Drunkenness

[Shadwell]

yeah alcohol has that effect louise, one thing you can bet on, is the wrong words come out.

but hey you still got us here!

[blackbroom]

Sorry for bumping such an old thread, but this one interested me.

Am I the only person here to drink more than is good for me? Don't get me wrong, I never deliberately drink to get drunk, and I certainly don't binge drink on a regular basis, but I must admit I have got a slight tendency to drink more than I intended to on social occasions. This is mostly because parties and gatherings make me feel shy and nervous and even more physically awkward than normal, so I drink to calm my nerves - 90% of the time it's not a problem, but there has been more than one occasion when I've not known when to stop and ended up getting plastered and doing something hideously embarrassing. I hate myself afterwards - at 40 I am far, far too old for this sort of behaviour.

I read somewhere that a relatively high proportion of adult dyspraxics have alcohol or substance abuse problems. But, then again, you guys all seem admirably abstemious, so maybe it's just me...

[Creative]

I don't drink alcohol because I don't like the taste. I have had phone calls from someone I used to go to college with when he'd drunk too much. This upset me but he doesn't do this now because I wrote to him and asked him not to.

I think that drinking is ok in moderation. It is a sociable way to enjoy yourself. If I did like the taste maybe I would drink.

[gherkin001]

I cant drink because alcohol induces seizures in me. I'd rather maintain control and get my driving licence back than go on a bender and end up in A+E.

Kirsty

[blackbroom]

I cant drink because alcohol induces seizures in me. I'd rather maintain control and get my driving licence back than go on a bender and end up in A+E.

Kirsty

That must be terrible. My father can't drink for the same reason (althoguh in his case it's not so great a loss as he doesn't like the taste of alcohol anyway.)

[gherkin001]

Its ok, Ive gotten used to it, was alot harder when I was 18 and the thing to do was go out drinking at the weekends... My friends still take the mick when I go out with them and sit drinking coke, but in saying that, they have seen the consequences of me having a "real" drink.

Kirsty

[michele]

I didn't start drinking until later then most, because I had a febrile seizure at a young age and although I hadn;t been on any medication for many years it was a risk I was kinda scared what might happen. I was a bit nervous about trying it, I'm not talking about a sip of wine for religious reasons or trying Dad's beer. That much I had done but I was always scared about drinking first because I really didn't want to lose control of myself and second because having done research I knew that there was a chance be enough to cause me problems. What that meant was in order to try drinking I had to be around people I trusted and who wouldn't presure me to drink mre then each carefully planned experiment without actually telling them why I was being so careful. Not being miss popular also eliminated most of the peer presure.

I did eventually try drinking and learned that I metabolize it quite quickly, I am not a binge drinker and will never be...it just isn't worth the risk but having carefully established that I do not get addicted to things easily contrary to my mother's opinion, that I don't have medical issues from reasonable amounts of drinking, and that I stay in control of myself while drinking...uh well I do drink socially. Basically at a party, on vacation, at a club or appropriate show...and ofg course during kareoke. I don;t drink to excess and I refuse to ever use it as a crutch (which is the first step on the slippery slope of alchohol abuse, IMO) but there is nothing wrong with drinking as long as you are the one in control of it and not it or peer presure in control of you.

End of lecture

michele

[JoeR+]

I'm allergic to alcohol, if I drink, I die. So, as you might guess, I tend to shy away from alcoholic beverages.

I don't understand drunkeness. I have many friends who consider this their plan for an A-grade night out:

1) Go to unhealthy environment
2) Hand over large amounts of money
3) Drink poison that tastes like crap
4) Act like a tit
5) Repeat 2-4 until...
6) Throw up
7) Fall unconcious
8) Wake up with a headache from hades
9) Regret (4)

Also my dads a bit of a drunk sometimes and it's caused me problems more than a few times I really do not, in any context, understand alcohol or what the attraction is.

drinking is fun because it opens you up and makes me happy, good hilarious night out with a few buddies

[Lithium_joe]

I lost my taste for alcohol when I was at university (a peverse place to discover that fact, I know! )

I lost it and I never really reacquired it. I've still got two bottle of beer in the fridge than I bought in um...October.

I count the distances between alcohol in months.

And it's not for any principle or health reason I just lost interest in it.

[sheppeyescapee]

I don't drink anywhere near as much as I used to when I was 19. Each time I have needed to register with a dr (I have moved around a lot) the dr never believes me when I put my alcohol intake at around 4-5 units a month. In all honesty my alcohol intake is even lower than that at times. I just don't see the point anymore, I like to feel a little fuzzy around the edges but thats as far as I go now.

[sazdenny]

Me too I'm an ex alchy & speed-feak.. dyspraxia always went away after a few drinks & went away miraculously with the speed.. until I was hooked & useless in many other ways. Like a lot of 70's & 80's & probably from before those times & since ~ I became a typical dyspraxia street victim.. I'm not proud of my actions but do not regret my life or journey through life at all.. I needed a lot of help when younger & got none & ended up on the scrap heap, but eventually found a way out, through getting clean & straight & sober. I find now I'm sober I'm meeting lots of young adults with dypraxia & similar problems, in that they had a problem got it identified, and got no help, for their day to day coping or their social problems.. I feel quite empowered to be inspirational to them now, coz my empathy & sympathy comes from somewhere quite real, and therefore to be able to talk to some one who understands but wont take their defeat as an answer has been life changing to not just them but to me too.

I made a chioce to stay on the street scene ~ or rather within its reach, so as to help those that I can. It wasn't until I decided to get clean I started to realise a lot of the speed problems with these people (I'd call them kids, but some of these kids are in their 60's!) are due to un-diagnosed dyspraxia.. I spoke a lot (as one on speed will) to a lot of people & recognised most of my problems in them. Quite a few people got diagnosed, and began to question their drink/drug use in relation to their problems..

I'm clean for two years after a 20year battle & 100% sober now too. My partner is dyspraxic (what are the chances eh?!) and he too chose to get clean & sober when we met. We both lived quite debauched lives ~ that was the fun bit! But really, we also behaved quite badly, but more so to ourselves than to anyone else. We werent really very argumentative when we got together, but since we both got all clean & sober the arguments bacame nil, year round!! It's great!!

What ever either of us were looking for in drink or drugs, and an awful lot of it for us both was about the varying problems of dyspraxia, we look for now in real life, with our own determinism & each others support. Of course, I'm still ratty when I can't get my fingers to hold onto my shopping bags & he gets shirty when he's trying to speak to me & I keep zoning out ~ or when he walks sidy ways into me & knocks me over & vice versa..

In my drunken state I felt sorry for myself, after having been trying to socialise because miracle drink made me able to face people & then I couldn't keep it up.. so got people rejecting me time & time again because they just couldn't/can't understand me.. thinking I was totally off my face because I appeared to speak nonsense ~ wrong words coming out all the time, no patience.. I could go on.. as I'm sure most of us here could!!

But I know drug addicts & alchaholics. I lived on the streets with them & they were my family for 2 decades. They ALL have a reason, a valid reason for their bad behaviour & addiction, not that it makes it any the better an excuse & all need patience to help them work their problems through. It can take decades to get out of that famouse old river de-Nile.. Remember it's a long & deep river thats flows fast & furious. Before you know it your in too deep.

Now as a sobriety snob I need to remind myself everyday not to get on my high horse & remember to keep my empathy in place..
I'm also full of a lot of gratitude to a lot of drunks & junkys who befriended me upon the way.. for all their sins & problems they still stuck by me. None of us are angels & we all have our own vices of some sort. Whatever hurtful things your pal is saying to you, remember it could be danglies & it could else be a bit of a cry for help. As you need people to remain patient with you, with your dyspraxia, I ask you to remain patient with your friend. Friends are hard to come by & easy to lose. thats not to say you should take any drunken crap from him, not at all.. but just don't judge him too harshly coz as we dyspraxics say the wrong things a lot, so do drunks eh?!

Good luck.. Saz x

[Catwoman42]

I'm curious about this, I seem to get drunk very quickly- one bottle of beer or cider makes me very tipsy, 2 is just too much. Is this a dyspraxia thing or a me thing? Very curious to find out....

[Osymandus]

I dont think its a dyspraxic thing per sa , in my "prime " LOL i coudl drink about 8 guinuess in a night and be nicely merry and ive taken down a bottle of Southern COmfort (never watch Ashes to Ashes and try drinking with Gene Hunt)

[Blue-eyed]

There is going to be alot of people needing new livers if a binge drinking culture continues.

Mine might be one of them ! Someone say a prayer

(Please don't mind me I have a cheeky sense of humour - what you are all saying is of course right )

[Philip]

I don't drink booze since I dont like the taste (one of the entertainment team on holiday who took a shine to me, like me because I did not drink booze)

I have had a taste of booze and did not like it. The only time I might have to have a drink like to toast a wedding etc.) over than that my parents, family etc are fine with it.