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ALCOHOLISM'S NOT AS FUN AS YOU'D THINK

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I drink. A lot. Sometimes I throw up. Sometimes I black out. Sometimes I yell at people for hours on end. After one particularly contentious weekend spurred on by drinking, I went to see a therapist. I recounted some of my life to him. “I can’t figure out your entire life in fifteen minutes, but I can tell you shouldn’t drink anymore.” When an objective outsider hears your life story and comes up with “alcoholic,” it’s time to listen.

So I tried being sober. It sucks. First of all, there’s the social aspect. Sitting in a bar on trivia night sipping an O’Douls while your friends finish off pitcher after pitcher of beer makes you feel stupid. And jealous.

Worst of all, my girlfriend loves to drink. A whopping 5’3”, she’ll throw down a bottle of wine at the drop of a hat. We went to a concert at the Hollywood Bowl and she finished off a 750mL of merlot while I choked down some Fre, the new non-alcoholic wine by Sutter Home. Imagine a glass of wine with all the alcohol taken out and then mixed with Welch’s. That’s called grape juice. Which I haven’t drank since I was five.

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  • bumpy187 says:
    October 22, 2008 2:26pm Your not that witty, drunken dumbshit.
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  • dipper says:
    October 22, 2008 5:39pm just smoke pot instead dude. less messy.
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  • Frank says:
    October 22, 2008 6:25pm You're a fucking MORON. If you're not smart enough to be funny, you're retarded. Keep off the juice, fucknut.
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  • shelby says:
    October 22, 2008 6:49pm bitter. funny.
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  • Melissa says:
    October 23, 2008 8:24am bumpy187, when insulting someone, please check your spelling.
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  • db says:
    October 23, 2008 4:37pm i think you're right...drinking's fun. nice job. were you going to start drinking before or after you wrote this?
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  • snuffyjohnson says:
    October 28, 2008 4:10pm Hey, Frank and Bumpy -- lick my scrotum. How's that for witty?
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  • mister poopfart says:
    November 08, 2008 9:42am QUOTE: "So I tried being sober. It sucks. First of all, there’s the social aspect. Sitting in a bar on trivia night sipping an O’Doul’s while your friends finish off pitcher after pitcher of beer makes you feel stupid. And jealous. " . . . . . . I don't agree with this one at all ... I'm 35 and I've only drank alcohol 5-6 times, yet I've 'hung out' with people and kids that drank since I was in high school ... I've sat with my friends with a cherry-coke in front of me while they polish off hundreds of dollars of beer many times - in fact, there isn't a down side to it at all ... several bars will even give free soft drinks to 'sober drivers' all night long ... and you don't have to worry about DWI's, leaving your car at the bar, calling and paying for a taxi or a hangover ... I've never once been looked at funny or been pressured into drinking - it's always the same thing - 'cool, I wish I could quit' - or 'cool, more for us' - or 'wow, you're a cheap date' ... if you're an alcoholic that's a different story, and I can only imagine the hell you would go through with an O’Doul’s in front of you while the rest of the table has beer, but if it's an embarrassment thing, you're WAY off on this one . . I think this is just like smoking ... whenever someone politely offers me a cigarette and I tell them I don't smoke, they say something like "really?? - jeez, I wish I could quit too, I wish I wouldn't have ever started" ... same with drinking, many drinkers will tell you that they actually envy you for not being controlled by it ... learn to have fun WATCHING the drunk people - and I KNOW that drunk girls are a lot easier to score with when you have the advantage of not being shitfaced yourself ... whiskey-dick isn't something I'd ever like to get - give it a try sometime
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