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What is the perfect amount I should drink to socialise but not go full retard?

TioX42

TioX42

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I don't drink a lot and haven't drank in months. I'm going out soon to see some friends but I'm not looking to get drunk but enough to socialise and function well. I have a pretty bad social anxiety which is the reason why I'm making this thread. I will be smoking weed as well
 
Alcohol affects everyone differently, so telling someone else how much is difficult . All I can say is drink slow and try and pay attention to how your feeling.
 
Since you're smoking weed keep the drinking to a minimum, like 1-2 drinks. I've had the spins before and it's not fun.
 
drink 1 beer or 1 shot as soon as u get to where your meeting... then from then on out since u have no tolerance that 1 shot should give u some goosebumps but from then on out drink a beer or take 1 more shot then give it like 1-2 hours, just sip on a beverage during this waiting period u should be feeling just dandy
 
mike.vick said:
Sip a beer per hour
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I would agree with him but since he has social anxiety sipping on a beer wont make him "loose" and cure his social anxiety.. i think IME he will need atleast 1 shot at the begginging maybe 2... take 2 shots and you really should be good 20 minutes later... then slowly sip ur beer.
 
Oh well here's my 2 cents: 1) Everyone has social anxiety because we are all fucked, considering we are all spinning on a giant rock in the middle of space trying to get laid. 2) Addiction is more prominent if you drink for social anxiety.
 
You shouldn't need much 1 per hour sounds about right.

You can always add but you can't take away. You could also carry some amphetamine or something incase you get too sloppy....works for me anyways.

Weed could reduce OR could worsen anxiety, so tread lightly.
 
I'd go with the one beer an hour. If you don't drink one beer can hit you pretty good.
 
I agree. You should limit to 1 an hour or whatever lower amount your comfortable with. Personally, I would smoke some bud first. For me, it sets me in the mood where I can handle more alcohol without the spins, etc.
 
I just want to add, be careful, because I was hooked on alcohol for years. If you like the feeling and decide to drink every day, you'll get hooked- IOW- be an alcoholic. That's what happened to me- it started with a six pack a night. It's not easy to get off of, just like any other addicting drug, and causes a lot of damage.
 
How can anyone tell you what your limits are?

If you have social anxiety, alcohol is not the way to go about beating it.

You'd honestly be better off with some sort of gentle amphetamine / low dose benzo / opiate.

And I don't recommend any of those. Try going out without drugs, and talking to people. You'll find it's especially easy after a couple of tries.

But I wouldn't listen to me either I drink almost every day. Started off by trying to make it easier to talk to people. So take it for what it's worth.

tbf I can't even say the R word in Social

GJ having this on front page.
 
Do you find that smoking weed is usually helpful for your social anxiety?

I ask because I think that for many people it is either anxiogenic, or they are just not sure what it is but keep on smoking it out of habit and with an abstract goal of just becoming a little more intoxicated... or perhaps I am just projecting the actions of my younger self. Obviously for some people it is highly anxiolytic, but in own experience these people are usually outwardly quite confident already. I have never yet met a really shy person who was made less shy by smoking weed.
 
Vastness said:
I ask because I think that for many people it is either anxiogenic
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That's how it is for me.

On topic: Well that's all about your tolerance. But generally there is a point that booze made you completely social and happy, but this usually comes with an urge to drink more for no reason. Just when you feel that way stop drinking. You will avoid the "stupidity" and the hangover most propably.
 
Vastness said:
Do you find that smoking weed is usually helpful for your social anxiety?
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I have never yet met a really shy person who was made less shy by smoking weed.
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I'm one of those people. It is very contextual, but on average I get much much more social after getting stoned. It's not like it cures my social anxiety, but more like I just find it funny/stupid enough to not care about. Otoh, if the environment is very anti-smoke friendly, it might have the opposite effect.
 
Having serious issues with anxiety, social situations and alcohol is a bad equation. I've struggled with anxiety myself my entire life, who hasn't? Bars exist and are successful for a reason. Social situations especially were stressful, not for fear of rejection specifically, just because the situation itself would be so charged and intense that it gets hard to compute everything that's going on, like having a giant work load and not knowing where to begin. A little sedative like Alcohol can help reduce the anxiety. It's found great use throughout history for this purpose.

The problem is that if you're overly anxious and Alcohol more or less "solves" the problem, you have the potential to develop further social issues from the practice. The obvious is that you can become way too intoxicated through trying to self-medicate. Another would be your already poor social skills being further hindered by your utter need for Alcohol as a catalyst for any social situation.
 
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