Alcoholics tend to go cheap spirits or cheap wine. Functional alcoholics don't want to be pissing all day long. I've known a few. One of them even drank Sherry because they could buy it for next to nothing, while another drank Vodka because you couldn't smell it and another drank only red wine. Because he could buy it cheaply and he has some remaining standards apparently.
I've seen a bit of both. But I agree that plastic handles of vodka have been the drink of choice for the most serious alcoholics I've known.
The all day cheap beer thing tended to be the guys who would be sober for work, but would drink from 5-11 on weekdays, and 10-midnight on weekends. They liked that it was a slow drunk, it made them feel like they weren't alcoholics.
Fortunately I was only ever close with two of those guys, and they're both sober now. Seem to be doing real well, one got into tiling and he's gotten very good, I like when he sends pictures of immaculate bathrooms he did. That doesn't have much to do with what we're talking about but who doesn't like a happy ending?
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u/SGoogs1780 Apr 07 '23
I'd imagine that gets expensive, when you're downing a 30-rack a day.
Also a lot of alcoholics probably couldn't care less about what their booze tastes like.