Sebazz1 2 #1 November 27, 2002 Both my parents are French. Both used to work and run restaurants. Naturaly they are pretty big drinkers. You'll never see them get out of control but man they put down a lot. Though they divorced when I was young we all still get together as a whole family every year. Mom, Dad, Stepfather, and Sister. I am ashamed to say it but my father can out drink almost anyone I know. And the dude never looses his cool. Though I have been to other family's celebrations and when some of the folks get a little too much spirits in them... Whammo!! Instant entertainers, assholes, or passed out the couch... How about every ones elses family? They drink much? I personally feel like I'd be better of at the DZ after the green light than hanging with my father for a couple of days Oh man I am gonna get f'ed up tomorrow... Your family big drinkers? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #2 November 27, 2002 My family hardly drinks at all. Just some wine with dinner and my Dad drinks beer occasionally. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #3 November 27, 2002 mom will have a glas or two of wine...dad will kick back a few beers..but both of them only will do that very rarely... when i was in high school my mom found a few bottles of wiskey uner my bed and asked me if i had a drinkng problem....she just didn't understand how 4, 16 year old could go through 2 bottles of 40 proof alcohol in less than 3 years......lol........ ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #4 November 27, 2002 I come from an Irish American family. Yeah there's drinking, but people in my family seem to be able to hold it pretty well. Even my grandma used to drink whiskey "It's for my arthritis!" ( the irish think alcohol is medicine) And when the family would get together at her house (which we did often, we're a pretty close-knit family) she would hand me a twenty & send me down to the liquor store for a case of beer. Yep. our family, straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #5 November 27, 2002 Nah. Shame, really. My Irish Dad doesn't drink anymore, my French Mom comes over, and occasionally I'll get her lit on mudslides, my inlaws, oh, my inlaws (St. Michael, Archangel, defend us in battle.....)sorry, I was praying for strength. They don't drink. I much prefer laughing and sharing booze with the DZ crowd. I like it a ton when my wife manages to join us. Come out to Byron Friday, Seb! You can watch me do boring straight in approaches all day! I'll give you a giant motrin for your headache.JP Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blondeflyer7 0 #6 November 27, 2002 Well my Dad drinks....well no comment on how much...and my Mom she doesn't she's got heart problems so she has to watch that stuff.....my sister...well..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #7 November 27, 2002 QuoteCome out to Byron Friday, Seb! You can watch me do boring straight in approaches all day!I'll be in Paso unfortunately with the family. Safe swoops! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #8 November 27, 2002 Now I'm expected to bring my homebrew to all the family gatherings! Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrose7 0 #9 November 27, 2002 my mom drinks wine and my dad occasionally has beer. When us kids come home for get togethers (all over 21, of course) they stock up the mini fridge with beer for us. I like it. If I ever go over there and there is no beer, they go buy some. We don't usually get drunk together, but it has happened before, and it is pretty damn funny.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The mind is like a parachute--it works better when it is open. JUMP. MaryRose Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SudsyFist 0 #10 November 27, 2002 Quote Your family big drinkers? like fish steve Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooked 0 #11 November 27, 2002 The majority of us drink, Beer and wine usually. We all try to moderate the drinking though, since I had a sister who died from Cirrosis (sp). You just can't help those that don't want help. J -------------------------------------- Sometimes we're just being Humans.....But we're always Human Beings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #12 November 27, 2002 My immediate family is basically t-totallers (don't drink at all and don't like drinking, would probably support banning drinking again...). The extended family is damn near in the same boat. My generation of the extended family all drink, but we don't even talk about it around the rest of the family. Kinda sad actually. With that said, just about all the members of my generation of my extended family has had some sort of problem with alcoholism due to not being brought up with it and not being taught about being responsible with it...--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mouth 0 #13 November 27, 2002 My dad has never drank that I have seen. My step-mom will have a girlie drink once in a blue moon but it is rare. My step-sister likes beer, but her husband frowns on it. My step-brother is the only one that can hang with me at all. We can go out and party all night drinking, dancing and having a blast. My family knows I have a beer fridge in my laundry room and liquor in the cabinet because I have no problem drinking it in front of them. -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bwilling 0 #14 November 27, 2002 My mom and dad drank very little (at least that I can remember) growing up, and none of my three brothers drink much at all, and never have... I, on the other hand, have been known at various times in my life to drink enough to make up for all of them... "If all you ever do is all you ever did, then all you'll ever get is all you ever got." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #15 November 27, 2002 I think i'm the only one in my family that drinks. I don't really talk to my family much though. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blondeflyer7 0 #16 November 27, 2002 Quote I, on the other hand, have been known at various times in my life to drink enough to make up for all of them... myself........I'm dry as they come....ok ok...maybe a few Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #17 November 27, 2002 Strange the responses I am getting. Well strange to me anyway. I guess it's my backround. I started having spirits at the table when I 6 years old. Not regurlarly but occasionaly. Also being in the restaurant business almost my entire childhood it seemed quite natural to be around food and alcohol. I have abused alcohol like a lot of us have but it has never affected my health or work or whatever. I guess it would appear from the outside that my family and I drink heavily but it does not seem so to me. Every one in my fam is in control. Probably just because it is or has been a big part of our lives. But I can see that is not the case for the majority of folks... Hrmmmm... Interesting... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoby 0 #18 November 27, 2002 I'm from Ireland, which is well known as a nation of drinkers. My parents have two fridges. One is a food fridge, one is a beer fridge. That said, I've never seen my dad truly drunk, which is probably because he'd have to drink a six-pack an hour at his body weight. My mom occasionally gets a bit tipsy, though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keskeie 0 #19 November 27, 2002 My parents don't drink, except for maybe champagne at weddings....(they said they drank when they were with the German relatives travelling through Europe 35 years ago). But then they have reason. They both have brothers and sisters that have (or had) big problems with alcohol. I drink an occasional beer at home, but I don't let them know I drink anymore, because I don't want them to worry about me..... Because of my upbringing, I didn't have a drink until I was 21, which I think was good for me. I learned to be myself and handle problems without alcohol...... (not that I always do now, though. ) We were never feeling bored because we were never being boring. -Zelda Fitzgerald Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
misskriss 0 #20 November 28, 2002 My Dad was a big drinker when I was growing up. He's been sober off and on for years..I'm hoping this time he's kicked it. My mom rarely drinks.... my brothers and I...in moderation.. I married a man who doesn't drink partly because I didn't ever want to have to worry about what my mom went through. and ..I always have a designated driver... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallinWoman 1 #21 November 28, 2002 My dad has had a keg in my parents' house since I was six years old. There used to be a step stool in front of it for me to use when I got him a beer. Part of getting beer is, and always has been, sucking the suds off the top. Yeah...I guess you could say that my family drinks. Mom bought four bottles of Champagne for the two of us tomorrow..... ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jceman 1 #22 November 28, 2002 Interesting question. My family has always enjoyed drinks and there seems to be more a few alcoholics as I look back. Drinl was always a part of get togethers and special occasions (such as the sun rising that morning). I learned to make the perfect martini for my Dad when I was about 10 or so, but was always given to understand that drinking was for the Big People. I was allowed to taste various drinks and didn't care for it much. On special occasions such as Thanksgiving, I was given a small glass of wine to go with the meal. My sons were brought up with the same ideas, but of course they had to learn the hard way, too. They both drink, but pretty much in moderation. The amazing thing that this thread brought to my attention is that with my Dad been gone these past 21 years and his folks that same year, my Mom's folks gone by '95 and with her death this past April, I am now that Patriarch of the family. Dang I'm old! Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dropdeded 0 #23 November 28, 2002 My dad drinks a lot but handles it well,my mom dont drink at all,one sister drinks occasionally and the other occasionally and cant handle it.My brother,an obnoxious alcoholic.My father in law,an extreme alcoholic.Mom in law,dont drink. Myself,haven't had a drink in 4 years if I make it to January. dropdeded pcss#26------------------------------------------ The Dude Abides. - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #24 November 28, 2002 my mother has had maybe 4 glasses of wine that i can recall, my father drinks very, very rarely (there was a bottle of gentleman jack that lasted at least 8 years and i think i drank more of it than he when i was home on occasion.) i can only recall seeing him drunk once. that said they let me drink rather young. We were stationed in germany for 9 years, and i think the fact that it was never 'taboo' kept me from ever really going way over the edge..i even tried to crawl into a bottle (proverbally) while going thru some tough times and discovered it just wasnt me.. so while i enjoy the occasional drink it isnt really a requirement for me..____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve1 5 #25 November 28, 2002 I hate to say it but at least half my relatives are alchies. My Dad gets bombed out of his mind every day on whiskey. My brother is supposed to die in the near future if he keeps on, but he can't quit. My wife's Dad drank himself to death. I could go on but I don't want to depress anyone too much. Growing up I swore I wouldn't be like my old man. So far I think I've done a pretty good job of raising my kids, but I'm sure I've passed on some dsyfunctional stuff down to them also. It's not easy to break the cycle, but I like to think I'm doing it. Steve1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
