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Old 03-01-2013, 09:59 AM
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I drank because I wanted to. A lot of times I drank because there was "nothing else to do". Basically, I didn't know what else to do.
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Old 03-01-2013, 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by wanderwoman View Post
Hi there, I'm new here.


When I really think about it, my self esteem has always been incredibly low. I never thought I was very capable of being ok in the world. I never thought the opposite sex would like me, always felt ugly and fat and like a freak. I have trouble believing I am worth anything. Somehow when I was younger, drinking helped to numb those feelings a bit and let me pretend for a bit I was ok...

... I do see how warped my perceptions of myself are and how hard it is for other people to connect with me when I spend my life giving the world messages that I am not worth much. My drinking problem only serves to harm me further.
What you just described fits me almost perfectly. I just came on here cause I was uncontrollably sobbing because I just can't live this way anymore. I hate myself because I believe I am ugly, fat (I have an ED btw), stupid, and that no one could possibly genuinely love me. I somehow came to the conclusion that Im a pos and a bad person who deserves to suffer. My "fiance" just told me to go F* myself twice today and all I wanted to do was get drunk. I know thats not the answer but geez, this overwhelming pain is slowly killing me much like alcohol.. but at least I would be numb?

I know alcohol is not a solution and it just facilitates this horrible situation but I can completely understand why some folks are bewitched by it.
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Old 03-01-2013, 11:38 AM
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I drank because I enjoyed it.
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Old 03-01-2013, 11:39 AM
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To feel normal
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Old 03-01-2013, 12:31 PM
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I thought I drank because I enjoyed the feeling it gave me. With hindsight, I'm not so sure. What I do know is that, in the end, I drank because I drank and that's what I did.
I don't think, apart from the first couple of times at uni that I drank to be sociable, or to be with people. And after that, I tried to be with other people who drank like me, I guess. Or people who didn't drink if I was away from it for a while. It made it more acceptable. Not to me, as such, since I've always drunk on my own as well, but... generally.
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Old 03-01-2013, 03:57 PM
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(Originally Posted by deeker)

We drank for happiness and became unhappy.
We drank for joy and became miserable.
We drank for sociability and became argumentative.
We drank for sophistication and became obnoxious.
We drank for friendship and made enemies.
We drank for sleep and awakened without rest.
We drank medicinally and acquired health problems.
We drank for relaxation and got the shakes.
We drank for bravery and became afraid.
We drank for confidence and became doubtful.
We drank to make our conversation easier and we slurred our speech.
We drank to feel heavenly and ended up feeling like hell.
We drank to forget and were forever haunted.
We drank for freedom and became slaves.
We drank to erase problems and saw them multiply.
We drank to cope with life and invited death.
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