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Drinking Thread: Three Sheets To The Wind

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The Rube said:
I drink what I have and then buy more
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I'm pretty sure this is how buying things works. :)

I had a dorm mate in freshman year who drank before he bought more. The IPD didn't like that.
 
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Kepler said:
I'm pretty sure this is how buying things works. :)

I had a dorm mate in freshman year who drank before he bought. The IPD didn't like that.
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Some people keep a fully stocked bar. That's a little different than what some of us do.
 
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And what I was doing was going out to get more even with plenty to drink at home. Here's the tally at home:

1 partial and one full Strawberry Rose
1 1500 ml Merlot
1 partial bottle of Smirnoff Whipped Cream Vodka
1 mostly full bottle of Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey

Under normal circumstances, that would last me two months. Instead, I've been drinking it a lot more, and Wednesday night, I had two glasses of Skrewball, which led to wanting to throw up and an alcohol-induced crying jag later. At 38, call me a lightweight, but I can't process hard liquor like I could at 23-24.
 
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As of midnight tonight it will be 2 weeks without a drop of any kind for me. I think we'll pull out some wine tomorrow night though.

My (not so secret) to drinking is I have a glass of water (8 oz will do) between every drink without fail. Whether it's a glass of wine, a beer or hard liquor I drink water in between. Keeps me hydrated, I end up drinking less (without having to count) and I feel better in the morning.
 
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Slap Shot said:
As of midnight tonight it will be 2 weeks without a drop of any kind for me. I think we'll pull out some wine tomorrow night though.

My (not so secret) to drinking is I have a glass of water (8 oz will do) between every drink without fail. Whether it's a glass of wine, a beer or hard liquor I drink water in between. Keeps me hydrated, I end up drinking less (without having to count) and I feel better in the morning.
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Hydration and pacing are very key.

I like my 12% stouts and such. I'll crack a 25oz bottle of one of those, pour a 6oz glass of it, put the rest back in the fridge, and then repeat that step until it's gone. It'll take me about 3-4 hours to finish a bottle.
 
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MissThundercat said:
I'm currently going dry, but when I have alcohol again, I set some basic rules to help me keep it in moderation instead of every night.

1. Drink 1-2 nights a week. Not on nights I have to wake up for work.
2. 1 glass at a time. Don't kill the bottle of wine, don't have another beer, don't have two glasses of hard liquor when I clearly cannot handle it. Processing liquor at 38 is different than at 23.
3. Establish a drop dead time for drinking. If the clock reads 7:30 PM or later, no alcohol. Fs up my sleep.
4. Even though I have plenty of it in the house, I keep bringing home new bottles from Meijer or Aldi. No more. Use what I have, THEN get more.

I notice when I followed these rules in the past, I felt better and I had it under control. And I also know right now, hardly anything is under my control, so I've been drinking to cope. Hence the need to go dry until the SIPs are lifted.
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Good on you for realizing something had to change, and good luck.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Good on you for realizing something had to change, and good luck.
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And the last couple mornings, I've felt a bit tired, but it's not "lay in bed until 8 because you had two glasses of whiskey last night."

And I will tell you this: Wednesday night, I had two glasses of Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey. It's good, yes. However, during my 9:30 PM class, I was out of it. I didn't take notes on an assessment I had to do, I wanted to go to bed, and I wanted to throw up. The instructor asked me to wait for her after class, but after a few minutes, I grew impatient and left the Zoom meeting. Right after I clicked "Leave Meeting," I started to cry. The alcohol had ramped up my anxiety to the point of tears, saying I can't do this, I'm a fraud and a failure, etc.

Thursday morning, I was supposed to drive for Door Dash. Instead, I deleted my dash and laid in bed until 8 AM, then struggled to get moving. That's when I realized things had to change.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
I just know that my amygdala loves booze. The rest of my body does not and it eventually rebels.
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I also have people planning to reach out to me on occasion. Not to establish co-dependency, but to ask me how my day was. I also have some very light 15-30 minute yoga and Pilates workouts I can pop in to distract myself if need me.
 
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MissThundercat said:
I also have people planning to reach out to me on occasion. Not to establish co-dependency, but to ask me how my day was. I also have some very light 15-30 minute yoga and Pilates workouts I can pop in to distract myself if need me.
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If you're doing other things, you are not drinking. That's key. ;)
 
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MissThundercat said:
In my job, we call that Reinforcement of Incompatible Behaviors. And workouts are their own reinforcement.
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I know for ex-smokers, they buy something like licorice, or toothpicks, beef sticks, etc. Something to literally chew on, in place of a cigarette.
 
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The Rube said:
I know for ex-smokers, they buy something like licorice, or toothpicks, beef sticks, etc. Something to literally chew on, in place of a cigarette.
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When Alice Cooper quit drinking, he took up golf. Got good enough to play in celebrity pro-am charity tournaments.
 
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aparch said:
Note to self: start drinking heavily, so I can quit drinking and then get better at golf.
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That is a sound plan. Good thinking on your part!

I'd listen to me, I'm pre-med.
 
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