Markini Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Our lead singer for our jam sessions is not a regular drinker, but when recording a new piece he likes a couple of shots of whiskey. Apparently it helps his voice. He can make a shot of whiskey last an hour, he just sips it and drinks diet sodas. BTW we never play drunk, what's the point? it ruins your performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 /chuckle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sellen Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 It can happen. If there's a party with people i don't know, i like to have a beer or two home before getting there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Natural Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 ...If you have to get drunk/high to calm your nerve's then you have a chemical in-balance in your system and you should seek help right away.... Don't you mean a "chemical imbalance"? I would think that a chemical "in-balance" would be a desirable condition. And, yes, I occasionally stop off for a beer on the way home after a tough day at work. It's theraputic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djroge1 Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Never have had a problem with nerves. When I was younger I drank to just get drunk - it's just what we did before, during, and after playing or after work sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruznolfart Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 I was drafted in '68, started drinking "to settle my nerves" just before I came home in '70. I settled my nerves for 20 years and became a fookin' drunk in the process. In January of '90 I decided my Mom and Pop didn't raise a fookin' drunk and I quit. I've been sober now longer than I was a fookin' drunk. Sober's much better for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabba2203 Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 When I drink, it's usually social, and I drink to catch a comfortable buzz and have a good time. If I'm stressed, pissed off, needing to escape to a zen place to recollect myself - I go to the gun range and work on my target/self defense shooting. It relaxes me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 On the rare occasion when I do have a challenging day at work, just leaving the office and heading home to see the family is more than enough medicine to make me feel whole again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Wine is my relaxer of choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I was drafted in '68, started drinking "to settle my nerves" just before I came home in '70. I settled my nerves for 20 years and became a fookin' drunk in the process. In January of '90 I decided my Mom and Pop didn't raise a fookin' drunk and I quit. I've been sober now longer than I was a fookin' drunk. Sober's much better for me. Dude if I had your backyard I wouldn't drink either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Thanks very much for posting that, ChanMan! There was so much great philosophy in Cheers.... P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruznolfart Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Dude if I had your backyard I wouldn't drink either! LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matonanjin Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Not since 2002... This is me...Clean and sober since spring 2007. If you have to get drunk/high to calm your nerve's then you have a chemical in-balance in your system and you should seek help right away. Jokes aside, this is bad if you can't go through your normal day with-out stimulant's! I used to get hammered before playing...9 months sober now I was drafted in '68, started drinking "to settle my nerves" just before I came home in '70. I settled my nerves for 20 years and became a fookin' drunk in the process. In January of '90 I decided my Mom and Pop didn't raise a fookin' drunk and I quit. I've been sober now longer than I was a fookin' drunk. Sober's much better for me. Congratulations to you guys. 11 years for me. Life's never been better and I wouldn't be learning guitar if not sober. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I never-ever drink alcohol or do anything else to get high or settle my nerves before or during a gig. Been there, done that when I was younger and discovered it's a bad thing for me to do. Fortunately, I've never had stage fright or any nervousness at all about performing. I've been doing it since I was a kid and I actually feel better and more relaxed on stage than I do on the dance floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidl Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I generally have a beer or two after work. I like a couple of beers while playing guitar but more than that and it just gets sloppy. I used to have 2 beers before every softball game. It seemed to help me loosen my grip on the bat. Once again, more than a couple and the effect becomes the opposite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Jokes aside, this is bad if you can't go through your normal day with-out stimulant's! Alcohol is a CNS (central nervous system) depressant. The opposite of a stimulant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quapman Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Don't drink to settle my nerves. Do drink cuz I like a few pops on the weekend. The last several years red wine is my bev of choice. And as one other poster already said, a few drinks while playing is fun, but there comes a point when it gets sloppy and not so musical. Plus, guitars take more bangs and dings from drunken strumming than any other style of playing... that's a statistical fact I just made up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruffchris Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Some people can drink a drink without getting adicted. I voted yes and said I do drink after work a glass. sometimes not sometime a few...but if I read the coments after me ... Some peeps think I am a drunk now? I also sometime drink just for fun with friends or for the good tast of it. So true, some people can happily drink every day, even for some to excess without getting dependent. I drank heavily every night for around 4 years and was fine, a friend of mine got a addicted after just a couples of months. I rarely drink now, (crimbo/new years). I do how ever understand the need to get inebriated in the evenings, the rule I've always held is as long as you ain't having it(whatever) for your breakfast then you don't have a problem :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matonanjin Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 .... I do how ever understand the need to get inebriated in the evenings, the rule I've always held is as long as you ain't having it(whatever) for your breakfast then you don't have a problem :) And that is a really dangerous rule. I never drank during the day. But I drank to black out every night. My doctor told me that if I drank that way for another year I would have been dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 When you talk about addiction, alcohol is so dangerous because it is a slow poison. Takes years of hard drinking before your body really starts to be heavily damaged. The other thing about alcohol is that it is water soluble so it gets into every nook and cranny of your cells. It saturates your system. Yikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo68 Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 IS BETTER FOR YOU :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Hayden Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 I take a swig of moonshine or Makers before bed and sleep like a baby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 IS BETTER FOR YOU :) True Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Fortunately, I've never had stage fright or any nervousness at all about performing. I've been doing it since I was a kid and I actually feel better and more relaxed on stage than I do on the dance floor. I've always been more comfortable in front of a crowd than in one. The only time I feel at all uncomfortable entertaining is in front of a few friends. Still wouldn't call it nervous, but there's that feeling of "Should I quit now and join the party or keep playing". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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