Hey all!

First let me start by saying: "Please, don't preach about the downsides of alcohol and stuff". This post is intended for the members here that drink alcohol (for whatever reasons) and understand what a drinking buddy is. Most importantly, I don't mean to offend anyone so if you are offended please just move along.

Well, thing is, I drink. Regular. Finish work: go for a drink. Weekend: go for a drink. Feeling a bit down: Talk it away on a drink (not in bad trip kinda way hehe). And thing is, that lately, I've kinda ran out of drinking buddies -- most either traveled, or don't have same schedules.. So my question is: What the hell do you do? Have you been there? Do you drink by yourself? I'm not really in a mood these days to go out pubbing for the sake of meeting new people really.. so.. I don't know.. Please Advise :D

Cheers peeps!

P.S: Yeap, I know, weird post, innit hah.
Me, I drink at least twice or three times a week, at home with the family or alone.
Never on restaurants or anywhere else.
I only drink french wine and single malt scotch, two or three cups maximum.
Beers only with 'Narguile' one time in a month or two.

Well I personally don't need a 'drinking buddies'. It may sounds weird, but, when I am drinking I feel like I am dating my cup :P. Touch it, feel it, taste it, love it!

I have two sacred times: Piano time and drinking time ; Combined, I am in heaven.
Go to a nice spot. Drink. Maybe even light a fire, so that we don't get too bored :)
Maybe you can join.

PS: Drinking alone only when I am suicidal.
am not a psychology expert, but am pretty sure you can find more constructive ways to vent.
I have one drink per week (average) and that's if there is any occasion, else I don't really enjoy drinking.
i worked as a bartender and bar manager for 7 years ... one should drink alone if he is having some premium stuff.. if not just blend in if you're alone ..
Well ok i agree with you guys about the way to enjoy a premium drink (single malt, yes!) but mostly Rolf got it right. That's what I do man, but when you start to realize that the people you're with don't really share the same interests (I might brag about a Hohmann transfer I've done in orbiter, or maybe play a tune on guitar and improvise funny lyrics lol), the fun kinds of fades away and you go into I-better-drink-alone mode... Which I suspiciously regard as a start to alcoholism -- which I'm not probably too far from anyway..
when you start to realize that the people you're with don't really share the same interests
it's important to consider what is the basis of the relation

-friends first, and then go for a drink to share stuff, laugh about memories etc...

-drinking buddies who just drink together but don't share much in common when sober

this could be a point of transition, from social drinker to alcoholic. my advice, try not to transition - drinking alone and not being able to vent(positive or negative) can make you sink into the darkest places. keep it social