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I have learned so much about my disease since I joined this site. The one thing that I am still a bit hazy on is why when we drink "that certain amount" all hell breaks loose? If I drank 2 pints of vodka I would become very angry and agitated, but up to that point I was just a drunken mess. Any insight would be appreciated.
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i dont know, when i drank i would be fun and having a great time with friends wherever i was. but people would tell me i would do one more shot and then it was like a switch flipped and i would start to be an ass****. friends told me they could see my face go black and they had known i was blacked out drunk, so fortunately they just made fun of me and never held it against it, but it was still highly embarrassing.
so i dunno, ur guess is as good as mine
so i dunno, ur guess is as good as mine
It's not about "a certain amount" for me ....... it's the first drink that gets me. Once I have that first drink, I'm certain to be out of control, never really knowing what will happen, but guaranteed it will be bad.
I tried just drinking a little and it just didn't work for me.
If I have one, I want the rest, all of it, and then go get me some more.
I tried just drinking a little and it just didn't work for me.
If I have one, I want the rest, all of it, and then go get me some more.
I was discussing the amount of alcohol and its impact this morning.
With that first sip I knew I was on my way to emotional relief.
The second sip got me closer, and so on, and so on, and so on.
If I could just eliminate the so on's, and get immediate emotional relief.
Higher alcohol content, more of it, and drink it faster.
When I can do in minutes, what could take me hours, I became out of control almost instantaneously. And that my friend, was never a pretty picture.
Now I drink in moderation, my last drink was sixteen months ago, I don't plan on having one today. That's how I deal with moderating my drinking today.
With that first sip I knew I was on my way to emotional relief.
The second sip got me closer, and so on, and so on, and so on.
If I could just eliminate the so on's, and get immediate emotional relief.
Higher alcohol content, more of it, and drink it faster.
When I can do in minutes, what could take me hours, I became out of control almost instantaneously. And that my friend, was never a pretty picture.
Now I drink in moderation, my last drink was sixteen months ago, I don't plan on having one today. That's how I deal with moderating my drinking today.
i think what the drink did to us and at what limit is too personal to use a generalized answer for. for me i never got to the point you describe, even if i drank that much. i was never an angry or overly emotional drunk. i was a solitary drunk, i drank to feel good about myself(false feeling, but it was there none the less). i also never reached a point of blackout drunk, and even though i always drank to pass out i was always conscious of when i passed out. i think my central nervous system is a little over active, probably a big reason why i drank.
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