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When to say no....alcohol....

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Euphoric Bliss

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I dont know if this really belongs in social but i just wanted to say something somewhere.....

I went to a 21st on Saturday night of a close friend...who was serving free alcohol, everything bar shots and cocktails...

so my question is, when the hell do i stop? ...that should actually read when the hell should i stop...because evidentally the answer is i dont stop until its too late.

I think i seriously need help. Saturday night/sunday morning/sunday afternoon was the scariest day of my life...alcohol is my drug of choice but i just dont know when to stop. Ok i was drinking *cough cough skoling* wine and i dont usually drink wine...and what was a top night turned out to be really scary. I couldnt stop throwing up, until 5pm sunday afternoon. I am 99% sure i had alcohol poisoning and I realised i have turned into a binge drinker :( This is not something I am proud of and as a result I have given up alcohol.....and after having already decided not to do drugs because I thought I wouldnt be able to control myself I am beginning to think I have serious issues.....and I thought I was a happy person. Shit I dont know what to do. I'm such a dickhead.

Self inflicted pain is bad enough but whats worse is having stomach cramps 3 days later because I was throwing up so much. I think i may have even strained a muscle, lol....funny as it is i was scared shitless.


ok ok ok enough rambling, but i just want to say, what the hell happened to going out and having a good time without screwing your body up? I cant even remember the crossover anymore, all i know is i do myself more damage than harm. Am i the only one out there? well i know i'm not, but i just cant believe it has come to me giving up EVERYTHING

that is all

~Euphoric
 
sounds like a pretty bad night. i'm lucky unlike yourself.. my body seems to slow me down as i approach the point of no return. i'll be very drunk, but will slowly feel like drinking more.. less.. (if that makes sense). How long have you been drinking alcohol for? i started when i was 15, and i'm now 20 (21 in 1.5 weeks woo), so i would say i'm pretty experienced with it... i've learnt my limits. BUT, i did have the nights that you were describing, and swore i would never drink again.
You know what the best thing to do is? go out next weekend and have a few drinks, but try and make it an early/reasonably sober night. I assume in the past you've been able to stop yourself before throwing up, so try and focus on that..

Also, drinking quickly is a surefire way to get in trouble.. try and drink your drinks slowly, or match your pace to someone else..

*hope* this sort of helped.
 
Thanks Jubas...

I am 20, have been drinking for about 4 or 5 years. usually I am pretty good. I know my limits and I have a high tolerance for alcohol....I think the major thing is I havent been drinking very much this year and I think i have lost my tolerance yet still drink the same amount...and i never drink wine so that was a bad move :(

Discovering you're a binge drinker is not fun!! hehe but yeah I think i might give it all a miss for a while. Afterall if wHiTeBoY can do it it cant be too hard?!?!

As i wont see you have a MAD 21st :) I might meet you one day
 
Having been an absurd drinker when I was at University, I know all too well the regret of spending so much money and time on wasting myself. I gave up alcohol for an entire year whilst I was doing my final year (part-time) and it was the best decision I have ever made. I remember when I was eight months into my alcohol-free life and I went back inside a club where I used to get smashed on a regular basis. Well after that night, I lost my desire to ever get drunk again.

Euphoric Bliss, a lengthy break from alcohol will do you the world of good. You'd be suprised how easy it is get away from. Good luck!!!
 
im in the same boat. i cant control myself with alcohol. but whats even worse is, i dont throw up anymore, i just pass out. a couple of months ago i ended up in hospital because i passed out at a rave and the doctors said i stopped breathing at one stage, which was pretty scary. yet i still drink, lots. i haven't learned at all. im not really an outspoken person (not shy though), and i feel i need alcohol to have a good time whenever i go out, so if i do ever need to quit for a while, im going to find it very hard. i just love the added confidence i get from it. its quite sad
 
Euphoric Bliss said:
Thanks Jubas...

I am 20, have been drinking for about 4 or 5 years. usually I am pretty good. I know my limits and I have a high tolerance for alcohol....I think the major thing is I havent been drinking very much this year and I think i have lost my tolerance yet still drink the same amount...and i never drink wine so that was a bad move :(

Discovering you're a binge drinker is not fun!! hehe but yeah I think i might give it all a miss for a while. Afterall if wHiTeBoY can do it it cant be too hard?!?!

As i wont see you have a MAD 21st :) I might meet you one day
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no worries :)
if i remember correctly, you're friends with backo.. so i'm sure i'll meet you soon ;) (in fact, do you know when he gets back to aus?)

I've also lost my tolerance a bit.. i had a pretty bad stomach virus which reduced my ability to drink a great deal. that and i'm on medication full time, which lowers my tolerance even further. still, i can tell when i've had enough.. but my body has normally already slowed me down :P
 
I know where you're coming from Euphoric Bliss although I feel I have my alcohol drinking somewhat under control these days... In my own experience I've probably always had my worst alcohol fuck ups when I've been depressed or really anxious about something/someone... If I'm feeling uncomfortable I seem to see alcohol as a way to smooth me out. The trouble has sometimes been that no ammount of drink will even me out and I just keep drinking untill that point of no return...

Looking on the bright side however, I should think that you'll find it quite hard to drink yourself into a state after the experience you described. I'd bet that your body will probably recoil at the sight/smell of alcohol (esp wine) for a little while at least.

Maybe try drinking one or two glasses of whatever when your home and get used to enjoying alcohol in small amounts..

Good luck and drink safely :)
 
another drinking tip in general which might also help you, is to alternate drinks. have an alcoholic drink followed by a soft drink etc. the sugar in the soft drink helps to keep you awake instead of falling asleep, and your body will thank you for the extra fluid intake. (alcohol dehydrates you and removes sugars).
 
Insane Platypus said:
Alcohol expensive. Hangover bad.

That's my justification for avoiding alcohol ;)

I don't go to pubs and bars anyway.
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Homebrew beers cheap. Hangover Not as that Bad, compared to commerical beers because it's how you make them ;)

Thats my justification for not avoiding alcohol.

I do go to pubs, not nightclubs/bars.

Urbie %)
 
Jubas said:
my body seems to slow me down as i approach the point of no return. i'll be very drunk, but will slowly feel like drinking more.. less.. (if that makes sense).
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Same with me...
 
The last time I seriously drank was at wazs. Anyone else there can vouch for me being seriously trashed. I can't ease back. Its not in me. drink drink drink, pass out
 
Thanks for the comments everyone, really apprecaite it :) I will never be able to give up alcohol for ever, but for the moment I am going to take it easy...thanks for the advice with it all.

Something else that really scared the shit out of me was I heard that the amount of alcohol it takes to make you pass out is the amount of alcohol it takes to kill you :/ that is really scary! *eek*


Jubas.....yeah Backo is my bestest friend in the world :) He's off getting into trouble in Japan..and apparently he is coming back a sumo, hahaha, but um yeah he was going for 15 days so he will be back for the weekend Sat 19th July. Dont know exactly when he gets in tho, i cant keep up with all these people trekking around the world. hehe. I'm also friends with wHiTeBoY now, met him at the last Halcyon...so actually I may have met you, I dont know he tried to introduce me to several people but I dont remember, and I was completely sober, but hey :)

Thanks again for the comments peeps :)
 
Euphoric Bliss said:
wish i could think like u :P but alcohol was free so the consequences had to be taken :(
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I'd ask "can I exchange them for some free pills"?

;)

Alcohol is not my drink of choice. I prefer to overindulge in fruit juice and fill myself with natural sugars.
 
Yeah well I was a big drinker back in the day... actually i still love the stuff

my personal opinion,¡¡saying that u will never be able to give up alcohol is silly. I still love Alcohol and I dont think you really have to stop drinking it.

Ive been hitting Kirin and Saki really hard here.... its farking good shit. Ive actually become a larger drinker than I usually am... there is nothing better than having a few cold ones in the right atmospehere.

When should u stop.

I reckon the way u judge it is think how many normally get me fucked and then judge it from there..... Always make sure u judge it off whether u have eaten anything also. Also Euphoric Love dont GO HOME AND DO VODKA SHOTS between pubs... BAD IDEA.

Actually if you start shots my opinion is that your ass is the seediest guys in the pub lol. easy target.

but yeah its nice to be included in this thread. I dont know when i get back... i think¡¡Its either that wednesday or thursday... but we should all go out when I get back.

but yeah my trip has been ok...¡¡not going to be doing any clubbing i think cause i hit Toyko on a Sunday night... anyway if you want to read more about my siteseeing with old people you can go to backo livejournal.
 
Backo! You are still alive! haha nice of you to make an appearance on BL ;) *cough cough like you could stay away*

The Vodka shots were last weekend and I was sooooo fine with them :) hehe this weekend I didnt even get past one pub...so much for staying out all night! haha It was such a good night too. Nice venue, pity you missed it! Oh well, N's in a week and a half *yay* ...might be interesting for me being the only sober/straight one, hmmph hehe we'll see ;)
 
The problem with alcohol is it's so socially acceptable in so many different situations...

A lot of people would think it was strange if you said you'd been to a family bbq, railed a few lines of speed and had a couple of pills, but the same people wouldn't think twice about you getting pissed. And that's the problem.

I've gone through the same thing....I've generally got a really responsible attitude towards every other type of drug, not overdoing it beyond the occasional lapse of getting completely fucked that people do every now and then. Generally speaking though I'll stop when I can feel I've had enough.

Alcohol's different. More often than not, even when I'm feeling bloated and headachy and tired and sick at the time, I'll still keep guzzlin' beer. I've tried to cut down, just having a few drinks to everyone else's many, but it never works. I still end up trashed by the end of the night.

So I've come to the conclusion that I need to stop it altogether, at least for a while. Problem is, it's easier said than done.

Ah well, I figure I'll either do it or my liver'll pack it in, one of the two! =D

--Raz--
 
I think most of us have had a probem with the devil juice at one time or another.
Me, I used to hit it pretty hard and had the same problem, not knowing when to stop. But as I grew older I began to realise where I was getting to the point of being very drunk. I came up with a great solution. When I realise Im having trouble talking/standing, I go for a walk. Ban myself from the pub for an hour or two.
You miss out on some of the fun but you get to enjoy the rest of the night/day better.
Still cant stop myself sometimes though!

When I find something to distract me from getting drunk, I wonder what her name will be...? :\
 
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