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alcohol no longer causes euphoria

clay404

clay404

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when I first started drinking at age 16 or so, I got intense euphoria from alcohol. I never really have consumed alcohol during the week. Usually only on weekends, and not every weekend. I have gone one or 2 years since 16 without a drink at all. Now when I drink on weekends, I dont really get euphoria. Just this kind of blurry feeling. What happened?
 
This happens to many people. I for one use to like alcohol and weed when I was younger. Now I don't. Perhaps experiences of other substances have made the alcohol seem mundane? Or you were simply in a honeymoon phase with alcohol when you where 16 and now your use to the effects? I can't say for sure.
 
what happened? maybe tolerance? who knows, maybe you've got an enzyme deficiency to convert the booze or whatever. i don;t know how you expect for us to be able to answer this but ill move it to BDD because this isn't really suitable to OD imo.
 
I mean - do many other people experience this? Do people consistently get alcohol euphoria after drinking for years and years?
 
In studies done on the "euphoric/social" aspect of alcohol, I believe most only get that super happy/social feeling around 25 minutes after consuming at least a shot or two initially, and after that, it's pretty much just sedation. That is my take/experience as well. I feel great after the initial shots of the night for 'round 45 minutes, and then I just feel dull...
 
I got a mild euphoria when I first began drinking. Now, I experience alcohol similarly to what BoulderBob described. For me, I think the lack of euphoria is mostly due to frequent drug use, but maybe the novelty of alcohol wearing off contributed. I don't really bother with it any longer, even as a social thing.
 
Yeah, I have the same problem. I still enjoy some nice bourbon. But I dont drink for a fun time any more. I drink to mellow out and to go to sleep after a long day or night.
 
if alcohol would have lasting euphoric effects it wouldn't be legal. so yeah, it's normal, most likely because you prolly done real euphoric drugs in the meantime.
 
I used to be a heavy drinker, now I could give a shit about it. I got bored of it and I hate being hungover. When I was younger I didn't get hungover. When I drink I black out, I guess I could say I had fun, but I don't remember it.. So now I choose not to drink. I think it happens to alot of people. My husband is the same way.
 
This has definitely happened to me too. In the beginning drinking could led to a fun night out but these days I find it mostly makes me extremely tired an d just wanting to go to bed. It is probably due to increased tolerance - your brain just processes it in a different way now.
 
Spot on, up until I was about 23 I loved the booze, it gave me a real rush.
Now I have a drink once a month and then mostly wish I hadnt.
I think my brain chem changed or something, it's weird how night and day it has changed when I think about it.
 
MDMA abuse altered my ability to enjoy alcohol as well as most other substances that impact serotonin. This may be why your experienceing alcohols effects differently. Heavy MDMA abuse usually crosses over into other areas as far as SERT related euphoria. Anything that causes euphoria via serotonin transporters will be lessened after heavy ecstasy abuse in my experience.
 
Opiates and MDMA use has caused me to appreciate alcohol less and less. Therefore, whenever I do drink (which is not often) I am always wishing I was taking opiates instead.
 
I've never really experienced euphoria from alcohol :s

It's a great social lubricant and still one of my favourite drugs, but I wouldn't say it's ever been euphoric...
 
Ya Waste, I've never felt euphoric before..Ok actually the first like 10-20min before I got alcohol poisoning. So I basically have to drink myself into oblivion and that was only once. I hate alcohol.
 
I think that alcohol was a lot more interesting the first few times that I indulged. I mean shit, the first time I got drunk I marched around my house feeling weightless and giggling like an idiot. Then the first time I got drunk with my buddies I was enjoying the loss of inhibition and running around again feeling weighless.

These days if I get drunk the novelty is long gone. After getting into poppy tea abuse, alcohol doesn't seem to cut it for me anymore. If I could somehow drop the habit though I would imagine I would return to drinking more and probably get a bit more enjoyment out of it.
 
It sounds like a lot of people here don't enjoy alcohol because they're trying to make it something it's not.

If you're looking for euphoria, take some MDMA. For me alcohol is only fun because of the atmosphere it creates around all my friends, not because of what it does chemically to my brain.

If you're looking for sedation, take some opiates / benzos. Sure alcohol will put you to sleep, but the amount you have to drink to get to the sedation stage makes it fairly useless in this department...

If you're looking for something that can ease social situations, alter your mood slightly (be it for better or worse) and is socially accepted, then yes, alcohol is what you're after :)
 
Drinking was awesome when I was first finding mind altering substances and now that i've done other stuff like LSD, weed, Ecstasy, speed. Alcohol is truly awful, a crappy headache the next day, the high isn't even great and it just seems dull compared to everything else.
But that's a bit like everything.
Once you do something better everything below that seems worse
 
i find the euphoria to be greatest if you try to dose as much alcohol as you can in a short time period. at parties this can be hard to do tho. alcohol used to be awesome for me. now it just makes me look like an idiot sometimes. i start talking about shit i shouldnt be talking about, and if i had a bad night and said a bunch of shit i wasnt supposed to then i'll get bad anxiety the next day and i'll be worrying about everything i said or how i acted. if i drink moderately then i'm usually ok, but once i start drinking its hard to stop and i just keep going.

drinking on an empty stomach gives me the most euphoria too. i try not to eat 3 hours prior to drinking.
 
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