Alcohol

tylerpjtx
tylerpjtx Posts: 201
edited November 2012 in All Encompassing Trip
so drinking is getting way too easy for me lately. i wouldnt say i'm an alcoholic by any means (but maybe i am just in denial)...i dont drink every day or anyhting. but when the weekend comes i just get hammered cause there's nothing else to do. being in college doesnt help. i mean its fun and stuff...but blacking out is pointless. ive noticed my mental clarity is lacking...i really feel dumber than i used to be haha. so yeah its a problem....not an emergency....but def a decent problem. so have any of you been through that? i know i can just stay in and not go out...but i HATE missing out on possible memories to be made with all my buddies (as dumb as it sounds).
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  • in_hiding79
    in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    Just don't drink and drive!! :)
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  • pjfan31
    pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    tylerpjtx wrote:
    so drinking is getting way too easy for me lately. i wouldnt say i'm an alcoholic by any means (but maybe i am just in denial)...i dont drink every day or anyhting. but when the weekend comes i just get hammered cause there's nothing else to do. being in college doesnt help. i mean its fun and stuff...but blacking out is pointless. ive noticed my mental clarity is lacking...i really feel dumber than i used to be haha. so yeah its a problem....not an emergency....but def a decent problem. so have any of you been through that? i know i can just stay in and not go out...but i HATE missing out on possible memories to be made with all my buddies (as dumb as it sounds).

    Sounds like if u drink that much u will miss out on these memories. Look i dont drink during the week, i get pissed once a week. But the thing with me is i always know when to stop. I have never once passed out (I always claim i chose to go to sleep in that position on the garage floor :o)

    im not saying i have never chucked, but generally speaking, u have to know ur body, and know when to stop, I love drinking wit my mates, but drinking so much is pointless.
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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    I'm the opposite. I drink every day but never get hammered. Rarely more than 4 or 5 drinks.
  • chinobaeza
    chinobaeza Santiago Posts: 2,489
    in_hiding79 wrote:
    Just don't drink and drive!! :)
    excelent advice!!
  • ryan198
    ryan198 Posts: 1,015
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    I'm the opposite. I drink every day but never get hammered. Rarely more than 4 or 5 drinks.
    I'm pretty much right there with you...I drink a bit every day, but try not to overdo it...not sure which is worse?
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    tylerpjtx wrote:
    so drinking is getting way too easy for me lately. i wouldnt say i'm an alcoholic by any means (but maybe i am just in denial)...i dont drink every day or anyhting. but when the weekend comes i just get hammered cause there's nothing else to do. being in college doesnt help. i mean its fun and stuff...but blacking out is pointless. ive noticed my mental clarity is lacking...i really feel dumber than i used to be haha. so yeah its a problem....not an emergency....but def a decent problem. so have any of you been through that? i know i can just stay in and not go out...but i HATE missing out on possible memories to be made with all my buddies (as dumb as it sounds).
    I'm EXACTLY the same. I don't drink everyday, more like 2 or 3 times a week, normally once a week to great excess. It's probably worse for me than drinking in moderation more often because this way I'm hitting the old liver with a massive load all at once. I just always regret it the next day but still do it the next time. I do find myself occasionally wanting to get wrecked to make myself feel better about something and that is NOT good. Drinking should never be a solution to anything. The thing about your friend's doesn't sound dumb. I feel the same, and to be honest some of the best times of my life would never have happened if I hadn't been totally loaded. I just need to keep an eye on it.
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  • sigh eternally
    sigh eternally Chicago Posts: 421
    i drank so much last night i had puke coming out of my eyeballs.
  • eobo
    eobo Posts: 102
    you might just need to find other, non alcoholic things to do when your mates go out so you don't get the chance. i purposely have band practice the night i normally used to get really wasted to distract me.

    something nescessary but fun.
    heh, keep her lit.

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  • DOSW
    DOSW Posts: 2,014
    In the case of my college, the weekends get ridiculously boring if you're not into the partying scene. I've gone to a bunch of parties but the scene got old pretty quick, and now I'm staying away from it and getting my fair share of boredom as a result of it.

    It's a tough choice in college... I bet there are plenty of people like you who basically go out and get hammered because there's simply nothing else to do.
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  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,081
    random fact:

    Dr. drew from loveline says that if you have blackouts then you're an alcoholic. You may not be to the point where you're actually dependant on alcohol, but the 'alcoholism' gene is in you and if you keep up the heavy drinking then you'll become a dependant alcholic.
  • in_hiding79
    in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    I'm drinking jack and coke right now....no xanax tonight!! :)
    And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...,"
    "What a stupid lamb."
    "What a sick, masochistic lion."
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    tylerpjtx wrote:
    so drinking is getting way too easy for me lately. i wouldnt say i'm an alcoholic by any means (but maybe i am just in denial)...i dont drink every day or anyhting. but when the weekend comes i just get hammered cause there's nothing else to do. being in college doesnt help. i mean its fun and stuff...but blacking out is pointless. ive noticed my mental clarity is lacking...i really feel dumber than i used to be haha. so yeah its a problem....not an emergency....but def a decent problem. so have any of you been through that? i know i can just stay in and not go out...but i HATE missing out on possible memories to be made with all my buddies (as dumb as it sounds).

    im a recovering alcoholic. not sure what you want to know though. i also couldn't stand to miss a night out. i assumed that wherever i was, they were probably having more fun somewhere else. especially if i stayed home. if i drank enough wherever i was at though, those thoughts stopped and i could actually enjoy myself. it got very bad from there.
  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    I love my wine. Never blacked out, though.
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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    AmentsChick wrote:
    I love my wine. Never blacked out, though.
    Same here.. I usually drink red wine.

    If I drink everyday, does that make me an alcoholic???

    I never give myself hangovers. I usually have between 2 and 5 drinks. I rarely drink for more than an hour or two. I rarely drink before 9 PM. I honestly have no urge to drink at any other point of the day. The only reasons I drink is because of social events and it helps me wind down before bed. I hate shots and mixed drinks. I only like beer and red wine.

    -It doesn't affect my work
    -It doesn't effect my family
    -It actually improves my social life.

    Have I justified drinking everyday while not being an alcoholic???

    :)
  • AndyManderson
    AndyManderson Posts: 167
    sounds like me when i went to unt for a couple years
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Same here.. I usually drink red wine.

    If I drink everyday, does that make me an alcoholic???

    I never give myself hangovers. I usually have between 2 and 5 drinks. I rarely drink for more than an hour or two. I rarely drink before 9 PM. I honestly have no urge to drink at any other point of the day. The only reasons I drink is because of social events and it helps me wind down before bed. I hate shots and mixed drinks. I only like beer and red wine.

    -It doesn't affect my work
    -It doesn't effect my family
    -It actually improves my social life.

    Have I justified drinking everyday while not being an alcoholic???

    :)

    http://www.aa.org/en_is_aa_for_you.cfm?PageID=71

    personally, i don't like those questions. i get the feeling 75% of the population is alcoholic by that quiz. but i guess it's a start.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Most of us have been unwilling to admit we were real alcoholics. No person likes to think he is bodily and mentally different from his fellows. Therefore, it is not surprising that our drinking careers have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove we could drink like other people. The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker. The persistence of this illusion is astonishing.

    Here are some of the methods we have tried: Drinking beer only, limiting the number of drinks, never drinking alone, never drinking in the morning, drinking only at home, never having it in the house, never drinking during business hours, drinking only at parties, switching from scotch to brandy, drinking only natural wines, agreeing to resign if ever drunk on the job, taking a trip, not taking a trip, swearing off forever (with and without a solemn oath), taking more physical exercise, reading inspirational books, going to health farms and sanitariums, accepting voluntary commitment to asylums we could increase the list ad infinitum.

    -alcoholics anonymous, chapter 3
  • chikevin
    chikevin Posts: 421
    mookeywrench wrote:
    random fact:

    Dr. drew from loveline says that if you have blackouts then you're an alcoholic. You may not be to the point where you're actually dependant on alcohol, but the 'alcoholism' gene is in you and if you keep up the heavy drinking then you'll become a dependant alcholic.

    sigh...
  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    I think our society is obsessed with putting labels on people (for example as with 'bipolar disorder'...everyone seems to have it). In France it's totally normal to drink wine every day. I don't think they have a meal without it!
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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    soulsinging wrote:
    http://www.aa.org/en_is_aa_for_you.cfm?PageID=71

    personally, i don't like those questions. i get the feeling 75% of the population is alcoholic by that quiz. but i guess it's a start.
    Being someone who drinks everyday, I easily answered no to all of those questions. Guess I'm not an alcoholic! :D

    It is going on 11:30 here and I haven't had a drink all day.. guess its about that time to open a bottle and throw on some music!

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