Drinking....

[Jinky04]

I know a lot of people will look at this (i.e, bolt) and say what the fuck is this guys problem but honest to god, i'm 20 years old and I am a fuckin alky. Apologies for the language but honestly I havre a serious problem with the booze, since I was 15 I have probably not had a week where I have stayed off of booze. Christ I last worked back in april when I failed to appear at the Mad Marty weekend at cincins, beyond that I've played cards and spent winnings on drink, not actually had a job.

FOCUS: I would appreciate any relevant advice guys, anyone who's had a substance abuse or general addiction problems, cheers.

by the way, i know this is usually a subject where you should seek advice of your close personal friends but pretty much every one of my friends drinks a great deal, I think asking for advice of a group of fairly neutral individuals is not the worst move EV wise 

[bolt pp]

I know a lot of people will look at this (i.e, bolt) and say what the fuck is this guys problem but honest to god, i'm 20 years old and I am a fuckin alky. Apologies for the language but honestly I havre a serious problem with the booze, since I was 15 I have probably not had a week where I have stayed off of booze. Christ I last worked back in april when I failed to appear at the Mad Marty weekend at cincins, beyond that I've played cards and spent winnings on drink, not actually had a job.

FOCUS: I would appreciate any relevant advice guys, anyone who's had a substance abuse or general addiction problems, cheers.

Why would you think i'd think that?

Ive had four phone calls in the last hour telling me to meet my mates in the pub that opens at 7am.

If i dont go i'll be in the off license at 8am buying a bottle of brandy cos i ran out at about 4am.

If your single then nothing to worry about, enjoy yourself whilst your still young.

[thetank]

I know a lot of people will look at this (i.e, bolt) and say what the fuck is this guys problem but honest to god, i'm 20 years old and I am a fuckin alky. Apologies for the language but honestly I havre a serious problem with the booze, since I was 15 I have probably not had a week where I have stayed off of booze. Christ I last worked back in april when I failed to appear at the Mad Marty weekend at cincins, beyond that I've played cards and spent winnings on drink, not actually had a job.

FOCUS: I would appreciate any relevant advice guys, anyone who's had a substance abuse or general addiction problems, cheers.

by the way, i know this is usually a subject where you should seek advice of your close personal friends but pretty much every one of my friends drinks a great deal, I think asking for advice of a group of fairly neutral individuals is not the worst move EV wise 

First things first, don't panic.

You may not yet have a serious physical addiction to drink. In fact, you probably don't. It could just be a mental thing which it is more than likely you can still nip in the bud.

The post you just made is a sign that you still feel a sense of responsibility for yourself, those I've seen in the depths of substance abuse all seem have abandoned any such notion while in the depths of their addiction.

The bad news is, if you are an alcoholic, and you want to not be an alcoholic, you can't have another drink ever again. This is quite a scary thought for a young man such as yourself who I'm guessing enjoys the odd sociable tipple. The good news is that you probably arn't yet.

Try to go for a set period of time, say 1 month, without drink. Get your friends to understand what you're doing. If that is unrealistic, make something up. Say you are on seriously heavy anti-biotics or something. The important thing is you don't put any fresh alcohol into your system for a while. If a month is too much, try 2 weeks.

If you don't suffer any physical withdrawl symptoms, you're not an alky. This is great news, as you can go through the rest of your life enjoying booze on social occasions etc. Like bolt says, you're young and alcohol can be enjoyable. So long as you can go without, there's nothing to worry about.

If what you say is true, and that you've not went a week without booze then I'd wager you're allright (for the time being). The proper addicted alky can't go more than 2 days without. They need to keep their body topped up at all times, or feel physical pain.

Mental addiction can quickly lead to a physical one without much warning, so its probably best to do something about this sooner, rather than later.

Ohhh, and get yoursel' a gig before the new pretty 1st year girlies roll into town and snap up all the good uns.

[Jinky04]

As always Thomas, you're spot on. However, i think it's fair to say I have a physical dependency on alcohol- last time I went close to a week without a cheeky pint, I literally suffered flu-like symptoms- these symptoms evaporated after I had a beer. Also I would find it close to impossible, not just physically but socially, to go without booze for longer than a week, ten days. Certainly I'm not dependent to the point of taking the piss out of my family, breaking into houses etc but I certainly get to the point where I imagine I could rival Daniel Negraneu/Sam Farha  at NL cash games!

[thetank]

Not wanting to sound silly, but it's entirely possible that your flu like symptoms were caused by the flu.

Alcohol numbs the senses, a possible reason for the beer relieving you.

I'd still give it another bosch, and drink plenty orange juice. 

[Jinky04]

I'm an athsmatic- a recent study found athsmatics produce only half the normal amount of anti-viral bodies (the technical name escapes me) when infected by the cold,flu etc. Therefore any correlation between booze and flulike symptoms is especially potent in my case. Also I would submit that in general I drink more OJ than anyone on this board, I've just tanned 1L while wev'e been chatting 

Anyway, why have I not seen you playing live recently Tam?

[thetank]

Holiday + variance + Trying to make up for variance + trying to play online NL cash  + trying to play more online NL cash  + bloody women  + busy building my bankroll and bank balance to more comfortable levels again.

[Jinky04]

 

You want some tips

 

Only joking BTW 

[thetank]

Some nights were so bad, I wish I had a bloody drink problem.

[bolt pp]

I have a big drink problem at the moment.........45 mins and counting

[Jinky04]

Christ I had a serious objective opening this thread. After opening some Southern Comfort I no longer care 

[thetank]

When did Southern Comfort stop being a girly drink?

[Jinky04]

When you drink it straight? I dunno I've always enjoyed it

[thetank]

I suppose no drink is poofy when you drink it straight.

*bracing myself for another groan*

[bolt pp]

Christ I had a serious objective opening this thread. After opening some Southern Comfort I no longer care 

Thats the spirit/s!!! 

Anyone else lagging or is it just us two mash heads?