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Addiction & Recovery

bif

(24,547 posts) Tue Jun 27, 2023, 01:05 PM Jun 2023

Does it ever bug you when you see people drinking in a movie? [View all]

On the one hand, it reminds me of when I used to drink. On the other hand, I think, "Do you have to drink to have fun"? And it seems like they do a lot of drinking in movies

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Does it ever bug you when you see people drinking in a movie? [View all] bif Jun 2023 OP

I never judge other people who are drinking, I've become a lot less prone to judgment in my old age Walleye Jun 2023 #1

I have quit almost as long as you. What I remember is hangovers, acting like an ass and guilt. Chainfire Jun 2023 #9

No but Mr Lake quit smoking decades ago... LakeArenal Jun 2023 #2

Smoking in movies bothers me. murielm99 Jun 2023 #13

Shocking today to see Dr Ben Casey, Sheriff Taylor and Ward Clever smoke. LakeArenal Jun 2023 #15

what's with wine glasses Skittles Jun 2023 #3

Not a bother at all. Polly Hennessey Jun 2023 #4

Yes it does. Lazy writing which was bought by the producers, director, Tetrachloride Jun 2023 #5

you see it a lot in British shows too. I was never a drinker, so it only strikes me that the demigoddess Jun 2023 #7

exactly. the original All Creatures Great and Small for one Tetrachloride Jun 2023 #12

I remember one time at a movie theater, some kids in front of me had snuck in a few beers... Blue Owl Jun 2023 #6

Yes, epecially when it hasn't a thing to do with the story or when they finish a bottle of ... marble falls Jun 2023 #8

No, and I'm a complete tea-totaler TlalocW Jun 2023 #10

What bugs me is how much money people spend in bars intrepidity Jun 2023 #11

to get lucky GenXer47 Jun 2023 #16

Interesting ---- smoking used to be found in most film and tv scenes. Cigs were an actor's 3Hotdogs Jun 2023 #14

I have been caught a few times on watching DVDs of old shows irisblue Jun 2023 #17

How about TV? Watch the first episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show. First scene, they make brewens Jun 2023 #18

I see it, but it doesn't bother me RainCaster Jun 2023 #19