Sounds like you need a drink, my friend.

How are you going to perform at Zombie Skate?

Dude, its hard to tell from your post if your truly hooked on the juice or not. If so, you need more help than you can get from us. If not, good luck finding a happy medium. There''s nothing wrong with alcohol, so long as you don''t let it screw up your life.

Bagga was that friend in college who would talk you into skipping all your classes on Friday so you could get an early start on the weekend. I suspect he was also the guy who taught you how to use a beer bong. He never told you but he also carried a magic marker with him to parties in case you passed out on him.

My completely worthless $0.02.

I''m in the same boat Fletch. I''m 30 and I drink nightly. I''ve started realzing that the hangovers from the weekend, heavy drinking time, are leaking into the week.

I also do the dry out every once in a while. Its good for your body to catch up. In fact, this is usually the time I start running more and try to eat a bit better. In a way, I view it like I''m training for my next drinking run. Life is a marathon, not a race.

The funny thing is I''ve never understood how this kind of addiction works. It never affects work in any way. I only drink after supper and I still always get to bed at a reasonable time. Its one of my cheaper hobbies. I''ve never passed up a friend or gathering to drink. If I''m going somewhere that I can''t drink for a week it doesn''t bother me a bit.

Yet I have a few every night. More on weekends.

Some would call me a raging alcoholic.

Others would just call me consistent.

Look at it this way, it sounds like you feel better when you don''t drink a lot, so why would you? Why did you give up smoking? I bet those same reasons apply in some way to excessive drinking.

I''m not abstinent from drinking or anything, I enjoy a couple of beers as much as the next guy, but probably only once a week when I''m out. But drinking every night and drinking to the point of drunkeness every weekend? I don''t think I could do it honestly, it''s just not for me. If you feel and probably look better when you stop doing something, why would you start it again?

Good point, LG.

I think the confusion on my end stems from the fact that the change in the residual effect that drinking has on me has been so gradual that I didn''t really notice it until recently.

I''ve been a heavy drinker since I was 18 or so (it''s a family tradition), but my recovery time has slowly gone from about four hours to about twenty-four. This is as shocking to me as erectile dysfunction would be (god forbid). I suppose it was enevitable, but shocking nontheless.

Excess in Moderation is my motto!

Eh. Maybe I''ll just have a drink and think about it.

I''m 31, and I definately don''t drink as much as I used to. I guess it just comes down to having other things to do with your time.

Moral support comin'' at ya. >squirt<

Being in the Nav, i used to drink alot, all the time, even in foreign countries!

When I got out, after my single party phase, I eventually settled down and got a fine lady.

Well, I used to sit around on Friday nights on the computer, drink a 12 pack and have a good time. While I don''t get hangovers, I would definitely feel slower the next morning.

About 14 months ago I just asked myself ''Why am I still drinking?'' I''m not out partying or anything.

I like the taste of beer, so I started drinking O''Douls. Tastes like beer and it takes 10 beers to equal the alcohol in one normal beer.

I never looked back. Now I can drive anywhere and not have to worry, drink as much as I want at the home front (when you don''t have the alcohol in you, you don''t feel like drinking so much!). All around I''m much happier without it. And it still does not stop you from having a real drink every once in awhile.

(as an added bebifit, if you are single and at the end of the night you are one of the few guys actually speaking coherently at a club, your chances of picking up those end of the night girls are much better! )

Yeah no kidding. Night Train, DuckiLama, get the girl on Night Train! Then you can finally afford that iPod!

My thing is that I''m kind of a foodie and a wine and beer and liquor snob. I just like cooking and eatinggood food, and I love good wine with good food. And I love good beer. And I love good whiskey. Enjoying these pleasures is something I really appreciate. So I guess for me the key is everything in moderation -- this includes excess and austerity...without one you could not appreciate the other.

Quantity and frequency of drinking don''t mean much to me, the real question is: Are you happy with the life you''re living? Do you have a job you like? How''s the social life? Friends? Girlfriend? Are you in good shape? etc... and is your drinking affecting any of this? If yes then you might wanna slack, otherwise everything''s fine.

Anyway, we don''t have to read you for long to know that you''re a very smart guy and I''m sure you know exactly what to do. It''s an interesting thread nonetheless.