Alcoholism

[ReadyasEver]

Dave Allen, superb, you could only see him occasionally in the States on TV. Great stuff.

 

[Kdawg2018]

I tend to binge drink a bottle or more of wine when I do drink, but I find it difficult nowadays for whatever reason my body just doesn't like it. I wish I could get completely obliterated day after day, honestly. I can barely make it through a glass or catch a buzz lately, which frustrates me. I think it's all the sugar.

I used to smoke copious amounts of marijuana, but that doesn't do it for me anymore either. I can't win.

LMAO, I read this and was like 'this sounds like me" and I didn't realize it was you posting this! ahahaha

But for myself, according to AA, I am an alcoholic. I never got the shakes when I didn't drink but I did drink to blackout and throw up (this is not considered normal behavior with alcohol). I consider myself a binge drinker. My father is an alcoholic and it "runs in my family." And there is research to show that "addiction is a disease." I asked my doctor about that and that is what she told me. Now that I don't drink I have eating issues sucks as bingeing, similar to my sister. So I guess family dysfunction, etc, led me here, and if you aren't aware of family dynamics of alcoholism and the enabling and denying, then I recommend people to read up on it because I did not know that I was emotionally abused or neglected in childhood until I turned 27. So now I feel bored because I can't party and that was how I would socialize.

 

[CuriousAboutThis]

I can remember the night almost thirty years ago when Bill's debut in the UK was shown on TV, he blew my mind and led me to seek out Lenny Bruce, George Carlin and others in that vein.
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I agree with that statement we are all slaves yet people believe they are "free" it is funny to me

 

[gingerplum]

Alcohols not the problem, it's the symptom.

Oh, alcohol... the cause of, and the solution to, all of life's problems.

 

[ReadyasEver]

Oh, alcohol... the cause of, and the solution to, all of life's problems.

Well, it appears then that you're never too old to start.

 

[gingerplum]

The incidences of truly great comics leaving us at an early age is striking: Bill Hicks, Lenny Bruce, John Belushi, Chris Farley, Gilda Radner. Who am I missing?

Mitch Hedberg. Phil Hartman. Greg Giraldo.

 

[Hopeless_soul]

When I've had the need of some sweetness in life, I've thought of marrying a bottle of Baileys.

 

[Redt2go]

Anyone else?

I drink two bottles of wine a day on average, sometimes more, sometimes less.

My drinking career began in earnest about 5 years ago, and it's now reached apex levels and I can't stop, nor do I want to.

I think I started drinking to dull the anxiety and pain of being so fucking lonely and feeling like a misfit all the time, for all of my horrible life.

I drink because it gives me a warm feeling in my chest. Tricks my brain into forgetting about the empty void lol

 

[wxtyubidi7y]

I drink too regularly and regret the bad insomnia and anxiety it can cause. I like to drink kava instead sometimes which is also a relaxing anxiolytic social drink but without the downsides.

The majority of my friends are serious alcoholics (worse than me) and most of them have serious physical health problems from boozing.

 

[color_me_gone]

Yes, I'm an ex alcoholic and even have the shitty Jack Daniels tattoo to prove it.

I started in my twenties. I was feeling chronic emptiness and grew to love the feel of my cares melting away each time I cracked open a six pack. It only stopped once I had a complete mental breakdown out of the blue one day. I was admitted to psych, put on meds, and I've been on them ever since. The only reason I don't drink anymore is because I know the meds don't play nice with booze and I'm deathly afraid of having another mental breakdown. So at this point I'm choosing not to rock the boat.

Boy, that sounds like me exactly!
>the breakdown, the lockup, the meds, the ever since<
I went to AA for about a year. Now I never think about alcohol. Even without AA.
Thing about alcohol, is first it's a stimulant, then a depressant.
And if you are already depressed, that turns into a real shit show.

 

[Angst Filled Fuck Up]

Boy, that sounds like me exactly!
>the breakdown, the lockup, the meds, the ever since<
I went to AA for about a year. Now I never think about alcohol. Even without AA.
Thing about alcohol, is first it's a stimulant, then a depressant.
And if you are already depressed, that turns into a real shit show.

Absolutely. It's easy to take a relatively balanced brain chemistry for granted. Things like alcohol really mess with it, and you don't know what you've got til it's gone. It's like smoking weed - people think it's all fun and games and until you've seen someone's life ruined by crippling anxiety from a bad joint you'll likely continue to think that way. Your brain is more delicate than you might think, and you need to be especially careful with things like alcohol if you already have mental health issues.

 

[therhydler]

I hate alcohol, never drink and never been drunk. Maybe it's time to start...?

 

[Mrs.O'Leary'sCow]

I hate alcohol, never drink and never been drunk. Maybe it's time to start...?

I wouldn't recommend that course of action. The potential downside far exceeds any possible benefit.

My apologies if this comes off as earnest scaremongering. You may very well want to die, but not that way.

 

[JustAboutDone]

Absolutely. It's easy to take a relatively balanced brain chemistry for granted. Things like alcohol really mess with it, and you don't know what you've got til it's gone. It's like smoking weed - people think it's all fun and games and until you've seen someone's life ruined by crippling anxiety from a bad joint you'll likely continue to think that way. Your brain is more delicate than you might think, and you need to be especially careful with things like alcohol if you already have mental health issues.

Duckster, you do write damn good posts. Not just articulate well but content is spot on 100% of the time.

 

[Schizotypal]

Alcoholic here. Alcohol are slowly destroying my life, my poor social interaction are going very bad as I'm drunk near everyday. My only friends now are upset to me by my behaviour, my family are troubled with me and all my money is to drink (sometimes to do some DXM). When I don't have nothing I can drink ethanol (I got ethanol 92%), isopropanol or some diethyl ether with coffee, coca-cola or anything. My liver isn't so good for my age and I'm constantly shaking, worsening a lot of my anxiety, insomnia, I don't eat well. Fuck.