Drinking............A Problem?

EC123

EC123

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Lately it's come to my attention that I might have a problem.... or not. The past year I have been drinking a lot. You know how college works. Pretty much at least 10+ drinks 5 times a week or more. Sometimes 7 days a week. A lot of the time I would say 15+ if I was at a party. In the past I would hit a point where I had trouble walking and felt really drunk which usaully led to passing out with the spins or throwing up and a bad hangover the next day.

The past month or two I drank pretty much everyday. I started to wake up with no hangover whatsoever, only tired if I had stayed up late the night before. No matter how much I drank I never had the spins when going to sleep. It's got to the point where beer can't get me drunk unless I pound it, alot of it. Beer bongs topped with whiskey and shit. I havent thrown up in over a month either.

Recently I have been getting worried becuase I have been drinking a lot of hard a lately to feel a buzz. I get a strong buzz which makes me happy and leads to me chugging more. Then..... blank. I come too usaully doing something a couple hours later with no recolation of what has happend. My friends tell me I am usually kinda hyper and really drunk, but functioning. Then I usually pass out and wake up the next morning still drunk but feeling fine.

I know my tolerance has gone up, but it lately it seems that I drink a TON and feel pretty sober until I wake up doing something somewhere with no memory of the last couple hours. I walk across streets and shit and interact with people who I have no memory of. Hey I know this is long and rambling, but I just got back from the bar and I have been thinking about some shit. About how easily I could really fuck my life up, or how fucked up it is already.
 
hah be proud of your drinking problem! i gave up long ago trying to analyze it...just let it take over.
 
dude if you're drinking heavy everyday, you have a problem. I'm in college too, and theres no reason why you should be drunk every night of the week. 3 nights at the most
 
its good that you realize how you behave on certain levels of alcohol consumption. if you take it at the right rate, you'll get that good buzz going and keep it at that. i know exactly where your'e coming from man. i got to the point where i was slamming 3 drinks in a row and not feeling anything, so i would drink and drink and drink and then finally realize that i was fucking loaded and couldn't remember what happened the next day. you just need to evaluate your tolerance right now, because it can change pretty quickly with consistent drinking.
 
Thats a really good idea. You'll be able to see what you do when your smashed. You'll be able to see how much you drink and what you do if you can't remember what happened the next morning.
 
minus the college part

FreeSty1er69 is going through the same problem. maybe you to can work it out together.
 
im trying to tone down my tolerance, i want to get to the point where i get wasted off two beers. Then I would be in heaven.
 
yo man I don't necessarily black out as easy as you..but I definitley drink as often and as much as ya...that's how college is bro, I just got into a frat and it's just a constant party and gongshow...

here's my advice...be safe enough where you avoid puking in your sleep, or really fucking up your body, but go balls to the wall and have a sick time while you can because it's only tolerable for a few years, then you go to the real world and you'll chill out. have fun bro, you'll never get to relive this time in your life
 
ya man. I've never puked in my sleep luckily. I'm pretty smart when it comes to controling myself... until I blackout. Your right I'm 19 so I got some time before I need to find meaning in my life and be somewhat responsible, haha.
 
Just make sure you can get to that time in your life. My mother had a friend who drank himself to death in their freshman year of college. He chugged a fifth of vodka, was odviously trashed and they put him to bed. 45 minutes later they go up to check on him and he had found another fifth in the room they put him to bed in. He drank it all and it stopped his heart.

Blacking out is indicitive of TOXIC levels of alcohol in your body...if you push it much further death can become a very real consequence. Uncontrolable passing out is your bodys way of physically stopping you from consuming more because it senses serious potential harm.

Please dont assume im a goody-to-shoes, i lived in Ireland for the last three months, and they drink more than anyone. Even with the drunkest culture in the world as a comparison, you do have a drinking problem. Lay off for a couple of months and your tolerance will be back at a more reasonable level but if you continue on this path you will face some serious consequences.
 
Man, just be super careful, it would not be very cool to have to pay to have part of your liver removed later in life. I've had some problems like that and they totally arent cool, searching for a buzz with 15 drinks is an addiction, just have fun and try not to dink hard every night
 
And by the way, its not really your number of drinks consumed that im concerned about, thats pretty normal numbers for an average male college student, rather its the symptoms you describe.

The inability to get a 'normal' buzz, the giant blackouts, and the craving for more. Those are all symptoms that push your drinking from 'A crazy good time' to 'the words of an Alcoholic'.
 
drinking every night at fairly high doses fucks your body inside anyways. I have no intention to party that hard because it definitely has consequences you don't directly notice. Liver, blood pressure, all that well known stuff that is put aside in the younger years because thats what everybody does, but it will catch up to you. Slow down. Take it easy. Drink casually and moderatly most of the time, with an occasional abuse. I'm definitely not an expert and enjoy drinking but it just seems like you are in a dangerous situation.
 
Yeah slow it down brother, thats not normal. I usually drink 15+ drinks, but once I get over ten I am drunk, and once I'm past 15, walking becomes an issue. Take a break, you will get drunk off much less, and it will be a better, more normal drunk. Get some pot and indulge yourself in that for a month or two. Let your liver heal.
 
frosh year was like that for sure, learned drinking 5 nights a week is better then 7....then it went down to 3 or 4....now its around 2-3, just cause for one...it gets expensive! if you drink less, your tolence will go back down, and you get drunk faster....lay off the booze for a lil bit
 
i dont like drinking cause it always makes people get angry and get in to fights and it gives some nastsy ass hang overs stop drinking and start hitting mary jane she is so much better and you get happy not pissed when your with her
 
yeah you have your answer right there dude. You in College, its unavoidable, just have fun.

As for the tolerance problem I realized the same thing. Drinking is never as fun as it used to be when you would get that fun, active, hyper drunk and become really sociable. This is the case for me anyways. If I dont drink for like a week, then i get this drunk again and its way better. But its all about balance, every night of the week is definitely not healthy for you, or your liver. Try cutting it down, you need your days off.

Dont complain about not getting hangovers or puking either, with experience has to come some benefits dude!
 
maybe you should only get semi drunk and see what happens, or take a day or 2 off. because it sounds like you could kill yourself
 
man you described exactly what i have!! but i jsut got sick and i'm not allowed to drink...so maybe my tollerance will go down?
 
same thing happened to me bud, not joking but take a good about of time off like a good 2 months and relax dont try to get hammered everynight its a bitch to lower your tolerance though so you just have to be really careful, i was told by my friends once after a night on the town in NYC i was so drunk i tried playing chicken with a cab...that was my wake up call hopefuly yours is a little less stupid/painful
 
blacking out is half the fun.. you never know where you're going to wake up or who you're going to wake up with. And if you're in a strange place, piecing it together helps make the walk back home that much shorter.

Your conversation in your head sounds something like this: "Where did I put my sandals.. shit, this chick is kinda ugly, lets escape while she's still asleep.. dam, i forgot to take the condom off, where's the trashcan?" .... awkward meeting of the roomate in the hallway, just keep your head low and don't say too much to her. "shit, i think i slapped my friend's girlfriends ass last night, how do i explain that one... will have to send a card". "Damn, i'm late for class. Oh well, I'll just drop into the back wearing the same thing I had on last night, nobody will notice....". Check call history on cellphone -- Dam, i think i called my dad.. hope I didn't say anything embarassing, how will I find out? Who called Europe on this thing? 20 minutes too! Fuck, I'll have to remember to google up that number when I get to a computer. fucking friends. Now, how much did I spend?? I remember buying a 40 of rum and drinking that... I then bought a pitcher at the bar, jager, jager, jager, vodka/bulls... blackout... what happened to the $100 cash I had?? Damn, I used my subway stamps too!! I wish I could remember what it taseted like. I need some water to drink. A shower will feel good too, I hate being in public without my hat.

See?? Life's that much more adventureus that way than just waking up and making cereal and watching the weather network.
 
dude, I'm in the same boat. i started bringing my didicam downtown and taking pics and video. that way when i forget everything i can look through the pics to jog my memory.
 
I hate to break it to you... but you're fucking up your life buddy.

1- Count the money that goes into it. If you can afford it, well, cool, but don't you think those thousands of dollars could be useful elsewhere?

2- Consider your health... ever heard of cirrhosis of the liver? You are killing your liver right now.

3- Consider alcoholism. If you aren't already, you are on a fucking sure path to it, and that shit will ruin your life. Alcoholism will make you lose your friends, family, money and life (trust me, I've lost two friends to it).

Now drinking is fun, yes. No inhibition and good times. But relax bro, it's not worth ruining your life over it. You're not in college to drink every day, you're there to learn (yeah I sound like a father right now).

I use to be like you. Then I set myself a limit to 3 times a week. After Christmas I lowered it to once a week. You can have as much fun without alcohol. Now I'm having the best time of my life, I'm healthy and rich as fuck. Do it.
 
way to go!

The money thing is spot on though. For a couple months when I was in school, whenever I felt like going out, sometimes I would just not go, or go to the pub downstairs, just play foosball, and put $50 in a jar... twice a week that money adds up pretty quickly.
 
You may have a problem but you may not. I drank a ton in college too. I'd get wasted just about every day. After college and pretty much cut back to the weekends because I started working a lot and other real world activities took over my life. I had no problem with the transition but some friends of mine never really came out of that college lifestyle and now 5 years later are not exactly succeeding in life. Be careful and if you think you have a problem, maybe now's the time to fix it. Lay off a bit and see how it goes. If you're not able to go a few days without drinking, get some help cuz you're gonna regret it later in life.
 
yeah ^

test yourself. start off go one day without drinking. then drink for a night. then 2 days without drinking, then drink for a night, then 3 days with out drinking then drink for a night.. etc.. and then work your way to only drinking on weekends at parties..
 
If you drink everyday of the week, how're are you grades? You also need to balance school work and partying. I remember that was hard to do when I got drunk everyday. It took me a looooong time to finish school.
 
i usually have one beer a night except for the weekends. thats just what i do. but i get a buzz off three utah beers so its just how it works.
 
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