memes @lemmy.world The Picard Maneuver @lemmy.world 1 wk. ago

Celebrating or coping today?

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Sounds a lot like alcoholism.
- Could just like beer, you know
  
  Supreme Court candidate material
- Maybe, but this is pretty common. Getting a drink to celebrate a good day, vs getting a drink after a bad day because you deserve it.
  
  If either outcome leads to alcohol, that's problematic.
- Nah if you can drink one beer and be done you're not an alcoholic.
  
  If you're getting shitfaced every night that's a different story.
  
  If you need to have a beer every night that sounds a lot like dependency.
- For me it's not so much that I want alcohol as it is I want to not be stressed out. Alcohol facilitates that. I can de-stress without it but I rarely have the time I would need to do after a workday. Having a beer/drink when I get home gets the ball rolling so I can enjoy things again rather than just sit around with fried nerves.
  
  I'm an alcoholic and reading your replies you are definitely one too. "I can take it or leave it" is such an addict thing to say. Also drinking doesn't help with stress, it just kicks the can down the road making it harder to deal with in the future
  
  Yeah, that's alcoholism.
- I was in this picture. One or two, maybe even three tall ones every evening, for years. And then I discovered untappd and drinking became gamified. A beer while watching TV can't be alcoholism, right?
  
  For a while I'd been noticing things like a lack of energy and interest, bad sleep, being irritable and impulsive, and bad memory. After a while I had to take magnesium and other supplements. I just considered it all side effects of aging.
  
  Now I've switched to alcohol free beer since about 2 months and every day I'm surprised how much better the QOL already is. I feel fully rested, feel more confident at work, can remember stuff my kids talk about. For lack of a word, I feel more present.
  
  And that experience completely changed my opinion about drinking alcohol regularly.
- There's always a choice not to drink.
  
  i rarely choose not to drink, but i often forget to drink.
- Came in to say this... just making an excuse whether positive or negative to drink alcohol.
  
  Came in to say this
  
  Two inevitabilities on Lemmy -
  
  Mention a problem with Windows. Reply -
  
  I don't have this problem because I have Linux
  
  Mention anything about alcohol. Reply -
  
  Oh my god it's a poison, how dare you like the taste?!?
  
  *Rips bong, not realising the mental health problems it'll cause them later in life
God gives his tastiest beers to his drunkest drivers.
Getting bevved is the cause of and solution to all of life's problems.
"Did you ever, under the influence of alcohol, question the teachings of the Mormon church?"
- Lmao where is this from it sounds hilarious
  
  The office, Meredith's intervention. Moroccan Christmas episode 😁
This is so real and is why I stopped drinking. It’s like uhhhh I can be apathetic without the expensive pisswater
- That's why I drank cheap piss water when I drank!
  
  Ahh.. there’s no such thing as cheap piss water in my country
Down with alcoholism!
- I'll drink to that.
- I'm also down with alcoholism
Why you got to @ me like that bro?

Beer is delicious, but because it's not good for us we need excuses to drink it.

If you're wondering if I'm monologuing, have a personality disorder, or speaking to society as a whole, the answer is yes
Uh oh, they're becoming self-aware...

Quickly, arrange a social gathering! That way they have to drink.
Some drink to remember, some drink to forget.
Especially after the Euro 2024.
Yeah this realisation came about at the time I realised beer was taking more than it was giving, even when I wasn't getting buzzed.

Now I'm in this picture, but with like hibiscus vs camomille tea rofl
- Chamomile tea is great.
  
  I would've figured you to favour the Earl tbh
I'm in this photo and I don't like it
CONSUME
Now there's a watermark I'd be in support of removing
Cows drink beer?
- This one does
  
  I’m down with that. Go cow!
I believe it was Napoleon who said of champagne, "In victory, you deserve it; in defeat, you need it."

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