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Alcohol fuckin sucks(CW: substance abuse) (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Cummunism@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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Got back from family vacation, got on the dreaded Facebook, found out the woman who was my first gf 12 years ago, and subsequently a friend I talked to pretty frequently, had died of liver failure at 33 years old.

Looking back on it, when she was drinking 12 years ago it just seemed like a fun time. I didn't know she sustained that pace for a decade plus. Some other things took a toll too, like an eating disorder.

Anyways, I am fuckin sad, fuck alcohol, it's as bad as heroin but capitalism gotta make that $$$$$

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[–] FOSS_Propagandist@hexbear.net 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I consider myself lucky that my body started outright rejecting alcohol around 25. Prior to that I was drinking about 3 liters of liquor a month. Half a beer triggers a multiple day migraine now. It's the perfect excuse to not drink as well, so if you're getting pressured feel free to use it.

[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

Similar story for me. It wasn't always a migraine trigger, but then one day it was always a migraine trigger.

[–] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It has probably saved my life many times over that I have a strong chance of going directly to hangover when I drink, the fun effects completely skipped over, often enough and badly enough to develop Pavlovian aversion. If my body allowed me the loop of feeling good or normal as long as I'm topped up, I think I would always be in danger.