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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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[–] Lenins_Cat_Reincarnated@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

People get offended because they know it’s bad for them and you’re showing the restraint that they themselves sometimes wish they’d have.

The other side is that drinking makes them vulnerable and you not drinking puts you in a power position over them. Sometimes predators don’t drink because of that. But obviously that doesn’t justify their reaction to you not drinking.

(This is the perspective of someone who does binge drink occasionally)

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 6 points 3 months ago

Yeah true, I haven’t really thought about it from that perspective. I feel like I’ve always subconsciously avoided those sorts of sober-drunk power dynamics though. I don’t like to be around drunk people. It’s like going to a concert where everyone else is raving but you’re really not feeling it at all. Being the only sober person is an extremely off-putting feeling for me. And I’m not sure if it’s the autism, but bars induce a visceral feeling of disgust. It’s not a moral thing, it just physically feels gross. So if people are going out to drink, I’m not tagging along.