What category of drinker are you ? MP???
Telegraph
Government researchers have analysed the social and psychological characteristics of people who regularly drink twice the recommended guidelines of alcohol.
They found that the personality types ranged from depressives who drink at home alone, to macho exhibitionists who spend almost every evening in the pub.
The information will be used to devise public health campaigns to target those who are putting themselves at risk of alcohol-related illnesses that cost the NHS in England about £2.7billion a year.
A DoH spokesman said: “This will be a tough one to crack. Research found many positive associations with alcohol among the general public - even more so among those drinking at higher-risk levels. For these people alcohol is embedded in their identity and lifestyle: so much so that challenging this behaviour results in high levels of defensiveness, rejection or even outright denial.”
The nine personality types of heavy drinkers, to be unveiled by the DoH on Wednesday, are:
- “De-stress drinkers” use alcohol to regain control of life and calm down. They include middle-class women and men.
- “Conformist drinkers” are driven by the need to belong and seek a structure to their lives. They are typically men aged 45 to 59 in clerical or manual jobs.
- “Boredom drinkers” consume alcohol to pass the time, seeking stimulation to relieve the monotony of life. Alcohol helps them to feel comforted and secure.
- “Depressed drinkers” may be of any age, gender or socioeconomic group. They crave comfort, safety and security.
- “Re-bonding drinkers” are driven by a need to keep in touch with people who are close to them.
- “Community drinkers” are motivated by the need to belong. They are usually lower middle class men and women who drink in large friendship groups.
- “Hedonistic drinkers” crave stimulation and want to abandon control. They are often divorced people with grown-up children, who want to stand out from the crowd.
- “Macho drinkers” spend most of their spare time in pubs. They are mostly men of all ages who want to stand out from the crowd.
- “Border dependents” regard the pub as a home from home. They visit it during the day and the evening, on weekdays and at weekends, drinking fast and often.
It is hoped the research will help the government to reach out to people who consume at least twice the guidelines of 35 alcohol units a week for women and 50 for men.
The DoH will also launch a trial information campaign in north-west England to persuade problem drinkers to cut down.
It includes self-help packs, available online and in printed form, which tell drinkers how to calculate the medical risks associated with different levels of alcohol intake.
The DrinkCheck web tool will be available at www.nhs.uk/units.
Damn...
Now you've got me picturing "Eeyore" from Winnie the Pooh
I hear men find it attractive. That's why I have so many fawning over me. :P
a very loud braying donkey.
Just call me Tigasin. That's what I'm talking about
Hell no! I Laugh! Loudly! A bit like a donkey brays!
Mayhaps you "Titter"
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I'm an lol type of girl though, I don't laugh quietly and I most certainly don't chuckle.
We have to be sensitive to everyone now???
Even drunks???
geeze...
You can't teach experience...
Gwtp,fyi csi is the new lol.
Just call me Tigasin. That's what I'm talking about
Bleeding csi ???????????
WTF
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Don't worry Mr. Paul, I'm refusing to csi, I'm sticking with lol.
brutus, IAST=I am so tickled.. Labda made up that one...
brit has more TIT-based acronyms MP... :)
What about IAST??
HHmmm...... Cheers
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Heard your wife left you,
How upset you must be.
But don't fret about it...
She moved in with me.
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MP, brit meant, "This Is Terrific".....
MJ, wish i was feeling twentysomething.....Preferably a young lady .....
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har har har MP.. IAST..........
TIT!
we're only as old as we feel MP...
GTF...get to f*#$ ......(Go screw yerself)
BOBFOC...Body off baywatch, face off crimewatch ....(ugly lady)
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you'll get used to it..
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you should make your own acronym MP, so we can add it to our collection... :P
so we are using csi when it is appropriate.
Just call me Tigasin. That's what I'm talking about
no... it's a new acronym in exchange for the overused lol
chuckles silently inside.
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I think its crap. What I meant was not No CSI but no csi. In other words, not a laughing matter.
Just call me Tigasin. That's what I'm talking about
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but I usually need to take a shower afterwards. No csi
Just call me Tigasin. That's what I'm talking about
so hold on sugar, daddies got a sweet tooth tonight !
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here and sober i suppose..? ;)
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yeeay!! MP finally answered the question!!! :P
That's it, labda, you're not allowed to babysit my cats!
If i want to stay at home and drink, i do, or hit a bar if im with friends.
So i dont fall into any category.
Now, if the question was, " would yer give up alcohol?" then obviously, the answer is no, dont be silly.
Who gives a crap what other people think....
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So you take a shower every time you need to pee Tig?
take a pic of the person you hate the most and place it wherever you will pee, that should help with aiming for the target...
Sorry to digress but dyu know what the best way of washing a kitty is???!
Put pusspuss inside the toilet bowl. Put lid down. Sit on lid. Flush. Et voila.
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pee in the shower. Its a bigger target.
Just call me Tigasin. That's what I'm talking about
Gypsy, my point exactly!
labda, if you get a new kitty you should teach it to pee on the toilet. Imagine how cool!
I lived with 3 guys while I was in Uni. Not one could hit the toilet, sober or drunk.
to sit and pee, lolllllllllllllllll! hahahaha!!!! OG!!!
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labda, the problem is that most men don't have a very good aim! I've been trying to get hubby to sit and pee but no luck.
hahahahaha...!!!
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i remember taking a leak from the window of a friend's house once. had a bit too much to drink and the loo was occupied.
the next morning i was woken up by sounds of his mom screaming at the cat for peeing on the balcony. :D
Gosh... Wot wud u call sumone wit a little of everything? :)
Tigasin...showers, pools, beds, cars.
There are adult diapers. Despair not.
corleone, men have no excuse. Just pull the shower curtain back, aim and fire away.
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i don't think i fall under any of these...
If you're looking for a problem, you're probably gonna find one.
Out of the shower to the sink? To pee? csi
what's wrong with the shower?
Next thing you are gonna tell me is that I have to step out of the shower when I want to pee.
Just call me Tigasin. That's what I'm talking about
Britexpat, if I deny that I am, it kind of suggests that I am. csi
Tigasin, dont you worry, in about three years, you'll be able to take on a fourth and still remember that the sink is not the right place to wee. :P
Fatcat, you're not the stray I saw. I would have recognised you. You're not exactly hard to miss, hehe
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On some days, I fit different catergories depending on the time of day!
D'ya think I may need some help?
Government researchers have analysed the social and psychological characteristics of people who regularly drink twice the recommended guidelines of alcohol.
this study was for people with a drinking problem lol. no wonder i dont fit into any of those.
labda, are you referring to me as the stray cat down the road?
I once had three whole beers in one night without falling down. I did feel rough the next day though.
Just call me Tigasin. That's what I'm talking about
i think i was once a community drinker.....
Throughout my life I fit in each category at a time. Now I only drink to say "Cheers" to somebody else.
So we should call him "Tip" from now on..:)
These categorizations are for "HeavY" drinkers Labda.. I hope you're not one of those..
Gypsy, thats no big feat. The stray cat down the road can do that. :P Tig can barely finish a second glass without tippin' over.
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I don't know if I classify as a heavy drinker, but I can drink Tig under the table. :P
La.. I just drink when I feel like it.
Gypsy, dont let them stick you in a box!!!!
No seriously, I dont see where I fall. Oh thats right the article refers to heavy drinkers and Im not one so doesnt apply. Im a moody drinker. Sometimes I feel for it when I shouldnt, and sometimes I dont feel for it when I should.
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Hmmm, I'm torn between de-stress drinker and boredom drinker.
I dont drink. Never touch the poison. Except when I can.
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