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Why do people get drunk if it makes you feel like s**t afterwards?

Posted - December 10, 2018

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  • Because it makes you feel good while you're drunk and the way you feel afterward might be worth it. Plus, if you re-hydrate and sober up before going to bed you might feel fine the next morning. That's what usually happens with me. 
      December 10, 2018 1:22 PM MST
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  • It's blackouts and having others fill me in later that I miss the least.
      December 10, 2018 1:36 PM MST
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  • 22891
    cause they dont care that theyre going to feel that way afterwards
      December 10, 2018 1:38 PM MST
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  • 5354
    Yes you feel bad after, but durig, you feel good
      December 10, 2018 3:21 PM MST
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  • 4631
    addiction

    (Not always, but if that person's not an addict yet, chances are they will become one.)



    This post was edited by inky at December 11, 2018 7:06 AM MST
      December 10, 2018 4:10 PM MST
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  • 5808
    hahaha...indeed
      December 10, 2018 5:38 PM MST
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  • 13251
    People getting drunk might make THEM feel like $hit, but it has no such effect on me.
      December 10, 2018 5:41 PM MST
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  • 10026
    I have heard it be called "liquid courage."  Other times it is to fit in a crowd like at a fraternity/sorority party.  That same rule applies in high school too.  All the "cool kids" are doing it.  Peer pressure.... that's it.
    As Nom de Plume said, after doing it for so long and adjustments your body makes to break it down, etc., it does become an addiction. 
    There is status and prestige, too. Your daddy did and your mommy and your uncles and all the people on the tv and blah, blah, blah... 
    What some have not mentioned was some of us like the taste.  I do.  Don does.  We don't drink to get drunk.  We drink because it is part of a habit we have that allows us mentally to relax.  I am sure the alcohol is not part of that.  The act of doing it is a mental process.  The alcohol isn't doing either of us any favors.  That is an entirely different topic.  


    Feeling sick the next day goes to show it is a poison to your body.  You can prevent that feeling however and make it easier on your body by drinking water along they way of your booze intake and before going to bed taking vitamin B, vitamin C, and aspirin.  One of two depending on your stomach and physical size.





      December 10, 2018 6:03 PM MST
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  • 44173
    I'll drink to that.
      December 10, 2018 7:34 PM MST
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  • 7280
    Alcohol tends to decathect the superego.  It's an effective way to shut down mom's and dad's voices. For some "feeling like sh*t" is a small price to pay for a break.  
      December 10, 2018 6:32 PM MST
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  • 44173
    Decathect?
      December 10, 2018 8:14 PM MST
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  • 7280
    It's a term from Transactional Analysis (TA)  Essentially it means "disconnect" or "disengage."
      December 10, 2018 11:01 PM MST
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  • I never felt like crud afterward, because I alternated my alcohol with glasses of water, took tylenol beforehand, and kept hydrated afterward.   I take that back. I had only one hangover when I was younger, and it was because I didn't do all of the above.   Maybe it was all in my head, but it worked for me, and that was all that counted at the time.
      December 10, 2018 6:37 PM MST
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  • 22853
    I'm totally sober and feel like s**t at the moment.

    But, to answer your question, I've never drunk so much that I ended up feeling that way.

    :)


    This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at December 10, 2018 7:40 PM MST
      December 10, 2018 7:06 PM MST
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  • 44173
    Mayhap you should...just sayin'.
      December 10, 2018 7:36 PM MST
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  • 22853
    Yes. You're not the first to suggest that a glass of wine or something would do me some good.


      December 10, 2018 7:41 PM MST
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  • 44173
    Mellows you out...no worries or cares. You don't have to get plastered, though. Better if someone is with you.
      December 10, 2018 7:50 PM MST
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  • 22853
    I certainly have people in my life with whom I could share a drink.
    :)

    I'm no tee-totaler or whatever the word is -- I love vodka and grapefruit juice.
      December 10, 2018 7:57 PM MST
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  • 44173
    I'd have a few with you...you are one of the good guys.
      December 10, 2018 8:00 PM MST
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  • 22853
    Thank you, Element 99.
    :)
      December 10, 2018 8:02 PM MST
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  • 44173
    Just don't talk about movies LOL.
      December 10, 2018 8:03 PM MST
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  • 22853
    Yeah, good point.
    :)
      December 10, 2018 8:08 PM MST
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  • 44173
    Because they feel like S*** before they start drinking. I haven't had a hangover in 40 years.
      December 10, 2018 8:17 PM MST
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  • 10026
    Goodness, Gracious!!!  

    I know what you are meaning to say.

    "Why don't we invite Merlin to have a drink with us?" 

    See how easy that was?  A little booze and belief in one another always bring the ones to trust near.
    :D! :D!




      December 11, 2018 1:57 PM MST
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