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I agree. I don't care to be around this either when they are drinking.
"Alcohol,..."
I was at a Speaker meeting one time and a Recovered Alanon was giving her pitch.
She said, "He took a drink and I felt better."
If you can control and enjoy your drinking, hats off to ya.
If you sometimes cannot control the amount once you start or can't stay stopped, unless given a sufficiently strong reason, you might be a hard drinker.
If you cannot control the amount once you start and cannot stay stopped, you might be an alcoholic. Then all bets are off. No culture nor guilt nor shame nor consequence can change your plan.
Men and women drink essentially because they enjoy the effects produced by alcohol.
My parents growing up were very strict on alcohol. They disapproved on drinking saying it turns you into a bumbling, loud imbecile.
When I first had my drink at 19 at a pub with college friends I was surprised to see that while many got more lively, peoples behavior generally didn't deviate too much from their sober personalities. My psychiatrist always told me that people who behaved badly under the influence had thoughts repressed but never acted on them.
I would have to agree with his point. There's no doubt that alcohol impairs judgement and people can do stupid things but I believe the excessive behavior we see of drunk people who get arrested is just something they'd have done eventually.
I believe that people who allow themselves to get "drunk" or inebriated to a point of falling down, slurring words, drooling, peeing on yourself, etc., etc. are usually alcoholics, young kids, or very irresponsible adults. Most things that people do when extremely drunk are not things that they would do or eventually do when sober. Some people say your true colors come out when you're drunk and that is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. If a normal person drinks way too much and does stupid stuff, usually they are mortified and won't do it again.
Age has a lot to do with drinking and getting drunk as well. We get wiser as we age and it's my opinion that older people are more responsible when drinking, refuse to drink and drive and usually have a few drinks to relax and have fun, but it stops there.
I believe that people who allow themselves to get "drunk" or inebriated to a point of falling down, slurring words, drooling, peeing on yourself, etc., etc. are usually alcoholics, young kids, or very irresponsible adults. Most things that people do when extremely drunk are not things that they would do or eventually do when sober. Some people say your true colors come out when you're drunk and that is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. If a normal person drinks way too much and does stupid stuff, usually they are mortified and won't do it again.
Age has a lot to do with drinking and getting drunk as well. We get wiser as we age and it's my opinion that older people are more responsible when drinking, refuse to drink and drive and usually have a few drinks to relax and have fun, but it stops there.
"Allow" is a mighty peculiar word when speaking of alcoholics, as is words such as "willpower" and such.
Putting booze down an alcoholic's gullet and asking them to control stop or moderate would be like me telling you to eat a plate of beans, a green chile burrito from Jorge's Restaurant in Pueblo, then eat a few doses of exlax, and then go drive up the 400 interconnector in north Atl traffic during rush hour.
I've never been angry, hostile, or violent when inebriated. But it does make me more social and less inhibited. If anything I laugh more frequently at low brow humor. I rarely imbibe any more though.
I've never been angry, hostile, or violent when inebriated. But it does make me more social and less inhibited. If anything I laugh more frequently at low brow humor. I rarely imbibe any more though.
I don't know if mental health doesn't get involved with some folks who over-imbibe in substances such as alcohol or not, but it does appear that way sometimes. I think with some, the sense of willfulness and the expression of the ego gets amped up a bit.
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