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RandalFlagg
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How do you know when you drink too much?
#5911955 - 07/29/06 12:47 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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When does recreational drinking cross the line into abuse?
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Re: How do you know when you drink too much? [Re: RandalFlagg]
#5911994 - 07/29/06 01:02 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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When you get to the point that you need twice as much beer than you used to get a satisfactory level of pissedness. If i abuse it my tolerance goes up fast.
If i stop for a week or two it goes back to normal and i'm drinking 8 cans again instead of 14.
Edited by Mike_yy (07/29/06 01:04 PM)
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Re: How do you know when you drink too much? [Re: RandalFlagg]
#5912549 - 07/29/06 04:42 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Good question.. I'm sure I fall into the "abuse" category though.
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Re: How do you know when you drink too much? [Re: RandalFlagg]
#5912771 - 07/29/06 06:13 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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When it's more of a need than a luxury, when you can't relax or have fun without it, when your tolerance skyrockets, when you start getting health problems because of it, when thoughts of it consume your mind even when you're not drinking, when your intuition tells you that it's no longer just for recreation.
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Re: How do you know when you drink too much? [Re: Fractalated]
#5912785 - 07/29/06 06:20 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Man.... 
I drink to have fun but I also have noticed lately that I drink to escape reality and dull certain feelings. I should probably keep an eye on my booze consumption.
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Re: How do you know when you drink too much? [Re: RandalFlagg]
#5912794 - 07/29/06 06:23 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I do that too sometimes. But lately it's occured to me that the bad feelings won't go away simply by trying to forget about them. Embrace them and send them love.
Drinking can be a lot of fun, but like other drugs, I think it's important to be in a good set and setting. Drinking to escape reality never works. Come to terms and make peace with reality before drinking is how I try to operate now.
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Re: How do you know when you drink too much? [Re: RandalFlagg]
#5914448 - 07/30/06 08:50 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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RandalFlagg said: I drink to escape reality and dull certain feelings.
Welcome to the joys of alcoholism
Theres no better way to forget you problems then to visit the bottom of a bottle. The bad thing is, whatever you were trying to escape.. depression, stress, life; always bites you ass 2x as hard when your senses return.
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Re: How do you know when you drink too much? [Re: RandalFlagg]
#5914498 - 07/30/06 09:22 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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When you find that you don't get hungover, just feel generally kind of crappy from having drank 6-10 beers every night.
When you start having pain in your joints and discomfort around your heart from the oncoming arthritis and heart failure from having drank 6-10 beers or worse many nights for the past 35 years.
When you are constantly dehydrated from the effects of alcohol.
When you get back more than $ 20 from 5 cent bottle deposit at the recycling area and you immediately think about going to the beer section at Safeway to buy a few more six packs.
When your belly looks like a Biafran Baby but it's really your good Buddy Wiser.
When exercise becomes getting up from the chair and grabbing another beer and getting back to the chair.
When breakfast, lunch and dinner are beer.
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Re: How do you know when you drink too much? [Re: RandalFlagg]
#5914629 - 07/30/06 10:45 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
RandalFlagg said:
I drink to escape reality and dull certain feelings.
If that's why you drink then it's not recreation, it's escapism but than doesn't necessarily mean abuse.
I think i abuse alcohol more through recreation.
You know booze doesn't work as an escape in the long run so you know what you need to do, . and i don't mean stop drinking.
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Re: How do you know when you drink too much? [Re: Mike_yy]
#5914669 - 07/30/06 11:05 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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i'd say as soon as you start to ask yourself "have I had too much?" then you've probably already had too much.
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Re: How do you know when you drink too much? [Re: kotik]
#5915219 - 07/30/06 02:58 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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If you start to think you might be drinking too much, you are drinking too much.
Someoned beat me to it. Damnit.
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Re: How do you know when you drink too much? [Re: RandalFlagg]
#5915374 - 07/30/06 03:53 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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How do you know when you drink too much?
When I start puking.
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Re: How do you know when you drink too much? [Re: RandalFlagg]
#5917794 - 07/31/06 06:14 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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oh man i love to drink i tell ya wha drinking is one of the best drugs to abuse
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Re: How do you know when you drink too much? [Re: Dobie]
#5918130 - 07/31/06 10:17 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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usualy if you have to ask the question, youre on the way there, or almost there.
personally this is somthing that i battle with on and off. i recently cut my drinking back ALOT, and although i didnt really notice feeling "bad" while drinking somewhat constantly, i am now feeling better than i have in a long time
mentally, physically, and evenn emotionally.
i would suggest taking a few days off of the sauce 3 would do, and see how you feel 

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Re: How do you know when you drink too much? [Re: Dobie]
#5918250 - 07/31/06 11:21 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Dobes, I like the new look. You look like Burt Reynolds or something.
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Re: How do you know when you drink too much? [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5918411 - 07/31/06 12:18 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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almost any drinking is drinking too much. if it hurts your body in any way, you've drank too much.
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Re: How do you know when you drink too much? [Re: RandalFlagg]
#5918473 - 07/31/06 12:46 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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RandalFlagg said: When does recreational drinking cross the line into abuse?
As soon as you ask the question.
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Re: How do you know when you drink too much? [Re: RandalFlagg]
#5919130 - 07/31/06 04:52 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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For me it was acting in a way i regreted the next day.
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Re: How do you know when you drink too much? [Re: RandalFlagg]
#5919409 - 07/31/06 06:23 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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I would have to say when you start hurting yourself, others and/or ruining friendships because of your drinking.
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Re: How do you know when you drink too much? [Re: RandalFlagg]
#5919414 - 07/31/06 06:26 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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RandalFlagg said: When does recreational drinking cross the line into abuse?
when it starts to impact, your work, or social life.
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Re: How do you know when you drink too much? [Re: Dreamer987]
#5920951 - 08/01/06 03:15 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Dreamer987 said: For me it was acting in a way i regreted the next day.
I agree. For a while I stopped drinking almost completely, but lately I've been drinking more. This weekend I made a complete ass of myself at a party and I've felt bad about it ever since. But I guess the good thing about regret is that it can be learned from.
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Re: How do you know when you drink too much? [Re: Twister]
#5921163 - 08/01/06 06:25 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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I tried to get my girl to prank call you last night. She wouldn't do it.
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