What's your relationship with alcohol?

Case Load wrote:Just curious

In moderation....Alcohol is a gift from heaven. I can't drink everyday and expect to function very well. But...a few times a week...it is a great escape. I escape in to a fantasy world. I enjoy drinking a pretty good amount in my drinking sessions....not enough to get sick...but enough to go off in to a fantasy world.

It's medication for me. Some people need to have their escape from reality and I'm one of them. People like me keep the alcohol industry alive. They've long-past discovered drinkers like me haha. If they only knew they didn't have to spend a dime in advertising and we'd still find their alcohol haha.

Can take it or leave it...also depends on the company.

I burn through about a litre of spirits a fortnight. That's me having a few glasses every night.

I like beer, cold red wine, ice cold vodka, warm sake and warm rum.
I carefull not to get drunk as I cannot behave when drunk.

i drink alcohol but i surely won't get drunk... ever... as SPD i start overthinking everything (also issues) when drunk... and that's something i will never do again... home alone drinking is worst that can happen ^_^ few beers at bar with friends (or mostly alone) sure

I love alcohol... I drink most days and it almost makes me feel more social/happy (as much as is possible) and it helps me get to sleep.

I've been with alcohol longer than I've been with my wife and I have been married 20 years. Lately, I have been drinking bloody mary's so I can claim I am a healthy drinker. Figure that I am probably not going to stop drinking so I am making the best of it. Unfortunately, a good and healthy bloody mary can be hard to get right but I think I nailed it. Testing different types of alcohol is still an obsession so it keeps things exciting.

I'm a bit of a wine-fiend, mostly whites. I never found a red that didn't taste like chilled bugspray. I've killed a lot of cheap Moscato and Riesling in my day, so that's what I get to treat myself. Sangria when I'm feeling sippy, even if I'm a heathen and stir in sorbet or cherry ice-cream. (Sue me.)

I drink "socially" a lot, in the sense it makes other people more bearable to be around. I try to tread lightly when I'm drinking alone and pay attention to my state of mind when I do it, because my father is a career alcoholic. I don't want to lean into it when I'm in a low spot.

All said, I definitely like weed better. When it's legal recreationally in my state I plan to shelf the booze and make a switch.

Last Christmas, when I still attempted to be normal around my old co-workers, I went out with them to a bar (the second time i have ever been to a bar), had two glasses of whiskey (with ice, while drinking water), got spiked on my third and ended up in hospital for a day after hitting my head off the cold icy ground.
I think this worsened my SPD, the day in hospital was spent lamenting "This is a sign, a sign! I should never have left the house!" and I have become even more reclusive and distrustful since then.
So, not good

One bottle of stout on my own about once every other Saturday, usually with pizza, lasagna or doritos. It's kind of a personal mini-ritual. And it tastes great. But that's all the alcohol I drink.

To endure socialization, I take xanax instead. If I need to actually seem engaged in it, then I take ritalin. Just a tiny dose of either is enough for a noticeable effect.