Drinking Alone

What difference does it make lol. As if being with friends or strangers all of a sudden makes drinking better for you.


I for one don't need to bother my friends every-time I wanna get buzzed~drunk and take a day off and relax.

 

Drinking makes more sense to me when I'm doing it socially. When I drink alone I have no clue how much I'm drinking and have drank too much in the past. When I drink with people I never drink too much...well I have in the past, but very rarely.

Recently I drank with a friend to see if I could drink without going over board and it was much better than when I drink alone. I haven't drank with a friend in a long time though and only started drinking alone a couple years ago so it was all an experiment to see what worked best for me. Now I know.

I still prefer to not drink at all though.

 

I'm sitting here all alone in this room drinking a big glass of water and I don't feel bad about it one bit.

 

Im'e Sitting Here All Alone On A Sunny Saturday Afternoon,

Enjoying My Signature Glass Of Red,

And I Don't Feel Bad About It Either...:cheers2:



Cheers Glen.

 

I don't think anything against it. Got to drink something amirite?

 

oh you let the anonymous folks feed you that garbage didn't you?


I won't judge you for it because it does work for some people, but I think its a rather poor psychological bandaid

 

I don't like it at all. I rather smoke a doobie. It can be great to drink a nice beer on my own after a hot day but that's pretty much it for me when I'm alone.

Well, what may not work for you can still work for a lot of others I would not diss the 'bandaid' if it appears to help so many people.

 

a psychological bandaid that has saved the lives of many people, not to mention made the quality of life better for the family and friends as well.

 

Yeah, AA is a psychological band-aid tainted with a virus...the religion virus.

 

I find the notion of alcoholism as a lifelong disease to be rather bullshit. There was a time when I could have easily been considered an alcoholic and was drinking and getting drunk nearly every night. I can still drink on occasion while controlling my intake and without falling off the wagon, and so can other people I know who were in the same situation. But perhaps excessive drinking doesn't always equate to the traditional definition of alcoholism, I don't know.

 

yes but the whole "alcoholism/addiction is a disease: once an addict, always an addict" tenet, though pragmatic, is pretty psychologically debilitating. Also, the religious undertones aren't too helpful.

AA, itself, is pretty innocuous though, but I have seen some organizations that use AA-based literature which are far from innocuous

yeah that too

exactly. I was briefly at a court ordered rehab center where they used AA/NA based literature mixed with group therapy and NLP and basically they used the "you are an addict" thing as a way to demean people and permanently damage them and they transformed a bunch of teenagers with mild drug problems (people who smoke too much kush, don't go to school and maybe do ecstasy on weekends) into what are now severe addicts. Like I'm fine myself, since I left that place before they could thoroughly indoctrinate me, but I see some of the kids from that AA-based rehab centre (kids with problems with marijuana and stuff like that) hanging out at Beri metro (the place where the junkies go) and begging for money to do smack or buy fent patches.

 

Some of us sadly have No choice
Ah well, After a day of performing Chores, One is reminded of, "Chores? What Chores?" Cheers! I'll have a cheeky one = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD_8QkvnDLA"]Paul McCartney & Wings - "Picasso's Last Words(Drink To Me)" - YouTube

 

There is a difference. You don't have to be addicted to drink excessively.

I see how you reached your conclusion :2thumbsup:

I'm not saying that once an addict always an addict counts for everyone or that some people who were considered addicted to alcohol can't drink a beer or something on a regular basis without problems anymore. Just that the idea to stay away from it has helped a lot of people and I would therefor not diss it or proclaim it is total bullshit.

 

so you're not an alcoholic, you're a binge drinker. There is a difference. I have a hard time controlling my intake when drinking but I'm not an alcoholic. People who feel compelled to drink and cannot stop drinking despite the fact that its self destructive as hell are alcoholics.

 

Everyones got some kinda jones, it could be anything.

One step towards enlightenment is givin' up the jones. (desire)

 

I'm not a big drinker but I guess I like drinking with someone prefer my 2 sisters and a couple of there friends. now smoking it goes both ways I love having someone to smoke with but I also love having my time alone

 

Drinking is a social thing for me.

 

I have no intention of giving up my beer. Fuck enlightenment!

I already have what some people would say is a fairly strict diet. No fast foods of any kind. No soda, candy, cookies, crappy chips, or any other kind of junk food. No processed foods either. I won't be giving up beer though. It's one of only 4 or 5 things I drink.

 

I'm not so sure that NA/AA was the cause.

You would have to test against a similar control group of people in court ordered rehab who didn't get the NA/AA thing to know.

Presumably, a certain percentage of the kids in court ordered rehab were headed for the junky route anyway.

I think the main problem there is forced rehab. Not only do they rebel against it, but I've heard that it's often easier for kids to get drugs while in rehab than out of it.

 

I find scotch fun for writing, or wine is always good with pasta
And kicking back a few beers is cool too

friends/social settings are also good, but being by yourself is a fun sort of freedom where you can think about whatever you'd like in peace and inibriation