what does being drunk feel like

In My Humble Opinion
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Y’all have to understand, a lot of people here fit into one or both of the following categories:

i) People who don’t go outside or socialize very much, so their opinion of drunkenness is based on the people they’ve seen who were obviously and very drunk. They see a frat whore puking outside of the club, or someone drooling on himself, and think, “No thanks.” What they don’t realize is if they ever bothered to sit down at a bar and fraternize with normal people, they’d find most of us can drink and (GASP!) get drunk and it’s not a big deal.

ii) People who were touched by everyone’s least favorite uncle who always reeked of Milwaukee’s Finest. Left a bad impression of drinking in their minds.

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If you need to ask you don’t have a problem with alcohol… Your one of those annoying people that leaves a half finished glass of wine on the table. I once dated a guy that would drink a half a can of beer and put it in the refrigerator? Hello? That is just wrong!

If you can answer this post in detail then you might be a drunk which is not the end of the world unless you cross that line into the big dirt nap. Normal types do not get drunk more then once or twice. It’s like burning your hand on a hot stove once and never wanting to do it again. Only a drunk will keep getting burned over and over and over. If you think you can control your drinking or stop at any time then try quitting for a year. If you can’t quit for a year then your an alcoholic. If you hide your bottles all over the house Yes, you qualify. If you have gotten a DWI then you are two one of us. If you drink daily or binge drink on the weekends, I know how you feel. If you need a morning drink, Have lost your job or family and your worst fear is not having any alcohol or the money to buy it I understand completely. In my case the big tip off was how much money I was spending on alcohol every month. A car payment! Well, roughly 350 dollars a month if I didn’t go to a bar. If I went to the bar I could easily spend a 100 dollars a night on drinks and tips. My tolerance kept increasing and the carafe of wine turned into a’ Box O Wine’. Then the box of wine was only 7 percent alcohol so I had to buy 11-12 percent alcohol wine. I was drinking 4.8 liters of wine a day when I quit. It took 10 years for it to get that bad. I was going into liver failure. I did not notice that I was turning yellow but I was worried about the money? That is the definition of insanity! “Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results”…

I gave up drinking October 2nd 2002 at 3 pm and it was one of the best things God ever did for me which I could not do for myself. It wasn’t as hard as quitting smoking… That took me 10 times! and I get to live another 20 or 30 years and see my grandchildren if I am so blessed.

As for categories of alcoholics they lay them out in the book, ‘Alcoholics Anonymous’. A book written by drunks, for drunks. This is the alcoholics bible. If your an alki like me or suspect it may getting to be a problem I highly recommend it if only for the great stories in the back. I used to read it before I got sober or until the words got blurry. If someone buys you a Big Book read it! I knew I was an alcoholic years before I sought help. It’s normal to try every way possible to keep drinking even into the gates of insanity and death.

There is nothing wrong with drinking. I am just allergic to alcohol. :slight_smile:

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It’s really hard to describe being drunk, or even being enough under the influence to feel the ‘glow’. I have the aforementioned warm feeling in my belly, I am more relaxed both physically and mentally, and… it’s just very difficult to describe.

One’s inhibitions are lowered. Things that you might be strong enough to forsake seem like a really good idea, such as eating Cheesies for dinner with one’s cocktail. At some point, you will have to become very, very careful while enunciating verbally or typing.

There’s just this really, really nice feeling when the drink ‘hits’ you. It’s why my mother always had a drink before dinner on an empty stomach. It’s why ‘if one feels good, two must be better. If two is good, let’s pour a third. The third was great, let’s…’

Some of us have trouble stopping after two. Or three. You get in the zone where it surely seems like every additional drink will only add to this feeling of well-being, looseness, optimism and relaxation. Confidence. Enjoyment.

One feels a little numb after several drinks. Slower to react.

I am old enough that I know there’s a magic point between feeling very nice (and often, quite uninhibited and horny) and… I gotta go to sleep. Now.

If I need a nap after work, and don’t think I’ll fall asleep, a drink will do it. Have a few drinks, feel nice, and zzzzzzzzzz.

I also enjoy getting stinkin’ drunk once in a while, and it usually occurs at home. No cover charge, no tips, and I choose the music.

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Wow, I thought I had some wild stories from when I went through my alcoholic phase, between the ages of 18 and 22.

And all of this happened in one night, right?

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I think you need to realize that different people have different results from drinking. If I get drunk, it doesn’t involve really bad decisions, vomiting, room spins, fights, shirking responsibilities, blackouts, emergency room visits, unwanted pregnancies, felonies, etc. When I’m in the mood, I choose to get drunk, and I’ve certainly done that more than twice. I guess that makes me abnormal :wink: Just realize that alcohol hits people differently and not everyone has major issues with drinking just because they choose to drink.

For my friends and I, getting drunk usually equates to happy times, listening to loud music, talking a whole lot, and usually eating too much. Of course, we might have different definitions of “drunk.”

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For “normal people”, drinking enhances their life. A bottle of wine with dinner. Beers with friends while watching the game. So on and so forth. To the alchoholic, the act of getting drunk is the point of life. As with all other addictions, it becomes more important than anything else. You or I can have a few martinis after work and then decide to head home at a reasonable hour. Alchoholics can’t.

Recovering alchoholics have that “holier than thou” attitude like**Perciful ** because they have to. I suspect if they thought for a moment that they were missing out on some part of life or that drinking was “no big deal” they would start up again and once again be unable to stop.

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Yes…a reasonable hour :cool:. I like to head home early, and last I checked, 5:00am is early.

Seriously, people tend to think that everyone feels and reacts the same way they do. If situation X makes me behave like Y, then situation X causes everyone to behave like Y. Alcohol can be wonderful or evil, depending upon the person.

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Same here. As long as I’m not driving home, I’ll have another.