I don't even like to drink anymore. Some of it is because alcohol itself doesn't even make me feel that good really. I think it also has to do with me knowing that today's drinking scene is just an ugly picture, like the other commenter said, it's full of superficial and meaningless hookups, everything surrounding a night drinking today is superficial, the whole picture, not just the hookups, and there are too many people around who act pissed off and stupid when they're drunk.
Alcohol doesn't even make me feel that good anymore either. It'll make me feel tipsy and intoxicated, but not good. And it's always too easy to drink too much and get sick, dizzy, and puke. It hasn't even always happened after the same amount of alcohol every time when I've drank, so I've never been able to clearly see a fixed barrier where I know that's when to stop. With pills like opiates or benzos, I know exactly when to stop before I know it's too much, and I prefer the way they make me feel over alcohol anyday.
A survey earlier this year found that around a quarter of British 16-24 year olds don't drink alcohol at all. Unfortunately, those that do drink tend to binge and aim to get totally blotto when they go out.
I can't really preach about this, since in my mid-twenties a girlfriend and I used to habitually polish off a fifth of vodka (that's around 750ml) every Friday and Saturday evening. Over the years, I've lost interest in getting drunk. Getting pissed is pretty boring, really, and the pain of the after-effects outweighs the buzz.
The buzz from drinking did make me feel good when I was in my late teens, early 20s. But now at 42 and anytime in around the past 10 years or so, the intoxication just didn't feel good anymore. I always felt worse, more easily irritated, more easily upset or set off by something someone said or done, more queezy in the stomach, and more weighed down or lethargic and not relaxed in a good feeling way. I started wondering why so many people always wanted to drink and why it kept seemingly making them feel so good. I guess one of the answers is that some of them were younger, like how I was saying how alcohol made me feel better way back in the day. But I guess some of it is also that no matter what one's age, drinking effects everyone's body and mind differently.
IIN that every time I go out and drink I bring a guy home with me
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I don't even like to drink anymore. Some of it is because alcohol itself doesn't even make me feel that good really. I think it also has to do with me knowing that today's drinking scene is just an ugly picture, like the other commenter said, it's full of superficial and meaningless hookups, everything surrounding a night drinking today is superficial, the whole picture, not just the hookups, and there are too many people around who act pissed off and stupid when they're drunk.
Alcohol doesn't even make me feel that good anymore either. It'll make me feel tipsy and intoxicated, but not good. And it's always too easy to drink too much and get sick, dizzy, and puke. It hasn't even always happened after the same amount of alcohol every time when I've drank, so I've never been able to clearly see a fixed barrier where I know that's when to stop. With pills like opiates or benzos, I know exactly when to stop before I know it's too much, and I prefer the way they make me feel over alcohol anyday.
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A survey earlier this year found that around a quarter of British 16-24 year olds don't drink alcohol at all. Unfortunately, those that do drink tend to binge and aim to get totally blotto when they go out.
I can't really preach about this, since in my mid-twenties a girlfriend and I used to habitually polish off a fifth of vodka (that's around 750ml) every Friday and Saturday evening. Over the years, I've lost interest in getting drunk. Getting pissed is pretty boring, really, and the pain of the after-effects outweighs the buzz.
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The buzz from drinking did make me feel good when I was in my late teens, early 20s. But now at 42 and anytime in around the past 10 years or so, the intoxication just didn't feel good anymore. I always felt worse, more easily irritated, more easily upset or set off by something someone said or done, more queezy in the stomach, and more weighed down or lethargic and not relaxed in a good feeling way. I started wondering why so many people always wanted to drink and why it kept seemingly making them feel so good. I guess one of the answers is that some of them were younger, like how I was saying how alcohol made me feel better way back in the day. But I guess some of it is also that no matter what one's age, drinking effects everyone's body and mind differently.