MrSilver

Drinking SUCKS! It will steal your money, destroy your health (mental and physical), cause you to do stupid and dangerous things you will regret, could lead to legal, family and/or work problems, and leaves you feeling like crap. It is to the point where I actually get mad when I see, or hear about, people getting drunk. Part of me says it is their life and their choice and I should just live and let live. The other part of me though gets very angry about it. Maybe...just maybe...it is because I see what a loser I looked like for so long. Tonight I was out to eat and the people in the booth next to me were talking about nights where they got drunk, and it just pissed me off. Yeah...let's all go get really wasted, act like idiots, urinate on the sidewalk, and throw up the next morning! We will all look so cool. Oh I bet I can drink more than you. Like it ******* would mean **** if you could, *******. How many familys are ruined from drinking? How many people lose their jobs because of their drinking? How many people get arrested because of it? How many people go broke? How many people get killed?? All for what...to fit in and feel "cool?" Drinking to an extream is so awesome and will make you a bad ass? It is so pathetic that these people do this. They all act the same and they think they are "wild" or "crazy" for doing it. I know, because I was that way too. I can't even begin to expresse how happy I am that I finally put those days behind me. Even though I have almost daily cravings after almost 11 weeks, I still have been able to stop it. If people did not drink to get drunk, they would be saving themselves a lot of long term problems. Instead they drink to get drunk because they want the short term high. But when they go broke, go to jail, or lose their marriage...the alcohol companies and the bars won't be there to help. The alcohol companies and the bars...they don't give a **** about you, at all. They don't care if you destroy your life with it, as long as they get your money. You are not being rebelious by giving money to someone who doesn't give a **** about you. You are being stupid. Period. Some bars actually kick people out if they are not drinking. I can't wait to find one and then get thrown out because I refuse to buy a drink. It will be a great day.

I am not sure what the point of this thread was other than to blow off some steam. I have just had enough of seeing drunk people and promotion and celebration of idiot drunk behavior every time I turn around. I'm sick of it.

WritingFromLife

You sound like me--I go off with these same words every couple of months. Some say it's out of jealousy---oh no it's NOT! I have come to HATE the stuff. I don't preach to other people and I don't judge them (hell I drank for years)---In my case, I wish they could experience sobriety which is sooo much better than using ethanol to check out. And yes, it hurts so many people. Arrrghhh!

soberlicious

yup. sucks big. IMHO, the coolest people are those that know themselves, can hold a lucid conversation, have interests and opinions, express their rebellion in healthy ways, and find the thrills that are already inherent in life...sans alcohol. That's badass. But, everyone is on their own journey...

instant

Mr Silver I can empathise. For me it is also that I have been angry with myself for a long time regarding my drinking, my associated irresponsible behaviour and my inability to stop. I read I think in the big book about working towards feeling neutral about alcohol. The logic as I recall was that if you are angry at alcohol and associated social issues you still have a relationship with alcohol. I have in me the capacity to become a crusader. I have decided for my own recovery (126 days LOL) to try to move beyond that by focusing on my thankfulness at have been delivered to my current state of freedom from the torment of alcohol in my life.

Wishing you peace

Cascabel

I know exactly how you feel. One of the things I noticed after I quit drinking was how people's behavior changed at social gatherings once they had a few drinks put away. Polite, intelligent people would become garrulous obnoxious jerks and quiet, reserved people would become pushy and aggressive. The funny thing is that I only noticed this after I became sober. Before I quit, I, too, became a garrulous, obnoxious jerk at social events. I enjoy life and like myself much more now that I am sober for life.

sable1

I relate to some of that, but I think part of it was that alcohol was such a big deal in my life. I thought about it a lot when I was new in sobriety. I was sad and angry that I could no longer drink and that affected how I felt about other people drinking. It's crazy that I have lived with a bunch of young people in a dorm (sort of) for the past three weeks, and they have mostly partied EVERY night, and I honestly feel indefferent to it. When I was newly sober I would have been insanely bothered by it, but now I feel like, who cares? It's fine, they are young ( a few years younger than me), of course they want to drink and party a lot, I don't even care anymore. I don't feel angry or like an outsider, or anything to that extent. Amazing what time does for feeling comfortable in sobriety.
It's strange bacuase I feel older and wiser in a way, but I don't at all look down upon them for thinking that partying a lot is what life is about, everyone needs to learn the lesson themselves. I'm just happy I'm on to the REAL exciting things in life. Getting drunk just give you the illusion that you're doing something really exciting, all the while you're pissing your life away.

LaFemme

Since getting sober I have yet to meet a person whose personality improves when they drink, even a little. The best that can happen is that they remain unaffected and stop before that changes.

As for your rant...I agree 200%

EmeraldRose

Unfortunately, drinking has been going on forever. I'm sure every era had someone that said to themselves -that's it...booze is for babies. People learn in their own time. You just happened to have your time be right for you. And no one else's. They have to find their own moment in time where something they do is making them feel guilty, shameful, resentful, etc.
I have to understand that others' lives don't stop because I don't drink. I work in a store where I sell alcohol to people daily. That is their own life, their own journey. I respect that, but I have to remain true to mine.
Understanding the detrimental effects alcohol can have on a person makes you one up in society. I feel almost 'enlightened' that I can remain strong enough to remove such a dangerous aspect of my life while others choose to sacrifice their lives for it.

MrSilver

I can honestly say that in my 76 days of being sober I have never thought to myself "I wish I had gone out drinking last night." Glad those days are over. I guess I will find out who my real friends are when I get back home and tell them I have quit drinking. There are bound to be a few people who won't like it. So it goes.

grateful101010

Amen brother! Booze and drugs are evil! God has given us a beautiful world to enjoy in sobriety. No chemical can replace that beauty.

I am not suggesting a conspiracy, but, drugs and alcohol are job security for: cops, criminal defense attorney, judges, prison guards, anyone who works at a prison, bar owners, booze makers, prostitutes, strippers, casinos, pawn shops, check cashing places, rehabs, you name it. Just about the only thing not making money off booze and drugs is the only thing which works to end it, AA and NA.

AND, may I please add the plethora of prescription anti-anxiety pills which do god knows what to your head and probably make you more addicted to booze and opiates. Good sleep, good food, good exercise - it sets your head straight.

ACT10Npack

If you abuse it then you should not be using it. Not the alcohols fault, it's the people that abuse it. It's really hard for me to control my alcohol intake when I drink more then 3 bottles of beer but I choose to drink it and found that alcohol and me just does not play well together but I don't point the figure to the alcohol but to myself.

MrSilver

Also, what's the story with people putting photos of themselves holding a drink on their facebook page? They all seem to need to show they world they love booze. I am starting to think facebook it a total waste of time. It is mostly people who post photos or video clips of them drinking. The rest of the time they are bragging about themselves. Basically it is socially acceptable to brag on facebook while having a profile pick of you holding up a beer bottle like you just won a trophy.