What's the biggest myth about drinking alcohol?
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That it's cool.
I remember as a kid thinking I was cool for drinking and hanging out with all the 'hard' people. This perception lasted well into my 20's. The whole keeping up with the boys thing. A friend of mine's daughter has been posting loads of drunk photo's on facebook and it has been a bit of a hard slap in the face really. There is something obviously pathetic about wanting to get wasted to have a good time. When I think back to what I must have come across like between the ages of 12 and my early 20's, before I started drinking secretly, I'm pretty embarrassed about it. Not cool at all.
I remember as a kid thinking I was cool for drinking and hanging out with all the 'hard' people. This perception lasted well into my 20's. The whole keeping up with the boys thing. A friend of mine's daughter has been posting loads of drunk photo's on facebook and it has been a bit of a hard slap in the face really. There is something obviously pathetic about wanting to get wasted to have a good time. When I think back to what I must have come across like between the ages of 12 and my early 20's, before I started drinking secretly, I'm pretty embarrassed about it. Not cool at all.
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"I'll just have one more, and then go to bed..."
It's ludicrous to think that I would believe that night after night, and later stagger into the kitchen and panic at the realization that it was 2am and I had some important business meeting at 8am for which I was totally unprepared.
It's ludicrous to think that I would believe that night after night, and later stagger into the kitchen and panic at the realization that it was 2am and I had some important business meeting at 8am for which I was totally unprepared.
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That it is an emotional depressant.. it's actually a nervous system depressant and those are two very different things (though emotional depression can certainly co-exist!)
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Eddiebuckle's post just dropped a reality bomb in my mind!!
Also, how about "drinking is a civilised way to socialise with friends." Not for me it's not. I'd replace that myth with this truth: "drinking is a ridiculous way to start off a strange mental/physical reaction that always leads to uncontrolled consumption with progressively worse effects." At least it is for me.
Also, how about "drinking is a civilised way to socialise with friends." Not for me it's not. I'd replace that myth with this truth: "drinking is a ridiculous way to start off a strange mental/physical reaction that always leads to uncontrolled consumption with progressively worse effects." At least it is for me.
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Originally Posted by SoberHappyHour 
So it does not ?
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Originally Posted by SoberJennie
It does neuronal damage, specifically at the dendrites. It's reversible. But things like alcohol poisoning, wernicke-korsakoff syndrome, etc. are supposedly permanent, but I do think you can treat even wernicke-korsakoff at some stages.
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Originally Posted by SoberJennie
It does neuronal damage, specifically at the dendrites. It's reversible. But things like alcohol poisoning, wernicke-korsakoff syndrome, etc. are supposedly permanent, but I do think you can treat even wernicke-korsakoff at some stages.
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It puts hair on your chest, makes you manly, something to do with the boys, etc. As I get older I realize the attributes I associate with manliness (independence, self-control, strength, earned respect, responsibility) are actually the opposite of someone who is drinking.
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