Poll of the Day > I think I'm an alcoholic now

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It's been a full month now and I haven't made it a single night without getting really drunk.

I wonder how this bodes for my liver. I should stop, but I can't.
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Seems legit
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Lokarin posted...

Seems legit

PotD doubts the most typical things. Be thankful I'm not an abusive drunk. Or a stupid one. Without fail someone's telling me "this is the absolute craziest thing they've ever heard!" because I dare to mention something worth mentioning. Maybe you should step out of your room into real life every now and then. We all know you won't do that, though.

1 week's usage


Hell knows I've still got half my wits with me regardless of whether I want to be painfully aware of what you have to say or not.
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Unlike other users anywhere, I am always honest and mean no subterfuge in my wording.

I was believing you
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Lokarin posted...

Unlike other users anywhere, I am always honest and mean no subterfuge in my wording.

I was believing you

Oh ok. Seems legit
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Yellow posted...

Lokarin posted...

Unlike other users anywhere, I am always honest and mean no subterfuge in my wording.

I was believing you

Oh ok. Seems legit

Indeed, ... I was making fun 'cuz you seem like the kinda person who would drink a lot
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You type well for a drunk man.
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wwinterj25 posted...

You type well for a drunk man.

Either I can never really get as drunk as I want to be, or I'm just so normally confused that I'm used to functioning like this. Either way, it's caused me no problems at work or in my life but probably poses a huge health risk. Apparently I'm aging my skin at a crazy rate.

Kind of like how Homer can't get knocked out because he has an incredibly thick skull.

I've put on weight for the first time in my life.
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Yellow posted...

It's been a full month now and I haven't made it a single night without getting really drunk.

I wonder how this bodes for my liver. I should stop, but I can't.

Stop anyways.
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wwinterj25 posted...

You type well for a drunk man.

Typing isn't that hard when you're drunk. You just have to pay attention...
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LinkPizza posted...

wwinterj25 posted...

You type well for a drunk man.

Typing isn't that hard when you're drunk. You just have to pay attention...

This. I've never had a drunk text/post that looked drunk.
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Mead posted...

Yellow posted...

It's been a full month now and I haven't made it a single night without getting really drunk.

I wonder how this bodes for my liver. I should stop, but I can't.

Stop anyways.

I'm only 26. Between the ages of 23-26 I drank 12 Steel Reverses a day; I have been sober for two months now.

Yellow posted...

Lokarin posted...

Seems legit

PotD doubts the most typical things. Be thankful I'm not an abusive drunk. Or a stupid one. Without fail someone's telling me "this is the absolute craziest thing they've ever heard!" because I dare to mention something worth mentioning. Maybe you should step out of your room into real life every now and then. We all know you won't do that, though.

1 week's usage


Hell knows I've still got half my wits with me regardless of whether I want to be painfully aware of what you have to say or not.

4 bottles of malibu for a whole week... I don't believe you even got a buzz at any point, your health will be fine
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Lmao why the fuck are you drinking Malibu?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUVwR0rw5fk
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Are you mixing the rum with anything?
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Ihateyou posted...

Yellow posted...

Lokarin posted...

Seems legit

PotD doubts the most typical things. Be thankful I'm not an abusive drunk. Or a stupid one. Without fail someone's telling me "this is the absolute craziest thing they've ever heard!" because I dare to mention something worth mentioning. Maybe you should step out of your room into real life every now and then. We all know you won't do that, though.

1 week's usage


Hell knows I've still got half my wits with me regardless of whether I want to be painfully aware of what you have to say or not.

4 bottles of malibu for a whole week... I don't believe you even got a buzz at any point, your health will be fine

@Ihateyou Either youre a troll or just fucking stupid. Reported for trolling.
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welcome to the club

Weed is healthier
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How is that trolling

Malibu isnt all that strong iirc
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Mead posted...

How is that trolling

Malibu isnt all that strong iirc

it's 21% alcohol compared to like vodka that's 40%
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BADoglick posted...

Weed is healthier

@yellow

Are you trying to get over a break up or something?

I did the same for a month once (but not every night) to help cope.

You need to wean yourself off.

LinkPizza posted...

wwinterj25 posted...

You type well for a drunk man.

Typing isn't that hard when you're drunk. You just have to pay attention...

speaking for me personally, its not that its any harder than normal, its just normally i would go back to fix any mistakes i make, but if i'm drunk, most of the time i couldn't care less about typos
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I think I might have an alcohol problem, too. I drink nearly every day and try to get myself blackout drunk at least once a week. I wake up in the bathroom or on the floor of someone's apartment or outside somewhere more often than I probably should. It helps me not think about stuff, though.
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Jen0125 posted...

Mead posted...

How is that trolling

Malibu isnt all that strong iirc

it's 21% alcohol compared to like vodka that's 40%

srsly

so basically TC drank two bottles of vodka in a week p much 5 shots a night

not that I'm advocating for alcoholism but I wouldn't call that alcoholism

or maybe it is I dont fuckin know
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Same. I could stop, but I don't wanna.

Doesn't affect my work or social life either. But I too worry about the health risks.
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BADoglick posted...

Weed is healthier

Weed gives me full on psychosis.

dioxxys posted...

@yellow

Are you trying to get over a break up or something?

I did the same for a month once (but not every night) to help cope.

You need to wean yourself off.

Yes, something. I don't feel like saying more than that.

I know I need to.

Jen0125 posted...

it's 21% alcohol compared to like vodka that's 40%

Alright, good to know. I usually stop buying whatever horrible drink I'm using as soon as I find a better one. I went from beer, to wine, to chardonay, then fireball, and now weird sugary coconut Malibu.

Zangulus posted...

If you question it, youre not an alcoholic.

Seems like decent advice.
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Well Malibu coconut rum is delicious with pineapple juice but might take a full cup of half and half to get you to feel anything.

I would go for some harder liquors and then once you reach a nice level of drunk, switch over to something lighter like beer. The beer will help you fine tune your drunkedness without going over board.

Yellow posted...

I usually stop buying whatever horrible drink I'm using as soon as I find a better one. I went from beer, to wine, to chardonay, then fireball, and now weird sugary coconut Malibu.

Beer is the best one in that list. You're going down in quality.
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Zangulus posted...

If you question it, youre not an alcoholic. Go to meetings, pussy.

Plenty of alcoholics don't believe they're alcoholics. I work with plenty of them to know.

DarkxAngel91 posted...

Ihateyou posted...

Yellow posted...

Lokarin posted...

Seems legit

PotD doubts the most typical things. Be thankful I'm not an abusive drunk. Or a stupid one. Without fail someone's telling me "this is the absolute craziest thing they've ever heard!" because I dare to mention something worth mentioning. Maybe you should step out of your room into real life every now and then. We all know you won't do that, though.

1 week's usage


Hell knows I've still got half my wits with me regardless of whether I want to be painfully aware of what you have to say or not.

4 bottles of malibu for a whole week... I don't believe you even got a buzz at any point, your health will be fine

@Ihateyou Either youre a troll or just fucking stupid. Reported for trolling.

not trolling or stupid, just an actual alcoholic who recognizes, maybe 1 days worth of drinking when he sees it, no way that shit can get anyone drunk for a week, unless yer like a freshman in highschool or something, but then that would be illegal
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Now I'm having disassociative episodes.

I had about an hour where I felt immensely dizzy, as if I wasn't actually there. Someone else was driving. I wasn't drunk either. It was kind of like an anxiety attack in that my psyche was out of my control, but without the anxiety. It was as if I was completely numb in every aspect, including pain. It started when I was so sick of my job today I'd just go on autopilot and live in my head for a bit.

I'm starting to crack up for real. Oh well.
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I dont believe you. As always.
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if you start hating yourself for your actions they will make you feel worse. i think it's best to figure out why it's bad and why you want to stop, and slowly drink less with that in mind. as opposed to just thinking it's bad and you should stop doing it. you'll never motivate yourself to stop doing something you dont actually feel the bad effects of.

but idk im a very strange person who has yet to say something people agree with lol. good luck in doing whatever makes you happy mate.
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Not sure if this will help you specifically, but this is what I did

calculate how much money you're spending every week on alcohol. Then see how much you'd spend in a year. It's probably a decent amount.

Stop buying alcohol altogether, find a goal of any sort, and use that money as funds towards that goal rather than spending it on nothing.

What does alcohol do for you that being constructive can't achieve? Write out pros and cons, write out a list that basically says "These are my goals, this is how I want to achieve them"

Idk, you sound more depressed than anything so that's why I posted the whole goals thing...

gravy posted...

Not sure if this will help you specifically, but this is what I did

calculate how much money you're spending every week on alcohol. Then see how much you'd spend in a year. It's probably a decent amount.

Stop buying alcohol altogether, find a goal of any sort, and use that money as funds towards that goal rather than spending it on nothing.

What does alcohol do for you that being constructive can't achieve? Write out pros and cons, write out a list that basically says "These are my goals, this is how I want to achieve them"

Idk, you sound more depressed than anything so that's why I posted the whole goals thing...

I had a roommate who use to spend pretty much all his money on alcohol for him and his friends. He was in the military with me, so he made a good amount. Every payday, I made sure to go to him immediately to get money for the bills and everything before he would blow most of it on whatever he bought for the basically "non-stop party" going on at our house with all the moochers...
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SunWuKung420 posted...

Yellow posted...

I usually stop buying whatever horrible drink I'm using as soon as I find a better one. I went from beer, to wine, to chardonay, then fireball, and now weird sugary coconut Malibu.

Beer is the best one in that list. You're going down in quality.

Yeah fireball is shit 18 year olds shoot and Malibu rum is disgusting and you're just asking foe an awful hangover

Zangulus posted...

If you question it, youre not an alcoholic.

As an ex-alcoholic (although the truth is, you're never really an ex-alcoholic), I feel qualified to warn you that's entirely untrue.
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Funkdamental posted...

Zangulus posted...

If you question it, youre not an alcoholic.

As an ex-alcoholic (although the truth is, you're never really an ex-alcoholic), I feel qualified to warn you that's entirely untrue.

Yeah I'd say a really high percentage of alcoholics think they don't have a problem at all

OhhhJa posted...

Funkdamental posted...

Zangulus posted...

If you question it, youre not an alcoholic.

As an ex-alcoholic (although the truth is, you're never really an ex-alcoholic), I feel qualified to warn you that's entirely untrue.

Yeah I'd say a really high percentage of alcoholics think they don't have a problem at all

I get the feeling he was suggesting that only alcoholics who are in denial are genuine alcoholics and that if you're conscious you have a problem, you're not really very far down that road. If so, that'd be absurd -- it implies that everyone who's ever gone to an AA meeting isn't really an alcoholic!

Yeah, I'd agree there's a strong reluctance to admit to real problems with alcohol: there's a sense of shame about it. I think in part it's because alcohol is a legally and socially accepted drug and masculine identity is often bound up with a hard-drinking culture: you're supposed to drink heavily and often, you're supposed to get pissed out of your head, you're supposed to love it; and if you can't keep it under control(?!) like other men, then you fail at being a man. It's an admission of weakness.

In a way, I think, it can be just as hard to admit to yourself and to other people that you're an alcoholic as it is to admit that you're an heroin addict. Heroin has this almost mythic image as an addictive substance that instantly enslaves every user -- you're almost supposed to be an addict if you use heroin; whereas you're not supposed to be an addict to alcohol, because it's most people's favourite everyday recreational drug.
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Graduated in May 2016. Before that point, I drank every single day and got drunk as shit with my friends while juggling work.

I can count the number of times Ive gotten drunk since then on one hand. And one of the more recent points was this party I attended may 2017.

It can be done. Just... dont buy it. Drink water instead and keep yourself busy. If you have stuff you need to do, even silly hobbies, you wont feel the urge to drink. And if you do, youll know you shouldnt because those silly hobbies are more important.
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switch to beer, it's way healthier than that malibu shit for real.
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I always give people advice, but they never listen to me. Go get real help instead of saying "I can't stop". Or be an alcoholic, shut up, and continue getting more miserable.
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Zangulus posted...

OhhhJa posted...

Funkdamental posted...

Zangulus posted...

If you question it, youre not an alcoholic.

As an ex-alcoholic (although the truth is, you're never really an ex-alcoholic), I feel qualified to warn you that's entirely untrue.

Yeah I'd say a really high percentage of alcoholics think they don't have a problem at all

Sarcasm is for women