Are rumours of this true?

Yep, and the earth is flat.

Rubbing alcohol is still available in select stores and pharmacies.

Banned now in several provinces.

 

It is not a national ban (yet). A number provincial governors have decreed bans on alcohol sales, including ours, Sakon Nakhon.

CM will follow as just a matter of the provincial ducks to quack. Just hope you have enough money in da bank to buy a months worth to skirt your worries. I am ready to go anytime they say something as in ban or change in hours.

Its creeping up Thai style, some bans here and there and pattaya is 6pm and then boom a country wide ban with zero advance notice. Alcohol ban is the go to knee jerk reaction here

Even if no nationwide ban materializes, expect speculative buying to empty the shelves.

If you would find it physically difficult to suddenly stop drinking, get your supplies in now. Then, try to taper off a bit in case it is not possible to get more. You do not want to have to seek help for the DTs now, hospitals are infection central.

Chonburi no alc from 18:00 to 11 am

time to detox?

and for most it appears, about time . won't hurt to give the liver a holiday.

19 minutes ago, male expat said:

Chonburi no alc from 18:00 to 11 am

what will the boguns do at 18:01?

24 minutes ago, jastheace said:

what will the boguns do at 18:01?

Start drinking the 10 beers they bought at 17:59

you must have a higher class bogun where u come from, in WA they wouldn't work that out.

8 hours ago, madmen said:

Its creeping up Thai style, some bans here and there and pattaya is 6pm and then boom a country wide ban with zero advance notice. Alcohol ban is the go to knee jerk reaction here

 

suggest using hand-sanitizer gel to clean crystal ball.

 

~o:37;

Is there a ban in CM yet?

 

Heard 7-11 hrs have been reduced too. What's going on? 

1 hour ago, stament said:

Is there a ban in CM yet?

 

Heard 7-11 hrs have been reduced too. What's going on? 

no, only Lamphun. 

1 hour ago, stament said:

Is there a ban in CM yet?

 

Heard 7-11 hrs have been reduced too. What's going on? 

Missus said she heard that now bars are closed the locals have been going to 7-11 buying booze and just sitting outside the shop to drink it (like some have done for a while now) but authorities want to be seen to enforce social distancing rules so they are restricting alcohol sales in the shop altogether.  It'd be better to fine the numpties outside rather than p**s everyone else off who just want to buy it to take home and keep body and soul together in these times.

In reply to the puritans on here, most people are not addicted to alcohol, but enjoy a drink in the evening to help them destress and relax. It's been part of my social and home life for the past sixty or so years and I want it to continue. I honestly can't see the point in banning its sale apart from a further attempt to stamp govt authority on the people. I bet you a pound to a penny that the powers that be have large supplies of the finest wines and spirits at their disposal. Again a case of "don't do as we do, just do as we say".

I was refused a purchase at Big C after 6pm last night, but bought two bottles of Sang Som at the local mom and pop shop on the way home.

Just went and purchased a few cases of beer and a bottle of nice scotch. I can confirm Lamphun has a ban as just heard it from a wholesale alcohol sales place. Another forum they said Buriram and Surin have fallen too. You best think CM is going to fall next. I will go out tomorrow and purchase some more again because need some nice wine now.

I'm off to a laboratory supply house to load up on equipment for distilling alcohol from hand sanitizer. Lushes can PM me for a supply of the 95% stuff.

1 hour ago, jesimps said:

In reply to the puritans on here, most people are not addicted to alcohol, but enjoy a drink in the evening to help them destress and relax. It's been part of my social and home life for the past sixty or so years and I want it to continue. I honestly can't see the point in banning its sale apart from a further attempt to stamp govt authority on the people. I bet you a pound to a penny that the powers that be have large supplies of the finest wines and spirits at their disposal. Again a case of "don't do as we do, just do as we say".

I was refused a purchase at Big C after 6pm last night, but bought two bottles of Sang Som at the local mom and pop shop on the way home.

Oh no... you sound like an alcoholic...  I bet you are also addicted to food and other enjoyable things ????

 

Seriously though, there are too many people around who accuse people who enjoy a drink of being alcoholics. If it doesn’t hurt you are anyone else, then we should be free to do what we like. 

 

I guess the issue with this alcohol ban is that too many people still want to go out and socialise (with booze), removing the social lubricant from the equation may reduce this, but there are far bigger issues to deal with than alcohol which seems like a very easy and somewhat sanctimonious target. An ill thought out policy really, some tool has just thought lets do this and all his idiot minions have been too scared to question the bosses logic.

 

On the other hand, in the UK off-licences can remain open as they are considered as ‘essential’ as supermarkets !! 

17 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

On the other hand, in the UK off-licences can remain open as they are considered as ‘essential’ as supermarkets !! 

If I lived in a place with the UK's weather, I'd regard alcohol as an essential service too.

22 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

Rubbing alcohol is still available in select stores and pharmacies.

No good for drinking 

There is always this tipple, available in Union Science.

31 minutes ago, digger70 said:

No good for drinking 

Hardcore alcoholics would beg to differ...

Expecting this to go nationwide soon.

could be a precursor to a more permanent blanket ban on alcohol all together.

them in charge have been waiting for an excuse to ban it outright for years.

2 hours ago, jesimps said:

In reply to the puritans on here, most people are not addicted to alcohol, but enjoy a drink in the evening to help them destress and relax. It's been part of my social and home life for the past sixty or so years and I want it to continue. I honestly can't see the point in banning its sale apart from a further attempt to stamp govt authority on the people. I bet you a pound to a penny that the powers that be have large supplies of the finest wines and spirits at their disposal. Again a case of "don't do as we do, just do as we say".

I was refused a purchase at Big C after 6pm last night, but bought two bottles of Sang Som at the local mom and pop shop on the way home.

Totally agree dam these puritans, I don’t smoke, I don’t do drugs, I don’t gamble and I don’t have a gik.

Surely I can have one vice yes I enjoy a drink and bought some today from Makro and Tesco Chiang Mai Province

14 minutes ago, Puchaiyank said:

Hardcore alcoholics would beg to differ...

Ok then I am just an Alcoholic not Hard core Yet .????

6 minutes ago, Liverpoolfan said:

Expecting this to go nationwide soon.

could be a precursor to a more permanent blanket ban on alcohol all together.

them in charge have been waiting for an excuse to ban it outright for years.

I think you are way out with that prediction there are some pretty big alcohol producers here who have a lot of wealth and power.

Why do you think there are such restrictions on who an produce alcohol and such huge taxes on imported alcohol especially wine