Studies have shown that Britons have drunk more alcohol and smoked more cannabis due to loneliness, depression and anxiety during the pandemic, with mixed effects on their mental wellbeing.
Yup
No, I am still it’s half brother, twice removed on my mother’s side.
I have totally embraced Fosters this year.
I drink much less, though to be honest I didn't drink all that regularly before - just high days, holidays and special occasions. Christmas is likely to change my relative abstinence, however.
Why are they stacking the bottles on their side? This what they’re talking about—how we stack bottles? Cuz that’s weirdo.
Yep. I didn't drink much to begin with. Now with bars, restaurants and large social gatherings restricted, I have less of an incentive to drink.
Nah. I drank booze occasionally before and it is much the same now
I drink way less
No, but I watched The Queen’s Gambit and now I wanna try those green pills
It strengthened a lot. Also it help with the hookers and strippers too.
Yes
I don't really use either, but I have reduced sugar intake dramatically. I'll say this, sugar has been much harder to quit than caffeine. and caffeine was a bitch.
More alcohol less drugs 👎
Brought us close again after a long time. 🖤🖤🖤🖤
I learnt at an early age not to fill empty space with alcohol or drugs. I'm now filling in the empty spaces with Almond Magnums. £2 for four, I'm developing a really worrying habit.
no, but the next 10 weeks of Trump might
It has. I haven't touched alcohol.
Nope, just reminded me how important that relationship was and glad I’ve been investing the time throughout rather than trying to have a fling. It’s always been you.
Before COVID-19 we were just dating. Now we're married.
i have never drunk alcohol and i will never drink it because it is simply😍 useless and unhealthy
We’ve become much closer friends! Time to behave now I guess Drugs were never a problem but I have to admit I’ve been drinking more and I was never a drinker!
I’m drinking better quality whisky.
Yes, I've been sober for almost 8 months now, great timing I had lol
No
Alcohol is a drug.
Yes, by complete coincidence at the start of lockdown I started making DMT in my kitchen, and it’s changed my entire outlook on the world we live in, and the universe we’re all an integral part of.
Honestly never been a drinker but drank a lot wine in 2018 which I as well quite same year & was a route I thought would ease depression having had a broken marriage. Now it’s only Champagne with zero alcohol but I vape homemade weed I actually restarted yesterday after a while.
Where are the drugs in that picture? Did you take them all before the photographer was ready?
with enough drugs anything is possible
Biscuits and cake ! We are great mates but I then eat them ...
No we will always love each other
It's certainly changed my relationship with the mainstream media and the current leadership 😡
Nope.
If It hasn't, It's because u are already a junkie
Nope!
NO
We’re so close now 🤍
No
We've become closer.
More opportunities!
It used to just be “a casual thing”. Now we’re in a committed relationship and living together. I jest. Mostly. *sob*
TBF....NO!!!!!
No.
No, I have internal locus of control. Put simply, external events don't influence my intake of psychoactive substances.
Nope loved them before the pandemic, consumed them through the pandemic and am looking forward to their company after the vaccine. Alcohol gets you through the time’s of no money, better then money gets you through the times of no alcohol.
Not really, no.
Yep
No, but give me another couple of months and ask again.
Yes, married now.
Oh, looking for more deaths are we? How transparent. You are sick.
Yes, only after lots of beer does the governments pandemic fighting strategy makes sense. Unfortunately I keep on sobering up and realising we’re screw with Boris running the show which makes me drink. It’s a vicious circle.!
Not in the slightest.
The climate crisis is the source of my despair. I haven't had any respect for my country since the SCOTUS installed the evil George W. Bush.
It’s actually a lot easier to avoid when not spending the weekends out with friends.
It certainly has. The pubs are closed.
I need my soma
Haw. It has nearly severed it with one of them
Don’t drink and never taken drugs, so for me nothing have changed.
Yes its brilliant!
We have never been closer.
I appreciate them more
Well if anything I’ve abstained somewhat since I have to keep stoping & starting at work, hard to get into a groove 😉
Yes, we have a stronger more trusting relationship now.
Nice try, officer.
No, I’m still an alcoholic
good
Yes, i drink less
Nope. Pretty much quit both 2005 time. Have the odd drink here and there but very rarely.
Yes... Finally able to teach myself how to roll a blunt.
Pharms. There is your story. How many people get on pills and are NEVER the same. Wish we were free enough to talk about that. I feel like I am living in a sea of crazy zombies. Big med is ruining us.
Yes, we are much closer now. 🥴
Our relationship is stronger than ever
......or food.
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No, still off my nut every Tuesday at Dom's squat
no, apparently ive been living in quarantine for 15yrs, who knew, i need a bottle brush for my bong tho
Only that I'm drinking more through reading the Guardian.
'Alcohol or drugs' ? Alcohol is a drug you know it right ?
Yes Sauvignon Blanc and I have seen much more of one another.
No. We’re still friends
25 years sober, this year has been the nearest I've come to slipping back.
Totally has-I purposely stay away from alcohol because it wasn’t ups be too easy to become a habit. And yes, I do want it.
Relationship indeed!
Yes
It's made me more committed.
Been made redundant so can’t afford either of them anymore. Sad times.
Many are spending the evening listening to tangerine dream, pink floyd etc, in darkened rooms whist on hallucinogenic substances.
quitcigs yeswecan
yes, drink 5 cups of coffee now
Yes stopped drinking. It was getting too much of a habit. I’d like to say I feel better but I don’t!
I'm now a raging crackhead who drinks between 6-8 litres of Frosty Jacks a day. Of my possessions at the start of lockdown all I have left is a mattress in the corner and a bucket.
Absolutely. The scamdemic has taught me a lot about drugs and big Pharma. There's no way Dr Gates is going to inject me with his rapidly manufactured 'vaccine'.
Hmm.. because sanitizer contains 75% alcohol
no
Yes, my alcohol intake steadily increased over the weeks and was drinking 6-7 nights a week. Realised the impact this was having on me and I’m now 74 days sober and feeling on top of the world. Best thing I’ve ever done!!
I was always a stoner
Pandemic didn't do that, lockdowns did.
Yes it has.
No,i never drank much and drug use is less.
I was a bartender before the pandemic, so... yeah. I don’t do drugs and drink every night of the week now. It’s completely changes my life for the better.
Yes. Do you know where I can get some?
Not really. Had before and consistently stayed the same, although my medication supply is getting worse.
You need booze and drugs to tolerate the theft of your life unfolding right before your eyes. This is why in Canada liquor stores and pot stores were considered essential services. Equal to EMT's and doctors. lol
I am becoming very much richer in term of monetary!
Yeah. I went from almost never to hardly ever. I've turned into a raging lush.
Naw. We still good friends
Made it to third base.
Yeah. I need them more than ever!
Not really. We still seem to love each other.
Nope our relationship is as strong as ever !
I don’t know I’m usually so pissed I forget how much weed I’ve bought
It's actually *easier* to deal with the chaos and uncertainty of these times with a clear head, happy lungs and an able body. Glad to be clean.
Yes I started buying my whisky and weed in bulk The money saved went towards the extra takeaways I ordered because access to normal shopping patterns was restricted ✌️
My stress is mostly about the climate crisis and not the pandemic. I can't deal with the fact that our misleaders are clinging to the folktales of ancient middle eastern cowboys in order to deny the reality that scientists are describing.
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Yes, thankfully we've become much closer!
More edibles, fewer bongs
since I don't have a problem with either, I am saying no.
No. Wasn't bothered then. Not bothered now.
We are closer.
When it comes to drugs , it changed everything. The consumer patterns , the chain of supply , the logistics, the drug dealer himself changed and now you have people belonging to cults passing drugs on the streets not just gangsters
There's a temporary indefinite time out from booze as hangovers are worse in the current climate
Desperate for some
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The UK media media has changed it, not the pandemic
Yes we’re much closer now
No. Should it have done?
We are much closer now. 🥴
Fentanyl 4 x a day washed down with copious amounts of 🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷
You mean as in: 'I keep saying No to alcohol - but it won't listen !'
Yes. I'm not going to parties and not working in the entertainment industry anymore. Therefore...
No, still like them just as much .
It went from casual to committed.
nope, because i don't drink much anyways
I quit cigarettes and drinking over the quarantine period, if that's what you want to know?
Nope. My relationship with drugs is as close as it's ever been.
No, i love it...
I’d say “rekindled” my relationship
No, but Trump has! I feel the need to be inebriated in order to protect and shield what remains of my sanity!
We're much closer now. 🥴
No. I have internal locus of control.
I am actually drinking a hell of a lot less.
Yeah make an mushroom or lsd treatment mandatory for anyone aspiring a government leadership position. We are being destroyed by egoistic psychopaths
Trudeau helps this problem along — opening up pot shops on every corner. It’s ridiculous.
No not at all. We're still quite close.
I smoke so much more weed now, wish it was legalised so I don’t have to buy it off dodgy guys. legaliseweed stonerlife
I refused to use alcohol as a crutch as it's a depressant, body doesn't process it properly and would affect immune function. So not hard to drink less. Drugs - never do them.
people definitely feel the need to ‘get on it’ now they’re allowed out 🙄
Didn't have one really, but relationships with people sure
Yes, the pandemic has made me lazier than pre-pandemic lazy. Which means I can’t blame it all on following the bad news & nasty politics.
Nope, still not using alcohol or drugs.
Well it never until i heard Amanda Holden trying to raise our spirits by singing!!
Serious cravings....
We are going steady.
id say ‘meaningfully deepened’
We have grown closer.
Absolutely. I found it's much easier than you think to score online.
Oh we've never been closer, this lockdown had brought us together lol
I took them for granted and now I can see how we need them more than ever
horrible
It’s complicated.
Always hated drugs and those who use them and alcohol... Never had the need but I got rid of my weekly beer. They should ban smoking everywhere
Well.. We was drinkin by the fire, the mood was right- Cocaine turned to me and said “will you marry me?” I said yes!
I eat pot edibles now before bed to help me sleep. And I actually cut down on alcohol oddly enough.
A lot to think about bottom line being that too many people have disconnected from nature, nuture, nutrition, physical fitness and mental wellness. Its not just pandemic induced though social distancing can lead to a profound sense of isolation. livingecotherapymindcoaching
Yes. Stopped drinking alcohol. Can't figure out why. Just don't feel like it anymore. Same thing with golf.
Yes, I want some but can't find any
Yes. I figured out it helps to mix them for better results. My fantasies are more vivid. Assuming those are fantasies. Hard to tell these days.
The change for me is a positive one, I've lost weight, I was 96 kgs now I'm 91, since restrictions I'm not as active so I consume less. People who abuse drugs & alcohol are weak. You need self discipline, people are lazy & tend to place the blame on everyone except themselves.
Not in the slightest. Never drank or took drugs anyway.
Yes. We are much closer now.
Nah , i'm 66 and all is good , and iv'e been around the block 5 times every decade .
...there's more. Every evening these Anglo gands sit with Sindhi/Punjabi guys to drink in pubs, Laugh. ONCE only they saw me drink,... tension, anger came & they rubbed Tiger Balm on their forehead. I thought; 'apply some to ur angry gand, babes'...
Nothing like a corporate Zoom session fueled by Gin Tonics
It’s brought us closer
It's changed my relationship with The Conservatives.
It’s change many peoples understanding of politics and is set to signal a structural change in politics going forward !!
I don't want to show my ID for alcohol so I don't order it with my grocery delivery. I'm drinking less in general.
No, still don’t do any of it
Nope. We’re still very much in love thank you.
Pre-lockdown we were casually dating. Now we've moved in together and it looks like we're expecting our first child.
It’s not a relationship. It’s more like we’re acquainted and see each other occasionally.
Nope I barely drink to begin with and that hasn't changed and have never done drugs so no change there.
Donny Jr seems to be getting stuck into the booze and drugs
I seem to be spilling more these days
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Made me take up smoking again.
We keep it private. Only once English babes saw us drinking & anger came in their Anglo gands. But if Sindhis/Punjabi guys drink with them then FUN, masti, charbi comes in Anglo gands! Laughter comes..
Drunk for 6 months straight and counting 🥳
Still a sponge as before. But have now learned the wonders of the other side of the internet
Didnt drink or take drugs before the pandemic and i still dont.
Yes, it has made me want more of both.
No, I still like them.
Still very allergic to alcohol, the pandemic changed nothing😅
Well considering we all work like dogs now from home I think hitting the sauce for some escape from 2020 is OK.
Yes. I have run out of drugs and I need more!
In India riches paid huge for drugs while the middle class drug addicts weren't able to purchase it due to much hyped prices.
Not really? If anything, I'm drinking less alcohol and smoking less weed, as it tends to be a social thing for me.
No change. A couple of bottles of beer or cider a week, after a shift at work. If it's been a hard one to chill out.
No. Didn’t use either before. Didn’t have flu jabs and won’t now.
Because of the pandemic, I got so stoned that I thought I could understand Spanish for an hour straight, totally oblivious that I was just reading subtitles. So, for the record, I just want to say that drugs are pretty neat.
Yes not doing anything Meditating a lot (several hours a week) Narrowing my intake of info Taking really good care of myself
Yeah price of coke has gone up
I've virtually become tee total which certainly wasn't planned. It just turns out that contrary to popular opinion I really am a social drinker.
I haven't been trying, but I wouldn't know how to get any drugs. Alcohol up slightly.
Don’t do either so no change here
Don't do either. no change here.
Yes, Happy hour is 24/7.🤩
Yes the unnecesary fear caused by lockdown resulted in me having a psychotic episode leading to being arrested and charged and loosing many months trying to piece my life back together. I used to smoke a bit of weed for my anxiety and to relax.On antidepressants now
Clean and sober 28yrs
I love my pyshotropic medication and my gerbil. The pandemic has broke down barriers around who or what we love. Its been amazing.
I'm becoming
Yeah I cant get any.
Yes they treat me much nicer now, we've grown closer...
No. Still very good.
no, I almost don't drink, but it's hard to find a friend who doesn't mind drinking today
Yes. We're now happily married.
Yes. I went from one bottle of wine every 3 months, to one bottle of wine every week. I stopped when I saw the recycling bin full of bottles staring me in the face.
It remains a rewarding relationship 🥃🚬
Social drinker here So, I haven't been proper drunk since... Shit, new years eve!
No, I still enjoy it.
Yes, I’m on first name terms with Bargain booze staff & the local pharmacy staff!
Yeah it's become harder to find good weed
I probably drink more tea
I've stopped drinking. Feeling better. Working on immune health.
Yes, I love them more than ever
Yep can’t be around bars or people
nope still and will always be a t totaler 🖕
I don’t do drugs so no changes there. Since the pandemic, I have drank way less if any. I was the occasional social drinker and now I don’t go to bars. Also, alcohol lowers immunity so I stay away because of COVID.
Extended my ‘dry January’...
We decided to stay friends
B4 this it was a relationship, BTW now its bed partner lol!?! shoikat10
No
I find myself buying more expensive whisky.
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Yes I have rekindled an old love affair and now spend most of my spare time in outer space.
No. How masculine of me, right ? 🙄
Wonder how wonder why modern world slowly goes to hell like world of evil
No, we're still good friends.
Yes definitely I'm sober all the time, actually
We are much closer now.
You could also substitute 'Has Trump changed your relationship with alcohol or drugs?'
No, we've always had a special relationship....
Yes. I used to drink or smoke a little weed to wind down after a long day. Having to stay at home with my family for so long has turned me into a full blown heroin addict. Help
I didn’t drink at all before. Now I have a bloody mary in the bath a couple times a week.
I can no longer afford them.
Actually, I am consuming much less than before. It has to do with the people, places and things I stopped interacting with after the pandemic.
No, only the relationship with my dealer...
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