How many whiskey and cokes....

Terrebandit

Is acceptable per day? I think I've developed a new fetish for bourbon and cokes. I get home after a stressful day and I poor myself about two drinks before bed. Helps me relax and sleep. I would guess that amounts to be about 4 shots per day. Been doing it now for a couple weeks, every day. Am I turning into a fricken lush??

DoubleEgger

If you're asking a grill forum....

RiverDoc

I can't help here I like them way too much. We went on a cruise for Thanksgiving, the cruise line we went on encouraged BYO so I brought some Jack. They also offered free Cokes. My YETTI rambler got a 7day workout!

theyolksonyou

Imma avoid this thread with fear of self discovery....

Terrebandit

Normal or not? I gotta know!!!!!

bigdogk9

Willie Nelson lyrics!!!!

There's a lot of doctors that tell

That I'd better start slowing it down

But there's more old drunks than there are old doctors

So I guess we'd better have another round

LKNEgg

Fact! Well said Willie!

Skiddymarker

If you are asking due to the amount you drink, skip the Coke, that crap will kill you!

pgprescott

Three doubles. Unless you are retired, then whatever. Heck, once you get through training it should be no problem. I must admit, that third one bites sometimes.

Terrebandit

LOL!!! Let's just say that I use a lot less coke now than two weeks ago. Makes me wonder if I have a problem.

SmokeyPitt

Terrebandit said:

LOL!!! Let's just say that I use a lot less coke now than two weeks ago. Makes me wonder if I have a problem.

I didn't start worrying until I realized that it had been every night since 2009. I lost the coke completely around 2010.

Randall_Lee

Skiddymarker said:

If you are asking due to the amount you drink, skip the Coke, that crap will kill you!

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Tinyfish

As Neil Young said " it's better to burnout then fade away".

SkinnyV

Everyone's tolerance is different . I like exercising and running to drink that every night but a couple doubles straight with 3 cubes is not far off for me when I do drink.
When I drink a few nights in a row I like to go a few without just to tell myself I can.

UrbanForestTurnings

Terrebandit said:

Normal or not? I gotta know!!!!!

Crazy as hell or you by crap bourbon. Never mix good bourbon with anything [-X

AUCE

Terrebandit said:

LOL!!! Let's just say that I use a lot less coke now than two weeks ago. Makes me wonder if I have a problem.

Yes..you definitely have a serious problem.....
Two per day is totally unacceptable....3 or more....amatures imbibe at 2....3 and your on your way to professional status.
Also a good bourbon is.required..Makers Mark aka Mothers Milk will allow one to partake in copious amounts without threat of saturation. A mix of 33% to 66% is an acceptable ratio..the 1% is melted ice. Consistency is paramount.

Hokie_Smoker

Ditch the Coke and try a little ginger ale.

Fred19Flintstone

I don't know if your question was serious or not, but nobody has offered a serious answer so I will. The mere fact that the question has occurred to you may be a sign of trouble. Skip the alcohol for a week and don't load up on caffeine as a substitute. Then you will have your answer.

UrbanForestTurnings

Fred19Flintstone said:

I don't know if your question was serious or not, but nobody has offered a serious answer so I will. The mere fact that the question has occurred to you may be a sign of trouble. Skip the alcohol for a week and don't load up on caffeine as a substitute. Then you will have your answer.

I think you are the crazy one
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Chubbs

Lose the coke. Little healthier. I don't drink brown water as much anymore but when I do, it is on the rocks with a little splash of water.

GATraveller

Too bad you're in Austin or I'd take you to a meeting......

Terrebandit

Fred19Flintstone said:

I don't know if your question was serious or not, but nobody has offered a serious answer so I will. The mere fact that the question has occurred to you may be a sign of trouble. Skip the alcohol for a week and don't load up on caffeine as a substitute. Then you will have your answer.

I think I could do without, but am enjoying it right now. For example, last night I had the urge to have three doubles, but had two instead. Have never been a hard liquor fan, until two weeks ago. I don't think it's too excessive.

Griffin

I don't know about per day, but on a light night I do one Coke Zero. That generally gets me three drinks in a rocks glass with plenty of ice. ON a heavier night, I don't know. I lose track. )

Terrebandit

Ok, I visited a blog of an Ivy League college. Got my answer! LOL.

http://blog.harvardvanguard.org/2012/04/how-much-is-too-much/

fishlessman

4 shots a day is like training wheels
)  my doctor is ok with my drinking but would be all over my case if i told him i was drinking coke

milesvdustin

Sometimes I wont drink for a month and sometimes Ill throw down a 12 pack. Its whatevs.

Eggcelsior

I have a bourbon and coke once, maybe twice a year, usually during the holidays.

henapple

2?....hell, I have 2 cocktails in the shower.

500

Hokie_Smoker said:

Ditch the Coke and try a little ginger ale.

Agreed.  Bourbon and Ginger with a lime wedge is better.  And avoid the artificial sweeteners and the high fructose corn syrup sweeteners.  Really gives an off taste to a cocktail.

But to your original question; if you think you have a problem, then you may.  If you are reaching out for help here, you may be asking the wrong people.  Talk to your doctor for a better answer.  Everything in moderation.

Turk2011

I agree that the coke is far worse then anything you would mix with it. Ginger Ale is my go to

wbradking

True Kentuckians will mix with Ale-8-1 rather than Coke or Ginger Ale.