Back in the day, Doping While Drunk was pretty common. It was the Wild West of messageboarding, and we were all foolish young bucks. Iām sure there were many instances of people saying things they greatly regretted the next morning, and eventually the mods just said āyeah, letās just not do that anymoreā. IMO, itās a good execution of in loco parentis.
In answer to this: unlike in my younger days, itās now rare that I have more than one or two drinks in an evening. Itās a nice way to unwind, and I enjoy the taste of, say, a Guinness, a bit of Irish whiskey (neat), or a glass of pinot noir or Cotes du Rhone wine.
But, when I was youngerā¦yeah, I lived up to the stereotypes of Wisconsinites liking their beer too much.
āI feel sorry for people who donāt drink. When they wake up in the morning, thatās as good as theyāre going to feel all day.ā ~ Variously attributed (Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and others)
I dunno, I kind of think of it as being generated by a nexus of societal and genetic predispositions. I enjoy it and smoking tobacco wayyyyy too much. I gotta quit them both eventually, or theyāll quit me. Somethingās going to hit the off switch eventually, but Iād probably rather not follow the paths of suffering they offer on the trip there.
I didnāt mean for it to be a great debate, why people enjoy drinking.
I guess I really know.
Itās relaxing, fun and social.
And I guess the trade off of the occasional hangover is worth it.
In the throes of the massive pain I was feeling it was a knee jerk reaction.
Of course the drunk I was having wasnāt really something I chose and in fact the undrunk part of my brain was afraid. And my stomach hurt. I couldnāt stop giggling thoā.
The hiccups didnāt help.
I knew as soon as Ivy got involved the pain was gonna happen.
I hope those of you that imbibe and get gently high and relaxed have great times. It gives me hope.
Jeez, and here I was, thinking about firing up a pipe, or maybe a fine handrolled cigar. Naw, too late for either. Maybe tomorrow.
Beck, youāre fine. You make mistakes, we all do, but we know you well enough that youāre never malicious, and anything taken that way is unintentional. You remain one of my favourite posters.
Hehehe, I still love the quick hit of a cigarette. But in the days where I regularly smoked a pipe, I found out that the burley tobaccos were not screwing around and delivered drug levels of nicotine. My favorite was Cornell & Diehlās Burley Flake #2, but #3 had its charms as well. Either way, all of their burley flakes could have me a hiccuping mess if I tried to finish a bowl of them without a long break or two in the middle of it. Iāll probably still keep some of that around (or at least some Early Morning Pipe) even if I manage to kick the cigarettes.
