Now this is being written by someone who was a HEAVY DRINKER, and I mean HEAVY, Jack Black neat in a rocks glass, Miller Lite back every night for about eight years straight.
I sat and drank every night with others and some nights it would seem like nothing I drank would get me drunk, and other nights ...well most of the nights I would be three sheets into the wind.
Your body gets immuned to it just like anything else over time and quanitity and let me tell you I wish I could have had just two drinks and walked away but I was chasing that buzz all night long.
I go 6'2, thin build and I would drink others twice my size under the table many of nights.
Don't try to be the person who can drink the most and don't chase the euphoria feeling I did for all of those years as you will be headed down the wrong path..I PROMISE YOU THAT!
I use to think it was cool that I could drink so much J.D. straight and people use to cringe when they would see me drink a FULL ROCKS glass straight down (were talking about three shots for those of you not familiar with the term) and not miss a beat.
My bartab averaged about $150 a night and I eventually drank a business away, my family, friends and everything I owned, and I mean EVERYTHING, and became homeless.
I won't get into all of the totally dipshit things I would do in blackouts but lets just say one time at a party I stodd in my buddys living room and pissed in his fireplace in front of everyone, and that wasn't the worst.
I finally woke up one day and decided one of two things was going to happen that day...something was going to change or I was going to kiss an Amtrack train.....needless to say I'm writing this so you know I missed the train.
I walked into a rehab and asked for help, and i'm not talking about the Betty Ford clinic...this was a L.A. County run facility..a real shithole but it was the best thing that ever happened to me and I now donate time and money to this place for giving me my life back.
I did the time in county for the DUIs I ran from for six years and understood that I could have killed someone when I was drinking and driving and am grateful to God that I never did.
I have not had a drink in ten years and seven months, my perspective on life is better, I help others less fortunate then myself but best of all I appreciate my life now and all that I have each and every day.
Who gives a shit how much you can drink and if your friends think you're a wimp becuase you don't get shitfaced, passed out drunk.....FUCK THEM!
I use to think I was really cool at how much I could drink especially when I drank others twice my size under the table but when I look back now I wasn't cool I was STUPID..plain and simple.
Anyhoo...maybe this will help you or someone and maybe not, but I thought it should be mentioned if you're thinkiing about coming a power drinker.
Have a nice day
