Surprised to see that so far 80% of voters either don't drink or only drink occasionally.

Among the folks I know it's more like 80% are heavy to moderate drinkers, but then again, I am Australian, getting hammered is basically a national sport here.

I used to be a heavy drinker when I was 18-23, then from 24-30 I've been only an occasional drinker, then I stopped drinking for over a year when I had cancer, and now drink exactly once every 14 days as I organized an fortnightly online hangout for my friends as most of us were in lockdown.

My favourites are Baileys and Midori. Separately though, those two would not go well together haha.

I drink more than any health person should. I've had a lot of struggles in my life, especially mental, and drinking is a temporary solution for that... but when you're going from one temporary to another constantly it sort of becomes permanent... so yeah, at one point in my life, and for quite a long time, I considered myself a high functioning alcoholic. It's something I'm slowly but surely trying to beat, but this last year has been a major fuck over for me in pretty much every regard. I've not been drinking every single day, but the days I do drink I've been having quite a bit. My favourite thing to drink is spiced rum, Kraken is the bees knees although I do enjoy a bit of Captain Morgan's too... I'll have them straight or mixed with whatever I'm drinking. Next up is a lovely bit of Jack Daniels, I really love the honey one, again I'll have that on its own or mixed with pretty much whatever... if we're talking "softer" drinks, can't go wrong with fruity cider! Strongbow dark fruits for the value, it's piss cheap and tastes alright, but I also love my bottles of Bulmers or Koppaberg too.

Honestly I've accepted that for the most part I'm pretty much always going to drink, I've tried therapy for my problems, I've tried medication, therapy did nothing and the medication made me feel worse, especially since everything I was prescribed seemed to clash with my epilepsy medication too... drinking has basically become my coping mechanism for when my mental health takes a nosedive, and this year has had it in a constant downward trajectory to the point where, well let's say I've made some questionable decisions. I've tried reaching out to friends and family about my mental health problems, but my friends are never around to talk, as if everyone's drifted off, or they've drifted off together without me for the most part, and my family legit believe mental health is a myth or something, like my dad has this whole conspiracy about it, doesn't care that his son has almost died multiple times due to mental health issues, he's one of those old generation people who think men have to be manly men without feelings and shit and mental health was created to sell pills... I really wish I was exaggerating with this by the way. Anyway, this isn't the "Vent about your mental health issues" thread so I'm gonna' shut myself up before I carry on and say too much.