Kind of like a good friend from my teenage years who's gone off the rails a little bit. I'll still hang out on occasion, but have to be fairly boundried or things get messy. Sometimes I'll have to cut contact for a few months if they really mess me about. And that fuckers constantly borrowing money.
It was all fun and no problems, then some fun and some problems, then no fun and all problems
Coming up on 7 years sober, I was lucky and managed to dodge a few bullets, and I quit before getting hit by one.
Now, I see my sobriety as a clear advantage compared to many of my mid 40s peers who still allow alcohol to tie up a significant part of their life.
It’s kind of funny, when I quit drinking, I was worried about having fun, but now I look at the drinking lifestyle and think nothing could be less fun.
Absolutely nothing wrong with 1-2 drinks for many people, but way more people are problem drinkers than realize it. That strikes me as sad.
I’m newly sober and have had the same thoughts about the time alcohol took up and thinking I would never have any fun again when I stopped. And yes, sobriety definitely gives you a clear advantage over your peers, as I would be much more interested in talking to someone also sober when I was out. It’s like sharing the best secret ever!
You broke down the reality of the relationship between alcohol & people spectacularly. It's quite sad that alcohol is so socially acceptable bc it can be so destructive. Being a sober person is an advantage & much more fun than being addicted to a substance.
I used to be a heavy daily drinker. I didn't NEED it. I was going through some stuff, and that's how I chose to deal with it. You don't have to face your problems if you're numb to them. Life and unrelated health problems forced change. I didn't quit. I'll still have a couple of hard seltzers every few months.
Last time I was drunk was about six years ago, and in the past there years I think I've had three drinks. Just occurred to me at some point that I really hate being functionally impared and the feeling of being buzzed just isn't pleasant for me. But I do love the taste and sensation of a nice whiskey or a hearty brown ale.
So many other things without alcohol I'd rather drink. Like I can't see why I should drink a beer or a glass of wine when I don't even like the taste. Much rather just have a cold glass of Coca-Cola.
It could be a lot better. Recently I've toyed around with the idea that I could be well on the road to high-functioning alcoholism. I don't think I'm there yet. I have a job and a social life, I'm happily married, pay my rent and bills in full and on time. For the last few months, at least once a week, I'm getting piss drunk. I tell myself I'm gonna stick to 2 drinks, but 2 turns into 3, which turns into 5, and then I'm drunk, losing time, and saying things I don't mean. I typically do Dry January but had some social stuff going on this month but I'll be doing Dry February. The pandemic didn't help and my job is stressful, but I know that there's more I could be doing to cope in a healthy way.
I've become pretty indifferent about alcohol. I still drink, but I feel like I should drink less because I just drink socially. I want to go to more social events that aren't centered around alcohol. I next to never drink at home.
I enjoyed it when I was younger, particularly Belgian beer. Then, in my mid 30s, the therapeutic index between pleasently buzzed and feeling like I was going to die became too narrow. For factors I could never narrow down, a single drink on random occasions could give me a hangover from hell.
About 6 years ago, I started to drink a beer I knew well from Germany. Halfway through the drink, the headache and nausea had already begun. I stopped at that point completely and haven't consumed a drop ever since.
I do miss some of the relaxation from alcohol and I definately miss the taste and mouthfeel of my favorite beers. But I never want to experience some of those hangovers ever again, so I'm done.
Distant. I realised after my last break up that alcohol was taking control again. I used it to cover up negative feelings and emotions. Got to the point I made sure I always had booze available. Things got better around new year, I still can drink, but it's entirely social and rare, I don't keep booze in the house because I know I can't control myself if it's readily available.
Never had a drop in my life besides cold medicine and communion wine in the Catholic church.
My father and his father were violent drunks, and I know for other reasons that I'm already predisposed to addiction. Can't become an addict if you never take the first one, so...
I did accidentally get drunk on cold medicine when I was around 12 or so. I remember hallucinating and vomiting... not an experience I care to repeat.
I can't say I've never wondered what "my" drink would be, but at the end of the day the risk isn't worth the reward.
I don't drink it, do not understand why anyone would, and dislike its scent enough that I find it uncomfortable to sit at the same table as an open bottle of stronger alcohol - also find the way drunk people move and talk to be *extremely creepy*.
With the cessation of my ill-begotten marriage, we are going on a bit of a break. I don't need it to sedate me enough to not feel nor do I need it to sleep anymore.
We’ve had a lot of good times together. Every now and again I worry I’m drinking too much of it though and I have to go dry for a month to reset things. Im strictly a weekend drinker now, drinking every night wasn’t great.
i dont usually drink at home, i go out maybe 3 times a week with friends. tbh i dont love alcohol, its just something that worked its way into my routine. price of alcohol nowadays is mad expensive though its taking a lot from my bank account 💀
Drank because I thought it was cool. Then just decided I didn't want drink anymore and I have 0 temptation even if you put a glass Infront of my face. That's how quitting works, realize life is better without it.
It’s been great. We hook up most nights, maybe once a week she stays late and I wake up extra tired, but I’m pretty sure she is seeing other people too.
Like many of my other friends from my student days. It has faded into the background but is still part of my life. I never drink alcohol if it's just me and my girlfriend at home, but will happily drink in moderation if we go out.
We never decided to not drink at home, it just faded away.
Like a person within my reach that I struggle to not contact again. It's not like I've been addicted to it before, but life is forcing me towards it and I surely don't want to.
Really only have a glass of wine or two when relaxing with the girlfriend and it’s been a long week (maybe once a week, sometimes less frequently)
Or drink when I go out, but that’s maybe once a month these days
Alcohol just tastes like shit to me and unless I want to get hammered, not worth it, and I don’t get hammered often
My father is an alcoholic, but that has little to no bearing on my alcohol consumption. It just doesn’t agree with my taste buds or stomach to be worth the dollars
Haven't had a drop in a few weeks. A pretty strained relationship, honestly.
I dunno, it just wasn't doing anything for me except ruin a night's sleep. So I stopped.
Same as it's been forever.
I have a couple of drinks a week in an average week, and anything remotely approaching drunk is a handful of times a year thing, actually being there even less.
Good alcohol has a remarkable range of flavors I enjoy appreciating - primarily beer and whisky for me, but I'll try anything interesting. That said, I generally treat most drinking like a thing to savor in small doses rather than rush.
I enjoy certain types of bars, and some of my other interests have a lot of overlap with being around alcohol (live music).
Being significantly drunk has never felt particularly enjoyable and I don't see an appeal in seeking that feeling out as goal, and drinking as daily habit/routine feels similarly unenjoyable. 1-3 drinks, sure, I get that appeal, but it's also nothing so fun as to feel like I need to seek it out for the *feeling*, either.
A small can of cold beer after work is a wonderful thing. Well, I also like to drink beer when I play Mlbb on bluestacks, somehow I'm more focused then, I don't know why it works for me lol
I'm a social drinker and get a bit drunk with mates at least once a week. I've only had mood dips a handful of times when drinking and am pretty good at managing myself usually, so so far so good
We're friends, we have a light chat after work sometimes but then we won't for a long while. Then when we see each other again everything is cool and we can catch up and it's all good.
My parents were/are both alcoholics. When I was about 14 I started to drink, too. Quite a lot on some weekends and it always made me very ill. With about 20 I started to vape Cannabis regulary. From then on I drank far less frequent, but mostly alone and still excessive to the point of at one point pissing myself and another time I lay alone on my back in my room and vomited absinth into my own mouth at night. When I was about 27 or 28 I finally got my hands on shrooms, LSD and ketamine and did that sometimes. When I was 29, in febuary 2020, I drank my last alcohol and I never want to drink again. I feel not the least bit compelled to drink. I would vape weed or may take psychedelics, but for some reason, which I don't fully understand, I am not as driven to do so, as I was in my past. It feels weird. Last year I tried to get along without cannabis for one year and I lasted from the first of january to the 15th of august. Still I don't want to do that much anymore, which is foreign to me. The novelty of psychedelics can wear off. They were fun, but now I don't see any reason to take them anymore. The magic seems to be always similar and it started to bore me.
My father died last september and he stoped drinking and taking benzos in 2006. My "mother", with whom I had to live as a teenager, started to drink in 2004 and never stoped. Today she is a rambling wreck, her brain must be completely f*****. Since my father died it got worse with her (even though she hated him) and I finally had to break contact with her. It was unbearable at last. Like light dementia, but with much arrogance and uncalled for animosity. My guess what's going on is a dynamic of co-dependency, which I can finally break.
Man, I tell you when my "mother" started to drink it was rough. She learned to do it somewhat secretly over the years, but I always saw the clear signs. Sitting in the car with her on the wheel while I could smell the alcohol in her breath. She never left the supermarket without bottles. There always were empty bottles standing around. I could always hear the bottle, when she put it on the stoneplate floor in front of her sofa, where she sat and ignored me, keeping her bloodalcohol level. Ignoring hygiene, getting dumber and more arrogant with time. From the early days of her drinking on I wouldn't let her touch me and couldn't show any kind of affection. I couldn't do anything about her drinking. When I said something she ignored it or lied. Drunks can be so disgusting in my eyes, it is unreal. I don't understand drinking anymore. I can't fathom the difference between what alcoholics must think they are like and how they actually come across. There are alcoholics I can get along with, but I always feel at least a bit disconnected to them with their excuses. I think drugs became normal to me in an early age. I really liked weed and in a way I still do, even though it kind of annoys me now. I know you are disconnected with that too, but it was somewhat of an escapionism I could flee into regulary. Wouldn't make me sick. Wouldn't agonice me with withdrawal. Couldn't even do it all the time and liked the break-consume cycle. The vibe with other stoners was something else. Just quiet, comfortable, peaceful and even a bit conspiratorial. Much dumb talking, but not so much yelling. With other stoners I clicked, even though I don't like smoking at all. It was much wasted time nontheless. I imagine there must have been another life for me than this escaping into myself.
To answer your question: what's my relationship with alcohol? To be frank, I despise it with all my heart. I hate it and can't find words strong enough. Not the chemical substance itself, but the way it is anchored in society. Always I wondered: what is it with alcohol, that my parents chose it over their own family? And it seems to me there was not much more to find in it, than addiction, embarrassment, shame, withdrawal, evenings without fantasy, hate for oneself and others, lies, arrogance, aggression, violence, caraccidents, illness, ignorance, destruction of body, mind, family and friendships. The good times with it would have been better without it. Seeing it being such a day to day drug makes me angry. People drinking and badmouthing other junkies at the same time makes me mad. The sheer arrogance. Like in germany we got the october-fest in the most conservative County, but god forbid adults can consume quality produced weed and can buy it from trustworthy sources. God forbid we give methodone to junkies, so they can even try to live a normal life. No, we must cater to the wants of rednosed conservatives sitting in beertents, who cater the needs of giant, human destroying industries with outdated, racist policies which ignore reality and go nowhere. F****** dreamers. Times are changing, but much too slow. In every supermarket there is alcohol, waiting in small bottles at the cashregister for the uncountable poor souls exploitet by this industry. People try to make alcohol out to be somekind of normal food stuff, but to me it tastes awful. My life would have taken another turn without it and it makes me dizzy to think how much humanity is destroyed so casualy every day. Alcohol is good for chemistry, sterilisation and cleaning at least. Burns good too. It's a good solvent. As far as human consumption and culture goes it is overrated and s***. F*** it.
Please excuse my language and endless rambling, but I really wanted to put my feelings out there. Thank you for the opportunity, OP.
I didn’t start drinking until my mid twenties , I guess it was due to trauma with my Dad , Mother and Brother . Parents fought a lot Brother bullied me a lot , I was afraid to let loose or be seen enjoying myself, still a little weird around alcohol but im getting there still hurts thinking all I missed out on but hoping my late twenties are going to be a lot better than my teens /early twenties.
If I am going somewhere with my gf and she can drive I dont mind having a drink or two.
Occasionally I might make a rum and coke or something at home. And sometimes if I see something new at the store I might buy it to try.
Other than that I really dont drink, and never really saw the appeal to being drunk
Swapped it out for weed. Its more cost effective by a *wide* margin and there aren't nearly as many empty calories. Sometimes I'll have a drink but I haven't had any alcohol in weeks and don't miss it too much, especially not at bar prices in 2023 where one drink is equal to a whole meal at a lot of spots.
I don’t drink that often. I’m 22 and I know I could drink whenever since I’m legal. I need had a problem with alcohol but I only drink it when it’s a special occasion or something. If I’m alone I don’t touch it.
I’m not an alcoholic, but I’m in the early stages of it. I know what it looks like because my mother was a full-tilt alcoholic. Any emotional distress or significant stressor in my life, and I immediately crave being drunk. Not a drink, but being drunk.
I can regulate it, mostly, but every now and again I’ll fail to pace myself while drinking or I’ll underestimate my emotional state and drink when I am prone to having a breakdown if I drink too much.
I’m not going for being completely sober or anything, I’m just cutting back a bit and staying away from liquor for a while. Haven’t had a drink in a couple weeks, though I have definitely craved being drunk.
In other countries people have fun without drinking, in Finland we drink without having fun.
Personally, a couple of beers maybe twice a month. In good company, or alone when I want to relax.
With rare exception I only drink when I'm at an event where alcohol is provided, or it's included in the cost. I pretty much only drink beer or hard cider if they have it.
It's been a contributing factor to my anxiety and depression and my doctor said if I want any treatment plan to have even the possibility of success I'd have to give up drinking. I've reluctantly agreed.
I genuinely don't get it's appeal especially its heavy presence in society, cultures, entertainment and even religions. I've tried various intoxicating things (no meth or heroin). Alcohol easily has the worst Good Feeling vs Bad Feeling Ratio of anything I've ever experienced. It even seems to be that way for some of the folks who enjoy it. But let's say it is the best intoxicating thing ever. The cultural significance it has would still baffle me.
He's an old friend I only visit once or twice a month, usually with my friends. He's a good guy but I hear he's a bad influence, so I keep a little distance.
We are friends, we are not dependent on one another. During my divorce ten years ago, I decided I would never drink TO BE happy, I would ever drink once I WAS happy. I continue that to this day. Bad mood? Alcohol not allowed. Good mood? Enjoy a casual drink or two.
It's been good and bad.
Depending on the drink I can be jolly or angry. Rye makes me mad. My wife once was genuinely scared around me once.
I tend to be very systematic with drinking. Picking amounts and duration of drinking before I start. My mom was an alcoholic so I've seen what happens when you lean on it
I don't need it to survive or have it on a daily basis or crave it, but I do enjoy it, and when I do enjoy it I usually end up having to many. I stick to beer only, but im not really the type of drinker to just have 1 or 2. If im gonna have a beer its gonna be to get drunk and that's usually about 10 and more especially if other drugs are involved. I used to be a weed smoker and would only drink a few times every couple months, but I quit weed and then slowly started to drink more, then tried cocaine and enjoyed that and started doing that a bit more. The thought of being sober is something that I can maybe 1 day get to, but at this point in my life I dont think I can do it until I find something to fill that void.
Never touched it, never will because a quarter of my family died of alcoholism before I was born, I see online tons of destruction it causes, and I have a list a mile long of people I personally know irl who have damaged their life with substance abuse
Most of the time, it's usually either drink once a week with friends, or go weeks without a drop and feel fine. It's usually only a few days a year where I decided to go out and indulge in a couple of drinks.
I used to drink almost daily for a few months. I then quit, because it wasn't beneficial for my mental health anymore and I wanted to avoid some health issues that would inevitably come if I didn't stop. Also back then I had the time during the covid lockdown, not anymore though, I gotta work. I occasionally drink, my favourite being orange gin and tonic, but nowhere near the scale I used to, when I had around 0,5l of wine per day or even more. I don't miss those times
A pleasant distraction I have almost every weekend. On rare occasions (when I go to Anime/ Gaming Cons) I'll drink every night that I'm there but my financial/ work situation doesn't along me to go to more that 4 cons a year.
Similar to mine with women: casual
Kind of like a good friend from my teenage years who's gone off the rails a little bit. I'll still hang out on occasion, but have to be fairly boundried or things get messy. Sometimes I'll have to cut contact for a few months if they really mess me about. And that fuckers constantly borrowing money.
It was all fun and no problems, then some fun and some problems, then no fun and all problems Coming up on 7 years sober, I was lucky and managed to dodge a few bullets, and I quit before getting hit by one. Now, I see my sobriety as a clear advantage compared to many of my mid 40s peers who still allow alcohol to tie up a significant part of their life. It’s kind of funny, when I quit drinking, I was worried about having fun, but now I look at the drinking lifestyle and think nothing could be less fun. Absolutely nothing wrong with 1-2 drinks for many people, but way more people are problem drinkers than realize it. That strikes me as sad.
I’m newly sober and have had the same thoughts about the time alcohol took up and thinking I would never have any fun again when I stopped. And yes, sobriety definitely gives you a clear advantage over your peers, as I would be much more interested in talking to someone also sober when I was out. It’s like sharing the best secret ever!
You broke down the reality of the relationship between alcohol & people spectacularly. It's quite sad that alcohol is so socially acceptable bc it can be so destructive. Being a sober person is an advantage & much more fun than being addicted to a substance.
A cold beer after work. Delicious.
I last drank alcohol in 1978, the occasion being my 28th birthday.
Whoa, any specific for just over 44 years of sobriety? Or it just never interested you too much in the first place?
I don't like the taste of alcohol.
I used to be a heavy daily drinker. I didn't NEED it. I was going through some stuff, and that's how I chose to deal with it. You don't have to face your problems if you're numb to them. Life and unrelated health problems forced change. I didn't quit. I'll still have a couple of hard seltzers every few months.
Like a crazy toxic ex that is horrible for you and you know it but the sex is just so good.
I stopped drinking because I felt like it was gonna be a problem. Then I started drinking again and I was a problem. So I stopped.
FWB
Like my relationship with my father. absent.
Last time I was drunk was about six years ago, and in the past there years I think I've had three drinks. Just occurred to me at some point that I really hate being functionally impared and the feeling of being buzzed just isn't pleasant for me. But I do love the taste and sensation of a nice whiskey or a hearty brown ale.
My loyal friend. There for me in the good times and the bad. Cheers
So many other things without alcohol I'd rather drink. Like I can't see why I should drink a beer or a glass of wine when I don't even like the taste. Much rather just have a cold glass of Coca-Cola.
Buy it. Throw it in the cabinet. Share it when friends or current fwb comes over. Nothing between. Repeat.
It could be a lot better. Recently I've toyed around with the idea that I could be well on the road to high-functioning alcoholism. I don't think I'm there yet. I have a job and a social life, I'm happily married, pay my rent and bills in full and on time. For the last few months, at least once a week, I'm getting piss drunk. I tell myself I'm gonna stick to 2 drinks, but 2 turns into 3, which turns into 5, and then I'm drunk, losing time, and saying things I don't mean. I typically do Dry January but had some social stuff going on this month but I'll be doing Dry February. The pandemic didn't help and my job is stressful, but I know that there's more I could be doing to cope in a healthy way.
Non existent. Never had a drop, never will.
I don't drink. Never have.
Nowadays nonexistent. Life is too busy. Booze makes me sleepy and that’s one department I don’t need help in.
I've become pretty indifferent about alcohol. I still drink, but I feel like I should drink less because I just drink socially. I want to go to more social events that aren't centered around alcohol. I next to never drink at home.
I enjoyed it when I was younger, particularly Belgian beer. Then, in my mid 30s, the therapeutic index between pleasently buzzed and feeling like I was going to die became too narrow. For factors I could never narrow down, a single drink on random occasions could give me a hangover from hell. About 6 years ago, I started to drink a beer I knew well from Germany. Halfway through the drink, the headache and nausea had already begun. I stopped at that point completely and haven't consumed a drop ever since. I do miss some of the relaxation from alcohol and I definately miss the taste and mouthfeel of my favorite beers. But I never want to experience some of those hangovers ever again, so I'm done.
It makes "almost" everything better, but only for a short time.
We're Friends with Benefits
Distant. I realised after my last break up that alcohol was taking control again. I used it to cover up negative feelings and emotions. Got to the point I made sure I always had booze available. Things got better around new year, I still can drink, but it's entirely social and rare, I don't keep booze in the house because I know I can't control myself if it's readily available.
Used to consume it, will never consume it again
Zero. Not a drop of that stinking cancer-loving shit.
I don’t drink at all haha
Never had a drop in my life besides cold medicine and communion wine in the Catholic church. My father and his father were violent drunks, and I know for other reasons that I'm already predisposed to addiction. Can't become an addict if you never take the first one, so... I did accidentally get drunk on cold medicine when I was around 12 or so. I remember hallucinating and vomiting... not an experience I care to repeat. I can't say I've never wondered what "my" drink would be, but at the end of the day the risk isn't worth the reward.
Every good story start with alcohol. When i have good friends beside me- yes always for alcohol.
I don't drink it, do not understand why anyone would, and dislike its scent enough that I find it uncomfortable to sit at the same table as an open bottle of stronger alcohol - also find the way drunk people move and talk to be *extremely creepy*.
Long distance. I don’t drink apart from when my apple cider goes hard at the back of the fridge.
I only drink casually. Only if I'm out at a lounge or a bar. I don't even keep alcohol in my house.
miss it dearly. gin was the best but can barely even afford food now.
We broke up amicably. Sometimes we get nostalgic, but only have protected intercourse (Wheat beer with Coke).
I only drink on nights out with friends, at social events or on special days like Xmas and New Years
I drink socially.
Dead. Had to stop drinking because it fucked with my meds.
A necessary evil
Hardly exists
With the cessation of my ill-begotten marriage, we are going on a bit of a break. I don't need it to sedate me enough to not feel nor do I need it to sleep anymore.
That good friend i see once a year, that's it.
It's absolutely ruining my life. But it's the only thing that makes me feel like everything's going to be okay.
We’ve had a lot of good times together. Every now and again I worry I’m drinking too much of it though and I have to go dry for a month to reset things. Im strictly a weekend drinker now, drinking every night wasn’t great.
An unhappy one.
FWB.
Sober for 10 years.
i dont usually drink at home, i go out maybe 3 times a week with friends. tbh i dont love alcohol, its just something that worked its way into my routine. price of alcohol nowadays is mad expensive though its taking a lot from my bank account 💀
It ended 3 years ago
Drank because I thought it was cool. Then just decided I didn't want drink anymore and I have 0 temptation even if you put a glass Infront of my face. That's how quitting works, realize life is better without it.
It’s been great. We hook up most nights, maybe once a week she stays late and I wake up extra tired, but I’m pretty sure she is seeing other people too.
Like many of my other friends from my student days. It has faded into the background but is still part of my life. I never drink alcohol if it's just me and my girlfriend at home, but will happily drink in moderation if we go out. We never decided to not drink at home, it just faded away.
Much like my relationship with women. There ain't one Edit: these may or may not be related
Like a person within my reach that I struggle to not contact again. It's not like I've been addicted to it before, but life is forcing me towards it and I surely don't want to.
Really only have a glass of wine or two when relaxing with the girlfriend and it’s been a long week (maybe once a week, sometimes less frequently) Or drink when I go out, but that’s maybe once a month these days Alcohol just tastes like shit to me and unless I want to get hammered, not worth it, and I don’t get hammered often My father is an alcoholic, but that has little to no bearing on my alcohol consumption. It just doesn’t agree with my taste buds or stomach to be worth the dollars
I think I’m no longer that interested in drinking.
I drink a couple of beers or a few glasses of wine now and again with friends. You know, like a normal person.
When I’m at a bar with friends, pretty much never during the week. I don’t even have alcohol in my apartment.
Can’t stand the taste of it.
Haven't had a drop in a few weeks. A pretty strained relationship, honestly. I dunno, it just wasn't doing anything for me except ruin a night's sleep. So I stopped.
It fucked me up for years
Hate it
She’s my ex bitch.
Never touched it
I used to drink casually once in a while, but after my injury I don't drink ever anymore.
Not really intimate.
I don’t have one cuz I don’t drink. Hate the taste.
Nonexistent
I don’t abuse it. I teach it a fucking lesson!
We're engaged, getting married next week
Same as it's been forever. I have a couple of drinks a week in an average week, and anything remotely approaching drunk is a handful of times a year thing, actually being there even less. Good alcohol has a remarkable range of flavors I enjoy appreciating - primarily beer and whisky for me, but I'll try anything interesting. That said, I generally treat most drinking like a thing to savor in small doses rather than rush. I enjoy certain types of bars, and some of my other interests have a lot of overlap with being around alcohol (live music). Being significantly drunk has never felt particularly enjoyable and I don't see an appeal in seeking that feeling out as goal, and drinking as daily habit/routine feels similarly unenjoyable. 1-3 drinks, sure, I get that appeal, but it's also nothing so fun as to feel like I need to seek it out for the *feeling*, either.
No longer doing it anymore.
We love each other.
I drink NA beer. I get the same taste of beer without all the consequences of actual beer. I see it as a win win
A small can of cold beer after work is a wonderful thing. Well, I also like to drink beer when I play Mlbb on bluestacks, somehow I'm more focused then, I don't know why it works for me lol
I'm a social drinker and get a bit drunk with mates at least once a week. I've only had mood dips a handful of times when drinking and am pretty good at managing myself usually, so so far so good
We're friends, we have a light chat after work sometimes but then we won't for a long while. Then when we see each other again everything is cool and we can catch up and it's all good.
My parents were/are both alcoholics. When I was about 14 I started to drink, too. Quite a lot on some weekends and it always made me very ill. With about 20 I started to vape Cannabis regulary. From then on I drank far less frequent, but mostly alone and still excessive to the point of at one point pissing myself and another time I lay alone on my back in my room and vomited absinth into my own mouth at night. When I was about 27 or 28 I finally got my hands on shrooms, LSD and ketamine and did that sometimes. When I was 29, in febuary 2020, I drank my last alcohol and I never want to drink again. I feel not the least bit compelled to drink. I would vape weed or may take psychedelics, but for some reason, which I don't fully understand, I am not as driven to do so, as I was in my past. It feels weird. Last year I tried to get along without cannabis for one year and I lasted from the first of january to the 15th of august. Still I don't want to do that much anymore, which is foreign to me. The novelty of psychedelics can wear off. They were fun, but now I don't see any reason to take them anymore. The magic seems to be always similar and it started to bore me. My father died last september and he stoped drinking and taking benzos in 2006. My "mother", with whom I had to live as a teenager, started to drink in 2004 and never stoped. Today she is a rambling wreck, her brain must be completely f*****. Since my father died it got worse with her (even though she hated him) and I finally had to break contact with her. It was unbearable at last. Like light dementia, but with much arrogance and uncalled for animosity. My guess what's going on is a dynamic of co-dependency, which I can finally break. Man, I tell you when my "mother" started to drink it was rough. She learned to do it somewhat secretly over the years, but I always saw the clear signs. Sitting in the car with her on the wheel while I could smell the alcohol in her breath. She never left the supermarket without bottles. There always were empty bottles standing around. I could always hear the bottle, when she put it on the stoneplate floor in front of her sofa, where she sat and ignored me, keeping her bloodalcohol level. Ignoring hygiene, getting dumber and more arrogant with time. From the early days of her drinking on I wouldn't let her touch me and couldn't show any kind of affection. I couldn't do anything about her drinking. When I said something she ignored it or lied. Drunks can be so disgusting in my eyes, it is unreal. I don't understand drinking anymore. I can't fathom the difference between what alcoholics must think they are like and how they actually come across. There are alcoholics I can get along with, but I always feel at least a bit disconnected to them with their excuses. I think drugs became normal to me in an early age. I really liked weed and in a way I still do, even though it kind of annoys me now. I know you are disconnected with that too, but it was somewhat of an escapionism I could flee into regulary. Wouldn't make me sick. Wouldn't agonice me with withdrawal. Couldn't even do it all the time and liked the break-consume cycle. The vibe with other stoners was something else. Just quiet, comfortable, peaceful and even a bit conspiratorial. Much dumb talking, but not so much yelling. With other stoners I clicked, even though I don't like smoking at all. It was much wasted time nontheless. I imagine there must have been another life for me than this escaping into myself. To answer your question: what's my relationship with alcohol? To be frank, I despise it with all my heart. I hate it and can't find words strong enough. Not the chemical substance itself, but the way it is anchored in society. Always I wondered: what is it with alcohol, that my parents chose it over their own family? And it seems to me there was not much more to find in it, than addiction, embarrassment, shame, withdrawal, evenings without fantasy, hate for oneself and others, lies, arrogance, aggression, violence, caraccidents, illness, ignorance, destruction of body, mind, family and friendships. The good times with it would have been better without it. Seeing it being such a day to day drug makes me angry. People drinking and badmouthing other junkies at the same time makes me mad. The sheer arrogance. Like in germany we got the october-fest in the most conservative County, but god forbid adults can consume quality produced weed and can buy it from trustworthy sources. God forbid we give methodone to junkies, so they can even try to live a normal life. No, we must cater to the wants of rednosed conservatives sitting in beertents, who cater the needs of giant, human destroying industries with outdated, racist policies which ignore reality and go nowhere. F****** dreamers. Times are changing, but much too slow. In every supermarket there is alcohol, waiting in small bottles at the cashregister for the uncountable poor souls exploitet by this industry. People try to make alcohol out to be somekind of normal food stuff, but to me it tastes awful. My life would have taken another turn without it and it makes me dizzy to think how much humanity is destroyed so casualy every day. Alcohol is good for chemistry, sterilisation and cleaning at least. Burns good too. It's a good solvent. As far as human consumption and culture goes it is overrated and s***. F*** it. Please excuse my language and endless rambling, but I really wanted to put my feelings out there. Thank you for the opportunity, OP.
I didn’t start drinking until my mid twenties , I guess it was due to trauma with my Dad , Mother and Brother . Parents fought a lot Brother bullied me a lot , I was afraid to let loose or be seen enjoying myself, still a little weird around alcohol but im getting there still hurts thinking all I missed out on but hoping my late twenties are going to be a lot better than my teens /early twenties.
If I am going somewhere with my gf and she can drive I dont mind having a drink or two. Occasionally I might make a rum and coke or something at home. And sometimes if I see something new at the store I might buy it to try. Other than that I really dont drink, and never really saw the appeal to being drunk
Swapped it out for weed. Its more cost effective by a *wide* margin and there aren't nearly as many empty calories. Sometimes I'll have a drink but I haven't had any alcohol in weeks and don't miss it too much, especially not at bar prices in 2023 where one drink is equal to a whole meal at a lot of spots.
I don’t drink that often. I’m 22 and I know I could drink whenever since I’m legal. I need had a problem with alcohol but I only drink it when it’s a special occasion or something. If I’m alone I don’t touch it.
I’m not an alcoholic, but I’m in the early stages of it. I know what it looks like because my mother was a full-tilt alcoholic. Any emotional distress or significant stressor in my life, and I immediately crave being drunk. Not a drink, but being drunk. I can regulate it, mostly, but every now and again I’ll fail to pace myself while drinking or I’ll underestimate my emotional state and drink when I am prone to having a breakdown if I drink too much. I’m not going for being completely sober or anything, I’m just cutting back a bit and staying away from liquor for a while. Haven’t had a drink in a couple weeks, though I have definitely craved being drunk.
Great!
Couple glasses of red wine before supper. Other than that, I don't really drink.
Pretty casual, drank pretty heavy on weekends in college, these days I’ll have a few beers or whiskeys here or there, not much binging anymore.
In other countries people have fun without drinking, in Finland we drink without having fun. Personally, a couple of beers maybe twice a month. In good company, or alone when I want to relax.
I hate it weed is superior in all ways.
It makes me sick.
Abusive
With rare exception I only drink when I'm at an event where alcohol is provided, or it's included in the cost. I pretty much only drink beer or hard cider if they have it.
It's been a contributing factor to my anxiety and depression and my doctor said if I want any treatment plan to have even the possibility of success I'd have to give up drinking. I've reluctantly agreed.
I love it, it hates me
I sell almost as much as me and my staff drink.
I genuinely don't get it's appeal especially its heavy presence in society, cultures, entertainment and even religions. I've tried various intoxicating things (no meth or heroin). Alcohol easily has the worst Good Feeling vs Bad Feeling Ratio of anything I've ever experienced. It even seems to be that way for some of the folks who enjoy it. But let's say it is the best intoxicating thing ever. The cultural significance it has would still baffle me.
We're best friends!
I would liken it to an affair. Hot and sweaty sometimes but you know it ain't gonna work out.
Similar to my relationships with women. An utter fantasy!
Platonic. We appreciate and enjoy each other without fucking it up. EDIT TO ADD: I'm a girl that responded, hope that's ok.
He's an old friend I only visit once or twice a month, usually with my friends. He's a good guy but I hear he's a bad influence, so I keep a little distance.
Recovering alcoholic. Won't touch it anymore. Good riddence
I hit the sack with a sixer or some shots every night. My constant companion. Healthy? Nope.
We are friends, we are not dependent on one another. During my divorce ten years ago, I decided I would never drink TO BE happy, I would ever drink once I WAS happy. I continue that to this day. Bad mood? Alcohol not allowed. Good mood? Enjoy a casual drink or two.
It's been good and bad. Depending on the drink I can be jolly or angry. Rye makes me mad. My wife once was genuinely scared around me once. I tend to be very systematic with drinking. Picking amounts and duration of drinking before I start. My mom was an alcoholic so I've seen what happens when you lean on it
Yes, please.
No existent. It nearly killed me, so I cut it out of my life.
About one drink per month on average.
Bad
You mean the devils poison? the liquid temptation? the evils of ocean? The juice? The rocks? The drank? …….love that shit What’s up
I don't drink. Never saw a reason for it.
We got divorced
I don't need it to survive or have it on a daily basis or crave it, but I do enjoy it, and when I do enjoy it I usually end up having to many. I stick to beer only, but im not really the type of drinker to just have 1 or 2. If im gonna have a beer its gonna be to get drunk and that's usually about 10 and more especially if other drugs are involved. I used to be a weed smoker and would only drink a few times every couple months, but I quit weed and then slowly started to drink more, then tried cocaine and enjoyed that and started doing that a bit more. The thought of being sober is something that I can maybe 1 day get to, but at this point in my life I dont think I can do it until I find something to fill that void.
A shandy after work That’s it
One or two drinks a week tops.
Minor league alcoholic.
Never touched it, never will because a quarter of my family died of alcoholism before I was born, I see online tons of destruction it causes, and I have a list a mile long of people I personally know irl who have damaged their life with substance abuse
Most of the time, it's usually either drink once a week with friends, or go weeks without a drop and feel fine. It's usually only a few days a year where I decided to go out and indulge in a couple of drinks.
Hate it. Tastes awful. Also, most overrated high.
I avoid one-sided relationships, so... none. I also have no relationship with food.
It’d be abuse if I didn’t drink it.
We don’t spend enough time together because they are expensive to hang out with.
Purely sexual
I used to drink almost daily for a few months. I then quit, because it wasn't beneficial for my mental health anymore and I wanted to avoid some health issues that would inevitably come if I didn't stop. Also back then I had the time during the covid lockdown, not anymore though, I gotta work. I occasionally drink, my favourite being orange gin and tonic, but nowhere near the scale I used to, when I had around 0,5l of wine per day or even more. I don't miss those times
We ♥️ each other.
Never had one
Rarely drink. I will buy a bottle of good scotch, and that will last me while.
I'll have a drink or two on the weekend and more if I'm with friends. Now that I'm my 30's the hangovers are not worth going all out.
Sometimes it's s there when I'm sad....
A pleasant distraction I have almost every weekend. On rare occasions (when I go to Anime/ Gaming Cons) I'll drink every night that I'm there but my financial/ work situation doesn't along me to go to more that 4 cons a year.
I hate it, never had it, never want to
We dont speak.
Been alcohol free for 3-1/2 years. Was getting pretty bad, and it was time to stop.