Alcohol!

proudmummy · Intermediate User Joined: Apr 15, 2008 Posts: 114

I'm not an alcoholic but I drink hellofalot! it helps me so much. I invited friends over mine last weekend and at the beginning I was all nervy, not knowing what to say, as soon as the drink started hitting me we were laughing, dancing, having a great laugh and I got a text the next morning saying how wicked and funny the night was, and that we got to do it more often etc etc, i'm even going away on holiday with them next month now and it means i'm going to have to pack alot of booze....

...This is the story of me though, i'm a totally different person when i'm absolutely drunk and a more fun person! say i'm half-sober and people want me to dance I quickly gulp drinks back so I get drunker and then have the nerves to dance! its terrible. bad for my health and the wrong way to get over my SP but its my only cure, although only temporary. If I had the confidence from what I get out of booze my life would be amazing.

Anyone else?

asubscriber99 · Newbie User Joined: May 29, 2008 Posts: 58

alcohol would help you because it works as an "anxiolytic", so your fears goes away.

if you want to avoid bad health outcomes due to alcohol, you can see a doctor to prescribe you some medications that work similarly to alcohol.

Lexmark · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:33 am Post subject:

well xanax works the same as alcohol but sif its better for ya health
Im the same drinking takes all my inhibitions away and I am the complete opposite. Im pretty sure its the way i would be without SP

toothpastekisses · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:19 pm Post subject:

It sounds terrible to admit but I love alcohol! Dunno how I'd have coped in most social situations without it. Worringly, it seems the "real" me emerges after a drink (or two...or three...) and I behave in the relaxed way around strangers the same way I do at home with my family. At parties I usually need more drink than everyone else to appear to be "drunk" like them. I mean, if everyone else is sober and I've had a drink I'd behave the same as everyone else, if that makes sense Confused

proudmummy · Intermediate User Joined: Apr 15, 2008 Posts: 114

My sister said to me the other day, "your so much better and funner when your drunk!"
Rolling Eyes

IceLad · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:33 pm Post subject:

When I was still working, work colleagues used to comment how I was more talkative after I'd had a pint.

schnookie · Newbie User Joined: Jun 26, 2008 Posts: 11

I'm the exact same way. If I get a few drinks in me I loosen up. On a couple of occasions, I feel like my personality has almost become the opposite of what it normally is, becoming very sociable. There have also been other times where it has driven me into a deeper depression. I think it has to do with the people around you at the time. If I'm surrounded by mostly strangers when I'm drunk, I tend to get very clammed up and stuck in my own thoughts, with not much to say to anyone else.

striker · Newbie User Joined: Jun 20, 2008 Posts: 51

I can totally relate to this. I have been drinking on the weekends to socialize, but not a lot. It usually takes me a drink to relax & even start approaching strangers.
But once I realized that my body is getting sick (cause I have candida)
I quit taking it. There are times when I cant resist it. But I am trying my best to find alternatives to alcohol like.. running hard in the hot sun relaxes me & almost feels like i've had a drink.

Bob-is-my-name · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:09 am Post subject:

I find that when I have a couple of drink I start to loosen up a bit. Without it, you could lay me horizontal and do your ironing on me I'd be so rigid.

blue · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:41 pm Post subject:

I did a 30th birthday party for my partner and i know for a fact i couldnt have done it without alcohol
I am a totally different person when ive been drinking im friendly and chatty and have a great laugh my nerves dissapere and i just enjoy myself.
The problem is when i have to face those same people again and my nerves and my mouth twitches are back.........