Let me begin by saying, I drink very rarely; few times a year.
When I drink, i get the feeling that my brain in running on powersaving mode; only the most basic functions are operational. It’s a fun feeling when I’m drinking, but I can’t imagine doing that regularly.
I’m not sure if this constitutes as bragging but I am proud of the fact that I can recall information quite well, and any activity which hinders this is not to my liking. The hangover is also bad, where the brain is slow for the next entire day.
I want to know the community thinks about drinking and how it effects/doesn’t affects their work and life and how they get around it. Any alternatives and tips?
The medical community recognizes alcoholism and drug addiction as diseases, not moral failings.
I believe that the statistic is that 10% of all drinkers account for over half the alcohol sold.
It’s sobering (pardon the pun). As a rule any industry that can advertise help programs, or “responsible use” only exists because of the lives it ruins. They know that, financially, those that keep it going can’t and won’t stop regardless of what is said.
There was a novel.
Guy promises to help a gal get clean. He sets her up in a cabin fifty miles deep in the woods and leaves her alone with plenty of food.
When he comes back a few days later he says he’ll cook them a meal.
No gas. The gal had no booze or drugs, so she huffed a sixty day supply of cooking gas.
Alcoholics will find a way.
As an alcoholoc in recovery that math sounds accurate.
If they were gamers, they’d be called “whales”.
Is this statistic in quantity or dollar amount? I’d bet that alcoholics skew towards less expensive alcohol.