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Grabzak Dirtyfighter wrote:As a teen I drank a case of beer a day give or take, that was alcoholism.

A drink a day is a far cry from alcoholism, in fact isn't it has a few health benefits?

So you're an alcoholic?

Consuming large amounts of alcohol on a regular basis is not itself alcoholism, its merely a symptom of the disease.

You don't cease being an alcoholic because you cease drinking.

Grabzak Dirtyfighter wrote:As a teen I drank a case of beer a day give or take, that was alcoholism.

A drink a day is a far cry from alcoholism, in fact isn't it has a few health benefits?

Depends what you are drinking.

Red wine does, whiskey or vodka probably don't.

Taste When it comes to spirits.

Love the Taste of Scotch

For beer is a bit more social but I like the taste as well.

Never try to get drunk. I don't see the point in it.

sub-zero wrote:OMFG, I'm actually drunk while posting this, HAHAHAHA

That's so ironic...don't you think.

Drunk while posting on dakka. You sound like you have a great life ahead of you.

I don't drink because 1. it's not really all that healthy (wooo empty carbs and calories), 2. I don't like the taste, and 3. I can enjoy myself without getting drunk off my ass


By the way I don't get all this "alcoholism is a disease" bullcrap. It seems like a politically correct way of saying that you have no self-control.
Just like 99% of fat people say they have a thyroid disorder when in reality they can't put the fething twinkies down

I can't drink or else my kidney literally will explode.

Asherian Command wrote:I can't drink or else my kidney literally will explode.

Really? That sounds like you may need to visit a doctor...

purplefood wrote:

Asherian Command wrote:I can't drink or else my kidney literally will explode.

Really? That sounds like you may need to visit a doctor...

I have. I can't do drugs or drink alcohol. Sad face :(
But eh i'm 17 its illegal and my school punishes the weak.

Asherian Command wrote:

purplefood wrote:

Asherian Command wrote:I can't drink or else my kidney literally will explode.

Really? That sounds like you may need to visit a doctor...

I have. I can't do drugs or drink alcohol. Sad face :(
But eh i'm 17 its illegal and my school punishes the weak.

Most people i know had already gotten pissed several times before they could drink legally...
That sucks actually...

purplefood wrote:

Asherian Command wrote:

purplefood wrote:

Asherian Command wrote:I can't drink or else my kidney literally will explode.

Really? That sounds like you may need to visit a doctor...

I have. I can't do drugs or drink alcohol. Sad face :(
But eh i'm 17 its illegal and my school punishes the weak.

Most people i know had already gotten pissed several times before they could drink legally...
That sucks actually...

Yeah it sucks. But I still can do parkour. . Last thing you need is drunk ninja then everyone at the parties i go to no one would come out alive except me with a bloody katana and hundreds of wounds from my own sword of course.
when I was a kid i drank an entire bottle of wine, thats what screwed up my kidney, Thats what happens when parents leave out the wine. You get me, evil, intelligent and clever. The worst mix.
Anyway I laugh at peoples drunk stories.

Okay...
Drunk stories are pretty funny...

Asherian Command wrote:

purplefood wrote:

Asherian Command wrote:

purplefood wrote:

Asherian Command wrote:I can't drink or else my kidney literally will explode.

Really? That sounds like you may need to visit a doctor...

I have. I can't do drugs or drink alcohol. Sad face :(
But eh i'm 17 its illegal and my school punishes the weak.

Most people i know had already gotten pissed several times before they could drink legally...
That sucks actually...

Yeah it sucks. But I still can do parkour. . Last thing you need is drunk ninja then everyone at the parties i go to no one would come out alive except me with a bloody katana and hundreds of wounds from my own sword of course.
when I was a kid i drank an entire bottle of wine, thats what screwed up my kidney, Thats what happens when parents leave out the wine. You get me, evil, intelligent and clever. The worst mix.
Anyway I laugh at peoples drunk stories.

Wouldn't alcohol have a bigger effect on your liver than your kidney?

Cheesecat wrote:

Asherian Command wrote:

purplefood wrote:

Asherian Command wrote:

purplefood wrote:

Asherian Command wrote:I can't drink or else my kidney literally will explode.

Really? That sounds like you may need to visit a doctor...

I have. I can't do drugs or drink alcohol. Sad face :(
But eh i'm 17 its illegal and my school punishes the weak.

Most people i know had already gotten pissed several times before they could drink legally...
That sucks actually...

Yeah it sucks. But I still can do parkour. . Last thing you need is drunk ninja then everyone at the parties i go to no one would come out alive except me with a bloody katana and hundreds of wounds from my own sword of course.
when I was a kid i drank an entire bottle of wine, thats what screwed up my kidney, Thats what happens when parents leave out the wine. You get me, evil, intelligent and clever. The worst mix.
Anyway I laugh at peoples drunk stories.

Wouldn't alcohol have a bigger effect on your liver than your kidney?

both, It kills my liver and my kidney, kidney cleans up toxicions in your blood liver holds other stuff, my kidney is damaged though in like 10 years i will be fine.

Gghapy memnorial day!!!!':

Hfaha justbkidding i don gbget driugk

Asherian Command wrote:

Cheesecat wrote:

Asherian Command wrote:

purplefood wrote:

Asherian Command wrote:

purplefood wrote:

Asherian Command wrote:I can't drink or else my kidney literally will explode.

Really? That sounds like you may need to visit a doctor...

I have. I can't do drugs or drink alcohol. Sad face :(
But eh i'm 17 its illegal and my school punishes the weak.

Most people i know had already gotten pissed several times before they could drink legally...
That sucks actually...

Yeah it sucks. But I still can do parkour. . Last thing you need is drunk ninja then everyone at the parties i go to no one would come out alive except me with a bloody katana and hundreds of wounds from my own sword of course.
when I was a kid i drank an entire bottle of wine, thats what screwed up my kidney, Thats what happens when parents leave out the wine. You get me, evil, intelligent and clever. The worst mix.
Anyway I laugh at peoples drunk stories.

Wouldn't alcohol have a bigger effect on your liver than your kidney?

both, It kills my liver and my kidney, kidney cleans up toxicions in your blood liver holds other stuff, my kidney is damaged though in like 10 years i will be fine.

One of the roles of the liver is detoxification.

Dude to me the human body is just a tool to be used for pleasure or for anything else you can think of.

Anyway. I have found a few funny stories.
"So Today, I woke up with a glass of tequilia and I couldn't remember what happened last night."
thats not a Tequllia problem.
Johnny cash woke up with a bag of salt under his pillow and all over him he smelled of perfume and couldn't remember anything that is a f--king tequila problem right there! You have a mild drinking problem at best.

hahaha 69 votes XD

Asherian Command wrote:Dude to me the human body is just a tool to be used for pleasure or for anything else you can think of.

Anyway. I have found a few funny stories.
"So Today, I woke up with a glass of tequilia and I couldn't remember what happened last night."
thats not a Tequllia problem.
Johnny cash woke up with a bag of salt under his pillow and all over him he smelled of perfume and couldn't remember anything that is a f--king tequila problem right there! You have a mild drinking problem at best.

hahaha 69 votes XD

corpsesarefun wrote:

Grabzak Dirtyfighter wrote:As a teen I drank a case of beer a day give or take, that was alcoholism.

A drink a day is a far cry from alcoholism, in fact isn't it has a few health benefits?

Depends what you are drinking.

Red wine does, whiskey or vodka probably don't.

No, it's any alcohol, between one and two drinks a day (averaged over roughly a week, I believe it was).

Vladsimpaler wrote:By the way I don't get all this "alcoholism is a disease" bullcrap. It seems like a politically correct way of saying that you have no self-control.
Just like 99% of fat people say they have a thyroid disorder when in reality they can't put the fething twinkies down

No, it's a full-blown neurological disorder, or several separate ones more likely. That's a well-documented fact. Neither it nor overeating is some moral failing, but a defect in the reward system of the brain which results in abnormal behavior.

I drink so you look better Dakka.

I drink because it makes me
A) Stronger
B) Smarter
C) More attractive to the ladies

plus it makes the shaking stop.

Ahtman wrote:I drink so you look better Dakka.

You must drink a lot.

I kid, I kid, I am all loving healing love for Dakka.

I voted other, because i drink for equal parts taste and social setting.

I never get so trashed that I dont remember what happened (only happened once, and my wife cleaned up afterwards.. its what they get for 'force feeding' me drinks at her [the wife's] baby shower).

Also, we discovered quite the hard way that it is just too damn expensive for me to get so wasted. in one weekend, when i was single, i myself went through a 6 pack of Guiness, 12 pack of Warsteiner, and a large bottle of Goldschlager.. like i said to expensive to get very wasted, now i settle with 2-4 drinks, just to sort of maintain a happy buzz.

Aye, army life can be grand.

Grabzak Dirtyfighter wrote:As a teen I drank a case of beer a day give or take, that was alcoholism.

A drink a day is a far cry from alcoholism, in fact isn't it has a few health benefits?

If someone was shooting heroin only once a day, you'd consider that person a heroin addict. The fact is alcohol is an extremely addictive substance. If you can't go without your one drink of the day, you look forward to it all day, and feel irritable and unwell when you DON'T get it, you're probably developing a dependency on alcohol.

There's more to alcoholism than simply being drunk all the time. The worst alcoholic I ever met died in his early 40s from liver failure, and I saw him drunk like, once? Twice maybe? Genuine alcoholics drink to 'maintain'.

For the good times. Nothing quite like drinking with good friends.

Well I don't really drink much,and I mean I can count the number of drinks I've had so far this year on my hands.

When I do,I do it because it's a party or hanging out with chums after an exam.

Once or twice I used drank something out of bordem,I guess that's the only real reason,I don't get any sort of buzz from alcohol,it's just a depressent.

Albatross wrote:The fact is alcohol is an extremely addictive substance.

No, it's not, as evidenced by the fact that 99.9% of people who drink aren't alcoholics. Nicotine is an extremely addictive substance, with around 30% of people who try it going on to become addicts, and you won't find many who smoke who aren't addicted to some extent or another. Alcohol is a slightly to non-addictive substance, with alcoholics being those who are genetically predisposed to addiction to it.

Pretty much solely for taste.

But I don't drink much anymore, since it's expensive and gives me heartburn.

Getting old sucks.

Bromsy wrote:I drink because it makes me
A) Stronger
B) Smarter
C) More attractive to the ladies

plus it makes the shaking stop.

How does drinking make you stronger? I know it makes people over-confident, but I never heard it being used to boost you physical prowess.

I just love beer. Beer, beer, beer. I love beer.

Cheesecat wrote:

Bromsy wrote:I drink because it makes me
A) Stronger
B) Smarter
C) More attractive to the ladies

plus it makes the shaking stop.

How does drinking make you stronger? I know it makes people over-confident, but I never heard it being used to boost you physical prowess.

I'm thinking either:

a) Because it is MANLY.

or

b) Because it's numbing effects means you don't feel the pain from the hernia.

or

c) Doesn't it boost strength in Fallout or something or other?

Huh. Social Purposes fits me best, although that's not exactly right. I drink alcohol alone, every time. Never with others. I think it has something to do with entertaining myself. Or maybe I'm afraid of getting into drunken fights