What happens when you get drunk?

Q. What happens when you get drunk?

For me when i drink (very very rarely) say at a pub or party, i start out as the normal introverted self, then when i start to get tipsy i can then have normal conversations with people without the SA buggin me too much. 10 drinks later im hypo and acting like an idiot leaving SA in the dust.... Next day and week to follow im writhing in agony about the way i was.. thinking about all the things i said and done

This is why i dont drink. much
 

Scottish_Player

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I rareley drink much at all now, when i do drink its mostley becuase iam going through a bad time and need it to help me sleep, i very rarely drink socialy for fear of saying or doing somthing that i would regret, when i used to drink socialy it used to bring out the aggression in me and i would say the things i really wanted to say to people and end fighting.
 

Sable

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That's exactly what I do when I drink in public, except I'm still writhing in agony from the last time I went out a year and a half ago. Although I'm drunk right now, I'm at home, alone.
 

Danicha

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I notice when i drink its like my true personality comes out, I can talk to people, im funny, i can relaxe and just have fun... and thats why I have decided not drink.. but it is very tempting for me, but im sure thats why a alot of people are alcoholics, because of social anxiety eh, are any of u as tempted by alcohal as me?
 

Danfalc

Banned
Yeah me 2 Danicha,my sp pretty much goes away when i have a drink i can socialise i get on well with people ect ect But i find it really bad the next day or when it wears off and i feel my anxiety/insecurities creeping back in,cos its like being teased with being better then having it taken back away :?

So yeah i find it tempting to have a drink,but cos of what i wrote above,and yeah.. i think it would turn into a habit for me if i started using it as a crutch.Ditto basicaly.
 

scatmantom

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SopranoFan85 said:
Q. What happens when you get drunk?

For me when i drink (very very rarely) say at a pub or party, i start out as the normal introverted self, then when i start to get tipsy i can then have normal conversations with people without the SA buggin me too much. 10 drinks later im hypo and acting like an idiot leaving SA in the dust.... Next day and week to follow im writhing in agony about the way i was.. thinking about all the things i said and done

This is why i dont drink. much

This is what happens to me, but I drink a fair amount. If it wasnt for needing to do work I would get drunk more often :p
 

WhiskeyJack

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I do drink a few times a week, helps me to enjoy myself. Also, if i didnt go to the pub, my social life would be zero.

And, even though it rarely happens, im always hopeful of meeting some nice girl.....cause God knows im not going to make anything happen when i am sober.
 

moodygoo

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yup thats precisely it. Its always nice to have your own situation described back to you by loadsa people.

I used to get a thrill out of actually being able to talk and dance easily but its kinda worn off and its not so impressive if I'm talking complete bollocks and dancing like an idiot. If thats my personality I don't want it to come out damn it.

I've figured the reason I drink is in search for a moment of freedom and release... excitement even? which doesn't necessarily come. I dunno why do you people drink??

And yeah, depending on how drunk/down I can feel depressed and ashamed for days after...
 

jessnz

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i don't drink often because i get drunk easy and it makes me sick lol :p
but when i do i start talking more and start saying things i'd usually hold in, so i start speaking without thinking about what i'm saying first.
Then i'll say something really stupid and feel like a dick and get depressed about it for the rest of the night. i can remember vividly making a fool of myself numerous times because of this, makes me cringe :cry:
 

themousethatroared

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I do things that I would not normally do and end up feeling anxious. I get very talkative and start up conversations with people I hardly know. That would not be to bad but it just isn't the way I usually act and I feel regret the next day. With alcohol I see things in a more negative way. I should stay away from drinking.
 

Kinetik

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Being drunk is a great feeling for me. I feel relaxed, confident, suddenly my head is high and my shoulders get a bit of a swagger going. I'm not aggressive or obnoxious either, just nicely mellow and very friendly with everyone. I'd love to be able to have that constantly. I don't usually deny myself a drink because I don't have an addictive personality. The thing is that my dad was a massive drinker in his day and was terrible with it, so I really don't want to mirror his behavior. That's one thing that helps me restrain myself at times - the fear of being like him. I've managed to control things well so far though, so I don't anticipate ever having an alcohol problem as such. That, and I'm not a bad drunk like he was.
 

DYiNG-iNSiDE

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this might sound dumb but can you be alergic to alchahol??? ((spelt that wrong)) because evry single time after i drink the next mornin im itching like crazy all over.
 

PhantomPod

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Basically give me one drink and I become more relaxed. Then I can talk more at ease with people and can be a quite a fun, funny, and outgoing person. I have a lot of fun when I'm drunk, but then not so much fun the next day when I'm hung over.
 

Horatio

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drinking has really helped me break out of my shell and interact with people.

I was brought up in religious household where alcohol was frowned upon. Subsequently throughout my tertiary education and first few years of work I didnt drink and hence wasnt invited out very much.

Now that Im a willing participant in drinking sessions I find myself having a lot more company than I used to and meet more people. (Although still not as many as I wish)

what happens when I drink.... well I usually grow a little bit of precious social confidence, although still barely enough to chat with cute chicks!

the alcohomol affect varies from helping me relax a little and be a little more outgoing to the full blown affect of dancing to Shakira on a crowded dance foor inbetween taking shots whilst wearing a tophat

Ive been to the extremes of waking up in a park at 4:30am or passing out in the backyard after dancing with an imaginary green fairy but I do also manage to keep a tight rein on my drinking, never letting it take its toll on my work. Usually I'd hit the drink once or twice a week with maybe a few social drinks on other nights.

maybe its exchanging one problem for another, but I have a lot more fun now than I did when I was a bible abiding lemonade sipping Anglican boy
:lol:
 

Ddarko

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Being wasted is excellent. But I only do it socially. Sake is the best. Hot sake goes down like tea and honey... and then it hits you: you are a free man.
 

moodygoo

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Horatio said:
the alcohomol affect varies from helping me relax a little and be a little more outgoing to the full blown affect of dancing to Shakira on a crowded dance foor inbetween taking shots whilst wearing a tophat

That sounds like my kinda night out :wink:

Edith said:
Occassionally I use acohol when I go out to act crazy and have fun... but a lot of the time I think that it's not so much the alcohol itself, but the fact that by drinking any 'weird' behaviour is some how acceptable, because often, after my night out is over and I go home, I feel totally normal again - I don't feel drunk or loopy - its like by drinking I allow myself to let loose a little, but really there could be water in my glass and it'd be the same thing

I know what you mean. In fact I remember seeing a programme here they gave people non alcoholic beer and didn't tell them yet they still acted drunk and said they felt drunk. Its just any excuse for an escape from the norm.
 
For me, drinking is a real waste of time and it hurts me physically. If I don't drink at least 4 glasses of water and take Tylenol before I start, even for one or two drinks (beer, no hard liquor), I'm useless for all the next day.

In addition, if I'm depressed, it makes me more so to the point where I'm suicidal and that's not good.

I never go to bars anymore so the chance of me being tempted to have 'just one' to be sociable isn't a factor.
 
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