If Alcohol were an "Upper" rather than a "Downer", It'd probably be the Perfect Drug
So yeah, I also have been drinking a lot more lately as I'm sure a lot of you have as well if you can afford the Alcohol that is, but I'm drinking exclusively at home.
That being said, every time I drink, I always get reminded with my Love-Hate relationship with Alcohol which is probably the only reason I also cannot really become much of an Alcoholic.
The only thing I notice that Alcohol helps a lot more with is if I cannot reduce the stress or anxiety immediately which is sometimes not possible with Caffeine, Caffeine is far more mood-dependent, the alcohol works, but the issues with it compared to other "fixes" are so numerous, along with the fact that it increases your tolerance over time.
But I just absolutely HATE, HATE, HATE the somewhat "drowsy" or out of control feeling and tiredness that often come with the alcohol especially after the buzz wears down, along with feeling dehydrated.
I also hate the fact that alcohol does have a detrimental effect on vitamin and mineral stores as well, so the problem with it is that it has a cumulative effect that can be really detrimental if it gets out of control.
But I think personality types also play a large role on whether Alcohol or other substances are one's "go-to" choice for dealing with stress.
Actually, what's crazier is that I've been drinking more than I ever have suddenly in any previous part of my life at least from the standpoint of it being much more regular, and I just have a weird relationship with alcohol as a whole because it's almost like something I have to prepare or brace myself for, which is not the case when consuming caffeine.
The dehydration factor really annoys me, and it also becomes a seasonal thing for me as well.
I hate drinking alcohol in the winter, while a lot of people drink in the winter to "warm up", it just doesn't seem to settle right with me.
I believe today here where I live that the seasonal "shift" has been relatively on time this year for the End of Summer, which is rare, either it happens too early in August, or otherwise is out of place, but it feels like Autumn is setting in.
I poured over in fact, some German Cherry Brandy today, also known as "Kirschwasser", and this is also traditionally used in making the Black Forest Cake which is also a major favorite of mine.
But today when I had it, because of the weather change, it didn't go down as well, whereas there was a really nice hot day last week where it was like the most refreshing thing ever and I had two glasses over the rocks.
The weather changes everything...
I can't take the alcohol anymore ...way too toxic.
ReplyDeleteI get it, though. People need an escape from this hell.
have you noticed how more people nowadays are unaware of their surroundings and engrossed in their own thoughts (or lack thereof?) or their brain can only focus on one task at a time? Sometimes I wonder if I'm invisible, like I'm in some kind of other dimension, yet when I succeed in grabbing their attention I'm pulled back into their timeline, or if their brains are fried from the vaccines and 5G and they can only focus on one thing at a time, like what's directly in front of them. They live in their own world and have minimal situational awareness. Also, I've noticed how so many people have such limited sensation in their skin, I always know immediately if some fly or insect lands on me or crawls toward me or touches me, even some fruit fly, yet I will be talking to someone and there will be some fly on their arm or even face and they don't notice it. Or maybe the wind will blow some hair or piece of debris on them and they don't notice right away. What is going on?
ReplyDelete@PSA,
ReplyDeleteDid you ever figure out what that glowing green that other girls saw in your eyes during a fit of rage was? Does that have anything to do with like "Berserker" rage or something like that. Just thought of this now.
@John Eston,
DeleteI think that's exactly what it was.
I've never really drank alcohol so I don't really know how it's like. Although to the best of my knowledge it doesn't really seem like it's really worth having unless you get it to an acceptable standard and quality which I presume you do anyway.
ReplyDelete>>I hate drinking alcohol in the winter, while a lot of people drink in the winter to "warm up", it just doesn't seem to settle right with me.<<
Winter has no right to even exist. Everything about winter is so retarded and it has no reason to even be here and you made a great point when you said that even the fact that winter exists is enough of a reason to never have kids among all the other multitudes of reasons.
@zikeKEK,
DeleteIt's crazy because when I start drinking it more again, I also quickly begin to tire of it quickly. Between the end of summer and a few things I was drinking, I'm like bored and sick of it already again...
I don't know how to describe it but from the very first sip, it's always this way, maybe it's our own senses telling us not to drink it, but alcohol (beer / wine / liquor) always just has this very dry feeling when you sip it that doesn't often have that refreshing feeling you get from any other beverage, even if other beverages are unhealthy in their own way.
Yeah I'm also not looking forward to the winter again either.
@PSA
DeleteI never really find that things really truly get "better and better" and there's always a limit to these things, but there is seemingly no limit to how sick and tired I get of things that I even once really enjoyed. Even with music I eventually just start to stop enjoying the same songs and pieces nearly as much and it's very difficult to replicate the "first time" you heard that song.
I don't know what people see in Winter, everything about it sucks and it just makes everything decay.
@zikeKEK,
DeleteEXACTLY. I mean , look at how our bodies are programmed, i.e. between chemicals and dopamine receptors and what not... You build a tolerance that "caps" your pleasure if you have too much caffeine or alcohol or anything, requiring more and more for the same effect.
But notice we NEVER develop a tolerance to pain... Not even slightly. In fact, the pain gets worse as we get older, even for small injuries!
It really makes existence annoying.
Winter isn't easy, but it is a good time to relax a bit because there is little incentive to go out.
ReplyDeleteKey to winter: good hat and gloves, good boots, long johns, 3 plus layers, and don't say anything about it.