Why do you drink?

[No1newts]

Drink as in alcohol. Why do you drink alcohol?

More specifically Im talking about going out on a bender and getting hammered. I end up ill for at least a day after and all the good memories that you may get I generally tend to forget because of the amount I drink.

I dont do this very often these days compared to when I was younger, maybe once a month but I honestly can't think of a reason why I do. I could go out and not drink, still have a good night but I just end up feeling strange without a beer in my hand. I HATE hangovers which I invariably get and I lose a day of my life afterward to recovering. Plus I generally tend to speak complete gibberish when I have had a skinful so its hardly as if I am having an engaging conversation when drunk.

Only reason I can imagine why is the fact its a "normal" thing to do. A good evening with my mates has been to go out and get drunk and it just seems to be a social norm to an extent. I dont really know

Just been thinking about this for the last hour so was wondering why you go out and get hammered? Or if you even do it at all.

 

[No1newts]

After about five drinks the monkey will start rattling the cage. Let him out.

Examine his fine smile. This is the giddy you that is so charming with the ladies at the bar. Note the wily gleam in his eyes. This is the happy-go-lucky sport that comes up with wholly improbable, yet wildly optimistic schemes while loaded. Sense his light heart. This is the jovial soul that will laugh at the worst bar joke ever told.

Doesn’t seem like such a bad guy at all, does he? Introduce yourself. Buy him a drink. Let him buy you a drink. Anyone who buys you a drink can’t be all bad, right?

It is now that you will recognize the monkey for who he truly is: he is you without social constraints. A slave unchained. He is you without the worry of what other people think. He is what you want to be, not what your parents, friends, lover, boss and God want you to be.

Good post and probably some truth in it as well.

 

[No1newts]

I didn't write it but it is true, it's from Modern Drunkard Magazine.

Whilst I am no shrinking violet I certainly am somewhat more confident and certainly less inhibited (not stupidly so) after a few beers.

 

[No1newts]

I used to drink loads and loads from 10am until bed some days, I made a mess of every BBQ and family get together because I was drunk.

I needed to drink to get over what the drugs I'd taken in the years before had done to me bad anxiety and depression.

If I drink now I go on a bender and don't stop until I'm ill, I'm what you'd all call an alcoholic.

Now I drink water and tea and coffee and try to behave and thank god I have my wife and kids for support.

The roads long and I've failed a few times but I keep on keeping on.

Good luck and hope you manage to stick at it!