# Anybody else drown their sorrows last night? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 15, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-drown-their-sorrows-last-night/290183 "2005-02-15T13:34:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-drown-their-sorrows-last-night/290183/1 "2005-02-15T13:34:31Z")
My plans for last night were simple–go home, and have a drink for every bouquet or present I saw delivered to someone other than me. It wasn’t going to be anything special, it was just going to be me drinking whatever I had in the house. Then I got home and discovered that my mother, in her infinite wisdom (?), had sent me a hundred dollars for Valentines’ Day, why, I’m still not entirely sure. So, naturally, I went straight to the liquor store. 🙂 Are you aware that Godiva makes a _white chocolate liqueur?_ And cappuccino? I had not been. But you _bet_ I’m aware of it now. I don’t know if my physical state can officially be called “hung over.” It’s entirely possible I’m still drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-drown-their-sorrows-last-night/290183/2 "2005-02-15T13:47:59Z")
Yes, I got drunk last night. And the three nights before. And I’m going out drinking tomorrow evening, and I’ll probably drink tonight as well. I may have a problem. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-drown-their-sorrows-last-night/290183/3 "2005-02-15T13:49:31Z")
Awww. Well, I didn’t really have any “sorrows” to drown, per se. I got a haircut… oh! I bought a new computer game, which is something I often do to ameliorate depression. Hmm… ate at Chik-Fil-A, which is a good pick-me-up… But my the divine spirits of alcohol spare you the headache that often follows such a night. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jester21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@jester21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jester21)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-drown-their-sorrows-last-night/290183/4 "2005-02-15T13:53:00Z")
I don’t have enough money to get drunk every night. (or day, as i work 3rd shift) I’m contemplating wether or not to get a 40 ozzer today. $35 to last 9 more days… $2.50 a 40 ozzer… I can always cut back on food i guess. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-drown-their-sorrows-last-night/290183/5 "2005-02-15T14:48:38Z")
Nope. I wasn’t even sad. I don’t mind being single. I am relatively happy. It is possible that a woman would enhance the quality of my life, but in the same way that icing enhances cake. (Well, OK, I hate cake and love icing, but you get the idea.) In other words, life is good. A relationship might make it better, but I am not bereft without one. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-drown-their-sorrows-last-night/290183/6 "2005-02-15T14:52:22Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > A relationship might make it better, but I am not bereft without one. I only allow myself to be bereft one night a year, so I figure I’m allowed to get painfully drunk while I do it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-drown-their-sorrows-last-night/290183/7 "2005-02-15T15:06:45Z")
Cowboy and I are having some major problems, which erupted on Saturday. I’m too sad to get drunk. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-drown-their-sorrows-last-night/290183/8 "2005-02-15T15:10:12Z")
I rarely drown my sorrows with drink. When I go on a self-pity induced binge, it usually involves pizza or something similar. Maybe fried chicken, or a big, big sandwich. But happily, I didn’t do that last night, although I sure would’ve liked to. What’s a better habit to have when you’re depressed, eating too much or drinking too much? Niether one is necessarily good, I know. But at least there can be a social aspect to drinking. Of course you have to do it in a bar, rather than alone in your house. Sometimes I wish I could trade some of my compulsive eating behavior for a little drinking problem. Like, if I have to binge once a month, maybe I could alternate between stuffing myself and getting ripped. It might be less boring that way. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-drown-their-sorrows-last-night/290183/9 "2005-02-15T15:10:42Z")
Nope. Don’t have the cash to get drunk. Actually I guess I would be a glutton for punishment as I went to see the hit romantic comedy Hitch. By myself. Surrounded by all these happy couples cuddling and holding hands and such. But the movie was funny and I laughed a lot. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-drown-their-sorrows-last-night/290183/10 "2005-02-15T15:19:16Z")
Well, the woman that I’ve been admiring got back together with her ex-boyfriend. I didn’t want to think about them spending V-Day together, nor did I want to be reminded about the disabled woman that I was going to propose to 18 months ago. So I holed up in a coffeehouse with my laptop computer, and drowned my sorrows in green tea. Yeah, it sucked. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-drown-their-sorrows-last-night/290183/11 "2005-02-15T17:20:29Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Actually I guess I would be a glutton for punishment as I went to see the hit romantic comedy Hitch. Turns out it isn’t all about Alfred Hitchcock, after all. Me, I drowned my sorrows with store-brand NyQuil. Maybe not so much sorrows as a cold. So maybe it’s just as well I was alone last night. Besides, it’s the ladies who are missing out by not being with me. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-drown-their-sorrows-last-night/290183/12 "2005-02-15T21:03:04Z")
I completely forgot yesterday was Valentine’s Day except for a moment here and there and even if I had remembered, I wouldn’t’ve cared. The other 364 days don’t bother me that much, why should that one? ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-drown-their-sorrows-last-night/290183/13 "2005-02-15T21:06:18Z")
> [@Cowgirl Jules](#): > > Cowboy and I are having some major problems, which erupted on Saturday. I’m too sad to get drunk. I’m sorry to hear that. I hope you both sort them out. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-drown-their-sorrows-last-night/290183/14 "2005-02-15T22:43:01Z")
I drowned mine with Dr. Pepper. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-drown-their-sorrows-last-night/290183/15 "2005-02-15T22:46:11Z")
I stopped trying to drown my sorrows years ago when I learned that all sorrows can float, several can tread water, some can swim, and a few can perform CPR on their fellow sorrows. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-drown-their-sorrows-last-night/290183/16 "2005-02-15T23:43:50Z")
I pigged out on salty snack foods and drowned it all with Pepsi. Actually, I wasn’t feeling nearly as depressed about the whole V-Day thing yesterday as I felt on the weekend (although I found the sheer number of people on the subway carrying bouquets of flowers to be a little daunting). I think I am slowly finding that the ultimate source of spiritual/psychological nourishment in my life is somehow related to doing my art, and is not related to how successful I am in conforming to external social standards and being ‘attractive’ and ‘popular’. So whether I am attractive or not, whether I can snag a girlfriend or not, it doesn’t matter so much now. This is ironic considering that the biggest project of the last ten years in my life has involved getting used to people, overcoming my extreme fear of conflict, and learning social skills and perception …precisely _to_ be more attractive and socially successful. But all the therapy in the world isn’t going to change the fact that I have a voice that sounds startlingly like Kermit the Frog, that I’m nearsighted, or that I’m very smart and therefore a large vocabulary and an unusual way of speaking. While I can do things such as learning to adapt my speech to the people around me, at the base of it all, I just have to accept that what I am is what I am, instead of trying to be someone else. > [@pinkfreud](#): > > I stopped trying to drown my sorrows years ago when I learned that all sorrows can float, several can tread water, some can swim, and a few can perform CPR on their fellow sorrows. **pinkfreud** , I love that! Can I use it as a sig? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-drown-their-sorrows-last-night/290183/17 "2005-02-16T00:49:15Z")
> [@Cowgirl Jules](#): > > Cowboy and I are having some major problems, which erupted on Saturday. I’m too sad to get drunk. Bad mojo, **Cowgirl** , I’d send happy vibes your way but I seem to have lost mine as well. Someone needs to grab that little shit Cupid and jam his random firing bow up his pretty little ass. Me & the missus are patching things up but are not all good, all the time as I can’t seem to completely exorcise my life of her lurking indiscretion (as I refer to him). I meant to put the kids to bed and have a long chat with Mr. Foster & the Red Baron & watch Boromir get killed by Uruks. The missus usually crashes when she puts any of the kids to bed. But I was too depressed to drink. But Nachos sounded good. So away with me to the super duper market with a fist full of quarters to get the King Kong-sized bag of Santitas. Once home, I couldn’t bring myself to trouble the cheeze grater, let alone open the bag of chips. So I ate a banana muffin that had been sitting on the counter all day, had a glass of water and went to sleep on the couch because it pisses my wife off. Not a completely wasted evening after all! ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-drown-their-sorrows-last-night/290183/18 "2005-02-16T00:56:34Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Quote: > Originally Posted by pinkfreud > I stopped trying to drown my sorrows years ago when I learned that all sorrows can float, several can tread water, some can swim, and a few can perform CPR on their fellow sorrows. > > **pinkfreud** , I love that! Can I use it as a sig? Sure! I’d be honored. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-drown-their-sorrows-last-night/290183/19 "2005-02-16T01:01:59Z")
I could not completely down mine, as I had class at 8am this morning and also had to drive home. I did get rather melancholy though. I hate valentine’s day. A pox on it! **Inigo:** come over to my place - we’ll grab some guns and baseball bats and give that little bastard cupid a piece of our minds. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-drown-their-sorrows-last-night/290183/20 "2005-02-16T01:46:08Z")
Nope, didn’t have a drop last night. I did make a valentine for a friend last night. I made a CD mix (inspired by the “musical kung-fu” thread) for her as a goof and a gift. Mr. Collin Meloy [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-drown-their-sorrows-last-night/290183.md?page=2)