Alcoholics Unanimous

[70/30]

I guess I used to be an alcoholic, not really physically dependent but I got fucked up a really whole lot. I've been more or less sober since OCT2000, it's been pretty boring. I'm looking to make a big comeback but I got a question for the whino vets (eg, PP, Sinth)

How long does it take to become completely comfortable drinking by yourself and for no apparent reason?

 

[bluespoke]

How long does it take to become completely comfortable drinking by yourself and for no apparent reason?

At least a bottle of good red wine!

 

[70/30]

I'm talking about getting ripped everyday for 20years in the privacy of your home with no apparent purpose for the proceedings. I don't easily get physically dependent, so I'll need to have a high emotional dependence and/or comfort level to pull it off.

 

[bluespoke]

I'm talking about getting ripped everyday for 20years in the privacy of your home with no apparent purpose for the proceedings. I don't easily get physically dependent, so I'll need to have a high emotional dependence and/or comfort level to pull it off.

Then you definitely need to see p_p or Synth!

 

[HeavyStick]

bump

 

[p_p_man]

I guess I used to be an alcoholic, not really physically dependent but I got fucked up a really whole lot. I've been more or less sober since OCT2000, it's been pretty boring. I'm looking to make a big comeback but I got a question for the whino vets (eg, PP, Sinth)

How long does it take to become completely comfortable drinking by yourself and for no apparent reason?

As you probably know there are different classifications of alcholism. The best known being the full blown all singing, all dancing one where a day cannot pass without the alcoholic craving a drink.

Me? I'm a dipsomaniac. The level where if I start I can't always stop and carry on until the bitter end (which usually means when my money runs out!). The alcoholic in this classification is sometimes known as a session drinker or a bender drinker.

My drinking is in the main carried out in a pub. Often I have just the one and that's the end to it, because I don't feel like having any more. But on other occasions that first drink can lead into a day's session, depending very much on the company I'm in, the general feeling of relaxation I have and whether I'm happy to go the course. I always know when I switch from the one drink man to the session man - I can feel it happening in my mind, usually starting off with a thought like "What the hell I'm not doing anything else today."

And finally at other times I go out with the full intention of getting smashed for no other reason than I feel like it. You can call it letting your hair down, injecting a bit of excitement into your life or whatever.

I said my drinking is carried out mainly in the pub and this is true. Quite often on the way home from a session I do buy a half bottle of Bacardi and some Coke to drink when I get home with the full intention of continuing my session. But it never works that way. Once I've locked my door against the world my drinking self seems to shed itself and I microwave a small meal, watch TV, visit Lit and fall asleep. All in rapid succession. That half bottle of Bacardi can remain unopened in my apartment for months before I even think about it again, and that's only when I have visitors.

Like everything there's always the exception and yesterday I spoke to a friend on the telephone for a couple of hours (I have one of those one standard payment a month deals) and as she was in her flat about eight miles away drinking beer, I poured myself some Bacardi Coke and joined her in our own 'virtual pub'. We both enjoyed the drinking and the chatting and it saved both of us from having to go out for our entertainment.

So I suppose to answer your question it takes no time at all to drink by yourself and be completely comfortable with it as long as there are other destractions around you; talking to a friend by phone, watching TV, listening to music and even coming on Lit!

Drinking by yourself with just your own thoughts as company usually denotes a problem you're trying to hide from. And that can't be comfortable...

ppman

 

[SINthysist]

I have a drink or two every evening, just to relax with my family.

I see my neighbors all day long usually.

The nearest entertainment is 100 miles away, well Joplins like 80, but what is there to do in Joplin that you can't do in the comfort of your own home?

lavender, I get confused. Are you 70/30, REWAVE, or both?

 

[SINthysist]

"Me? I'm a dipsomaniac. The level where if I start I can't always stop and carry on until the bitter end (which usually means when my money runs out!). The alcoholic in this classification is sometimes known as a session drinker or a bender drinker. "

Good gawd p_p_, sometimes, just when I think you are fucked up completely beyond the pale of being fucked up, you go and write something that completely redeems you!

 

[SINthysist]

Plus, I never drink until I've had my daily workout. Ever. If I don't work out, I don't drink. I'm a disciplined drunk (a phrase which should bring back some sigline memories for p_p_! )!

 

[p_p_man]

Good gawd p_p_, sometimes, just when I think you are fucked up completely beyond the pale of being fucked up, you go and write something that completely redeems you!

Thanksh...hic...thud...



ppman