Calling all binge drinkers!
Calling all binge drinkers!
I have been a binge drinker for many, many years and when I binge....I BINGE. I won't bother you with crazy stories that acompany my binges because frankly if I am talking to the right crowd you already have your own monolog to fill in the gaps. But one thing I have recently realized is that my binge drinking was mainly due to a lack of opportunity. I was married and it wasn't worth the headache to show up drunk all the time so I abstained, or drank just enough to get by without getting caught. But when I decided to show up drunk...I showed up DRUNK...if I showed up at all. I was never a mean drunk, just a drunk. After my divorce I no longer had a limiting factor and my binge drinking just became drinking. For those of you that quite as binge drinkers...more power to you but the reality is eventually you just end up as drinkers If you keep drinking. I would love to say my divorce caused me to go full force but I don't think so. You could also say my drinking caused my divorce....well it wouldn't take johnnie Cochran to win that arguement. Bottom line for me it is a cyclical series of events and like a toilet it all flows down the drain. I'll leave it at that.
I have been a binge drinker for many, many years and when I binge....I BINGE. I won't bother you with crazy stories that acompany my binges because frankly if I am talking to the right crowd you already have your own monolog to fill in the gaps. But one thing I have recently realized is that my binge drinking was mainly due to a lack of opportunity. I was married and it wasn't worth the headache to show up drunk all the time so I abstained, or drank just enough to get by without getting caught. But when I decided to show up drunk...I showed up DRUNK...if I showed up at all. I was never a mean drunk, just a drunk. After my divorce I no longer had a limiting factor and my binge drinking just became drinking. For those of you that quite as binge drinkers...more power to you but the reality is eventually you just end up as drinkers If you keep drinking. I would love to say my divorce caused me to go full force but I don't think so. You could also say my drinking caused my divorce....well it wouldn't take johnnie Cochran to win that arguement. Bottom line for me it is a cyclical series of events and like a toilet it all flows down the drain. I'll leave it at that.
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I kind of agree with you ......binge drinking is different than steady drinking. Like the guy that binges on weekends and drinks 10-25 drinks over he course of 2 days and than abstains for 5 days is different than they guy who drinks 3-4 drinks 7 nights a week consistently night in and night out.
But I also agree that binge drinking seems to "morph" into consistent drinking over time....not sure why, but I have noticed it happen to me before. Not sure if it goes the other direction.
In many ways I think binge drinking is worse (of two evils) in that it is such a traumatic sudden assault on the body and brain........of course one persons binge is another persons "normal evening". So I guess its all relative.
But I also agree that binge drinking seems to "morph" into consistent drinking over time....not sure why, but I have noticed it happen to me before. Not sure if it goes the other direction.
In many ways I think binge drinking is worse (of two evils) in that it is such a traumatic sudden assault on the body and brain........of course one persons binge is another persons "normal evening". So I guess its all relative.
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