How does alcohol affect you?

[navierstalks]

Sorry if this has been posted before. It seems like it's a fairly obvious question.

I always hear about how alcohol is supposed to be the great "social lubricant" or "liquid courage". I understand that in most people it has the effect of removing inhibitions that would otherwise make social interaction difficult. I have even personally observed this effect in others with social anxiety, but it doesn't seem to work for me.

It's not a question of dosage. As an experiment, I've drank to the point of nausea, loss of coordination and blurred vision, but my mind has never failed to keep my Great Wall of Inhibitions as sturdy as ever.

What is your experience with alcohol?

 

[anxiety1408]

It doesn't, I don't drink.

 

[carecrab]

Like everyone i guess. Just dont care anymore, dont care about what people think.
But i used to romanticize being drunk. It's not that great. Really.

 

[navierstalks]

It doesn't, I don't drink.

Neither do I, but that doesn't mean that I haven't at least tried alcohol at some point in the distant past. You've never even tried alcohol?

 

[anxiety1408]

Neither do I, but that doesn't mean that I haven't at least tried alcohol at some point in the distant past. You've never even tried alcohol?

I tried it on 2 occasions, Wkd. But apart from that, Alcohol free here.

 

[cosmosis]

Alcohol does almost nothing for me. My brain must be too much in control or something. I simply watch everything get dim, things slow down and think..hmm that's nice. I remember every little momemt of the entire night, even if I'm close to passing out. It doesn't really change my brain - I just feel like I'm physically handicapped with a fully aware mind kinda like cerebral palsy.

 

[navierstalks]

Alcohol does almost nothing for me. My brain must be too much in control or something. I simply watch everything get dim, things slow down and think..hmm that's nice. I remember every little momemt of the entire night, even if I'm close to passing out. It doesn't really change my brain - I just feel like I'm physically handicapped with a fully aware mind kinda like cerebral palsy.

This sounds exactly like my experience with alcohol.

As I mentioned earlier, though, I have known people even more introverted than myself who thrive in social interactions when drunk. I feel as though there may be something useful about our conditions that can be learnt from this difference in response.

 

[MoniqueNS]

I love alcohol. It really does make me much more outgoing and actually wanting to go out and go to parties. However, it can be dangerous and I started drinking too much when my mental health was really starting to worsen and I made some poor decisions to say the least. So it was very effective in some ways, and very self-deprecating for me n other ways. In the future, when I feel in a more stable place I will drink in moderation.

 

[megalon]

Don't know. Never tried it.

 

[carecrab]

do you have to be 21 in the states to drink?

 

[LazyHermitCrab]

do you have to be 21 in the states to drink?

yeppppppppppp

 

[PandaBear]

I'm not saying I've ever had alcohol because that would be illegal, but hypothetically speaking, alcohol does loosen me up. I hypothetically drank an adult lemonade once and said the F-word in front of my very conservative parents, but that's what they get for hypothetically letting me have that drink. Hypothetically, I'm a very happy drunk.

 

[Apotheosis]

I lose all concept of dignity and become an unstoppable force of attention whoring rage and lust.

I think it runs in the family.

 

[carecrab]

. I hypothetically drank an adult lemonade once

you
made
me
laugh
so
HARD
xD


anyway i think that's weird in a way. 21 for a beer, 16 for a car.

Here it's 16 for a beer 18 for a car and 12 for heroine.

No not really
drugs are bad

 

[Hastings & Main]

I'm a happy drunk, but I still stay silent. Just smile a hell of a lot.

However, if I start to drink too much, I fight to keep enough reason to have a water chaser with everything to avoid a hangover. I can do without nausea and migraine.

 

[Kathryn.fr]

alcohol makes me affectionate... ::

 

[kristina303]

I don't drink...

But this made me laugh.

I'm not saying I've ever had alcohol because that would be illegal, but hypothetically speaking, alcohol does loosen me up. I hypothetically drank an adult lemonade once and said the F-word in front of my very conservative parents, but that's what they get for hypothetically letting me have that drink. Hypothetically, I'm a very happy drunk.

And then this made me laugh too.

you
made
me
laugh
so
HARD
xD


anyway i think that's weird in a way. 21 for a beer, 16 for a car.

Here it's 16 for a beer 18 for a car and 12 for heroine.

No not really
drugs are bad

But seriously 16 and you can legally drink?!! That's horrible. Most 16 years olds are wayyyy too immature to be getting drunk.

 

[Metal_isthe_Answer]

Im with anxiety1408 here, but I live with an alcoholic which is the main reason why I dont drink, but, being at friends parties or hearing stories about things theyve done I just think "if thats the kind of things that happen when you drink, why even do it in the first place?"
Im going to say something wildly unpopular here, but if it were up to me we would still have prohibition here in the states, just with a far more strict set of penalties

 

[Josette]

I don't drink, because it tastes so bad. But I tried in the past to force myself to drink enough to experience this "buzz" that's supposed to be so great. Couldn't do it. Most I ever managed was to drink an entire cocktail. Didn't get any buzz and it was too revolting to drink more.

But I've thought many times of trying again and drinking enough to get drunk just to see if it'll loosen me up socially. I'd probably have to drink strawberry daquiris or Bailey's in order to stomach the taste. (Still feel nauseous thinking about the time I tried a rum & coke. I love coke. I didn't know it could be made to taste so bad.)

 

[upndwn]

I never drink when I am depressed or in a bad mood, but on festive occasions I like to have a drink or two. I also enjoy relaxing with a beer or two in the sunlight or in front of the TV, and a glass of good wine is great with food.