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MindTricks

MindTricks

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since i quit drugs ( its been about 2 months now ) i still want to go out with friends once in a while but i want to avoid all drugs and just enjoy my night on alcohol like every one else but it seems impossible! I just cant enjoy being drunk. I love alcohol but i only drink it for its taste. Last time i enjoyed being drunk was prob when i was a kid... i dont even remember it

Every time i drink when im out after 3-4 pints i start to feel tired, yawn like crazy and want to go to sleep. Everything is annoying, specially crowded bars. I also get insane craving for food and cant stop eating peanuts or crisps.

I dont know why i cant enjoy it like every one else... i wonder if its drugs that did something to me..? but the rest of my friends take drugs and have no problem just enjoy a night out on alcohol

Any one else got this problem ?
 
Once you've experienced what illegal drugs have to offer, alcohol feels pretty lame by comparison. Maybe that's all it is. I don't remember the last time I actually enjoyed the effects of alcohol by itself, usually all it does is make me wish I had something that was actually fun - even other GABAergics that are at least cleaner feeling and more calming.
 
I wish I had that problem. I'd probably lose 15 lbs.

4 pints is a lot of alcohol imo. Try drinking a little slower and aim for 1-2...then drink the other two at home in bed :D
 
Drinking sucks, man. Taking drugs that are actually good probably made that even more obvious to you. Just get one drink and drink it really slowly.
 
I really wish they'd replace alcohol with GHB. It's effectively a more euphoric, less toxic form of booze with no hangover.
 
Lots of people feel like you do & I am one of those people.......I now hate alcohol. The headaches in the morning, cotton mouth (like I want to drink a gallon of on), etc.......

Opiates give no headaches & are awesome ime/IMO for pain & just to chill.
 
The headaches in the morning, cotton mouth (like I want to drink a gallon of on), etc.......
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Stay hydrated while you're drinking man, it kills 90% of the hangover.
 
ComfortablyNumb95 said:
qft, opiates are awesome, too bad for the addiction side.
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The legality is the problem, not the addiction (or at least, not the dependance). When laudanum and opium could be cheaply and legally obtained from the local apothecary, addicts just dosed themselves and went about their day. If they desired to no longer be addicted, they could taper themselves off at their own pace because it was precisely dosed. And the population of users was restricted primarily to those who started it for medical reasons (a lot of them middle or upper class women, as it was widely recommended for menstrual problems, but injured soldiers made up another large part of this user base, as did medical workers) and either needed it to control their symptoms for long periods of time, grew to enjoy it or didn't want to bother tapering off after dependence set in, with a small subset of artists, poets, intellectuals etc. who knowingly started taking it for it's euphoric effect and it's reputed ability to inspire creativity and allow one to experience the vision-like, hallucinatory ''opium dreams.'' Sure, some of them had problems when they lost patience tapering and decided to cold turkey, or if they had financial trouble (life got very bad very quickly if you ran into financial trouble in Victorian England, there was no welfare of any kind, and the romantic poets weren't known for their boundless wealth and financial stability), but for the most part, there was nothing like the trouble we experience with opiates today. But sadly, history rolled on.
 
Some people enjoy some drugs some others. Just the way it is. For example I'd take alcohol/benzos/ghb over opiates any day.
 
I recall reading about a guy who couldn't DRINK alcohol so his wife helped him pump it up his backside. I think it was the Darwin awards.
 
Doldrugs said:
Drinking sucks, man. Taking drugs that are actually good probably made that even more obvious to you. Just get one drink and drink it really slowly.
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Thats what I do, or order soda water with lime. I have the same feelings about alcohol. I use it now to help me get to sleep cause I have pretty intense insomnia from coming off heroin. No one ever notices with me drinking and if you just take the shots other people order it works out usually. Its weird, I used to be an alcoholic-- a legit one, I woke up with awful, sun searing headaches that would get worse till I drank BUT now alcohol seems silly and hangovers seem stupid. There are lots of ways to avoid feeling like alcohol is silly with friends.
 
Ya I can't drink at all anymore but I think it's more because I've been on subs than just growing tired of it. I only associate alcohol with a super bad headache the next morning now so I don't even drink a few brews these days.
 
I feel you. Alcohol has one of the worst comedowns (hangover) and is unpredictable. At least with the majority of illegal drugs I've taken (besides hallucinogens) you can predict how the night will go pretty well. With alcohol you might have a wonderful night and be in a pleasant mood, or you have one of those disastrous nights where you make an ass of yourself and spend the next day with the anxiety of the shit you did the night before plus the hangover. I also get so sick from alcohol that even after a few drinks once I start spinning, i can expect to be camping a toilet. I only like alcohol when mixed with drugs :P

I'd just get a really tasty drink and just sip on it, I think that was suggested.. but when I am out and I know I can only drink, I order a white russian :P
 
A lot of alcohol's euphoria comes from the context it's consumed in. If you're drinking, say, craft beers because you like the taste, and playing board games with your friends, and having a good time in a comfortable environment, chances are you will have a more pleasant time than trying to get hammered on whatever disgusting liquor the children drink nowadays because the cool kids get drunk, while you're hanging out in a bar you don't like, checking your watch to see when you can leave.

Lots of people go to a bar or pub for the social interaction and possibly the food instead of the alcohol alone. You don't need to feel obliged to get drunk. There's no rule of law saying you have to enjoy alcohol, either. The cold hard reality is that there are no drugs which are guaranteed euphoriants under all circumstances. Different strokes for different folks. Don't drink to get drunk if you don't like how it makes you feel.

People give me shit because I don't drink, too. "Oh, so, you're one of those people who overdoes it all the time!" No, I just don't like the taste or the effects. Or the hangover. There's pot for people like me instead.
 
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SAMCRO said:
Ya I can't drink at all anymore but I think it's more because I've been on subs than just growing tired of it. I only associate alcohol with a super bad headache the next morning now so I don't even drink a few brews these days.
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Ya I hear you I can't feel nothing but a head ache and stomach ache now when drinking alcohol since being on suboxone I don't get any euphoria.
 
People give me shit because I don't drink, too. "Oh, so, you're one of those people who overdoes it all the time!" No, I just don't like the taste or the effects. Or the hangover. There's pot for people like me instead.
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And there is cocaine for people like me! ;) :P
 
I used to love alcohol before I got hooked on opiates, now I can't enjoy it anymore. I actually still think that alcohol is one of the most euphoric drugs out there, but I just don't like the after effects.
 
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