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alcoholics usually have some deep emotional issues that trouble them and make them return to drinking over and over again -- i read of some study that said that 90% of alcoholics see no purpose in life (as do nearly 100% of drug users)
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<p>This is not true. Go talk to a doctor, preferably one who specializes in these things.</p>
<p>I used to do 15-20 shots a night to get a decent inebriated state. That will get you nice and inebriated.</p>
<p>Seriously, don't overdo it though. I've learned my lesson. I don't drink anymore, maybe an occasional shot or two but not in a long time have I drank. </p>
<p>It's retarded to be completely drunk. You don't remember anything, and it's pointless. You wake up the next morning with puke in your mouth and possibly urine soaked pants if you still have pants. </p>
<p>I learned my lesson after my friend and I decided to kill a 2 liter bottle of Skyy ourselves. We blacked out and puked our faces out the next morning. Bile came out and everything and we blew chunks. We must've lost 10-15 lbs from puking and being dehydrated as hell. We both could not walk and were stuck in bed for probably 5 days unable to eat because our stomachs were so irratated that we would puke anything ingested back out. It's not a good feeling.</p>
<p>The problem I have encountered, and most of my friends who drink as well, is that when you are sober you know all the responsible things to do: Keep an eye on your own drink. Drink a lot of water. Don't mix different types of alcohol. Don't drive no matter what. Stop when you aren't in control anymore. But when you have a couple drinks in you and are getting tipsy, the first thing that goes is your judgement, and you convince yourself, and let others convince you, to do things you shouldn't do -- they might be as harmless as breaking your diet, or as serious as driving home because you "feel fine". The easiest thing to do is think, "Two drinks feel good, eighteen must feel great!" Its a slippery slope even for very levelheaded people. </p>
<p>That's why, if I am going to be drinking, I try to make provisions beforehand for my transportation and my safety, knowing that once I'm in the situation I won't be making the best desicions. That doesn't mean I get *****faced every time I drink, but you can actually have a lot more fun and in a responsible way if you have a designated driver, who also plans on watching your drink. I'm a big believer in babysitters. You may think you can hold your liquor but stuff happens. If your friends are good friends, they will babysit you (meaning be your designated driver and make sure you don't set down your drink or drink something from a dubious source) in exchange for a night of being babysat themselves.</p>
<p>cavalier, any doctor will tell you that alcoholism results from a combination of psychological and physical factors -- the fact that alcoholics and drug addicts can force themselves to seek out help and stop their addiction is strong evidence in favor of their addiction being very greatly influenced by psychological factors -- and no doctor will be able to tell you the biological basis of how alcoholism develops and establishes -- yet he or she will tell you that it correlates well with depression in family and things like altered serotonin levels in the brains of the affected people</p>
<p>OR........... you can just not drink..</p>