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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My sister is like this. We all joke about her 7 stages of drinking going from all lovey to total wrecking ball to weepy and sobbing.
Her solution was to quit drinking. You should consider the same solution.
I was a heavy drinker in my youth. One day I decided being hung over at work in the hot sun sucked. So I quit drinking during the week. A year or two passed and I noticed I wasnt drinking on Friday or Saturday either. You know what? I dont miss it. Ill still have the occasional beer or three but as soon as that buzz gets going, Im done. I just dont want any more.
The one big drawback is that at family get togethers, like at the lake in the summer, when everyone else is drinking, they are annoying as fuck. My wife and I tend to leave before that happens when we would not have if they had remained somewhat sober.