What makes you go out to get drunk?

[WhiteCrowUK]

Simple kind of question ...

Do you think you abuse alcohol a little to much?

What are the reasons you go on a serious "bender" to get drunk? Is it just to be sociable with some friends, or is it sometimes because you want to drive something out?

Do you actually not drink much, but have another vice?

Serious chat here - and no I'm not canvasing for AA!

[LycanSpectre]

No, I do not drink heavily. There have been occasions when I went over the top; and every time I swear I won't do it again. I have never been pass-out-piss-yourself drunk.

Usually when I do get really hammered, its for one of two reasons:
1)I had a really bad day.
2)I lose track of how much I have drunk already.

Usually I only drink in moderation (1-3 beers).

[kaycee]

I never drink anymore. We used to go out on weekends with a bunch of friends to listen to the band but we kinda grew out of it I guess. I never liked when I wasn't in control of my own mind. I could still go out and have a great time without alcohol.

I think the fact that my husband was in an alcohol related accident which almost took his life steered me away from it too. Sometimes you just get a wake up call telling you that you can have fun without it.

[DarkWolf]

When I go out, I go to get drunk with friends and lose that self-concious part of me and I can dance and talk more and be more sociable. I don't do this often, used to be about once every 2-3 months. But I haven't been near alcohol for the last 11 months, almost.

But I did like getting drunk, providing it wasn't too often. I'd lose self-concious thinking, I'd be more dizzy and uncoordinated, which is fun for a night. But that's it: Even when at my most drunk I still have a rational mind. Anybody using alcohol as an excuse for anything are just weak and lying, and I have absolutely no pity for anybody who suffers from alcoholism or alcohol related accidents: Because it is plain stupidity. Even when so drunk I literally couldn't stand on my own: I still knew never to drink and drive, to use a seatbelt in the taxi, to not try dangerous stunts, not to break laws, and never to walk alone anywhere. I also know (as should anybody with half a brain) that going for a drink when you're sad or stressed: is something you shouldn't do because alcohol can be a powerful DEPRESSENT and that's how alcoholism starts. If you have a problem: you can cope and get through it, without getting addictions.

I use it to loosen my mind for a short while, to open up a bit and have fun. I never use it to escape problems. Anybody who does will immediately be deemed pathetic in my eyes: If you're drinking more than once a week, then you are an idiot - while alcohol has an upside in moderation: more than once a week will cause a lot more downsides over time. Once a week for the rest of your life can still mean you can remain somewhat healthy. More than once a week and the poison damages your system more than your body can keep handling. So, if you do drink more than once a week (and really, you would be better off leaving it to once a fortnight or month even, in truth alcohol is a poison, you get drunk because it is attacking your brain, so the more moderation you apply to drinking, the healthier you'll be for it).

And if anybody uses the excuse "but I didn't know exactly" for drinking more, then I'd hit them if I could for such ignorance: do not intake any substance which has greater effects on the body, without knowing exactly what it is or does. This goes for anything, from alcohol and marijuana, to throat lozenges. They all have drugs in them.

While I admit to drinking, please note that it is my personal choice because I know what alcohol does on general and scientific detail. Alcohol is a poison, and I am doing damage to myself. I do not advocate alcohol in any way.

Due to the contraversy of this topic, I will not hesitate to delete any posts "promoting" alcohol. Likewise I will also delete anybody promoting against alcohol.

[Darth Cluich]

Mmmm...beer...

[WhiteCrowUK]

Ooh, thanks for your replies ...

The post was inspired by me last night ... I was out with some friends but feeling a bit sick, so was drinking a rather expensive mineral water (£1.60 I ask you) to their beers.

I used to be a bit dependant on alcohol, I felt it used to turn me into the person I'd like to be. I guess time has allowed me to bring that out of myself a bit more without the alcohol.

Nowadays I drink far less - though last night (when I was back home) I had a large brandy for a cold I've got (someone tells me its good for such ailments ...).

I know bad things have happened to me, and I'll try to dull the pain with a large ammount of alcohol - but believe me the pain is always there waiting the next day. And I am one of these people who ALWAYS has hangovers, even if I just sniffed the bottle!

[kaycee]

I always had a hangover too. I hated that.

[Teej]

I drink heavily, but in spurts. I don't have the means to drink every day.

The reason I drink is both for the feeling you get while drunk and also to get some relief from regular life. Sometimes you just need to get away from it all, and that's just the way I do it.

[Darth Cluich]

One word: oxygen.

[kaycee]

I understand why some drink to get away from everyday stress just for a little while. It's kind of like taking a breather, then going back and carrying on as usual. That's cool.

But what baffles me, is that there are those (alcoholics) who drink to get away, and stay away. How can they even enjoy their drinking time, knowing that it will never go away(whatever they are hiding from). And it will never go away because they refuse to deal with it or even try to make things better. I know it's an illness, but why can't they KNOW that if they take care of whatever it is they hide from through a blurred lifestyle, that their life will improve and they wont have to slink deeper into depression. They could walk through their life foucsed and alert. They'd be happy and could enjoy a night out.

[Edwardo_son_of_haqim]

I drink for the laugh I find it just makes a good night better
and I completly agree never drink when depressed

[Ves]

I tend to only drink when there are people around me who are also drinking. Though not every time. I haven't actually been drunk since June last year, something which I'm thinking I need to rectify at some point in the near future, there's a certain club that hasn't seen me drunk for many moons (since the "who the f**k are you?" incident - shakes his head sadly).

[FocusedWolf]

i like the taste of beer, but am not addicted...haven't had one in about 4 weeks unfortunately ;)

however their was this one time where i was the closest i have ever been to being drunk. Basically when i turned my head, their was lag as if i was a game suffering from bad fps...aka a delay in what i saw updating. was cool :D

[Zookeeper]

Simple kind of question ...

Do you think you abuse alcohol a little to much?

What are the reasons you go on a serious "bender" to get drunk?
Do you actually not drink much, but have another vice?


Sometimes it seems that Life is the stupidest film I have ever seen.
Sometimes alcohol makes universe more realistic. But I don’t think there are any needs to get drunk and I never do it.

[Darth Cluich]

Sometimes I think that Life is a stupidest film I have ever seen. Sometimes vodka makes universe more reality. But I don’t think there are any needs to get drunk and I never do it.

Fess up...you're drunk now, aren't you?

[Zookeeper]

Fess up...you're drunk now, aren't you?

No
I am not drunk now :D :D :D :D

[Drascorpio]

I got hammered once, the only time, and I will never do it again. I do drink the occasional beer etc. (I know I shouldn't, I'm one year under the legal age limit. :p But it's usually once a month.)

And yet there are people who brag about getting drunk, think it's fun. They say things like: "This week i've got $200 dollars saved up and I'm gonna get utterly smashed for the whole weekend" they say this every week. They usually appear on mondays in a Semi-Conscious state, and expect everone to feel sorry for them. They brag about how they do stupid things, how they never get hangovers. I SAY: "Get a life, Binge drinkings more dangerous than continuous heavy drinking."

I hate it, the feeling of no control over one's self, and lying by the toilet for the whole day afterwards, I can't see how people like it.

[kat]

Well, usually my drinking is only a social activity, but on my downer periods I get as wasted as possible so I don't have to think of all the shit on my shoulders. If I didn't have class tomorrow, I'd be getting wasted right this very minute.

I don't particularly care for the taste of alcohol, so I stick with the efficient, hardcore stuff--like high grain vodka. However, if at a party, I will chug on a Guiness Draft.

[Qyv]

hhhmmm..... personally i really like to get drunk, i have done for the last 6 years, mainly it is simply for that feeling of happiness (yes i know its a depressant but i mostly feel happy off it) the talking of gibberish :) the crazy ideas you come up with (like training my dog to play tennis, still havent got round to it hehe), the taste, the loosening of inhibitions, hell i even enjoy most of my hangovers.
yes i have gone the periods of almost dangerously heavy drinking (the once when i didnt sober up for about 6 months and stunk of alcohol even at school [yes school, i was 16 at the time] i was quite depressed at the time due to a death in the family and that was how i dealt with it) i have learnt from those times, i admit i chose the wrong way to deal with my issues, but hell, i had some of the happiest times of my life at that point even with the knowledge of what had happened, but i started to staighten out and sort my life out a bit.
now, i still drink quite often, maybe 3-4 nights a week when im working, and every night if im on a holiday, but i know my limits, i know how much i can drink before i get really drunk, i know how much it takes to get me paraletic, i even know at what point i will end up wrapped round a toilet for the rest of the night, and occasionally i will let myself reach that point simply because i feel like it, hell i dont even remember my last 3 birthdays.
so in answer to the questions: yes i abuse alcohol a bit too much, but hell, im young, im gonna live forever :P ;reasons for going on a bender, tricksy question to answer, to celebrate something with friends, to forget something briefly, and just for the hell of it; another vice, hhm, a couple, THC and occasionally psylocibin(sp?) again for all the reasons above, to feel good, for the hell of it, and to celebrate with friends.

Disclaimer: i do the things i do because it is MY choice, please dont use my reasonings for your own, and feel free to flame me and tell me how dumb i am, because yes i do drink and smoke too much, i recognise this fact but simply choose to ignore it.

[DarkWolf]

feeling of no control over one's self
Alcohol loosens inhibitions and affects coordination. You should still have some control over yourself, if not then that is worrying: alcohol doesn't completely remove control.

Qyv, thank you for that disclaimer.

[livingdeadgirl]

Simple kind of question ...

Do you think you abuse alcohol a little to much?

What are the reasons you go on a serious "bender" to get drunk? Is it just to be sociable with some friends, or is it sometimes because you want to drive something out?

Do you actually not drink much, but have another vice?

Serious chat here - and no I'm not canvasing for AA!


Actually the last time I got really drunk was last weekend and it was cause I caught my boyfriend in bed with my best friend. So a drank a pint of vodka. Sometimes people just do stupid stuff though.

The only times when I get that drunk is because its my birthday and I can or because something really bad happens e.g. the boyfriend thing.

[YoungFang]

I'm an angel, I've never been drunk and I don't drink out of choice I can't really see the point in it. It just seems like a peer pressured thing to do to me.

[kat]

When you say you're an angel... what exactly do you mean by that?

[WhiteCrowUK]

I'm with YoungFang on this, I have no reason to get drunk. After seeing someone totally plastered out of their mind (which was more funny than anything else), then having my roomie puke 6 feet from her bed to the floor (it made an interesting sound), I'd rather not put myself through that. No offense to anyone who does enjoy getting plastered. I have drank though, some hard cider, vodka, and wine on separate occasions. Good stuff, all of them. I just didn't have that much.

Yeah when I was younger I used to get drunk a lot (mainly but not exclusively socially) - and would always suffer from it.

I am a lot more restrained these days, but sometimes I fall back on drink in a bad patch.

I dont know why I should ever drink as I hate hangovers, yet I do (might have something alcoholic a few times a month)!

[YoungFang]

When you say you're an angel... what exactly do you mean by that?
I mean that I 'appear' do very little wrong in the eyes of my parents. The ideal child, I don't do anything 'bad' or anything young people and teens get a bad rep for like staying out late, drinking, drugs, smoking, sex.. maybe that's why I'm so mentally disturbed :)

[Fuzzy]

Ah, the good child. I was like you once, straight A's, athlete, well rounded. Then i went to college. Long story short, i went from a 3.8 my first semester to a 1.2 my second semester. Yep, alcohol has a way of grabbing you by the balls. Make sure that you only party on weekends kids.

[Nightmare GenoReaper]

:eek: I'm not goin to college now THANKS. i'll stay home in my little native american house and sit in front of the computer all day :p

Then again i have nothing to fear, beer is just piss in a can, why would i want that?

[LostInThought]

I drink,and I drink a lot.Reason being their is nothing to do where I'm at,I'm far from family and friends and around my station your surrounded by it all the time.It kind of develops a bond with others stuck in the same situation as yourself.I'm not trying to look for an excuse,because their will never be any reason to abuse drinking....

[YoungFang]

I'm already at college I guess I'll get like that when I go onto degree ;)

[DarkWolf]

American colleges and universities are similar in many way, including style and atmosphere. Here in the UK Colleges and Universities are VERY different in many aspects.