Elisabeth888

THINK about it: what is it actually going to DO for you? NOTHING! It is going to make you feel bad and your problems worse than they already are. It is not a stress reliever. It fries your nerves. Kills brain cells. Destroys your liver and pancreas.

boris

But tastes so good. I am sober and never plan on drinking but sometimes i guess the idea will pop back in my mind

Elisabeth888

Actually, I think alcohol tastes like crap. I drank straight vodka at times.

boris

Neat vodka tastes terrible but the fact ive tasted it is probily another reason why i shouldnt drink.

I do belive alcohol is evil. It robs you of your life. But in getting sober. You also get to reclaim you life

visch1

I believe marketing implies this is "fun."

Weaver

Gives you beer goggles, makes you think you have a really good idea/ revelation on some obscure element of life but all the sobers are just giving you the stank eye like "wtf" lowers your inhibitions so you do stupid $hit like drive drunk out your mind, makes you selfish, makes me think i sound lile george strait when i sing when really sounding like a mule in heat. These are just a few things.

tjhook

I used to love the feeling of being drunk, and I didn't give a damn who knew it. Then, as time went by I noticed that I was the only one I knew drinking on a Monday morning, and that wasn't too cool.

This sounds like a "no way he did that" story, but I once drank one morning BEFORE A DMV DRIVER'S TEST!!!!!! I was shaking so bad that morning that I drank 3 vodka/Gatorade's and then showered, scrubbed my teeth and chewed about 4 pieces of gum, then passed the test and got my license back.

Sigh....how crazy/pathetic/dangerous is that

tjhook

That made me laugh!

bigsombrero

I used to fly a lot for my old job and would drink vodka and gatorades on the El train heading out to Midway Airport. I thought nobody noticed, and I also remember thinking this was a "good idea" because the gatorade was good for hydration purposes! Elisabeth is right, this stuff is straight poison.

tjhook

Yep, for years I used to joke around saying that the Gatorade kept me hydrated and provided vitamins.

cocopuff3315

Ugh. So much gatorade and sports drinks...

You know you have a problem when you drink sports drinks like your an athlete but its to ease your constant hangovers. Complete insanity.

1newcreation

Thanks Elisabeth! Its Very highly overated now that u made me think about it. We think its "social lubricant" but what's the point if after getting to know the person for just a little bit u either pass out or don't remember the person's name...lmao;I'm so glad those days r behind me & as the Promises say I don't want to shut the door on it-even tho there times I wish I did for the sheer stupidity I did

tjhook

I never drank the sports drink to ease the constant hangover, the vodka I had mixed in it took care of that.

To this day I can't drink straight Gatorade, it reminds me too much of what I used to do.

kinzoku

Temporary solution, that's what its always been for me. So that appeals quite often, but the rational part of me has to say no, this is not the right way.

Sudz No More

Funny, everything you guys say about Sports drinks are true. Electrolytes yada yada but I never really bothered to try. I always figured that the caffeine in that entire pot of coffee I drank would bring me back the other way. Of course I usually would then vomit and couldn't even keep water down let alone sports drinks.

soberlicious

So overrated...lol

Yesterday at a Memorial day party on the beach this drunk guy was telling me I should just have a beer to "loosen up". Poor guy. In his defense, he didn't know me, but everyone that does just started laughing...I mean howling. In the last six years I have done just about everything that I only blathered on drunk about before. I always made grand plans to do cool things, but was too drunk and/or hungover/depressed/anxious to actually carry them out. I wasn't going to list everything for him because that would mean actually engaging in conversation with him (fruitless of course he's a drunk) but I did mention that just a couple of weeks ago I ran a naked 5k with 300 other naked runners.

"Loosen up"? No thanks, I'm good dude haha Poor dummy LOL

Sally3127

I just replay the tape in my mind and it keeps me sober. I never want to feel that way again.

Weaver

Naked??

CharlieNoogan

Pics or it didn't happen.

On second thought, I would need a drink after seeing something like that.

soberlicious

Duh...of course I have pics LOL

Yeah...it's not exactly for the faint of heart.