cbsmith

I'll start us off with "that you'll be more fun".

Nuudawn

That it makes you a better conversationlist....and that ex's and friends you haven't spoken to you in years really want to hear from you at 3 a.m.

strawberryblond

It makes you more attractive.

Ha! I have seen my mirror image when I was wasted. Not attractive at all!

FenwayFaithful

That it helps your pain, all it does it make you avoid it and it makes it so much worse.

Or that the bad decisons/bad things that are happening to you aren't because of alcohol but becuase of something else when alcohol is the percise reason why everything is so f'd up and also the reason you drink. Catch 22 you drink because life sucks and your life sucks befcause you drink and it ain't getting better until you stop.

And that "its normal" to get black out drunk or drink alone or not get drunk off of a bottle of wine

Nighthawk8820

That it can solve your problems and help you cope with things. It never gives without taking back more and then some, this we all know to be true.

LDT

That it will help you sleep. Big..Fat..Lie.

cbsmith

Yeah - it will help you pass out. Which is definitely not sleep.

FeenixxRising

Ha, that one hit close to home

FeenixxRising

Yep.

FeenixxRising

That drinking is masculine; a rite of passage from adolescence to manhood. Being an irresponsible, drunken adult male is hardly manly.

NewMe11109

That drinking was my problem, when in fact it was the solution to my real problems. As I worked on my real problems, I was able to not drink and feel good about it.

Bubovski

That you absolutely can't have any fun without it....WRONG!

Soberpotamus

One big myth is that it kills brain cells.

SoberHappyHour

So it does not ?

GracieLou

I will agree with this but I would use "symptom" of my problems. Drinking was never a solution.

The way I view alcohol now is different then I used to view it. I don't hate it. I don't hate others that can drink it. There are people that can have one or two after work or in a social gathering and enjoy it.

I am just NOT one of these people.

MidnightBlue

Well, I am not sure I get it, but alcohol definitely messes up with neurons' functions and their ability to transfer proper signals. So, maybe it doesn't chase brains cells with a gun shooting them dead but it kills their ability to do a proper job anyway.


Alcohol is a "must" for every holiday, party or festive event - myth, though deeply rooted in society.

instant

That life is boring without it

hypochondriac

That you are boring if you don't drink.

I can't count how many times I have heard this throughout my life (and possibly said it too). But if you are at a social event and you can't see what people are drinking I bet no one could tell the difference between people who are drinking or not. I had a high tolerance so showed few signs of drunkenness when I was out so when I was sober I didn't see what the difference was. This doesn't apply though when people actually get drunk because there is nothing more boring than someone repeating the same comment over and over again. So it's the complete opposite. Drunk people are boring.

tomsteve

Cold Showers, fresh air or hot coffee help sober a person. only makes a wide awake drunk.

Eating a big meal before drinking keeps a person from getting drunk.

alcoholics can moderate.

tomsteve

Wet brain is a form of brain damage.