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Hi I thought it would help me to have a list of all the pros and cons of drinking. If it helps someone else, that's great. Feel free to add your own.
Pros-
That first drink feeling
The numbness to problems
The high
Confidence
Interest in music
Actually being able to sit for more than 20 minutes
Cons -
The feeling of being hammered
Sickness
Health issues
Pain
Hangovers/withdrawals
Financing it all
The planning
Secret drinking
Weight gain
Lies (lots of them)
Breach of trust
More lies
Stupid ideas
Drink driving (sigh)
Not paying any attention to family
Letting people down
Not able to go to the gym
Not running
Not cycling (used to race long distances)
Not being able to read a book
Not remembering films
Blackouts
Injuries
Poor work performance
Bad diet
Neglect to my house
Shame
Guilt
Anxiety
Depression
Fear
Complete mess with any and all responsibilities.
Never accomplishing anything
Pros-
That first drink feeling
The numbness to problems
The high
Confidence
Interest in music
Actually being able to sit for more than 20 minutes
Cons -
The feeling of being hammered
Sickness
Health issues
Pain
Hangovers/withdrawals
Financing it all
The planning
Secret drinking
Weight gain
Lies (lots of them)
Breach of trust
More lies
Stupid ideas
Drink driving (sigh)
Not paying any attention to family
Letting people down
Not able to go to the gym
Not running
Not cycling (used to race long distances)
Not being able to read a book
Not remembering films
Blackouts
Injuries
Poor work performance
Bad diet
Neglect to my house
Shame
Guilt
Anxiety
Depression
Fear
Complete mess with any and all responsibilities.
Never accomplishing anything
Sober since 10th April 2012
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pros - when the first drink hits my stomach
not so much social anxiety
cons - it turns me into someone I don't want to be
costs money
bad for my health
hangovers
guilt and self-reproach
not so much social anxiety
cons - it turns me into someone I don't want to be
costs money
bad for my health
hangovers
guilt and self-reproach
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Join Date: Jun 2015
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I forgot to add
Con - not being able to just have one like most people can. (My wife will buy two and usually only has one sometimes not even a full one)
I would of finished them off even if I was told not to.
Con - not being able to just have one like most people can. (My wife will buy two and usually only has one sometimes not even a full one)
I would of finished them off even if I was told not to.
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Midwest
Posts: 4,860
Alcoholism
Pros:
None
Cons:
Ruining my mental, emotional, physical, spiritual and social life.
Sobriety and recovery
Pros:
Everything
Cons:
I could live to be a thousand and still wouldn't be able to come up with one.
Pros:
None
Cons:
Ruining my mental, emotional, physical, spiritual and social life.
Sobriety and recovery
Pros:
Everything
Cons:
I could live to be a thousand and still wouldn't be able to come up with one.
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Maryland
Posts: 321
Pros....
1. That 1st and 2nd drink. Actually those first few sips. I swear, towards the end of my drinking days, I could start feeling effects after a few sips.
2. I got nothing!
If I could stop at one or two, I wouldn't be with y'all today.
Cons...
1. The subsequent 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th etc drinks.
2. Turns me into an complete *******. Add alcohol, instant idiot.
3. Ignore everything in my life important.
4. Major sleep issues
5. Overwhelming feelings of worthlessness, laziness, loneliness, sadness, anxiety, guilt, shame, self loathing, regret.
6. When drunk, crazy thoughts of how I can fix myself without quitting drinking which never work. Obviously drinking isn't the problem.
7. When drunk, making grand plans for the next day so I can feel better about my drinking, prove to myself that I can live a normal life while still continuing drink. I wake up the next day and never follow through with these grand drunk plans. Then comes the disappointment in myself, so I drink again the next night.
8. Believing that I shouldn't even be here, that my family and friends don't care or love me. Believing that I don't deserve anything but to sit on my couch every single night drinking alone, because that is all I was worth.
Drinking makes me "accept" this alcohol fueled "fact" that this is it, this is all I have. This is my life, till I die, so why try at anything anymore. I deserve nothing and so I will do nothing for the rest of my life. Pretty sure I was committing a slow suicide subconsciously because I didn't believe I deserved to live any other way.
F alcohol.
1. That 1st and 2nd drink. Actually those first few sips. I swear, towards the end of my drinking days, I could start feeling effects after a few sips.
2. I got nothing!
If I could stop at one or two, I wouldn't be with y'all today.
Cons...
1. The subsequent 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th etc drinks.
2. Turns me into an complete *******. Add alcohol, instant idiot.
3. Ignore everything in my life important.
4. Major sleep issues
5. Overwhelming feelings of worthlessness, laziness, loneliness, sadness, anxiety, guilt, shame, self loathing, regret.
6. When drunk, crazy thoughts of how I can fix myself without quitting drinking which never work. Obviously drinking isn't the problem.
7. When drunk, making grand plans for the next day so I can feel better about my drinking, prove to myself that I can live a normal life while still continuing drink. I wake up the next day and never follow through with these grand drunk plans. Then comes the disappointment in myself, so I drink again the next night.
8. Believing that I shouldn't even be here, that my family and friends don't care or love me. Believing that I don't deserve anything but to sit on my couch every single night drinking alone, because that is all I was worth.
Drinking makes me "accept" this alcohol fueled "fact" that this is it, this is all I have. This is my life, till I die, so why try at anything anymore. I deserve nothing and so I will do nothing for the rest of my life. Pretty sure I was committing a slow suicide subconsciously because I didn't believe I deserved to live any other way.
F alcohol.
I could see peace instead of this
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Location: Canada, eh
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Not too long before I stopped this time, I talked about this on the phone with my sister. It dawned on me how ridiculous it was to keep on drinking when the pros list was so tiny compared to the cons list. It just was not even worth it any more to continue. One more nail in the coffin of my active alcoholism.
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Join Date: May 2015
Location: Florida
Posts: 242
The look of it. How it looked years ago in the cold glass. Bubbely and refreshing.
Now it dont. And the taste sours my stomach. I keep reminding myself of this. How it effects me and how I feel.
Had a bad moment an hour ago whent to town to get stuff for dinner (new receipt). But thankfully it past after 5 mins turned the tunes on to something different.
Now it dont. And the taste sours my stomach. I keep reminding myself of this. How it effects me and how I feel.
Had a bad moment an hour ago whent to town to get stuff for dinner (new receipt). But thankfully it past after 5 mins turned the tunes on to something different.
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 6,348
Cons - I became a pro at being a drunk.....
As I stack a little more time each day I realize there are no positives to drinking other than creating a reverse Midas touch to everything into life.
Glad you're here with us
As I stack a little more time each day I realize there are no positives to drinking other than creating a reverse Midas touch to everything into life.
Glad you're here with us
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 387
There is a line from the movie the Usual Suspects: The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exists.
By the same token, the greatest trick that alcohol ever did was convince the world that alcohol has benefits.
I love Mr. Churchill and his many quotes, I just wanted to gently point out the irony of quoting him in an SR forum 
KP
By the same token, the greatest trick that alcohol ever did was convince the world that alcohol has benefits.
Originally Posted by Venecia 
"Never, never, never give up." -- Winston Churchill
KP
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The only pro I can think of is that it makes it easier to tolerate other drunk people. And that seems kind of twisted when I see it in writing.
The cons are almost limitless. But the main ones are depression, the expense, the anxiety of "when and what am I gonna drink," lack of clarity even when not drinking, and the distance it created between me and my family, friends, and co-workers.
BTW that anxiety of getting the next drink reminds me a lot of waiting for the man. When I used to do other drugs and before pot was legal, the whole waiting around to score was the absolute worst part of the experience and a main reason I dropped all of the other stuff. Should have realized sooner that it was almost the same with alcohol.
The cons are almost limitless. But the main ones are depression, the expense, the anxiety of "when and what am I gonna drink," lack of clarity even when not drinking, and the distance it created between me and my family, friends, and co-workers.
BTW that anxiety of getting the next drink reminds me a lot of waiting for the man. When I used to do other drugs and before pot was legal, the whole waiting around to score was the absolute worst part of the experience and a main reason I dropped all of the other stuff. Should have realized sooner that it was almost the same with alcohol.
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Texas
Posts: 341
Pros:
social lubricant
numbness to problems
Cons:
The slow loss of literally everything else in life and in myself, until the world and I are both reduced to boxed wine?
This is a description of my life.
social lubricant
numbness to problems
Cons:
The slow loss of literally everything else in life and in myself, until the world and I are both reduced to boxed wine?
Originally Posted by InTheEnd
5. Overwhelming feelings of worthlessness, laziness, loneliness, sadness, anxiety, guilt, shame, self loathing, regret.
6. When drunk, crazy thoughts of how I can fix myself without quitting drinking which never work. Obviously drinking isn't the problem.
7. When drunk, making grand plans for the next day so I can feel better about my drinking, prove to myself that I can live a normal life while still continuing drink. I wake up the next day and never follow through with these grand drunk plans. Then comes the disappointment in myself, so I drink again the next night.
8. Believing that I shouldn't even be here, that my family and friends don't care or love me. Believing that I don't deserve anything but to sit on my couch every single night drinking alone, because that is all I was worth.
Drinking makes me "accept" this alcohol fueled "fact" that this is it, this is all I have. This is my life, till I die, so why try at anything anymore. I deserve nothing and so I will do nothing for the rest of my life. Pretty sure I was committing a slow suicide subconsciously because I didn't believe I deserved to live any other way.
F alcohol.
6. When drunk, crazy thoughts of how I can fix myself without quitting drinking which never work. Obviously drinking isn't the problem.
7. When drunk, making grand plans for the next day so I can feel better about my drinking, prove to myself that I can live a normal life while still continuing drink. I wake up the next day and never follow through with these grand drunk plans. Then comes the disappointment in myself, so I drink again the next night.
8. Believing that I shouldn't even be here, that my family and friends don't care or love me. Believing that I don't deserve anything but to sit on my couch every single night drinking alone, because that is all I was worth.
Drinking makes me "accept" this alcohol fueled "fact" that this is it, this is all I have. This is my life, till I die, so why try at anything anymore. I deserve nothing and so I will do nothing for the rest of my life. Pretty sure I was committing a slow suicide subconsciously because I didn't believe I deserved to live any other way.
F alcohol.
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Pros: momentary relief from the world, brief window of elation, temporary elevation of things (even if a mirage).
Cons:
Depression
Anxiety and panic attacks
Terrible effects on health
Holds us back from our potential as human beings
Keeps us from accomplishing goals
Keeps us from even developing goals
Expense
Skews our perception of reality and those around us
Makes us misinterpret others and their intentions
Puts us on edge
Helps us develop a poor opinion if ourselves
Puts us at risk for a slew of diseases
Potential for bad behavior we regret
Overall puts a dark pall on our lives and robs us from a true and real life.
Cons:
Depression
Anxiety and panic attacks
Terrible effects on health
Holds us back from our potential as human beings
Keeps us from accomplishing goals
Keeps us from even developing goals
Expense
Skews our perception of reality and those around us
Makes us misinterpret others and their intentions
Puts us on edge
Helps us develop a poor opinion if ourselves
Puts us at risk for a slew of diseases
Potential for bad behavior we regret
Overall puts a dark pall on our lives and robs us from a true and real life.
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