cheap alcohol at supermarkets."

Too true

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Many moons ago... This right here wouldn't be happening as the Internet didn't exist, forums/chat rooms and swinging websites were a thing of the future instead it was in the pub enjoying socialising there, there wasn't any other option, physical isolation is a possible future, not happy about it but like the human condition demands, it's so much easier and less costly to do what people do nowadays, me, I see a friend of mine once a week for a drink

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

From my recollection of my misguided youth is of having a drink after work on a Friday night, stated off just having one or two but normally ended up getting d*unk.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Smoking ban no longer a big issue its been in effect for years folk are used to it and whist some will still not go it has had opposite effect on me as i hardly went before because of the stench and health issues best thing thats happened as far as i am concerned.

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By *iss kitty glosWoman
over a year ago

gloucester

I have many friends who I pop for a quick drink after work which ends with us grabbing a kebab at 1am still in our work clothes wondering what happened lol !!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Go out once a wk now for a drink, 20 yrs ago it was most nights . You just feel ripped off these days . Would rather stay in.

Sad thing is it will never go back "

Its a shame pubs are empty and closing . My local is going down and there is absolutely nothing the landlord can do about

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