#tw // alcohol

[gameguy20100]

To my American followers, you have my sympathy.

I intend to dedicate some time to you all in the traditional British way. Getting really, really drunk.

First round is on me. Gods know you will need it.

[grahamnonspacer]

Hey so im going to start drinking

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i also would like 2 point out that i find it so fukin weird that ppl talk abt like how they think substances should b more controlled but then like don't mention how most big shops where u would go 2 buy groceries hav an entire section of the shop dedicated 2 alcohol and when u go 2 pay there's lighters and packs of cigarettes behind the counter

imo alcohol and cigarettes r better examples of products that contain addictive substances that r legal that r not being regulated properly, like i don't get y ppl always go after medicine? like bruh

like okay, u can argue that adults should b able 2 buy some smokes and a drink, sure whatever that's not my point, my point is that while CBD is legal 100% where i live i hav 2 actually go onto a online shop 2 buy it, in other countries where it's been legal 4 longer there r physical shops that r specifically 4 that stuff, it's not in the same shop as the fucking groceries that i need 2 buy in order 2 eat and live

i agree that ppl should b allowed 2 do what they want w their bodies 100% i just think that in the case of alcohol and cigarettes they r kinda showing up in places that they mayb shouldn't just bc of it being the norm 2 b able 2 go into any grocery shop and get some alcohol and cigarettes and that becoming an expectation, idk i just think that they should mayb b exclusive 2 areas (like bars or smoking areas) or shops (like smoke shops) where it's specifically 4 that and ppl who r trying not 2 relapse r not gonna hav 2 deal w getting triggered just trying 2 get groceries

tbh as a former alcoholic tho yeh 4 me it was also abt being unhappy, i was in a situation where i had been taught that the only time i was allowed 2 express my emotions was when i had been drinking

that being said tho it is very triggering 4 me 2 go into a shop and just c an entire isle of the shop dedicated 2 alcohol and then hav 2 sometimes go past there bc of there not being enough room 2 go a different way

idk it's late and im rambling so hopefully this makes sense

Curious about something you mentioned in your post last week, you said that in your opinion all drugs should be legal and I’m curious about how that would be a positive at all? Like I get weed bc it’s pretty harmless but when I think of drugs I think of cocaine and heroin, which have destroyed so many lives. If it was widely available wouldn’t that end up hurting more people than helping? That’s just my opinion but I’m curious on the other side

I do think all drugs should be legal. This is said knowing that addiction runs in my family and that the only reason my older sister is my *sister* is due to drug use and addiction. Otherwise she'd be my cousin.

Making drugs illegal does not stop people from getting high. It does not stop drug related crime. And it certainly does not stop drugs from tearing families apart.

Addiction is a symptom of a larger problem. Solve the problem and the addict problem goes away. Solve the addict problem and drugs stop ruining lives and destroying families and creating massive amounts of drug related violence. Places that have roled out decriminalization strategies effectively have seen an overall reduction in crime rates across the board, a reduction in recreational drug use, and a reduction in bloodborne illness like HIV. Creating safe needle exchanges as well as safe places to get high with medical staff onhand has also created a locale where very few people die from overdose.

Most people hear "decriminalize all drugs" and think I mean a free-for-all. I don't. I think the drug market should be regulated. I don't think you should be able to get ketamine or heroin over the counter at a walmart like you can get asprin. But I think it's time to stop putting people in jail for getting high.

My aunt tore her life and her family and her health apart for years while she was addicted to heroin. My sister, her daughter, needed to be removed from her care due to the amazingly bad choices she made as a mother due to her addiction and her prioritizing drugs over the health and safety of her daughter. My aunt has had multiple heart attacks from the damage the constant drug use did to her body.

My aunt is more than a decade sober and do you know why? It's not because she got a wakeup call when her daughter was taken away, because at the time she willingly and freely signed her over to my parents because that got her "out of [her] hair". It's not because she had a heart attack, because she went right back to it the moment she was out of the hospital. It's not even because she spent time in rehab and prison, because the moment she was out she was using again.

No, my aunt got sober because her life changed. She was put on a better pain management plan. She got out of her shitty marriage to her shitty husband. She completed some education to make her more hireable so she didn't have to rely on less than safe means of paying her bills. She reconnected with my sister and reforged their relationship once she was 18. She bought her own house. She found love with someone who didn't give a shit about her past and brought out the best in her.

My aunt was a deeply unhappy person. Heroin made life more tolerable for her. Until she couldn't tolerate life without it. Until she'd do anything, anything, to get her next high.

A lot of addicts are addicts because they are self-medicating for something else and their drug of choice has chemical properties that makes their brains crave it more. If you fix the "deeply unhappy" part, you create a healthier environment for that addict to take control over their life again. Without it, they are far more likely to continue to relapse.

Knowing this, why would I then want to add the threat of prison and jailtime- life-ruining things themselves- to an addict's list of concerns?

Look up rat park sometime. In the rat paradise, drugged water was freely offered, and occasional a rat here or there would take a hit or two, but rarely enough to even get high and almost never habitually. Addiction literally didn't exist even though the rats were taking addictive substances. But the rats in cages, seperated from each other, with no enrichment, crammed into small spaces and stressed to hell? Those rats took hit after hit after hit until they overdosed and died. The addict rats were deeply unhappy. The drugs were their only escape. The paradise rats had to be lured in with sweetened drugs to even consider and even then they rejected them. The caged rats did not need sweetner, even though the drugs made the water bitter.

If we can see such a stark difference in rats having their needs met vs rats experiencing isolation and stress, what would happen if we showed human addicts the same consideration?

I think a lot better results than continuing to jail deeply unhappy and desperate people for doing the only thing they can think of to cope.

[the-raccoon-empire]

My family turned waiting for the election results into a drinking game. The only bad thing is I'm surrounded by six Trump supporters who think I voted for Trump. I'm drunk rn and am laying in bed because I'm more of a lightweight than others in my family lol. How are other people doing?

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[yamujiburo]

Ugly

[All comics in order here]

[anonpolls]

Bonus! Please put in the tags where you are from and if your situation was common where you are from!

Thanks, Anon!

-submit your poll!-

[it-happened-once-in-a-meme]

if they drank it with their usual amounts of alcohol

yeah all the GOT and HOTD characters are badass but im pretty sure they wouldve all had a heart attack if you gave them a sip of soda

[attyrocious]

like hiring a horse to dogsit

[first-frost-fallen-snow]

Raye didn't show how much it hurt when Colossus was planted firmly between him and his husband, no matter how difficult it was. He followed Ed's lead on the pacing, not wanting to hurt him somehow. He forced himself to look away from Ed, taking in the scenery of the world around them. It didn't make him feel small. It didn't make his heart sink or yearn to hold his husband's hand. He swore it didn't, because if it did, he wouldn't be able to stop himself from looking miserable.

"It's just a couple blocks down." He said, as if none of it mattered. He gestured down the street towards the park, starting to lead the way. He didn't try to initiate conversation - this was an escape from him, after all. Ed likely didn't want to think about the fact that Raye was right there.

Was there truly no way to fix this? Was he doomed to mess up on every turn? Ed would never feel comfortable around him. He needed a drink. If only he could find a hotel to stay in so he could be drunk and miserable without forcing Ed to see it. His job unfortunately wouldn't allow that.

Maybe he could get them both something sweet. A treat to ease tension. Now that was a good idea, he was getting somewhere. All he had to do now was find something that wouldn't instantly kill Ed.

"We're married"

《 from Raye Penber @first-frost-fallen-snow because that would be the funniest route to me also sorry for like disappearing I was focusing on moving out and now my fatigue is killing me 》

Ed awoke for once not slumped over his keyboard, yet also not in the empty apartment he'd moved into when he first moved to Japan. Though he supposed technically, the apartment he was in belonged to him, as did the bed he lay in, though both truly belonged to the man laying next to him. He squinted at the clock on his nightstand, at red LED numbers so blurry, only years of practice allowed him to decipher the time without having to put his glasses on. He still had time before he had to get up, a couple of hours before he had to get to work.

A flash of gold on the nightstand drew his eyes from the clock to the ring next to his glasses. It was the only piece of jewelry he owned, and far more expensive than anything he would ever purchase for himself. There was a similar ring on the other nightstand on the opposite side of the bed that belonged to the other occupant--Raye Penber.

Ed... still didn't know what to make of his new situation, let alone the man he was now legally bound to. He didn't hate him, certainly, though whether he trusted him was yet to be decided. Their marriage hadn't been Ed's idea, nor had it been Raye's. A necessity to facilitate the Kira investigation, it had been called, and Ed had only begrudgingly agreed to it for fear of opposition somehow being used against him as evidence and landing him in prison.

Thought of their marriage left an uneasy feeling in his stomach. He'd sworn when he got his job at Encom, and finally escaped his father's control that he would never put himself in any sort relationship where there was a power imbalance and they were not equals. He wouldn't put himself in a situation where he could be abused again. And yet here he was, a foreigner, far from anyone he could call a friendly face, barely understanding the language and culture, and though their partnership was supposed to be one of equals, it didn't feel that way.

Not that he had anyone on the other side of the Pacific he could call for help if he was able, anyway. His therapist, maybe. Though he didn't trust that the call wouldn't be monitored. Or an old rival, if he was desperate.

He felt trapped. He was relying on a man he barely knew to keep him from being falsely accused of mass murder. He was at risk, not just from his partner, but from the people in charge of the investigation as well, People he felt like were treating the investigation as nothing more than a game, where both his and his partner's lives were nothing more than disposable pawns.

How strange it was, that such a tiny band of metal could hold so much meaning. To others, it would have been a symbol of joy as bright as it's polished surface, but to Ed it had just replaced the physical handcuffs that had bound him to his legal partner to with a symbolic one.

[existennialmemes]

Drinking Game for The US Presidential Debate- Rules:

Do not actually watch the debate

Drink a lot

Look at the memes about it tomorrow

Drink some more

[bisexualgoth]

bonus: say in the tags how old u were in the tags + what's your legal drinking age or, if u never drunk before, feel free to say your age too + why, if you have a reason why you don't drink!

[funkle420]

Chilchuck? More like ChilDRUNK!

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[chwylaven]

Lamb gets a little tipsy °-°

They're such a freak being into eldritch Nari (affectionate)

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