What Are You Doing Right Now? (518 Viewers)

[ZoSo]

I never understood an alcohol addiction. You have to consume such vast amounts of alcohol to get physically addicted.. I try to go a few weeks/months without alcohol at all every so often though. Just to be on the safe side .

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[ßöмßäяðîëя]

I can sort of understand that. I have one piece of chocolate at lunch every weekday. Sometimes I forget to buy chocolate so I don't get to eat it at lunch and even if I'm most certainly not addicted to it, the disappointment is bigger than it should be.

This would never happen in Belgium.

On on a serious note, what's with the masked gunman?

It's not exactly a problem. I could go without alcohol and/or chocolate for years. But I guess I understand the root of psychological addiction.

I guess by his definition, anything could be mentally addicting. With alcohol there can be a true physical dependence. I knew a guy once who slept with vodka by his bed so when he woke up with the shakes in the middle of the night, he could take a couple of shots.

 

[Seven]

This would never happen in Belgium.

On on a serious note, what's with the masked gunman?

A chocolate addiction would never happen in Belgium?

No idea, but seems like a minor incident. Dude with a mental problem? Unfortunately society as whole, both in the US and Europe, has become a breeding ground for these types.

I guess by his definition, anything could be mentally addicting. With alcohol there can be a true physical dependence. I knew a guy once who slept with vodka by his bed so when he woke up with the shakes in the middle of the night, he could take a couple of shots.

I know someone with a phsyical addiction too. But to get to that stage you have to drink incredible amounts of alcohol. It's not like heroin, where you might shoot it three or four times and are physically hooked.

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

Yea, the nutcases have made it out of hand. Here, at least, it's the small population which ruins it for everyone.


Shit, I had a fiancée die from a heroin overdose. She had been clean for about a year or so, then did it once and thought she could shoot the same amount and boom, dead. It's the one time that you think you're in control that gets you.

 

[swag]

It's not exactly a problem. I could go without alcohol and/or chocolate for years. But I guess I understand the root of psychological addiction.

Society is calling everything an addiction now. People claim to have coffee addiction. Which is the most pathetic white person's hardship whine out there -- in guessing people feel the need to validate themselves through having the same self-victimization plights as their favorite rap stars. Fake addictions have become semi-fashionable.

Sure, you might get headaches for a bit, but chemically caffeine is flushed out of your system in three days tops. And in true physical addictions, you'd have to consume more and more coffee over time just to experience the same physiological effects as before due to building up tolerance. A coffee addict would never make it off the toilet seat at that point.

Addiction is different when it prevents you from keeping your job, maintaining relationships with other people, etc. Anything less is just weakness in self-moderation. May as well call yourself addicted to Doritos.

And then there's...

Yea, the nutcases have made it out of hand. Here, at least, it's the small population which ruins it for everyone.


Shit, I had a fiancée die from a heroin overdose. She had been clean for about a year or so, then did it once and thought she could shoot the same amount and boom, dead. It's the one time that you think you're in control that gets you.

Man that sucks. But overconfidence seems like a common thread in these situations. That's messed up.

 

[Post Ironic]

Maybe a couple of months? A year just seems impossible.

Once you get to a couple months it really isn't all that hard to not miss drinking.

I've done 2 years without a drink before while training hard for competition climbing in my mid-20s, I never even really thought about booze after the first couple months. Didn't miss it at all. The trick is to keep yourself busy doing other things. A lot of drinking happens out of boredom in my opinion.

 

[Martin]

Once you get to a couple months it really isn't all that hard to not miss drinking.

I've done 2 years without a drink before while training hard for competition climbing in my mid-20s, I never even really thought about booze after the first couple months. Didn't miss it at all. The trick is to keep yourself busy doing other things. A lot of drinking happens out of boredom in my opinion.

So what's he gonna do with his time? Any recommendations?

 

[GordoDeCentral]

Once you get to a couple months it really isn't all that hard to not miss drinking.

I've done 2 years without a drink before while training hard for competition climbing in my mid-20s, I never even really thought about booze after the first couple months. Didn't miss it at all. The trick is to keep yourself busy doing other things. A lot of drinking happens out of boredom in my opinion.

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So what's he gonna do with his time? Any recommendations?

if he cant do more work for himself, help others, social work is a great way to help yourself

 

[Martin]

if he cant do more work for himself, help others, social work is a great way to help yourself

have you done it?

 

[Enron]

disagree, every single meaningful relationship i have been in the person hated me when they first met me

My girlfriend hated me when she first met me.

 

[Seven]

Are you guys really that bad at assessing these things?

 

[Enron]

Are you guys really that bad at assessing these things?

Not really. She told me she about a couple weeks ago that when we met in May she thought I was an asshole and didn't want anything to do with me.

 

[Nzoric]

Not really. She told me she about a couple weeks ago that when we met in May she thought I was an asshole and didn't want anything to do with me.

I have the same story with my girlfriend. She thought I was an absolute dick for two years until I asked her out a few months ago. Arrogant, lazy, substance abusing and uninterestes were some of the things she thought about me. Also that I actively disliked her from the beginning

 

[Seven]

Not really. She told me she about a couple weeks ago that when we met in May she thought I was an asshole and didn't want anything to do with me.

But now you're fucking. Big surprise. Girl likes dude she thinks is an asshole.

 

[Enron]

But now you're fucking. Big surprise. Girl likes dude she thinks is an asshole.

True, but she doesn't think I'm a jerk anymore. A friend of mine tried to introduce us and I was like "whatever, I'm going to the bathroom". First impressions and all that.

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I have the same story with my girlfriend. She thought I was an absolute dick for two years until I asked her out a few months ago. Arrogant, lazy, substance abusing and uninterestes were some of the things she thought about me. Also that I actively disliked her from the beginning

Mine only disliked me for a couple of months, then there was a month where I didn't see her and then I basically got a fresh start.

 

[Nzoric]

True, but she doesn't think I'm a jerk anymore. A friend of mine tried to introduce us and I was like "whatever, I'm going to the bathroom". First impressions and all that.

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Mine only disliked me for a couple of months, then there was a month where I didn't see her and then I basically got a fresh start.

Good thing you got the fresh start, I had to work hard for mine. Totally worth it if things continue developing like this.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

have you done it?

Yes, I'm planning a new thing these days too

My girlfriend hated me when she first met me.

You just can't tell

 

[Martin]

Yes, I'm planning a new thing these days too

what did you do?

 

[GordoDeCentral]

Are you guys really that bad at assessing these things?

The thing with assessing is that we keep track a lot more of our successful guesses than our unsuccessful ones

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what did you do?

A few programs, tutored kids, taught people how to swim

 

[Martin]

A few programs, tutored kids, taught people how to swim

any survivors?