i became an alcoholic at 19 to cope with r*pe. at AA meetings im usually the youngest and only black person there. i didn’t accept that i really had a problem until i got a public intoxication charge after fighting in a bar.
get the help u need we talk abt drug addiction but alcoholism is just as dangerous you can hurt others and urself.
just as an fyi long island iced teas do not taste like iced tea
i’m not in college yet but as we all know alcohol consumption among college students can get a bit ridiculous so during those years please pay a lot of attention to how you’re feeling and how you view alcohol because it’s possible to become an alcoholic at that age even though a lot of people make jokes passing it off as normal behavior and it can have a really bad impact on your life and grades basically don’t ever let drinking become more of a priority than doing well in school or being healthy and please take care of yourself
here are a few red flags that can indicate you have an alcohol problem
you feel as if you’ll be missing out if you don’t get drunk
you drink to alleviate depression, stress, anxiety, or other heavy emotional issues
you begin lying to others about drinking
you get antsy if you’re sober and are surrounded by drunk people
you continuously promise you’ll have “just a few” but end up absolutely shitfaced
you drink every weekend, even when you hadn’t planned to drink you end up doing it anyway
your start craving alcohol whenever you feel negative emotions like stress or anxiety
if you feel that you might have a problem, please seek help because alcohol addiction is a life-shattering issue
As a society, we need to stop assuming that everyone enjoys drinking alcohol.
Lmao @ people who think I’m ridiculous for this post. I’m defensive because alcoholism is a huge issue. Everywhere in the world. Not to mention, I know it’s hard for some of you fucks to believe because of how widely accepted alcohol is, but there are a HUGE amount of people who have personal issues with alcohol. Either being recovering or previous alcoholics themselves, having a close personal tie with someone who abused alcohol, growing up in an unstable alcoholic household, having DEEPLY EMBEDDED family or spouse issues ALL because of alcohol. FUCK OFF with your me being so offended bullshit. Just assume people are sober till you find out on **their** terms they aren’t. Don’t expect that everyone likes to drink. Just like you wouldn’t expect that everyone likes to smoke cannabis, why would you do it with alcohol? (That’s rhetorical, it’s obviously because basically everyone assumes the entire world enjoys drinking). It’s not hard. Don’t offer people drinks unless you know they drink. BYE.
My favorite response when I tell people im straight edge is “what? You’ll never drink ever? Not one drink? I don’t believe you.” And they’ll laugh And I’ll look them straight in their fucking eye and tell them both my parents, and my aunt are recovering alcoholics. The rest of my family? Has never tried, nor ever got the chance to recover from their addiction. It’s by some miracle my mother is alive right now because she drank so much her liver stopped working. She was in a coma for two weeks. The doctors almost gave up on her. My dad was an abusive drunk and then turned to hard drugs and that certainly didn’t help anything. My 3 younger sisters and I were almost put into foster care because of the both of them. I was only about 14 at the time. Making my youngest sister, 7. And because of all of this my family went bankrupt and we were almost homeless. All because of drinking 🙂
That usually shuts them up real fucking fast but, I shouldn’t have to explain that to anyone. I shouldn’t have to defend my (perfectly healthy!) choices!
If someone tells you they don’t drink, it’s for a fucking reason. Don’t be a dick. Casual alcoholism is a huge fucking problem in the world and its scary that most people can’t see it.
Also, some people just… don’t like drinking. There are people out there who just genuinely do not enjoy drinking alcohol. They don’t like the taste, they don’t like being impaired, and they have no desire to try to force themselves into enjoying it just because someone else thinks it’s “weird”.
There are all kinds of reasons that someone might not choose to drink, and all of those reasons are valid. There’s nothing wrong with it, it doesn’t mean they “can’t have fun”, and I guarantee you they’re not judging you for drinking. And if they are? It’s definitely not as much as they’re being judged for not drinking.
Don’t try to force people to drink. Don’t assume everyone likes to drink. And if someone says they don’t drink? Don’t force them to explain why just to get you to stop hounding them.
There are plenty of reasons to avoid booze and the particulars of someone’s reasons are none of your business. Nobody deserves to catch crap because they don’t imbibe.
Also, alcohol reacts negatively with a ton of medications and exacerbates the symptoms of many mental illnesses. And people can be allergic to alcohol the same way can be allergic to shellfish.
So here is your reminder to NEVER SPIKE COMMUNAL DRINKS for these reasons and all listed above.
why does it have to become confrontational? “have a beer.” “no thanks.” “why? Come on!” “no thanks.” you don’t have to share your past, family problems, or medical reasons to make your point; that’s your business, no one else’s, and what’s the purpose of sounding like you’re defending the moral high ground when most people will just take offense and prolong an argument that has already gone on too long. you don’t have to justify or explain yourself to people who won’t respect your choices, and it sounds like a poor opportunity for educating. choose your battles.
pushing people to drink is just tremendously bad manners. there are plenty of reasons not to want alcohol, and they’re not all emotionally fraught and dramatic, either. maybe you took a decongestant earlier and you know a drink would make you too sleepy to have fun. maybe you don’t like the taste. maybe conversations are hard to follow when you’re buzzed so you’d rather be sober if there are people you want to talk to. you don’t have to explain.
when i’m hosting any kind of gathering, i make sure there’s a variety of non-alcoholic beverages as well as beer and wine. if there’s a pitcher, i make sure to label it, so someone doesn’t expect orange juice and get a big gulp of mimosa. that’s just polite.
you don’t ask why a guest wants a non-alcoholic beverage, any more than you ask why they want directions to the bathroom. honestly. so rude.
just moving along like everyone else 