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Alcohol
Sept 20, 2005 21:01:00 GMT -5
Post by saphron on Sept 20, 2005 21:01:00 GMT -5
I think smoking anything,drinking anything,and dipping anything are just a waste of money and your time. The have not done anything for anyone for centuries.
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Alcohol
Sept 20, 2005 23:28:16 GMT -5
Post by k151 on Sept 20, 2005 23:28:16 GMT -5
It does help me. But I have to be quite drunk. It also doesn't help completely. It lessens the nervousness, but doesn't remove it. I will just say and do more "embaressing" things when i'm drunk. But after being near death (0.38%BAC, stopped breathing) alcohol isn't a big turn-on for me now. Wow! I'm glad that i haven't had any alcohol for close to a month now. That's a seriously high BAC rating! I'm really glad you're still alive! Yeah I am too. It was a really scary thing to happen. My parents really didn't know what to do. Neither did I.
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Alcohol
Nov 13, 2005 20:40:28 GMT -5
Post by nats on Nov 13, 2005 20:40:28 GMT -5
Drink can help, on a night out, to help confidence and everything. Sometimes I jsut want some freedom, a chance to have fun and a laugh without being shy and frightened of what others will think. It can be wrong to depend on alcohold though.
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Meow
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Alcohol
Nov 15, 2005 22:14:12 GMT -5
Post by Meow on Nov 15, 2005 22:14:12 GMT -5
I actually just mentioned this in another post. I used to drink quite a lot when I was out, because I suddenly became more confident, flirty and friendly. I would talk to almost anyone when I was drunk, it did cure my anxiety but when I had to go home to my family being in an unhappy situation it was hard to face it drunk, and I used to drink a loooot so i'd get hangovers till I discovered drinks that don't give me hangovers. Life is so much worse with a hangover! I haven't been drunk in almost 2 yrs as I got married and my fella doesn't drink, and have been under age here and not able to drink, but i'm almost 21. I wonder what will happen when i'm 21... I no longer have parents to answer to and no fear of going home drunk. Maybe I will start using it as a crutch again. It was only when I was out or with friends, it was never a drinking PROBLEM.
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Alcohol
Nov 15, 2005 22:38:44 GMT -5
Post by albetross on Nov 15, 2005 22:38:44 GMT -5
alcohal has never really helped me socially. when Ive gone out to bars or clubs or anywhere with some friends I'll drink and drink and drink and I still just kind of stand there off to the side or whatever and don't talk or dance just walk back and forth to the bar
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Alcohol
Nov 15, 2005 22:45:18 GMT -5
Post by pansy on Nov 15, 2005 22:45:18 GMT -5
alcohol affects your body and mind exactly the same way whether there's anyone else in the room or not.
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Meow
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Alcohol
Nov 16, 2005 17:13:55 GMT -5
Post by Meow on Nov 16, 2005 17:13:55 GMT -5
that's not true for me, If I drink alone I get depressed. If I drink with other people I can be very confident and happy!
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Alcohol
Nov 16, 2005 17:36:11 GMT -5
Post by saynothing on Nov 16, 2005 17:36:11 GMT -5
I used to chat a lot more after drinking alcohol but hardly ever drink now. That person who would chat more is not the real me . I drank because everyone around me was but it did nothing to help the problems being shy has given me.
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Alcohol
Nov 16, 2005 18:14:27 GMT -5
Post by pansy on Nov 16, 2005 18:14:27 GMT -5
let me rephrase - alcohol will affect you physiologically the same whether there's somebody else in the room or not. alot of people have developed a dependence on alcohol while only drinking socially thinking they wouldn't become alcoholics if they never drank alone. but it doesn't work that way.
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Meow
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Alcohol
Nov 16, 2005 19:04:47 GMT -5
Post by Meow on Nov 16, 2005 19:04:47 GMT -5
Oh I seee, sorry I misunderstood!
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Nov 18, 2005 18:41:19 GMT -5
Post by annaa on Nov 18, 2005 18:41:19 GMT -5
Alcohol cures everything! ;D
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Alcohol
Nov 20, 2005 13:29:43 GMT -5
Post by Sanity FreeZ0ne on Nov 20, 2005 13:29:43 GMT -5
Alcohol cures everything! ;D But, only breifly and then back to reality.
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Alcohol
Dec 14, 2005 21:11:41 GMT -5
Post by feyish on Dec 14, 2005 21:11:41 GMT -5
like some people already mentioned, i tend to think that if i did drink and it actually made me less shy, i would get addicted (also, there is a bit of a family tendency, not a good sign). plus, i'm already addicted to that wonderful feeling that comes with drinking highly caffenated coffee lol.
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Alcohol
Jan 10, 2006 7:21:48 GMT -5
Post by hello on Jan 10, 2006 7:21:48 GMT -5
yeah someone mentioned avoidant personality disorder - im not crazy and i don't like tags - but i'm a bit like that at times - see someone who is on my course for example, who is only an acquaintance, 10-20 metres up the road walking my way. Start to panic and then cross the road to pavement on other side of the road - i know its a bit pathetic but i'd never use alcohol to control or relax me...alcohol and the drinking of it as an odd concept to get the head round.
Drinking alcohol to forget and escape is funny - is life in natural sobriety (sp inc?) really that shit? Maybe thats a daft question...but hmm...a band in Britain called 'The Verve', they split up a while ago but a song titled "The drugs don't work" - it largely rings true, if things are bad good health is important just to feel fit and healthy and no t too shitty and lethargic, with lethargy comes nerves etc for me.
I'm not a huge fan of alcohol or any drugs for that matter, just never been my cup of tea.
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Alcohol
Jan 10, 2006 17:38:21 GMT -5
Post by shypsychologyguy on Jan 10, 2006 17:38:21 GMT -5
Ive never been around alcohol outside of the home so I have never had a chance to try it for shyness. I doubt I ever will. Plus im only age 20 when I go to grad school I wont be able to because its a christian school but I have no real desire to anyways.
I have thought about the whole self medicating issue bacuse ive seen it in a psychology book but I just think there are better ways to cope and be yourself
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