Is it normal to drown your sorrows / drink yourself happy?

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Where I come from; Melbourne, Australia, drinking more than 2 standard drinks alone is generally socially unacceptable. I developed a strong aversion to alcohol witnessing my dad's alcohol addiction as a child. He stayed up all fucking night, often 3-4 times a week downing entire slabs of piss. His behaviour while drunk was fucking weird also - it bore more resemblance to a crackhead in super slow-motion than a drunk.

Apparently "everyone" drowns their sorrows - have entire days where they are inebriated. People where I come from generally frown on people who do this, even hip and cool people call alone-drinkers "losers". Methods of making drinking alone look cool are inconceivable.

Personally I think drinking alone is stupid when you can just smoke your sorrows, at least weed is non-addictive and healthier (relatively) than alcohol. It's even cooler and acceptable to smoke alone to boot. I'm also scared of getting an addiction - don't get me wrong, I'm not straight-edge, but I sure as fuck don't want to turn into my dad, as most of my personality traits are from my his side.

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  • YumInsanity
    11 years ago

    You raise a good point; why abuse one substance, when you can abuse another? That's not a future addict's logic at all, you've got a bright future turning into your dad ahead of you.

    PS A crackhead in super slow motion sounds like the coolest thing ever, record it and upload already. Also, it's hilarious that you say "even hip and cool people call alone-drinkers "losers"" as if being a piss stank "alone-drinker" is what you think all the hip and cool people get up to in their down time, and that "Methods of making drinking alone look cool are inconceivable" as if all your attempts at making it look cool have failed miserably

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    • 123fakestreet
      11 years ago

      You wouldn't happen to be drowning your sorrows right now are you?

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      • YumInsanity
        11 years ago

        *sob* No *glug*

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  • The_Flying_Spaghetti_Monster
    10 years ago

    It's "normal" here in the US, but it probably shouldn't be. Alcohol hightens emotions, which is why drinking should be fun and something to do with friends. Drowning your sorrows will only lead to self destruction.

    That being said, I'm an alcoholic, so I might not the best person/gluten infused deity to listen to :P

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  • Tystick
    11 years ago

    I used to do the weed thing a lot. It got to the point where I didn't feel as high anymore. I'm not knocking weed but I don't see it as a valuable substance to alcohol. Plus are you an ACDC fan? They are drinkers.

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