# I am an alcoholic
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-alcoholic/743859
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 22, 2016, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-alcoholic/743859 "2016-01-22T05:16:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2016, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-alcoholic/743859/1 "2016-01-22T05:16:58Z")
The thing that I do, once every 2-3 days, is to drink to gross excess and reach out to anybody who will talk to me late at night. Any takers?
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2016, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-alcoholic/743859/2 "2016-01-22T05:20:44Z")
What’s on your mind?
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### Author:  [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2016, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-alcoholic/743859/3 "2016-01-22T05:29:02Z")
Thanks for responding. Lots of things are on my mind. One thing I’m wrestling with is Hillary vs. Bernie. Another - is medical marijuana bullshit, should we just be agitating for recreational marijuana with appropriate taxes? Climate change - it seems like carbon taxes are the only way to tackle this thing, but how can we do this in a progressive way? Also if there are any interested ladies who would like to chat, please message me privately. Thank you for your attention.
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### Author:  [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2016, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-alcoholic/743859/4 "2016-01-22T05:30:44Z")
OK, I’m a drunk dickhead, forget I said anything. Thanks for acknowledging though, I won’t forget it.
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### Author:  [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2016, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-alcoholic/743859/5 "2016-01-22T05:32:14Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#):
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> Thanks for responding. Lots of things are on my mind. One thing I’m wrestling with is Hillary vs. Bernie.
Bernie
I like his politics, feel she is fundamentally dishonest but mainly… I couldn’t stand looking at/listening to her for 8 years… OMG that would be horrible.
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### Author:  [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2016, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-alcoholic/743859/6 "2016-01-22T05:33:35Z")
But if anybody has any alcohol-consumption related advice for me… I am all ears. I don’t drink every day. I drink about every 3rd day, about a liter of whiskey. I always regret it. I know I should quit. But apart from that, any thoughts?
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### Author:  [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2016, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-alcoholic/743859/7 "2016-01-22T05:35:39Z")
> [@Robert163](#):
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> Bernie
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> I like his politics, feel she is fundamentally dishonest but mainly… I couldn’t stand looking at/listening to her for 8 years… OMG that would be horrible.
I feel like the only thing that matters is getting 3 SCOTUS judges approved in the next 8 years. I think Hillary could get that done, but I agree much more with Bernie’s platform. That’s a thing I wrestle with.
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### Author:  [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2016, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-alcoholic/743859/8 "2016-01-22T05:36:42Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#):
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> But if anybody has any alcohol-consumption related advice for me… I am all ears. I don’t drink every day. I drink about every 3rd day, about a liter of whiskey. I always regret it. I know I should quit. But apart from that, any thoughts?
why do you want to quit?
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### Author:  [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2016, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-alcoholic/743859/9 "2016-01-22T05:44:53Z")
> [@Robert163](#):
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> why do you want to quit?
Why not quit? Drinking doesn’t benefit me. It harms my work and family relationships. I don’t know why I do it. But it’s hard to resist.
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2016, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-alcoholic/743859/10 "2016-01-22T05:48:33Z")
Bernie has integrity. There’s no reason to think either he or Hillary will be an effective executive. I would prefer more choices, but having none I’ll go with the one I respect.
There are some legitimate medical uses of marijuana, that’s been long established. Objective testing of marijuana for medical purposes has been very limited for a long time so there could be a lot of medical uses we don’t know about. Or not. Nothing wrong with doing the research to find out.
Taxes don’t change the climate. For a revenue neutral support we have to switch all the fossil fuel subsidies to subsidizing clean energy. Nuclear only if we have no alternative. We need to take risky steps to increase plant life on land and in the sea. We should be seeding the oceans to produce more algae and coral growth, and planting evergreen tree everywhere possible. If we try to sequester carbon with technology we’ll fail and make the problem worse. We are going to need new taxes to pay for the problems already created and that will afflict us for years before the situation changes.
Ladies, have you met HMS?
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### Author:  [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2016, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-alcoholic/743859/11 "2016-01-22T05:49:22Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#):
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> Why not quit? Drinking doesn’t benefit me. It harms my work and family relationships. I don’t know why I do it. But it’s hard to resist.
ok
Well IDK if you’ve ever been to AA. It can help you stop but you have to believe in “God”. A god of your own definition. Other than that it is kind of like a big social club.
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2016, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-alcoholic/743859/12 "2016-01-22T05:51:59Z")
How do you feel when you aren’t drinking? Do you feel relief when you start?
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### Author:  [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2016, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-alcoholic/743859/13 "2016-01-22T05:56:22Z")
> [@TriPolar](#):
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> Bernie has integrity. There’s no reason to think either he or Hillary will be an effective executive. I would prefer more choices, but having none I’ll go with the one I respect.
Word.
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> Taxes don’t change the climate. For a revenue neutral support we have to switch all the fossil fuel subsidies to subsidizing clean energy. Nuclear only if we have no alternative. We need to take risky steps to increase plant life on land and in the sea. We should be seeding the oceans to produce more algae and coral growth, and planting evergreen tree everywhere possible. If we try to sequester carbon with technology we’ll fail and make the problem worse. We are going to need new taxes to pay for the problems already created and that will afflict us for years before the situation changes.
ok, you said taxes don’t change the climate, and then you said “we are going to need new taxes to pay for the problems already created.” Which is it?
> [@](#):
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> Ladies, have you met HMS?
I’m always willing to make friends, but I’m already taken.
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### Author:  [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2016, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-alcoholic/743859/14 "2016-01-22T05:57:26Z")
> [@Robert163](#):
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> ok
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> Well IDK if you’ve ever been to AA. It can help you stop but you have to believe in “God”. A god of your own definition. Other than that it is kind of like a big social club.
I reject “God”. I guess I’m on my own.
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### Author:  [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2016, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-alcoholic/743859/15 "2016-01-22T05:58:25Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#):
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> I reject “God”. I guess I’m on my own.
the 12 steps can’t be done without “god” ☹
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### Author:  [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2016, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-alcoholic/743859/16 "2016-01-22T05:59:06Z")
> [@TriPolar](#):
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> How do you feel when you aren’t drinking? Do you feel relief when you start?
When I’m not drinking, I feel pretty good. And I think I’ll feel even better when I start drinking. And I do. But the next day I feel like shit. I’ll look at this thread tomorrow and probably feel like an asshole.
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### Author:  [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2016, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-alcoholic/743859/17 "2016-01-22T06:03:11Z")
Thanks all for engaging. My main deal appears to be loneliness, so all replies help. I’m sure tomorrow I’ll regret how I’ve presented myself here tonight, but thanks for being here now.
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### Author:  [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2016, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-alcoholic/743859/18 "2016-01-22T06:05:30Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#):
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> Thanks all for engaging. My main deal appears to be loneliness, so all replies help. I’m sure tomorrow I’ll regret how I’ve presented myself here tonight, but thanks for being here now.
Well… you wouldn’t be the only lonely person here. I’ve moved and it’s a year alter and I still don’t know many people.
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### Author:  [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2016, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-alcoholic/743859/19 "2016-01-22T06:06:52Z")
> [@Robert163](#):
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> Well… you wouldn’t be the only lonely person here. I’ve moved and it’s a year alter and I still don’t know many people.
Where did you move from, and to?
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2016, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-an-alcoholic/743859/20 "2016-01-22T06:06:56Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#):
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> When I’m not drinking, I feel pretty good. And I think I’ll feel even better when I start drinking. And I do. But the next day I feel like shit. I’ll look at this thread tomorrow and probably feel like an asshole.
So hearing that, well seeing that actually, but I’m trying to imagine we’re just hanging out and talking, it sounds like you are still missing something when you’re sober. Does your brain seem to click into high gear when you start drinking?
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