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Posted on 12/31/21 at 7:57 pm to Flats
It's not how it's why. It's a mind and a body combo.
Certain people have, for lack of a better word, an "allergic reaction" to alcohol that not everyone has that makes it's use very comforting.
Unfortunately, real alcoholics also have what is called the "phenomena of craving" in which their mind tells them to use more and more to the point they lose control and make poor decisions etc.
That a simplistic definition of what you asked.
Certain people have, for lack of a better word, an "allergic reaction" to alcohol that not everyone has that makes it's use very comforting.
Unfortunately, real alcoholics also have what is called the "phenomena of craving" in which their mind tells them to use more and more to the point they lose control and make poor decisions etc.
That a simplistic definition of what you asked.
This post was edited on 12/31/21 at 7:58 pm
Posted on 12/31/21 at 7:57 pm to Flats
I had an uncle addicted to meth, say that there are a lot of addictions: shopping. Eating. Drinking. Etc. If it makes you feel good, it can be addicting. And i am addicted to alcohol. Everyone has some form of addiction.
Posted on 12/31/21 at 7:58 pm to Flats
I had an uncle addicted to meth, say that there are a lot of addictions: shopping. Eating. Drinking. Etc. If it makes you feel good, it can be addicting. And i am addicted to alcohol. Everyone has some form of addiction.
Posted on 12/31/21 at 7:58 pm to Ancient Astronaut
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It makes you feel good?
I get that, I drink. But there's a point where it makes me feel bad. Maybe it doesn't do that to everybody. Not so much today, but if I felt absolutely nothing the next day I'd have overdone it way more often in my 20s.
Posted on 12/31/21 at 8:01 pm to Flats
I’ve always liked the taste of a yellow jacket but only every now and then do I partake to much. Now the hard stuff I stay clear of, very easy for me to get carried away and it changes my mentality not in a good way. So I’ll drink a Bloody Mary or a margarita every now and then but only one then I’m back to the rocky most brain spring water
Posted on 12/31/21 at 8:01 pm to Flats
I am like you, OP, alcohol has never appealed to me. I have been drunk many times, but I never have felt the urge to drink outside of a social setting (mostly in the college years). I've never felt like "Been a long day, time to crack open a six-pack and sit on the couch." But I've had a lot of friends like that and some family members as well.
Posted on 12/31/21 at 8:04 pm to Flats
Some people are definitely more genetically inclined to be alcoholics.
Posted on 12/31/21 at 8:04 pm to Flats
quote:I have always said that hardcore drunks seem to have an odd type of mental toughness. Think about the several times you were severely hungover and how another drink at 11AM was truly the last thing you wanted. Yet, they do it over and over again.
but alcohol was always self-limiting for me. The hangover wasn't worth the drunk and that bad experience kept it self-regulating when I was younger and had a tendency to overdo things.
Posted on 12/31/21 at 8:05 pm to AUstar
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I am like you, OP, alcohol has never appealed to me.
It does to me in a limited sense. I don't only drink socially; I have a liquor cabinet and wine and beer in the house. It's just that even if I wanted to drink a 6 pack every night the next morning would keep me from doing so. Maybe the negative impact of overdoing it doesn't hit everybody equally.
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Posted on 12/31/21 at 8:06 pm to Flats
Maybe it’s just me but I just find it strange how someone can say they’ve been addicted to one thing and then question how someone else can be addicted to something else.
Addiction is addiction. It’s tough to beat. Takes will power of the extreme.
Addiction is addiction. It’s tough to beat. Takes will power of the extreme.
Posted on 12/31/21 at 8:07 pm to AUstar
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time to crack open a six-pack and sit on the couch.
If I wanted to get a buzz I simply would drink three or four bourbon on the rocks. I am not going to get drunk on beer. I live on a lake and I will sit on the dock when my buddies visit and it is a ritual for us to look at the stars, fish and hammer down a fifth of decent bourbon. We get toasted and it's fun. But like I said, I don't do it often.
Posted on 12/31/21 at 8:07 pm to blowmeauburn
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Maybe it’s just me but I just find it strange how someone can say they’ve been addicted to one thing and then question how someone else can be addicted to something else.
I thought I explained it; it's not a judgment thing. I'm just curious how people push through the bad feeling drinking to much gives you. If Copenhagen made me feel like shite the next day I'd never have become addicted to it.
Posted on 12/31/21 at 8:12 pm to Flats
It affects different people in different ways, like any other drug. Some people can handle opiates, but not stimulants, without going off the rails. Some are the other way around. Alcohol for me acts as a mood enhancer, helps me forget the little worries I have, settles any anxiety I have. For some people it completely robs them of capable decision making. These people shouldn't touch alcohol.
The slippery slope with alcohol is that the mental dependency turns into physical dependency with extreme subtlety. That's how "addiction to alcohol" happens. And generally once this happens it's far too late.
The slippery slope with alcohol is that the mental dependency turns into physical dependency with extreme subtlety. That's how "addiction to alcohol" happens. And generally once this happens it's far too late.
Posted on 12/31/21 at 8:12 pm to Privateer 2007
That's me. no sleep until I finish my pint of bourbon.
Otherwise I'm up all fuggin night.
I've always suffered from anxiety so the booze helps me sleep
Otherwise I'm up all fuggin night.
I've always suffered from anxiety so the booze helps me sleep
Posted on 12/31/21 at 8:14 pm to Flats
Fwiw a lot of people don't experience the hangovers you're talking about til their mid 30's. Hangovers were easily curable in an hour with a couple bottles of Gatorade for me until I was 35.
Posted on 12/31/21 at 8:17 pm to Tangineck
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Some people can handle opiates
I was prescribed opioids on a couple of occasions and I never felt as though I was getting addicted or just had to have them. I'd take one, jump in the car and go to the physical therapist. And I never finished the prescriptions. So opioids were no problem for me but apparently they are as addictive as sex.
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Posted on 12/31/21 at 8:18 pm to Flats
Vodka is the devil because some people like me can drink half a bottle per tonight and function in the morning. Next thing you know, you have the shakes.
Posted on 12/31/21 at 8:23 pm to Texas Ram
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That's me. no sleep until I finish my pint of bourbon. Otherwise I'm up all fuggin night.
And you feel fine the next morning? I like bourbon but a pint would render me pretty worthless the next day.
Posted on 12/31/21 at 8:23 pm to Flats
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Are there people who don't get hangovers and that makes it really easy for them to get addicted to alcohol?
When I was younger, I had to drink a prodigious amount of alcohol to get a hangover. Into my thirties, I basically never got them. I've never been the addictive type, and I barely drink now. Although, I currently have a whiskey sour in front of me because Happy New Year!
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