Drinkers in Spoons

[TheDaringOliveNewt]

I'm away and at spoons having breakfast.

Every single table apart from mine has pints going, at 8.30.

Aibu thinking it's weird?

People used to have beer for breakfast.

So what? life expectancy years ago was age 40. Not sure what point it is you're making

Also surely shift workers having a pint at 8am at the end of work will not had "fasted" all night. They would have had food and water during their shift.

How?

Ha! My favourite topic. Firstly it’s not true that alcohol abuse has increased with the change in licensing laws. But the relaxation of many laws (not just pub opening hours, also the sale of alcohol in supermarkets and other more family friendly premises) led to alcohol companies capitalising on the new markets available to them, mainly women who had a limited welcome in pubs prior to that.

there have always been lonely men in pubs. Pubs were a very important social hub for much of the 20th century. Society has changed now, and this has been quite negative for lonely men who can no longer trundle down the pub at 6pm and find their friends and neighbours having a drink and a pub game. Don’t mistake this for less alcoholism- the same men were alcohol dependant then too.

the big difference is their sons- who rather than joining the building site and pub after work at 16, went to college became offie workers and joined the gym. And that is what Blair was aiming for.

I posted above - google it if you dont believe me. My God, people are so precious about alcohol

I'd rather be slightly drunk than extremely judgemental.

I used to love going to Spoons early doors, breakfast, magazine. I'd quite often stay until mid afternoon.

Now, I queue outside my local at 10am because Spoons don't allow dogs. Again, on my own, a single woman of a certain age. I might have an alcoholic drink sometimes, sometimes not. I'm not bothering anyone and keep to myself.

Anyway, Spoons do THE best chips!

Well yes, quite.

Of course they have a problem.

What do you actually think the word 'alcoholic' means? 😳

So again, my question is why would we judge them instead of just being grateful that we are not them?

Time doesn't exist in there ime. it's like being in an airport.

I don’t really understand why you would go to Spoons for breakfast if you didn’t want to drink? Surely there are more pleasant places to go for breakfast?

Egg and sausage muffin with bottomless coffee for £3.89. That's why.
Lots of other choices too at more than reasonable prices.

Our local Wetherspoons is in a beautiful old government building and the clientele is hugely diverse.

Now what about if you don't work or drive due to retirement, but your daily life pattern is still roughly rising at 7am and going to bed at 11pm?

If you drink enough for it to affect your decision-making, which of the two times, 8am or 8pm, would have worse consequences on your life?

10am is early yes but 8.30 is extremely early to start on the booze. I've no idea why you can't see that.
They will be sad alkies, not shift workers.

You, like most other people on the thread, have just agreed with me - you go because it’s cheap and quick - and that’s fine. Glad you enjoy it.

I hope your appointment went well .

@Princessofgreyskull But your points - it is not great to drink alcohol on a empty stomach or when dehydrated and drinking alcohol if you have other reaponsibilities later that day, while true, are not unique to mornings.

What if I was a shift worker and got up at 5pm for an 8pm shift. A 6pm glass of wine would suffer from the same issues that you identify as exclusively morning drinking issues.

Well aren't you holy.

Along with discussing Goethe, The Traitors and numismatics, other people's lives are endlessly fascinating.

It’s a bit of an exaggeration to say it’s “really bad for you” though isn’t it? You’re describing temporary effects that will be worn off by the next day.

Morning drinking doesn’t have a special way of deteriorating your liver faster, which is what is indicated by it somehow being worse than night drinking .

I’d like this on my gravestone, please.

I don't drink, so not sure how you've decided I'm "precious about alcohol".

We can do both, judge and be grateful that we have self control and boundaries?

but what are you judging??)

Drinking early in the morning is a key indicator for a drink problem because alcohol dependent people wake up in withdrawal

Its funny because I have drank alcohol several times early in the morning and i bet that a significant amount of people on this thread judging morning drinkers drink more then I do.

Yes and they were settling in for the day as well.