January 19, 2016
This A-/B+ list mostly movie actor now that his hit cable show has ended and his movie career has not gone as well as planned likes people to think he is sober. At a recent event he ordered hot tea. He supplemented the tea with some liquor from a flask and proceeded to refill his tea cup with straight booze thereafter.
Jon Hamm
Alcoholism is a terrible affliction. Hope he gets help.
ReplyDeleteI will never understand alcoholics. I can't even drink enough because of how repulsive the taste is to get drunk.
ReplyDeleteConsider yourself lucky.
ReplyDeleteAlcoholism is a terrible disease. People will literally drink bottles of mouthwash or even hand sanitizers if they have to. I can't imagine being that addicted to something.
Ay... it's a terrible disease.
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ReplyDeletesame here....people think I'm nuts. I think people lie. Everyone's mouth has a slab of bitter receptors at the end of our tongues...so if we ingest poison, we gag, and feel like we're going to throw up.
THAT is why alcohol has a bitter taste. EVERY single person on the planet tha that has a working tongue experiences this. now, if you pretend it doesnt exist and keep drinking over and over...then you probably will die down those receptors cause they get so used to it.
Bottomline: people are full of sh/t and just drink to get loose. it isnt about the taste - it never was.
I know that. I still don't understand how people do it.
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ReplyDeleteYou really have to be trying to escape something to drink so much of that crap to the point of inebriation. I'm no stranger to it, I was raised by drunks. I tried to drink some pinot grigio and a pina colada and couldn't finish either because it was too disgusting. I want to get drunk though, just to see what it feels like lol
Here's the condensed version of how it happens. When a person drinks alcohol over a period of time their brain becomes conditioned to it. It's kind of like pushing a button to turn a light on & over time that button is always "on." Once it's "on" it's there forever. Time amount varies due to many factors such as environment, age when started, genetics, trauma/abuse endured, mental illness(es), if male or female, etc. No one knows when/if it'll occur.
ReplyDeleteThe denial that occurs is psychological, AND physiological (brain chemistry, etc changes). Think of people w/ mental illness (b/c addiction IS a mental illness) & how they think they are 'fine.' Combine with the above mentioned changes & you get a picture of how amazing it is that ANY addict ever gets, let alone stays, clean.
There are TONS of drinks that do not taste anything like alcohol (Long Island Ice Tea, Kamikaze, Sex on the Beach, White or Black Russians, liqueurs, etc) & can def get a person tipsy or more.
Finally, alcohol, the drug that has been legalized longest, is (scientifically & statistically) the most dangerous to get off of & creates more health problems than ANY OTHER DRUG. But hey, it's legal, so wtf.
So sorry about how you lived. Read below, maybe it'll help. :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you. I guess I just don't have that switch in my brain for alcohol addiction.
ReplyDeleteEveryone has it. No one's immune. It just takes longer for it to occur in some than others. Addiction is addiction - alcohol is a drug just like heroin, cocaine, meth, etc. It happens easiest when it starts before cognitive areas of brain develop - the earlier person starts drinking/using the more likely they are to become an addict. That, along with trauma, abuse, & mental illness are huge.
ReplyDeleteAnd I tend to believe that while not all are addicts, most people are compulsive at one point or another in their lives.
I hope one day we look at addiction as a mental illness not a moral issue - it would go a long way to finding & using treatments that are more successful than a lot of what is used now.
Love to you. :)
I agree with a lot of what you said here. I cannot stand the taste of alcohol and can't drink much. When I was younger, I was able to drink more but as I get older, I just can't "hang"
ReplyDeleteI also come from a family of addicts so I never really got into alcohol and steered clear of other drugs. I just never wanted to risk it. Life is hard enough.
Someone very close to me struggles with addiction and I have never been so torn in my life. Part of me wants to bolt yet I'm terrified of what will happen when I leave. I see this beautiful man who has spent so long in this battle with alcohol (Which in turn led to other drugs) and it hurts to watch. I try to be supportive but it is true that sometimes one has to help themselves first.
I imagine what he would be like without the damage of addiction. I see what it has done and it kills me. I see what my poor mother had to deal with concerning my dad. I have kids and don't allow anyone around with these issues. In that way, I am not my mother.
Alcohol is the most dangerous drug because it's legal and widely available. Such a misconception to believe that it is safe because it's "legal"
ReplyDeleteSad state of affairs
It's the most dangerous b/c of its properties. They could legalized meth, cocaine, heroin, opiates, benzos, etc & it would *still* be the worst in terms of how it effects the physical body. Most dangerous to detox off of as well bar none.
ReplyDeleteDon't believe the BS check it out.
Did you know that 97% of people who take opiates for pain *never* get addicted?
Don't believe me, check it out. And I'm not talking about 'alternative' sources, either. Straight up scientific studies.
Bunch of media ish...
Oh for fuck's sake. Look, most people aren't addicts. Most people drink socially and can enjoy a few cocktails without any ill effects. Attacks on "demon rum" succeeded years ago and gave us Prohibition which was very useful and lucrative for organized crime.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I'm with THE QUEEN:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3659378/Dame-Helen-Mirren-sunbathes-drinks-excess-eats-French-Fries.html
So sad that so many don't know how to enjoy a drink without being idiots about it.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. Then again, why drink alcohol if not to get drunk?
ReplyDeleteI'm an alcoholic-33 months sober. It has nothing to do with taste- I had to get drunk even if it was warm cheap rum straight from a plastic bottle. What's not to understand about addiction? You sound rather judgmental.
ReplyDelete@crystalmeh you sound brave.
ReplyDeleteAll the best to you
I think there is a Gene involved there that prompts/ encourages Alcoholism.. crossing the line between "ohh, its bitter " to uncontrollable gulping down bottles
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Because for most people, a slight buzz or feeling of relaxation is plenty.
ReplyDeleteThere are two kinds of alcoholism. One is that you drink all the time. The other is that you don't drink all the time, but when you drink you cannot help bit drink until you are falling down drunk. Most of us probably know both types. The second type is more dangerous because they believe they can stop because can go a week or two without a drink but then the next time they are a blackout drunk again.
I'm the second type you mentioned - a recovering binge alcoholic. I'm almost 10 years sober (my sober-versary is actually in 2 days) and I'm consistently afraid of relapsing. However, it's much easier to stay sober when I continually take my med's (I used to self-medicate my major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder with alcohol) and keep seeing my therapist & psychiatrist.
ReplyDeleteSorry, missed this reply last summer. Hope you are doing well with your sobriety.
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