I don't drink often, but when I do I get ridiculously drunk, I become a monster. Im surrounded by some of the best people in the world, but I always end up doing or saying something i can hardly deal with the next day, aside from that, they are more than forgiving. I just recently had a bout of this for my birthday. I generally think this is because I bottle my feelings and the only way I know how to release them is by blacking out and throwing a temper tantrum or sobbing. Its crazy because I'm a grown man. I hate it, i actually hate it. Its like I never grew up, a child stuck in an aging body. I tell myself it wont happen again. Then after months i go out for a beer or a drink and wake up embarrassed seeing flashes of this animal mixed with absolutely nothingness. Wondering what i did or said. While not really wanting to know. If any of you are dealing with this or have, what helped? I dont mind if you Share some embarrassing moments you've dealt with or just how to deal with it. Thanks, this place is the only place I know to ask because I don't have anyone else to talk too.
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Some people do not have the mechanism in their brain that tells them its time to stop intaking alcohol. Best advice I can give is limit yourself to 1 maybe 2 drinks in social settings, hard pass after that. Or just dont drink at all. If you have to drink to have a good time, your an alcoholic. Not being mean, just what it is. And alcoholics who dont have that ability to stop drinking end up blacking out and doing stupid shit or saying stupid shit... all the time.
That sounds exactly like me. I don't drink often at all maybe once every few months max, but have zero control once i have a drink.
Good news is it doesn't sound like your going through withdrawals or anything like that. Going months in between drinking is a good sign that you can just cut it out all together. And a good sign that you have the ability to set yourself hard limits ahead of time. Have faith, you can do it.
Yea, it's so hard when all my friends want to go out and have some drinks, and its unbearable to watch, so I either don't go, or go and wake up the next day hating my decision. I wish I could be enjoyable in those environments because they all have a good time and talk about how much fun they had "last weeked" and can't wait to do it again. Wish I was normal ish.
Go out with friends just don't drink alcohol. Get a gingerale or sprite to pretend if you must. There is a type of alcoholism that is binge drinking type. Black outs are a huge warning sign.