Discussion Drinking

[Cyc]

Anyone else drink alcohol? Why or why not? Whats your favourite drink? For me it's vodka with lemonade, I can never say no

 

[Blackthorne]

I used to. Why? Because it's fun of course. Dry red wine, Scottish whisky (single malt) and the occasional dark special beer. Now I can't anymore which pretty much sucked the joy out of my life.

I wasn't even a heavy drinker: only when I met up with friends did I drink and then way less than when I was younger.

Then again if the cardiologist who diagnosed me (an intern no less, not even a real specialist yet) is to be believed alcohol is basically pure poison. She actually had the nerve to imply my illness was my own fault... Funny since no-one explained to me the risks of drinking alcohol even in moderation and back in the day the medical opinion was that a few glasses of red wine was actually healthy.

 

[Cyc]

Aw I'm sorry to hear that. I only drink with my friends, it's pretty much the only way I socialise irl these days. I don't really like wine and with beer I only like a couple brands

I used to rely a lot on alcohol as it was one of the very few things that made me happy. I stopped drinking as much though because a couple of my friends became concerned for me

I think there's more awareness around drinking now, I've noticed less people drink now. It's still quite normalised here in the UK tho

 

[a65b]

Anyone else drink alcohol? Why or why not? Whats your favourite drink? For me it's vodka with lemonade, I can never say no

i love vodka with lemonade too! but sometimes i just drink it straight when i dont care about taste and just want to numb myself

 

[Cyc]

i love vodka with lemonade too! but sometimes i just drink it straight when i dont care about taste and just want to numb myself

I used to do that but now I can't drink vodka neat anymore :/ my tastes have changed

 

[Pluto]

 

[Alpacachino]

Yeah, I drank a lot for a short period of time. Funny how it crept up on me. Because my entire life I can count the number of times I had drunk alcohol and it was always socially. I never had a problem before, but this time I tried using alcohol as some sort of numbing agent for something that happened in my life.Not a good idea.

Didn't like myself on it. So I gave it up.

 

[a65b]

I used to do that but now I can't drink vodka neat anymore :/ my tastes have changed

immeadiatly eating something salty after gulping the vodka makes it tollerable imo

 

[Cyc]

Yeah, I drank a lot for a short period of time. Funny how it crept up on me. Because my entire life I can count the number of times I had drunk alcohol and it was always socially. I never had a problem before, but this time I tried using alcohol as some sort of numbing agent for something that happened in my life.Not a good idea.

Didn't like myself on it. So I gave it up.

I've been there before. Using it as a coping strategy fucks you up