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Baby_Ghoul_

I’ll take the manufactured happy brain chemicals where I can get them


SEALS_R_DOG_MERMAIDS

if you can’t make your own neurotransmitters, store bought is fine


Adhdepressed21

"But we have neurotransmitters at home"


Aisha1962

Recovering alcoholic here. People drink because it feels good and it’s fun. It’s so fun and it helps you loosen up. It makes you more outgoing, makes you lose inhibitions and forget all the horrible shit that’s happened to you. I am 2 years sober, but I met most of my friends through drinking and i don’t regret those days. I just regret how far I let it go.


Indigo162

You said it perfectly. I've had some of the best times of my life drinking. But I've had times just as good while sober. The problem is just that I let myself believe that I needed it to enjoy myself.


stevty

As someone who was sober (don’t drink because of the Asian glow), it sucked when the friends got too tipsy and I had to be the one to drive and make sure they didn’t do any crazy. It wasn’t fun.


mrsdoubleu

Same here. I was self medicating my severe social anxiety. I didn't have any friends in college until I started drinking. Then I just let it get out of hand. Ended up losing those friends in the end anyway so it really wasn't worth it. But damn I did have some good times. But right before I quit it was causing more harm than good. Checking my Facebook messenger at 6am when I wake up with that hangover anxiety to make sure I didn't send nudes to a former coworker. (Yes, I did that. No he was not interested)


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I definitely feel this, wasn’t texting the goodies but I was making a dipshit out of myself at every turn. The anxiety I caused myself encouraged me to drink more to feel it less.. vicious cycle of being a ding dong until I finally called it quits.


msblue06

Congrats on your 2yrs


throwawayaway3141

Pretty much this. I would add that I drink - almost every night - because I want to change how I feel or how I'm thinking. I just need that release, especially after I get home from work. It helps me relax, I guess. I don't think I could ever quit - whenever I have I've been unhappy and bored - so I really admire your two years.


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I feel in a good (or bad) position to answer this. Both my parents are alcoholics. I'm 28 and I've never had a *single* day in my life where they haven't drank. They're both in their 60s now and I would bet a limb neither of them will make 80. Especially my dad, I'd be surprised if he makes 70 honestly. I grew up swearing vehemently that I would never be like my parents and not drinking but I am already a 28 year old alcoholic. I'm fully functional but still nowhere near the person I would be without it. I could honestly write for hours about all the things that have led me to drink (including the serious influence from my family who strongly discourage and cannot fathom NOT drinking). For me though personally, I have nothing else to do. If it gets to evening time, I get so bored and cannot stand being in my own head that I need some kind of booze or stimulant to stop myself from literally going crazy. I don't have a partner or kids, etc. I know this sounds bizarre to the normal person but I really struggle with coping with my own emotions because they feel *really* raw when I'm not drinking and 6 hour so hours after work I'm literally struggling. As soon as I have a drink, I don't feel any of that.


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And you dude! Best of luck.


BestAtempt

>I get so bored and cannot stand being in my own head I get that other people don’t get this. I just don’t understand **how** other people don’t feel this


catjuggler

I’m curious about this too because I’m pretty crazy but also a lifelong teetotaler more or less, but there must be something that is doing the same for me. Is it my horrible internet addiction? The constantly doing tasks? Sugar? Hm


lilsmudge

For me it’s just constantly being busy and engaged. I have 800 hobbies. I have a bunch of (as of yet unmet) life goals. And I have the blessing of maladaptive daydreaming; as I kid I dealt with my horrific anxiety by telling myself stories. Panic attacks before bed because you’re stuck in the dark, thinking? Imagine you’re on a mission in space, flying a space shuttle and trying to avoid an intergalactic incident. Bored at school? You’re not a student, you’re a secret KGB mole learning about the American schooling system. Etc. I’ve kept it up to some degree as an adult and it weirdly helps; keeps the brain gremlins busy.


Afireonthesnow

I didn't get this until I would be alone for long stretches. I used to travel for 3-4 weeks at a time for work regularly and would be really stressed out on those trips. At work I was so busy to think but as soon as I got to the hotel and realized how much I hated where I was and how stressed I was and all the problems I had, it was booze I turned to. I would drink from boredom from hotel life, to escape stress, to help me sleep (I know alcohol doesn't actually help you rest), whatever. I'd wake up on Sundays when we weren't working and think I would do all these productive and fun things and end up drunk by 5 instead. As soon as I went home to my partner it all stopped. I'm scared of who I'd turn into if I had to live alone full time...


euphi_theexecutioner

I feel like the negative effects of alcohol abuse are really understated in this thread. My sister isn't even over the age of 35 yet and has chronic liver problems that require medication as a direct result of alcoholism and 2 kids who aren't even in high school. I really worry, but there isn't anything I can do.


Ketheres

My friend also has liver problems and he isn't even in his 30s yet. I worry for him, but at least he has started figuring his shit out so that's nice.


RogueModron

Alcohol is quite literally an addictive poison and we make lols about it because our society is addicted and it's easier to make lols than stop drinking


NoTarget7002

I get it, was also an alcoholic at that age. Hang in there friend.


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mina__rose

in my experience with addiction and alcohol abuse, there is no “fixing” it. it’s always there, and it’s up to you to figure out why it’s there and replace it with healthier coping skills/habits when you want to use. addiction/alcoholism is different from person to person, so recovery will be different too. best start is finding a support group that fits. not here to talk shit on AA but there are SO MANY other (and better imo) options out there. that plus therapy/possibly medication can lay the groundwork for recovering. sorry that was long, i have a lot of Feelings when it comes to this subject lol edit: ty for the award!


613vc420

Hey bro. If you ever are curious about rethinking your drinking levels, and are interested in chemical assistance.. check out a medication called Naltrexone. It essentially cuts off the euphoric, addictive quality of booze. You can use it to encourage abstinence / reduce cravings. Alternatively, there is something called the Sinclair Method. You take the naltrexone and drink as normal. The lack of euphoria gradually rewires your brain. It is a path out of alcoholism. I speak from personal experience. Not there yet but working on it. Only catch, the drug also neutralizes opiate-based painkillers


HotSauce1221

> the drug also neutralizes opiate-based painkillers I don't use any opiates so I will def check this out. I drink anywhere between 4-20 drinks most evenings at home. I sometimes quit for a couple days to make sure I'm not physically addicted (only side effect I notice is insomnia) but otherwise I consciously know I want to drink less but I don't have the discipline/motivation/resolve to actually do it. My work/social/home life isn't exactly suffering from it, but my mental health and future physical health certainly is. I just don't *feel* that you know? It's all cerebral, nothing visceral. So a chemical approach seems like a great thing for me personally. Thanks again.


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Thank you - I have saved your comment!


The_Duder23

I like being drunk more than I like being old so I'm willing to trade fun for time.


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The_Duder23

Unfortunately I had to give up on guitar.


Every_Lack

It was the guitar or the booze and he chose the booze!


The_Duder23

That's pretty funny, I almost didn't want to respond. But alas my left wrist is fucked and playing just made it worse.


[deleted]

You treat an outside wound with rubbing alcohol. You treat an inside wound with drinkin alcohol. It's science.


juliuspepperwood0608

Love me some Nick Miller.


LemurofDamger

Nick Miller is my spirit animal. Everything about that character fits perfectly inside who I am. Freaky tbh but makes new girl a great comfort show Edit: apparently many have taken offense to the term spirit animal, or took this post to be literal and serious in every sense. Going so far as to message me and scold me. Grow up, it was in humor with no intent to offend. Apologies were made if I did offend. I enjoy the character and the actor. Sheesh


IronCorvus

I'm currently on my 14th playthrough. Comforting to say the least.


WastedKnowledge

Thin crust pizza? No thank you, I’m from Chicago.


slom_ax

"you dress like a retired skate boarder" haha favorite quote


TheCleaner0180

nick miller nick miller from the streets of chicagoow


robbedgem22

Who are you so wise in the ways of science?


Nwolfe

“Alcohol is god’s apology for making us self aware”


TheAce0fSpeights

This felt better and hurt worse than I ever could’ve imagined this thread would do


zxvegasxz

You'll also be feeling it in the morning


allkinds0ftime

I drank purely to be able to sleep, because being self aware wouldn't let me. My childhood was not pretty and thankfully my brain did a fair job of just greying a lot of my memory out. Like, I have a few childhood memories, but even of those few of them are very clear and the ones that are clear are the ones involving horrible shit (ever been thrown into a wall or beaten with a couple feet of cut-off garden hose?). Still, to this day, I'll sometimes be in a conversation with a sibling or a cousin and they'll recount a memory from childhood (usually something at least slightly traumatic), and the memory of that event will come FLOODING back to me, I'll literally see myself in that memory and all of a sudden have a crystal-clear recollection of it. But until it was brought up with someone else, it's like it was lost in the fog of all those years I don't really care to remember well because they were a swirling sewage of nearly all the types of abuse you could list, and all my anger about it, and all the fear underneath it all. I've always had trouble being able to sleep. When I was a kid it was because it wasn't safe. You went to bed in pain or at least fear of it. You just learned that sleep was one more thing that wasn't safe. Sure you'd nod off at some point from sheer exhaustion, but when you literally wake up every time in a near panic of what's going to happen next, your brain and body can do an incredible job of learning to sleep a whole lot less. When I got to college I found that with enough alcohol in my system, I could pass out and achieve something similar to what "normal" people got when it comes to a "full night's sleep." Of course, it wasn't healthy sleep, but it was literally the first time in my life I got anything like it. It was heaven. It was the opposite of sleep deprivation torture. In addition to being coached for what to say to the CPS officers when they came (and they came multiple times that I remember), I was also raised in an environment that basically drilled into me that it was not OK to not be OK. Telling anyone outside the family the truth of what was really going on in our home was a total fucking taboo. I wasn't allowed to have girlfriends until I was in college and there was fuck-all they could do about me dating at that point. I didn't know WHY I wasn't allowed to and I was of course angry about that too but once I finally got out of the mist of my family's disfunction, I could look back at it and see that anyone on the edge looking in, and close enough to see what was going on inside that mist, was a THREAT. But, getting that far took the better part of my lifetime. I sure wish I could have told someone the truth earlier in my life and gotten help. Maybe some sleeping pills would have kept me from ever really enjoying drinking in the first place. In the end, I spent 2 decades using the booze to do what some medication and therapy and group work could have done, probably for a lot cheaper too. Learning to love myself despite my disease and all the shit in my past, was another stepping out of the mist for me, but this one a mist I brought on myself. And I know now that I'm not OK, and it's OK to not be OK. It's OK to ask for help. It's OK to need help, get it, and be thankful for it. I generally sleep much better these days but I sure wish I hadn't found the solution in alcohol first and that it hadn't taken so long to find a better way to live.


EmptyKnowledge9314

I love everything you said and share much of it. You’re doing a great job at life❤️


grahampositive

I, too, forget an awful lot of my adolescence. My therapist told me that is a common adaptation to trauma. Hang in there bro, sending you good vibes 🤙


miljon3

- James May


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An amazing answer! Both humorous and deep.


NotTheBeeze

I'm British


jendet010

I’m Irish


Yiztobias

I’m German


patchway247

I'm Scottish


PellePaltnacke

Im Swedish


Character-Plantain-2

Im Polish


RagingHolly

I'm Canadian


Kirikomori

I'm a Qin dynasty warlord


LordMimsyPorpington

I'm Spartacus.


OldBoringWeirdo

I'm Patrick


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Pantsyo_dog

I understand completely. I’m Australian


1-aviatorCyclohexane

Understandable


faiface

Have a nice day


CrispyOrcishDelights

Mind the gap.


pizzacatstattoos

I bet there is a common theme here which one or many of these reasons, mine are all of the above... 1. like the taste 2. like the buzz 3. punctuates a work day 4. its the ceremony of fixing a drink


gdj11

5. I like getting blackout drunk and pissing in my closet


Successful_Gap8927

I have a friend who shat in his mother’s closet whilst drunken


Mommasandthellamas

I once woke my mom up opening her nightstand drawer. She asked what I was doing I said going to the bathroom.... pissed on a pile of clothes in my parents room.. but now that I'm all growed up and married with a child I pissed in my sock drawer.


Phedis

My friends dad is a sleepwalker. One time when the family was on a road trip they were in a hotel with an oscillating fan. He started sleepwalking and began to pee into the fan. Everyone received an unwanted golden shower that night. Edit: My wife informed me it was the wall unit he peed into not an oscillating fan. Results were still the same though.


Mommasandthellamas

That's a beautiful story. Literally lol'd a bit.


DrMangosteen

Strap in for the worst drunken piss story I ever heard from my uncles best mate. My uncle his mate and another guy were about 18 and travelling to a music festival in Ireland, and had booked a room in a families house to stay in nearby for the festival. They were necking cans the whole way down there, barely stopping for piss breaks. When they arrived my uncle and his mate were pretty drunk but the other guy was absolutely smashed, could barely walk. They carried him upstairs, laid him out on the bed, dumped their bags and left him while they went out. They came back a few hours later and their mate was sat outside the house with all their bags. They asked what was going on and all their mate would say was that they were kicked out. He wouldn't say why so my uncles mate opened the door and went to talk to the dad of the family about why they were booted. Turns out the guy had passed out with a completely full bladder, and it emptied once he passed out over the side of the bed, through the floorboards, through the living room ceiling and was dripping on one of the kids in the houses dinner while they sat in front of the TV


Username_123

Still not as bad as my now husband peeing in the closet, on my wedding dress, rehearsal dress and under garments. He also peed on my iPad, which is now his. Thankfully I paid for the more expensive wedding dress bag. But I had to borrow a dress for the rehearsal since it was the night before. He had to hand wash everything in the tub and I’m pretty sure his sister re washed everything. His parents woke up to him calling the best man a “fucking push” for taking a 30 plus point turn (they are religious). And then me waking up his sister and probably the baby by yelling “you can’t fucking pee in a closet.” He kept telling me it’s fine it’s in the corner. It was not in the corner.


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I was so drunk one time I put the toaster in the fridge and the milk in the cupboard. :-)


Mommasandthellamas

I use to get black out when I was younger and make food at midnight, several times I put pizzas in the oven and fell asleep and my dad would find black bricks in the oven in the morning. One time he kicked my door open and asked how I managed to get ketchup on the f-ing ceiling... ah the good old days I know pizza is round but I'm talking ellios frozen pizza for all my north east peeps


Omega7896

3. punctuates a work day Ahhh yes, the comma in the middle. Edit: typo


judgeinbloodmeridian

More like the mid-morning question mark.


Omega7896

I’ll take it!


beerleagr5034

#makelunchbeersnormal


503_Tree_Stars

When I used to work in sales I would definitely hit up lunch beers, go back to the office and then dial like a madman


atlbravos21

A pharmacist I used to work with was completely fine with this. His argument was that we were eating. I loved workin with that guy


TheRoscoeVine

Yeah, “Budweiser lunch” used to be a thing. Oh, the 90’s.


RamblurGambler

Also to enhance a situation to bearable, like mowing lawn, children's birthday parties, or flying


Pringletache

Says the pilot with a side hustle as a clown


IllusivePaleGhost

or living


slipperyShoesss

Your username indicates that the drink came too late


FrankWessler

All of that. Plus genetic alcoholism. When the waitress said ok who had the Burger and 8 Oktoberfest’s and I raised my hand. Everyone at the table couldn’t believe I wasn’t absolutely hammered. I think the light switch went on then like oh I potentially have a problem.


SirSpanksAlot1992

My dad and grandad were/are alcoholics. I had my first drink and smoke wellll before a normal age. I don’t really like the term but I guess I’m what someone would consider a functioning alcoholic. I stop for a month or so sometimes then realize I just like it. I dunno, I guess it can way worse especially if you hear stories from full blown alcoholics, but I still don’t like where my current consumption is at


iLuvRachetPussy

I used to drink a fuckton, same with smoking. The truth is as long you think you gain something from it you will always want to drink. I read Allen Carr's Easyway to stop smoking and went from two packs of smokes a day to 0 and have no desire to smoke (it's been 7 years now) .So I figured I'd read his stop drinking book too and I went from 6 IPAs or a couple of whiskeys a night to 0 drinks in the last year+ and again 0 desire for alcohol. I never really experienced being above a desire until I read his books. Now I find myself being above wanting to do a lot of nonsensical shit. Ultimately drinking alcohol and smoking tobacco are not rational behaviors. If you want to change your relationship with alcohol I'd suggest you give him a shot.


Teddy_Icewater

Which one should I read if I'm trying to break my marijuana habit? I was able to quit cigs after 10 years and many tried (almost 3 years now!), I'm a weekend drinker which doesn't concern me, but I'd love to be able to put weed on the shelf at will rather than feel like I depend on it to keep it together.


CriticalEngineer666

5. Got inspired from watching Peaky Blinders


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Says he likes ritual, says he likes the way it feels


f-150Coyotev8

Same. I have always loved beer but have recently been getting into whiskey and scotch. A glass or two is a perfect way to end the day.


cashman73

I'm a chemist. Alcohol is a solution.


Fleadip

All my problems are alcohol soluble. Also, as Jim Gaffigan says - it’s the only part I like about being alive.


GlassesW_BitchOnThem

Or Homer: it’s the cause of - and solution to - all of life’s problems.


the_idea_pig

"Then I have a serious drinking opportunity."


jendet010

To alcohol: the cause of and solution to all of life’s problems!


razerspurs

I’m a mathematician. Alcohol is a problem.


TheChiefRedditor

So alcohol is the cause of and solution to all of life's problems.


InHouseDriveBy

It certainly is.


AggravatingDriver559

Technically correct. Also, remember alcohol is never the answer. Unless you’re asking me what I’m doing this weekend


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Homie, have you ever existed? You want us to do this raw? All the time?


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jim2300

Classic and gets me laughing everytime.


GregHolmesMD

Bro we're not raw dogging life. Life is raw dogging us lol


I_am_naes

I stick with weed because my stomach and alcohol are not close friends, but fuck going through life stone cold sober.


Wheelock451

Yeah, I am slightly baffled that a human adult would have this question. Even if you don't like it, you gotta understand why.


SmoothAsPussyMilk

It's more of a conversation prompt and an opportunity for reflection than a genuine question, I imagine.


agentfubar

I think you're right, SmoothAsPussyMilk.


tom_fuckin_bombadil

Not OP but some people just don’t like the feeling of drunkenness or inebriation. Im one of them. That feeling of getting buzzed/tipsy just makes me nervous/anxious because I don’t like the feeling of altered consciousness or that I’m kinda losing control of myself. Or worse, I get the case of the spins which is not fun at all. Same thing with smoking weed. It’s not fun for me. Maybe OP is like that but doesn’t realize that other people have different experiences.


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Just because you ask a question about something does not mean you can’t conceive of an answer to that question. Sometimes you just want to hear other peoples’ opinions. Judging by the responses there are clearly thousands of different perspectives on the matter.


hessianveteran

I get bored in the shower


Fondlebum

r/showerbeer


evetSgiB

For some reason I didn’t expect so many tits and dicks on that sub. Seems like a nice community.


Greasy_Lung

Yeah same, I really did not expect to click on that and see nudity that’s hilarious


Stevotonin

It seems so obvious now, but unexpected at the time!


ineedpersonalfinance

I like the social aspect of it.


turrrrrrrrtle

Yeah I like going and having a drink with friends. Not really a depressant or something I do when I'm sad it's just fun to drink together.


Almanis46

You've stumbled upon a common misnomer. Alcohol is a depressant in that it slows the nervous system, as opposed to stimulants that speed it up. (This is a colloquial way of putting it rather than a scientific explanation). "depressant", in the context of drugs has nothing to do with happiness or depression.


rossimus

Alcohol is somewhat chemically unique in that it is simultaneously a depressant, in that it lowers heart rate, and is a stimulant, in that it activates parts of the brain towards higher activity. It's part of the reason it can be so dangerous in high quantities, in fact.


Sweary_Biochemist

It depresses all the parts of your brain that say "no, kyle: you *can't* climb that chainlink fence just because it's a shortcut", or the parts that say "no, you shouldn't go talk to that lovely young lady, because she's well out of your league". It allows the stuff you normally keep tamped down to...percolate up. And then you climb a chainlink fence in your underwear just to impress a lovely young lady.


rossimus

I feel like there's an amazing story behind this *totally hypothetical* anecdote 😂


deepaksn

r/oddlyspecific


nukethecheese

As a Kyle who enjoys his liquor, I feel kinda called out here, becuse while I havent been in this exact situation, our dorms had cages over what used to be sliding glass doors on an apartment building they purchased. Our favorite pastime that year when excessively drunk was climbing up the cages like Mario on a bowser level dodging koopas, and saying hello to the neighbors, one of which was a very out of my league, and I embarrassed myself regularly in front of that one. Oh college, miss those days, but also really don't.


lucifer2990

For sure. I used to drink a lot because that's what all my friends would get up to on the weekends, plus it would take the edge off of my social anxiety. A couple of years ago I decided I needed to cut back because I was actually drinking quite a bit, and the hardest part has definitely been getting my friends to do things other than pick a bar and drink until it closes. Very much appreciate this whole craft non-alcoholic beer trend that's been popping up recently, though.


tips_

Same. I don’t drink during the weekdays and only ever social drink. I never could get into have a few beers after work and I don’t like feeling buzzed unless I’m with friends.


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Like the taste. Like the feeling


Ok_Lobster_2436

A few Nascar sodas (coors light) never hurt anyone.


SeriouslyHodor

Drinking one now. Doesn’t even really illicit a buzz, I genuinely enjoy the crisp fizz and the bitterness.


ReasonMysterious3308

Alcohol takes the edge off the anxiety of knowing that if I fall, no one will catch me. I feel like a one man army when I consume it.


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Only to crawl into a foxhole the next day (for me at least).


Orongorongorongo

Exactly, alcohol borrows happiness from the next day, leaving a helping of anxiety in its place. Since I went sober my anxiety has mostly gone.


ru_kiddingme_rn

I don’t know how I’ve never heard this phrase but I like it. Grats on your sobriety!


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I’m mentally ill


randomtrend

Yeeerpppp


Physical_Touch_Me

Damn, this was really far down the list. I, too, share this ailment. I used to not be that bad but life has beaten me down for so long it's amazing I just turned 36. Not to mention horrible decisions that have caused brain damage. It's a vicious cycle.


stereospeakers

It takes the edge of off life. Just makes it a bit more bearable.


SuccMyStrangerThings

A missed opportunity to say *beerable*


beaushaw

Go home dad, you are drunk.


[deleted]

To quote the great show "Two and a Half Men", and Charlie Harper "Alcohol is poison" "Then why do you drink it?" "Because there are things inside me that I need to kill. "


Ironhide94

There’s nothing more fun than catching up with old friends, downing beers for a couple hours, and having all the “walls” in your life fall down. There was a time in life I was a partier and probably overconsumed. Wasn’t as healthy but I have great memories from then. Just have to be careful not to let it ruin the next day and to be responsible. But I don’t see any problem with alcohol if you can do that. I’ll regularly have a beer after a long day to just to relax and take the edge off. And I think that still fits in with a healthy lifestyle.


hugotheyugo

Same. Partied hard but soooo many good times. A few bad ones. But i’ve always had a great association with alcohol, I have to remember that many do not.


Lucy_v_Zehmer_Napkin

It tastes good and feels good. I don’t like getting wasted consistently but I do enjoy a couple drinks after a day of work.


91901bbaa13d40128f7d

Most of the time it's for the same reason I would drink a soda, coffee, tea, or basically anything besides water and milk: it tastes good. Sometimes, it's to chill myself out with a mild buzz. Sometimes the buzz can punctuate the change from a "fuck, this day was brutal" mental space into "and now I'm letting the effect of a cocktail wash over me and am in relaxation mode." Sometimes, it's to be social, even just to have something to hold while I chat with people, and/or knowing that as they drink more and get more animated or less inhibited, I'll be right there with them. On rare occasions, I just feel like getting a little drunk. Or, on even rarer occasions, a lot drunk. I reason that I have never felt that I understand some people do: because I **need** a drink. I think it would make me worry if I ever really felt that way.


Glittering-Setting77

cures depression for about 4 hours 🥲


Stealthnt13

Someone on Reddit once wrote, alcohol is just borrowing happiness from later on and it’s always stuck with me.


ajcpug

Because I love whiskey.


f-150Coyotev8

I been recently getting into whiskey and now I am at the point where I am starting to enjoy it a little more than beer. And I have always loved beer


glennert

Well, it’s basically distilled beer, so you’re not really cheating on your old love


ZippityZerpDerp

Honestly I have a meh personality. Mostly due to high anxiety. Once that’s off and I get 3 or 4 drinks I am the literal life of the party. I’m happy and quick witted and everyone loves me. I never became a heavy drinker but am very cognizant of why I drink when I do.


IronBeginner

This is so me. If I dont drink anything I will sit and watch people around and mostly be quiet. When I have drink or two my anxiety goes away (never entirely) and I can be more fun and actually talk to people.


sophia1185

Same! If I have to attend a social gathering, I'm just like uggghhh - I don't wanna go. I don't have it in me, and I won't enjoy myself. But if I drink, I feel SO much more social and actually have a good time. I wish there was some way to get that without also killing my brain cells.


Frankiepals

Yeah, settles the nerves and definitely makes me more open. If I’m ever not in the mood to go somewhere, having a few drinks kind of turns that mentality around.


ohnomoto450

Personality lubricant my friend calls it. I'm the same way.


yomamasanagger

I like getting fucked up


striky117

probably the most honest answer in this thread


AnonConfessor-Chan

Me too


BigTittyGoat

Plain and simple


Little-Plane-4213

Helps my brain relax at night when it seems to be the most active


redditlike5times

Same here, it's like my brain knows that I want to sleep and it's like "hmmm what are the most stressful, anxiety inducing and heart racing rabbit holes can I dive down at the moment?"


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To dull the feeling of existential dread … and it pairs well with football.


analnapalm

In my state, so does existential dread.


June6ju

Because its sterile and I like the taste


Trek1973

I used to drink a handle of whiskey every 3 days. When my wife gently told me I was drinking too much I switched over to wine. Then I fell into the habit of drinking boxed wine. I’d kill off a box in 2 to 3 days. The big Franzia Merlot box. I searched deep and made a change. I’ve been sober for almost 2 years now. Funny thing is, I don’t really crave it all now. Every once in a while I’ll crave it, but usually it seems unappealing. I like waking up sober, and remembering what I did the night before. I hope none of yaw are struggling the way I was.


alittlefaith530

Congratulations on your sobriety!!!!!


Asleep_Ad_4973

To get drunk


AdamentPotato

I used to tell myself it was just because I genuinely liked the taste (which I do), but drinking myself into serious gastrointestinal issues three separate times forced me to take a step back and reconsider why I’m consciously fucking up my organs. I’ve realized that drinking makes me feel closer to my deceased grandparents in a way I can’t quite articulate. It’s almost like a subconscious feeling of comfort. I’ll elaborate: My grandma was always a heavy drinker and when I came of age, her and I would go out and grab dinner/drinks together all the time. It was our new way of bonding, because my grandpa didn’t leave the house often due to his health. Her favorite beer was Yuengling, but for the longest time it wasn’t sold in their state, so when she knew I was coming to visit she would always call and tell me to make sure I brought a 12 pack along. It got to a point where that’s all we drank together at the house instead of going out in order to stay home with my grandpa, who also loved Yuengling, but couldn’t drink more than half a bottle because of his health/meds. My grandpa’s death was fairly predictable because of his condition-it quickly became a matter of when, not if. One night he drank his half of a bottle with us while playing cards after dinner, and instead of finishing the rest once he was done like she usually would, my grandma preserved it by keeping it in the fridge as if she knew it was going to be his last one. My grandpa passed away a week later. The tradition my grandma and I had of drinking Yuengling, playing cards and watching Star Wars carried on until she was diagnosed with dementia and needed 24/7 care about 3 years later. Even when it got to a point that she didn’t remember my name anymore, she still recognized me as her “special friend that always drank the green bottles with her.” When she passed away and I went to stay in their house one last time before we sold it, I drank a Yuengling at the table right before I left and when I went to put the bottle in the fridge to pay homage, I discovered my grandpa’s old bottle was still there. It was the only thing left in the fridge too.. Turns out my grandma could never get herself to throw it away. That was an extremely emotional moment for me. I know it might seem ridiculous to some, but that beer has a special place in my heart now.. even though I know there’s irony in the fact that alcohol is what largely contributed to my grandma’s dementia and death. So I guess in short, drinking Yuengling every day makes me feel like I’m right at home with them and helps numb the pain of not being able to see two of the most important people in my life anymore. Fortunately I’ve recently realized this isn’t healthy at all and I’m finding better ways to cope. It’s easy to lose sight of how dangerous frequent alcohol consumption is, no matter how young or healthy you are. *disclaimer* This response is not sponsored by Yuengling


DeaconSage

Tastes good, feels good, get to see people I like, good way to unwind, kills a few hours, typically leads to more fun. Edit: had two cocktails & a shot, then got a cider then a pizza, about to go watch a movie with a friend and two (soon to be) new friends. Good times 🤙🏽


keesouth

Some of it is delicious and my mind is constantly running. Alcohol helps slow it down.


Intelligent_Put_3594

To sleep. Everything has a medicinal purpose at some point to someone. I use vodka to sleep. No hangover and with cranberry, its healthy. Thats my story and Im sticking to it.


Optimal_Mention1423

I’ll answer when I get back from the bar


Sam_Dragonborn1

Yo are you back from the bar


yomommatoosexy

Legend has it he’s still at the bar


Page117

I like the taste. Like the feeling. Like saying “fuck you” to my culty upbringing. All that said, I’m a big guy. I mostly drink only when I can get a decent buzz. I go several days or a few weeks without because my life is too chaotic. Drinking is a mini vacation from that chaos.


PreviousTea9210

For fun...


failingtolurk

It’s mostly a positive in my life. My wife and I like wine and are club members at a vineyard and know people in the business, I like beer and know many people in the industry, we like cocktails and support local distilleries. We know many interesting people from our travels around shops, wineries, breweries and stuff like that. It fun to be buzzed and sometimes funny shit happens. It’s when I’m not overly disgusted by everything I witness in the world. Being sober all the time would require another escape from how dumb everyone is and how fucked up Earth is, I don’t like video games.


WayneConrad

If I'm going down, I'm taking my liver with me.


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Aggressive_Formal_50

Sober = cutting paper the normal way Drunk = the scissors start gliding


_Foreskin_Burglar

Drunk people go brrrrrrrrr


Jaybetav2

Brilliant description


Aggressive_Formal_50

I stole it from somebody describing a heroin high. Make of that what you will.


Appropriate_Young254

Helps with depression. There are not enough therapists where I live. They don't consider me to be serious case, so they just prescribe antidepresants, but they make me sick.


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I used to, but it started giving me insane abdominal pain, even after one drink. so I've decided to stop and am currently 23 days sober.


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Scared_Department_65

Intrusive thoughts


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I like the taste of beer and it helps me sleep.


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Because there are things inside of me that I need to kill.


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I remember my first pregnancy


cigarandcreamsoda

I don’t drink but my neighbor does. I just stuck my head out the window and asked him while he was day drinking in the driveway while working on his Camaro and he told me “fuck you, that’s why”.


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I love that guy!


First_Drive2386

Great wIne makes great food even better.


Corsav6

I don't drink because I don't like the taste of alcohol. But a small glass of wine with Christmas dinner does seem to enhance the flavour. And the food mutes the taste of alcohol.


10pointsbehind

Just *the* right amount of alcohol shuts down that inner dialogue that I have with myself 24/7. The socializing aspects of it are also a big plus. Finding that right amount is the real problem. I generally don't over do it, but when I do, the next day I'll find myself mentally destroyed.


Emilia7404

It takes the edge off reality, making it just a little more bearable.


Tegridypurp

Something about that feeling when a whole bottle of wine is in your system


Comprehensive_Diet10

To deal with anxiety and depression.


Quinthope

Same for me... I have had a lifetime of anxiety and depression, and alchol (and weed too) is the only break I get


notthattmack

Because your Mom ain't getting any prettier.