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Hard liquor suddenly makes me sick
- Thread starter Derp
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This is truth but it doesn't solve the problem. Substances should enhance life occasionally, not regularly bring normalcy from misery.
The OP has problems he needs to work out, assuming he's being honest.
To answer your question: You may be diabetic. Alcohol will turn to sugar in a diabetic and make them sick. Get that checked out.
Now for the adult speech: Alcohol can be used or abused. You are abusing, but think you're using. You may even already be addicted. If so your liver is shutting down, your brain chemistry is changing (not in a good way), and you begin to age very rapidly. But let's forget about the health concerns for a minute. Lots of good jobs will require you to take a drug test. And yes, they test for alcohol. A potential employer will assume you will come to work drunk, drink on your lunch break, and spike your coffee. Might as well drop out of college now and get a job a McDonald's.
Now for the adult speech: Alcohol can be used or abused. You are abusing, but think you're using. You may even already be addicted. If so your liver is shutting down, your brain chemistry is changing (not in a good way), and you begin to age very rapidly. But let's forget about the health concerns for a minute. Lots of good jobs will require you to take a drug test. And yes, they test for alcohol. A potential employer will assume you will come to work drunk, drink on your lunch break, and spike your coffee. Might as well drop out of college now and get a job a McDonald's.
...and now not knowing how long you have to wait 'till your body heals so you can systematically weaken your body's digestive tract with yet another hammering of a substance that is supposed to alleviate your fretfulness, is now causing you more anxiety...brilliant.
If your best friend knows of your situation and is selfish enough to have you risk your well-being for his ego, it may be time to get a new best friend.
Sounds like the typical youthful (or otherwise) gathering wherein everyone gets somewhat tanked and could use a designated driver...why not you...or are they just merely casual acquaintances...
How fast do you want a reoccurrence of having to clean the floor while still hung over, or othewise?
I try not to profile, but I also kind of smell troll.
Society makes life way more stressful than it should be, and unprocessed crap builds up in your head until you want to explode. Take a weekend vacation somewhere you can be alone, or with non-party people. No drugs, no sharp objects, no cell phones, no fast food, no artificial colours or flavours. Just relax and let your thoughts process themselves. Try meditation and breathing exercises. Read a book. Climb a mountain. Whatever floats your boat. Go for a boat ride, even.
Not being able to have a shot is the LAST thing the world you should be concerned about. Mentioning that shows that your priorities are wrong. You have a problem.
Well I beleive at least one thing about the OP; 18 year old drinks 600ml of straight rum on an empty stomach in <1/2 hour and throws up all over the bedroom. 
But really it sounds like a young guy bragging about how much he can drink, which of course proves what a big real man he is.
OP, if you really are drinking as much as you say, you certainly are a big real man. My question, where are you getting all this booze??
Also realize that at your age your brain is still developing. Do you really want to wire it to tolerate and become dependent on massive quantities of hard liquor? ("Dependency" does not mean only that you must have it to satisfy a maddening craving; it also can mean that you must have an ever-increasing quantity to achieve the effect.) As a drinker I must say I'm not against enjoying alcohol, but you're heading toward being dependent on massive quantities to enjoy the effect. Lots of people can enjoy alcohol responsibly but massive quantities of hard liquor will kill you sooner or later, and ruin your life in other ways before that.
You may not be an alcoholic but you definitely need to cut back... providing the OP is true.
But really it sounds like a young guy bragging about how much he can drink, which of course proves what a big real man he is.
OP, if you really are drinking as much as you say, you certainly are a big real man. My question, where are you getting all this booze??
Also realize that at your age your brain is still developing. Do you really want to wire it to tolerate and become dependent on massive quantities of hard liquor? ("Dependency" does not mean only that you must have it to satisfy a maddening craving; it also can mean that you must have an ever-increasing quantity to achieve the effect.) As a drinker I must say I'm not against enjoying alcohol, but you're heading toward being dependent on massive quantities to enjoy the effect. Lots of people can enjoy alcohol responsibly but massive quantities of hard liquor will kill you sooner or later, and ruin your life in other ways before that.
You may not be an alcoholic but you definitely need to cut back... providing the OP is true.
A friend of mine was really good at cooking meth. In the long run, it would have been better to be good at something else.
Thought that these should be in one place for @Derp to reread.
I never saw the ability to "outdrink" someone as something to brag about. Rather pathetic, actually.
Ridiculous. We're talking about an 18-year-old kid on the way to drinking himself to death. This isn't about prohibition.
OP, you had alcohol poisoning and could have died in bed had you not vomited it up, and you also easily could have choked on your puke and died. Your body is now conditioned slightly to become nauseous at the smell of what made you sick. This is a natural defense mechanism, and it is necssary, since your body needs to tell you what your brain is refusing to admit, that what you are doing is extremely dangerous to your health.
I was a good drinker too, never got sick and always behaved: I was also very social and usually funny when drunk. I was very lucky to not easily get addicted to things, and was never the type of drinker to drink off a hangover, which I think was a lucky thing.
The people I've known who started drinking like you describe, so much so soon and with such determination, all became addicted very quickly and had only relative success at eventually putting their lives back together after they inevitably destroyed it by going down this route.
You are young and I assume physically healthy - get some help and address your anxieties because alcohol will only dull them for a short while. What you we doing now is burying them and you will end up
An anxious miserable lonely drunk. Physical exercise is important as well.
You also need to grow up a bit, but drinking heavily will simply freeze you at this adolescent stage and you will not learn how to deal maturely with yourself and other people instead of running away to a bottle.
You will also screw up the development of your brain and other organs, and the chance to learn to deal with your problems in a healthy way before becoming accustomed to drugging yourself to oblivion.
Still not sure if you are a troll either, but if not you sound like you have no one to turn to deal with this, so you should try to see if your school has someone to help steer you right.
Edited to add: I remembered you from you thread about scaring away a girl you liked, and I looked at your posting history. In two of your posts you talk about being nostalgic for a car and a song from the 90s because you are a '90s kid' in your own words. If you are now 18 you would have been born in 1998 and so would have no nostalgia for the era. That and the fact that you constantly mention your age in your posts, back from when you were 15, doesn't really ring true, and is very unusual for kids to do. Excuse me for doubting you but with your excellent written adult English and the perfectly crafted scenarios of teen angst, from a father who doesn't appreciate your playing, to being an awkward virgin, to a budding textbook alcoholic, just make me wonder if we are being taken for a ride here.
If I'm wrong excuse me and ignore this part of the post.
I was a good drinker too, never got sick and always behaved: I was also very social and usually funny when drunk. I was very lucky to not easily get addicted to things, and was never the type of drinker to drink off a hangover, which I think was a lucky thing.
The people I've known who started drinking like you describe, so much so soon and with such determination, all became addicted very quickly and had only relative success at eventually putting their lives back together after they inevitably destroyed it by going down this route.
You are young and I assume physically healthy - get some help and address your anxieties because alcohol will only dull them for a short while. What you we doing now is burying them and you will end up
An anxious miserable lonely drunk. Physical exercise is important as well.
You also need to grow up a bit, but drinking heavily will simply freeze you at this adolescent stage and you will not learn how to deal maturely with yourself and other people instead of running away to a bottle.
You will also screw up the development of your brain and other organs, and the chance to learn to deal with your problems in a healthy way before becoming accustomed to drugging yourself to oblivion.
Still not sure if you are a troll either, but if not you sound like you have no one to turn to deal with this, so you should try to see if your school has someone to help steer you right.
Edited to add: I remembered you from you thread about scaring away a girl you liked, and I looked at your posting history. In two of your posts you talk about being nostalgic for a car and a song from the 90s because you are a '90s kid' in your own words. If you are now 18 you would have been born in 1998 and so would have no nostalgia for the era. That and the fact that you constantly mention your age in your posts, back from when you were 15, doesn't really ring true, and is very unusual for kids to do. Excuse me for doubting you but with your excellent written adult English and the perfectly crafted scenarios of teen angst, from a father who doesn't appreciate your playing, to being an awkward virgin, to a budding textbook alcoholic, just make me wonder if we are being taken for a ride here.
If I'm wrong excuse me and ignore this part of the post.
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