 We're well aware that y'all don't mind a tipple. Nearly 30,000 of you responded to a poll we posted waaaaayyy back in July of this year asking, "Do you drink alcohol? Not how frequently, why or any of that. Do you or don't you?"
We also know that if you were gonna overindulge, right about now would be the time. The question was "Do you drink more during the holidays?" You said:
So let's finish out the year with a big ol' bang... Should your guests choose to overindulge, our readers have a few notions about how to get 'em home and if you do - here's how to make it a tad less ouchy. |
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WHy dont you tell everyone where the DEALS on FREE SHOTS and Mugs are Too,To encourage them to become a DANGER TO ALL OF SOCIETY with their DRUNK BODIES ?
You should have cooked dinner naked now that's a party.
Definitely had a great night, but it was just my boyfriend & me.. Instead of going out, we had our own party @ home. I got dolled up & cooked dinner & we drank champagne & whisky! Better to be safe than sorry!
Other – I haven't stopped drinking since last NYE
Stay home and party and have everyone sleep over a have breakfast together
This year, as in every year, I will be the designated driver. I have only had alcohol once on New Year's Eve in my 35 years on this planet and that was for the millenium. I was on the beach in Australia and wasn't about to drive any where. I drove around all night long safely and prevented my friends from getting a DUI or an accident or something worse. I am happy to do it and not just on New Year's Eve. I hope everyone is safe every day when they drink! Please don't drive if you are drinking!! Happy New Year!!!
Staying home. I'm a professional drinker, and NYE is amateur night.
Just us and the kids this year, still made "party food" to get us in the New Years mood, and sat safely at the bar in our man cave to imbibe. No driving, lots of laughs, and lots of beer! Happy New Year!
Had to be at work at 7:30 this morning so it was an early night for me - not that I'm into all the loud party nonsense anyway. Had some wine with dinner, bed by 10. Gotta laugh at some of the nauseated looks on my coworkers' faces this morning, though! It's not worth it to me. I enjoy drinking, but not being drunk.
I'm in the "not drinking – not anymore" category, so you can imagine why New Year's Eve isn't my favorite event. There were plenty of past new year's that I don't remember anything about. It's much better to spend a quiet night at home watching the ball drop. No danger there with the drunk drivers, and much better for your soul not to get wasted. More importantly, it gives some time for reflection and prayer for the new year. Have a great 2011!
Much agreed! Have a great year.
I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
Hic.
Haven't done a New Years Eve party in probably 5 years. So I guess I'm turning into a boring old geez.... but just think how much cashish I save by not buying beer all the time, and not paying lawyers to get me outta a DUI. Life is grand.
Didn't drink tonight because I was serving food and drink to all the drunks at the restaurant. Don't forget that not everybody has the night off.
"Do you drink alcohol? Not how frequently, why or any of that. Do you or don't you?"
I don't know...
"Printapons" is a deal-of-the-day website that is localized if a certain number of people sign up for the offer, then the deal becomes available to all; if the predetermined minimum is not met, no one gets the deal that day.
No drinks for me, I'm a workin man.... midnight to 9:00am anyone reading this now have a shot for me
Im just gonna smoke a lot...bring in '11 in the clouds
I'm on some pretty serious antibiotics for the most horrifically painful sinus infection I've ever had. So sadly, no drinking for me. Just trying to get better.
The kids are sleeping now but earlier we danced to Justin Bieber and had a special dessert. Then a serious game of Operation – off to bed with the kiddos and hubbie and I stayed up to watch a movie on Netflix. A few glasses of wine. I grew up with parents who could not fathom not drinking until intoxicated on New Years Eve, and it hasn't done either of them much good. Call me prudish, but I've never had a fascinating conversation, a moment of great insight or really good sex when I was drunk. I think being drunk is best if you have a lot of problems or emptiness that you're trying to distract yourself about. Or you just do what everyone else does. Just sayin.
You are boring. Just reading that almost put me to sleep.
ima be high as hell, no drinking for me
Only an undeveloped (say 'juvenile') mind makes a decision to become intoxicated. First of all, if one needs alcohol to "have a good time" or "have fun," one needs to look seriously at their lifestyle. Should one CHOOSE to use alcoholic beverages, one need remember that – in most adults – the liver can process the equivalent of one drink per hour. With this in mind, one can reasonably imbibe at this rate and have no difficulty.
New Year's Eve is a night for irresponsible amateurs, as is St. Patrick's Day, et al. Mature, responsible adults recognize intoxication as loss of control – a signal of alcoholism. Sad so many people look upon drunkenness as mature, adult, ad nauseum. It is none of these!
Piss off you shit faced slut.
Breastfeeding =)
((therefore, not drinking this year))
15 mph
havent had a hangover in 24years abd remember every new years coming in for the past 24yrs. had a lot of fun out there in my younger days so much fun it made me sick but I am better now!!!!! PARTY HARDY but be safe the life you save may be yours dont drink &drive nor smoke weed and drive you only drive 15 mpr when youre high thinking you are going 80 been there done that got the key tag
Party hardy? I like to have an erection as much as the next guy, but I prefer to party hearty. Then, if I find a willing female, and the little man still can stand up, I'll party hardly.
Anya, yer a stupid bitch. The only good woman is a silent woman. Who gave you an idea or allowed you to speak? Someone please find her husband and slap him so he can pass the message to her later tonight. Happy new year bitches.
baby on board, no drinking for me!
I'm going to slip myself a rouphy and call it a night....
Probably just raid someone's medicine cabinet and try to almost Heath Ledger myself into the New Year.
Thank you eli!!!! You r a hero and keithin Canada you r a tard. Becuz you ppl like eli we have immense freedoms. Sorry but stupid comments like keiths just make me angry. And no drinks for me....stupid stomach flu.
My husband and I do not dink out of solidarity for the human race. Each dollar spent towards 'feeling silly' is a dollar that could be used to better humanity and feed a starving human.
Great ideas are born when people are feeling "silly".
Tbat is the biggest load of pretetious crap I've ever read.
GET R DONE
I'm off to get some bitch drunk and then get her prego. She'll start the new year off just right, with a surprise.
I cant believe you guys havent already started. Me and my friends are already half wya wasted. We are hoping to make it to midnight. All you non drinking PC sheep can go to bed and let the world have fun without you.
Not drinking at all. I'll be working and dealing with all the drunks, party complaints, fights, and m/v crashes because people don't know how their limits. I'm expecting the calls to start as soon as I go on duty and not to stop until at least 0500.
And people wonder why prohibition was ever tried. Alcohol brings out the idiot in people.
Find any ol bitch to sling around tonight, tell everyone that the whore house was all tapped out and this is all they had left but shes quick and cheap. After you've had your fun, tell some other drunk fucker that you'll take 20 bucks for her and tell him she's real easy. The funny part will be when he tries to make his first move and when she finds out what he paid for her. Let the games begin.
I voted other... I'm kinda sick so i'll probubly try to have like a beer or two but the though of that doesnt sound good. Its one of those throat things so shots are out of the question anyways, the only way I can officially feel drunk lol. Plus I don't turn 21 till March and I really dont feel like playing the same old 'enter the bar illegaly' game that I've been playing for the past four or so years (Still haven't memorized the zip code on the fake ID i bought up in Toronto, and I think it says I'm like 25 now).
No I'll probubly just smoke a joint or something.
A nice cold beer always helps my sore throats....
Driving on the sidewalk is much more fun after you toss back a few. Remember, no harm, no foul and besides, it's only once a year that you get to have this kind of fun. I encourage everyone to get a little crazy.
I know it is not a popular choice but here's to truth. I plan on drinking and driving tonight. Party on
I will be smoking weed instead of drinking. Hangovers are horrible and I prefer being high over drunk anyway.
Yes, I will be drinking. Yes, I may engage in some recreational use. Yes, I will most definitely be dancing to my favorite dj's all night long and probably most of the morning. No, I will not drive.
Smoke WEED, no hangovers, plus you can drive. Everyone wins.
Only a grossly misinformed person believes one can drive safely while under the influence of marijuana. What a silly comment – ". . . and, you can drive." Our world is in very sorry shape.
I am planning to spend New Year's taking down Christmas decorations, watching Bones, pop some Benadryl+Nyquil and go to bed. Stupid cold or allergies or whatever. Although I would probably be doing the same thing even if I wasn't sick.
Franziskaner Hefe!!!!!!!
No drinking for me......will be driving...don't get behind the wheel if you drink....a dwi is not worth it....you'll spend 2011 worrying about your court date and probation....
I'll have a drink or 2 at the most then bed by 9... Some of us poor schlubs have to work tomorrow.
I hope to be asleep long before the idiots in my neighborhood start to set off the fireworks.
I'll be working tonight so i wont get the chance to enjoy my new year lmao but thats ok with me plus im way too broke to waste money on drinks i dont need.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!! HAVE A GREAT NIGHT AND BE SAFE!!! DONT DRINK TOO MUCH ;-)
I'm not going to drink too much this year because alcohol isn't very good for you. Going to enjoy a cocktail or two, is all. Plus not going to drive after nightfall, since I don't want to be in accident with a drunk driver. I'm just gonna keep working to decriminalize Cannabis sativa/indica in the upper Midwest (IA MN IL WI) in 2011. Enough is enough! Modern Prohibition must end. Americans, lets live happily and considerately in the land of the free in '11 ! Have a Happy New Year. Be safe!
having my usual: a straight double shot of vsop, no maybe two, at midnight .hello 2Oll !!!
Unfortunately, I'm not drinking because I'm sick with a darn sinus infection, cold, or whatever the heck it is. I feel like crap! But even if I can't drink (don't need to add that to what already feels like an 18-wheeler going through my head), I'm going to spend it at home with family and some sparkling cider. Here's hoping 2011 is a HELL-OF-A-LOT better than last year! Be safe everyone and PROSPERO ANO NUEVO (Happy New Year in case you're a monoglot-look it up and make a resolution to learn something new-ugh!) hee hee
They didn't have a " I get drunk everyday, anyway" answer to the poll, so I had to select other.
Nah. We'll be leaving the drinking to the young & stupid. I've been through that phase many years ago.
Happy New Year and please be safe. If you are at a houseparty and think that you might even be just a tid too tipsy, ask if you can crash out there. You were invited to their home because they care about you. They will say yes ... they love you.
Smoke some good pot and relax. No hangover and you won't be as likely to do something stupid. Safer than Alcohol!
why not do both?
Drinking some moscato and Riesling, I think. And, of course, watching the Twilight Zone marathon!
Drinking is wrong. Alcohol should be banned.
Tell that to Jesus. He made some pretty fine wine at that wedding in Cana. And there's that Psalm that mentions the "wine that maketh glad the heart of man." And St. Paul advised Timothy to take a little wine for his stomach. Moderation is the key. Drinking alcohol itself is not wrong, drunkenness is another story altogether..
Trying to find some liquid opium now.
hahaha someone is going to start off the new year with a bang!...or die
Not alcohol but i'll be gettin high!
never been too enthused about New Year's – not like you're not going to see anyone AFTER 1/1....
I'll have a few drinks, play games with the kids, NOT DRIVE because as we all know it's amateur night out there on the roads, scream and shout at midnight and go to bed. Maybe my kids will learn from the family, resposible fun when it's their time to go out and about....
intoxication is always in my plans dear.
My mom is in town; her 50th birthday is tomorrow. We will be drinking.:)
I have a love/hate relationship with New Year’s Resolutions. What are your strategies for setting and keeping New Year's resolutions? http://bit.ly/eSu5sR
I have never gotten what the big deal is with New Years and will never celebrate it... Its just a number change.......
Not drinking, enjoying a quiet, cold night in the Helmand Province of Aghanistan. I'm here so that folks in the US can drink, freely.
or Afghanistan....with the f, damn keyboard!
Thank you Eli – may 2011 get you the hell out of there – try to have a nice night
I may not agree that you need to be over there, but I wish to thank you for your willingness to serve.
sir, you actually believe that killing people in Afghanistan will keep America free? I wish you and your buddies well, come home soon. No more killing.
Never mind Keithin, he's extremely ignorant as to what actually goes on in Afghanistan. Thank you for serving and come home safe!
How bout we pick another time to preach Keith.
I honor your sacrifice that allows Americans the freedom to be able to choose what to do tonight! Stay strong and GOD speed!
Thank you very much for it! My friends and I will toast one (or 12) to you tonight!
I was planning on having a few beers and a glass or two of champagne tonight, but now I have a wicked head cold. I'll be drinking water and Gatorade tonight!
Staying home here in Houston, Tx tonight and not going to drink at all except for hot chocolate maybe.
Texas has a serious drink/drive problem and I want to be part of the solution and not part of the problem.
Happy New Year
I don't like New Years. Not a partier and I dislike being around drunk people. Seems so pointless to me. Now watching the Twilight Zone marathon?...that's my idea of fun :)
buh-buh-buh-boring!
**Sigh**
Looks like ill be drinking tonight. I really wits I could smoke myself stupid, have a harmless good time, and wake up tomorrow bright eyed and bushy tailed. With a new job approaching that is not an option.
Instead ill be hammered, will have an ok time, and will wake up feeling like complete crap. Thanks control freaks.
wish*
I won't be drinking because I'll be doing my job as a bail court judge tonight. However I'll probably be dealing with some people who have been drinking! Be safe and enjoy responsibly!
Same Here. Working Air Traffic Control first thing in the morning. No drinking for me.
I hope intoxication is in my night, but it won't be me.
Bartending New Years and hoping for some cash
Herbs are better
haha amen to that!!
LEGALIZE IT! and also, To Everyone, Have a great night tonight. Don't Drink and Drive! Its NOT worth it!
personally I think alcohol is the greatest evil in the USA, with the exception of Sarah Palin's new DVD box set of her new reality show. Alcohol should be made illegal (again) and other, happier less violence-inducing forms of substance usage be made available legally. Best wishes to Obama and the USA for a peace-filled prosperous New Year!
I agree 100%!!
at least I agree with the alcohol part. Who is Sarah Palin???? J/K
Yay!! Pass the bong, my brotha!
I'll have a quiet pint – followed by fifteen noisy ones.
Take 2 asprin at bedtime.You might wake up feeling crappy.But you don't have to have the headache.
I still don't know what I'm doing...everybody is inviting to go get wasted, but drinking has lost it's appeal to me (hangovers are so not worth it)!!!!
No celebrating, no going out, and no drinking for us. We might go have a yummy Vietnamese dinner later this afternoon, though. (Denver has great Vietnamese food.) We are happy to see the new year, but our complex feelings about the past year and the coming one are personal. Overall, 2010 was a good year for us, and we expect 2011 to be better. Our best wishes for the New Year to everyone reading this. - Leonore and David Dvorkin, Denver, CO (dvorkin.com)
I intend to get hammered like a nail into a board....but then again I'm partying online while killing Klingons,Romulans,Breen,and maybe a few tribbles will get thrown out the airlock
ST:O?
We are staying home this NYE, for the first time I think. We typically go out and either take a cab or have a designated driver (usually me). I don't like feeling bad the next day. But, since we are home, I'll probably have a glass of wine with dinner and maybe a glass or two of champagne. Dinner will be better too. I've decided I can make a better dinner, with half the cost, if we just stay home. I've had too many horrible restaurant experiences in this town lately to spend too much money on a mediocre meal.
Are you learning about science tonight?
Geez, how boring. I hope you at least give your husband a blowjob tonight. Or your boyfriend. Or both.
Getting.
Tanked.
Then getting driven home where I can peacefully unload the entire contents of my stomach and fall into a dreamy sleep for the next day.
Make sure you take a leak before you pass out!
And after the whiz, suck down about a pint of water...I find that lessens the head throb the next day.
america loves to do recreational drugs, the poll doesnt surprise me and neither does the size of the alcohol section in the grocery store or the 1.5 million establishments that sell the recreational drug alcohol in this county.
I used to party hard in college. I'm done now. I'm sick of wasting the entire next day. People will say there are ways to cure it, but in reality, there isn't. I've drank enough to know what to do and how to do the next day, and nothing works. I'm not saying it wasn't fun, I've just outgrown it.
You can party, just don't party hard. Yes, if you drink the max you are going to hurt the next day. Instead enjoy a couple drinks, no need to go blitz crazy. Wake up next morning just fine.
I'm with you. Those were fun days, but they're long gone now.
That's boring. Blacking out results in a fun game of detective the next day. Finding out who I offended, what I broke, who I drunk dialed.. it's been a cherished ritual that's kept going long after college.
Bartending this fiasco. I will still drink, just not as much as everyone else (did that last night).
It's not that I don't drink at all, I just rarely do it and don't particularly enjoy it. I will be spending the New Year with friends and family who do not really drink much either. I've only had two or three alcoholic drinks all year, and never been anywhere near drunk. What's the point? Life can be so much fun without it, and there are so many disadvantages to copious drinking.
You must not have ever had those crazy drunken all nighters in college. Those are great memories!
Will , it's the few time I drank & couldn't remember a thing that put the brakes on for me.
Looks like you have been busy drinking rather than learning Grammar.
Sean, seems as though you've been busy worrying about grammar instead of learning to live – with or without the sauce. Substance y meaning = mucho more importnatly than the arrangement of teh lettres.
Going to bed early so I can get up & watch the sunrise from the top of a mountain.... I'm expecting a spiritual experience... If its not then I'm gunna be pissed I gave up a good excuse to get my drink on..
Thats a really good idea..........you will get a lot more out of that than getting wasted and waking up sick the next day at around 3PM. Hats off to you!
I live on top of a mountain.This time of year it's mostly overcast.I wish everybody a bright sunrise .LOL,but have a plan B always.
See you get drunk on the moutain and stay up all night to see the sunrise!
We stay home and enjoy good food and drink a little, the beauty of the PST, we get to watch the ball drop at 9pm, then off to bed! :) Let's me enjoy the rest of the weekend...
Was with a friend of mine years ago when he got arrested for a DUI. It was more than enough for me. Between the fine, the court costs, the alcohol classes, and the increase in insurance premiums, I think I will pass. I don't mind a drink at home, but only if I am not driving. If we go anywhere, it is likely within walking distance.
Happy New Year! I've got my top hat, 2011 sash and size 38 man-diaper ready to ring in the new year – watch out Austin. TX!
I want to party with that guy!
I am extremely impressed with my colleague for selecting that picture. Well done, SLT.
That dude at the top looks like Danny Devito as The Penguin! Party on!
Heheheh. Oswald Cobblepot.
That dude at the top is the reason why I will not drink tonight!
Hey! That's me in that picture!
And boy do I have a headache! But it was worth it. I thuink so, at least – I don't remember much from last night.
Get a DD!!!!
Sadly, I tried to get drunk to drown the stress of family, unemployment, and the waiting...to hear if I might have a job at the beginning of the year. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough money to purchase enough alcohol to even get a decent buzz....
I hope 2011 goes better for you and you get a job. Being unemployed really bites when you are trying not to be. :( Good luck!
Hope you find a good job in 2011 but seeing that you drink I wouldn't hire you.
I hate alcohol !!!! It destroys lives! I make pretty people grow old ugly. It makes all people act ugly. It shows insecurity and dysfunction! I would rather be with a 2000 pound man than a drunk!
Man...are all your friends losers? Get some new friends. Not everyone is a moron when they imbibe a bit of the grain or the vine.
It may make people "act ugly" but it also makes them all beautiful!