Do you blackout often from drinking?

Merkin wrote: »

You may be young but you mightn't necessarily be grand and that's why there is such a problem with drink in Ireland. I was a full-on and dedicated party animal back in the day and still like a glass of wine or five (and I'm in my 30s so not some relic of bygone times) but there DOES come a time when you have to modify your drinking and cop the fcuk on.

There's something very sad about heavy and uncontrolled drinking when you get to a certain age (and not that old either) and the fact that you don't think you have a problem and yet you're getting out of bed late at night to drink is denial in the extreme. So if you are in a position to modify your drinking now then do it and do it sharpish, I know too many young people who have died while pissed and it's just a desperate waste.

I never get up to drink. You're piecing things together that aren't there.
I only occasionally drink when I'm already up and can't sleep.

And that's besides the point, it's not frequent and my drinking habits have levelled out to normal and what any other person my age would drink on average.

Like I said, I believe things to be grand for me, though it was high there for a while.

Merkin wrote: »

Just like Teddy's endless threads and posts on his drinking problem are attempts to justify to himself that getting gee-bagged every weekend to the point of losing control is somehow fun and if other people on the thread blackout all the time and confirm it's ok then he doesn't have a problem when he clearly does

On what authority are you telling people they've drinking problems?

I'd regard someone having a drinking problem if they couldn't control it and things started to negatively effect other aspects of their lives like work and relationships.
Since you only know what's been said on this thread you don't have the full details to tell someone confidently they've a problem, you can only assume at most.

Until someone makes that realisation, if it even exists to that degree, and tells you, then you can say so.

If I drink spirits I'm pretty much guaranteed to black out, sometimes it doesn't even take a huge amount! It's strange though, often the effects take an hour or two to kick in, once or twice before I've lushed a shoulder, been ok for an hour or two and then completely black out. Needless to say, I don't drink spirits very often!

anhedonia wrote: »

This is not a given by any means.

Well, I think I know myself. I'm in college, going to parties a lot, etc. Basically plenty of occasions where drink is involved. My drinking habits are related to my social life. Eventually my social life is going to start getting quieter and less eventful, and then there will be less reason to go out drinking as often.

Sometimes my sides ache, even muscles in my legs from walking the few miles home where they wouldn't after a longer recreational stroll. Or injured even.. maybe that's the kidneys but the legs I can't explain. Maybe has to do with not being "at one" with oneself under the influence..

Ted a man was talkin bout young folk being suicidal under the influence there on pat kenny where they would otherwise never entertain the thought. But personally I think it goes without saying.. n I think people more emotionally capable in particular are susceptible to such, it's a soul sacrifice. must take the good with the bad and not actually succumb to such

With regards to nerve damage my index to little finger are numb for a week now from walking home in the cold. Usually recover a minute after I come in the door, with no alcohol taken. Other hand is grand now but this is ridiculous

Sounds as if booze is real fixture in our life tedson.. I only really drink in bars after a event lured me out in the first place. Good luck with developing a tolerance for that shìt all my old pals look bloated, weary n at least 10yr older than me from keeping up appearances at their local n I dont envy em.

Last time was when I fell asleep wrapped around a toilet in a cubicle, in the White Horse in High Wycombe. Woke up like that anyhow

On a serious note, giving up drinking last year for 6 months was the best thing I ever did. The positive effects in terms of physical and mental health and over all well being cannot be described in words, It's like a different life. Sadly I've been back binge drinking the last while, I'm going to try give it up again. The first few weeks are the hardest.

irish son wrote: »

Do you drink your drinks quickly OP? I do and I think this is part of the problem, If you drink your first few drinks quick it's hard to slow down after that.

Yeh, I generally drink about the same amount every time I go out but there have been three or four times since I started drinking where I've blacked out and done really stupid things (only vomited once thankfully) with no recollection, and I realised that those were the times I was playing catch-up with other people and drinking faaaar too quickly. Doing this whole drinking-at-my-own-pace thing for the past few weeks because I don't want to be in that situation any more, and I enjoy going out more now that I don't wake up the next morning not having any idea what happened for significant periods of time and needing other people to tell me all the embarrassing things I did and said...