And I’m not going to be some anti-alcohol crusader. Nor do I have any accomplishments of note, obv.
I just very much relate to what you’re posting about and I’d like to not see someone in a similar boat sink needlessly.
I always felt that the Russian and the Irish had a common bond of never breathing a sober breath since the age of 7. Welcome to the fold, bro.
Let’s not forget the Scottish, too. Their country was built on that, in my view, noble principle.
That’s okay, I’m not asking for you to be. May I redirect you to what I asked?
This is the last time I will ask this question. If you continue to answer a different question, I will take that as you saying you don’t want to answer my actual question at this time. That’s okay with me if so 
What is the impact of your behavior when drinking?
Just asking you to take an assessment of the impact of your actions. I am not interested in discussing whether your actions are right or wrong. I don’t think about things in such terms anyway.
I appreciate you sharing as much as you have. As Dodger alluded to, this is helpful for others ITT. I take a lot of value from discussing your experiences without judgment.
Sorry - just re-read the convo and realised that this was very poor understanding on my part. You didn’t phrase it poorly - I just responded to something you didn’t even say.
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I’m not refusing to answer the question. I’m attempting to answer the question the best that I can.
I mean, come on, you know as well as I do, that this question is so vague as to be almost meaningless. It’s like saying “so, what problems do you think your drive to fuck women has caused in your life?”
Ask better questions, get better answers.
I mean - if it’s a tough question to answer, it depends on why. If you can’t really think of anything, maybe you dont have a problem. If the list is too numerous to put in a single post, maybe you do.
For me - the impact of my drinking on other people has generally been pretty positive, which makes cutting back difficult. I’ve mended relationships, said difficult things that needed saying, made drunken donations to charity, etc. I am the classic happy drunk. People tend to like me a lot more when I am drinking - I am a miserable bastard when I am sober.
I don’t think it’s that hard of a question honestly.
You’re clearly not an alcoholic.
Probably not - but my relationship is definitely not healthy
No offense dude, and I like you as a person and as a poster, but I’m not sure you even understand the question.
Drunk people itt.
How much of your identity is in thinking of yourself as an alcoholic?
Do you feel being an alcoholic makes you a more intriguing or dynamic person? Do you think it adds to you and what you are, something of a suit of armor, or does it detract? Do you like being an alcoholic?
All different iterations of the same general question but tossing you a few different takes to edit down what you’d like to answer.
I thought someone would pick me up on that last one. What took you guys so long?
I’ll answer the question properly. Give me a few minutes.
I didn’t even catch that one.
Read everything up until that. Was shopping for my mom, then talked to her for the thousandth time about Trump but this time she said she thought a lot last night and she’s out of politics and thinks I’ve been right all along. Then had to cook dinner for my fam and dab it up.
Sorry I’m late.
I disagree, and I think they are all valid questions in their own right.
This one is easy - yes.
This one is also fairly easy - no, not really. I mean, I kinda look at myself as a junkie. Some people suck on the glass dick, I drink wine, but I don’t think I’m any better than they are.
Getting more difficult. I guess I should split this into two - do I think it *does", and do I think it should. Yeah, I mean, sure, it does. In fact, I do think I am a dull person when I’m sober. Really dull. I don’t talk, I don’t fuck, I don’t do anything. I don’t even drink.
I could write an essay on this. I mean, a lot. The only meaningful relationship I’ve had with a woman, which was for some years was with someone who, in retrospect, I’ve realised, was a bigger alchie than I am (not in quantity, but in effect). I’ve had cravings for alcohol since I was a kid, literally. I used to raid my parents’ whiskey cabinet when I was 11. That’s not to mention all the people in my life who are also raging alchies.
Yeah, I definitely see it as part of my identity.
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Good joke.
Thanks for being honest and introspective on all the answers. (Got one quote wrong but it’s obvious what question it was.)
Makes sense d2.
Thanks for the assist Irish.
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I can’t remember the last time I had sex sober. I think I was probably 15. I’m 38 years old.
Edit: maybe 19.
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I doubt you’re 19.
It’s amazing what the doctors can conjure up these days.
You want to be 19? You can be 19. 250k.
I’d fuck you.
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