Dazed And Confused.

How many words are there in the english language for getting drunk ?. An ever increasing number it would seem.Some of those I can think of are, wellied, trollied,wasted, trousered, ratarsed,blootered, stocious, hammered, wrecked, pie-eyed,slaughtered ,plastered, pissed,guttered and full. I am sure that others can think of even more.

As most know, and as it states in the opening post of this blog much of what is written here is written from a barstool perspective. That does not mean however that this blogger, or indeed anyone else associated with the blog are permanantly under the influence of alcoholic beverages. I enjoy a drink but usually know when its time to call it a day and go home. Thats not to say that on occasions one does not get a bit inebriated but I can think of very few occasions in my drinking career that I have deliberately set out to get into that state.

That, I think is what marks off most of the social drinkers over 40 from the younger generation most of whom seem to have one aim in life at the weekends which is to get blitzed out of their heads as quickly as possible. The state and the medical establishment attempt to put the blame on cheap pub promotions and cut price supermarket booze but many of the younger people I know that binge drink do it whether the booze is cheap or not. Cheeky Vimto's at £3.50-£4.00 a time are hardly a cheap option but I have seen people drinking a fair few of these and similar drinks around our local hostelries. Perhaps its time that the relevant authorities started asking hard questions about why so many people feel a need to lose their minds on such a regular basis but sometimes you suspect they would rather not know the real answers. I suspect that what the state and its allies will do is bring in even more legislation restricting the consumption of alcohol hitting the innocent equally with the guilty which seems to be the way of it with many things these days.

So those of us who enjoy our regular drink but cause nobody but ourselves any possible harm had better enjoy ourselves while we can.

That being the case, mines a pint..