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Originally Posted by MS Fowler
I think your observation is a good diving point for beer drinkers. There are those who quantity drink- They drink 4, 6 or more beers at a clip, maybe the goal is to get drunk, or maybe it helps their social skills. I don't judge them, but they are the quantity drinkers. ( Unless they get drunk and then get behind the wheel--then I have a problem with them.)
Then there are the taste drinkers. This group likes the taste of the beer the drink, and they generally limit their consumption.
Maybe that is simplistic, but it seems to account for the popularity of the mass brewed beer, as well as the craft brews.
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I've found that, generally speaking, quantity drinkers have a complete lack of self control. Those that I've known are so engrossed in the next drink and getting drunk, that they are rarely interested in being productive. They turn to the bottle for celebration, as well as frustration and depression. Sadly, these are the ones that crash out eventually and realize, after they've lost everything good that they ever had, that there's nothing at the bottom of the brown bottle. By then, they are so hooked on it that they don't know where to turn.
I have an older brother that way...one beer is never enough for him. He has to continue until he's made an a$$ out of himself. I guess I'm lucky in that I can take it or leave it. The only drink that could easily put me on the wrong road is rum, so I rarely have anything with rum in it. I've worked too hard to get my kids and for what I have in my life to allow myself to get to that point.
Don't get me wrong...I enjoy beer, I love the flavors and how they enhance different food. I just won't let it rule me.
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