Alcohol is Hurting You

vandaalen · 2014-07-03T21:24:19+00:00

Alcohol abuse has a strong history in the male side of my family. I've been drinking very much for the last 15 years until I finally applied the emergency break 1,5 years ago. It was the best choice I've ever made.

I am not an alcoholic by the medical definition, meaning that I never experienced any physical withdrawl symptoms. I've been a heavy drinker though. My job as a chef de cuisine supplied with sufficient excuses, settings and ressources to do so.

It turned me into a weak, depressed, pathetic, fat and phlegmatic piece of shit withoud self-confidence who would always blame other people for his misfortune and could never see his part in it. If you walk around and all you see is assholes it might be the time to reconsider if it's not you who is the asshole.

The problem with alcohol is that the downward spiral is pretty slow in the beginning and the fall will gain pace over time. Since heavy alcohol consumption is often socially accepted and even glorified until the inevitable negative longterm effects kick in and can no longer be denied by your enviroment it will even be harder to see the truth until it's nearly too late.

In the beginning, you are a very welcome guest at just any party but people will start to turn the further more you drown.

If anybody asked me I would say, that alcohol isn't worth the struggle. Nobody's talking about the whiskey-tasting, the red wine to your dinner or even a couple of beers with your buddies at yopur football barbecue. I mean binge drinking and partying as if there's no tomorrow.

I've been living like a monk for a year after I stopped. This was necessary to re-focus on myself. That was the best year for a very long time. I lost 50 pounds, got back on track, discovered TRP and found out that I am not insane after all and that there are other people who share my believes, I stopped playing video games and excessivly watching crappy Hollywood movies (in fact I always feel bad when doing it now since I feel like I waste time, that I could use sto do something useful), started two business which are just taking pace, I take care very much of myself (even doing face masks and all this stuff I considered expendable), look nearly ten years younger than I am, and people - women in particular - behave in such a different way towards me that it is sometimes beyond believe to me.

I wasted at least a decade on that stuff and I urge you to not follow my way. You don't miss a thing in the meantime. Instead use the time to do what you are told here. Take care of yourself and learn anything you want to learn or just be with people you care about. This is much more valueable than drinking yourself to unconciousness and wasting the next one or two days being hungover and too lazy to do just anything.

veggie_girl · 2014-07-04T05:44:18+00:00

This is just as extreme as the /r/nofap psychos. Moderation is key in all things.

Reliance upon alcohol for "liquid courage" is bluepill if you make a habit out of it. On your first dozen approaches? Nah.

People are trying to make shit complicated that doesn't need to be complicated. Let's step back a little and just say lack of self control = bluepill. So if you are addicted to alcohol or anything else, yeah.. If you aren't addicted and you can control yourself, chances are it isn't inherently bluepill.

TL;DR - Dumb article. Alcohol is alcohol. Addiction = Bluepill.

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PFN_LIST_FUCKED · 2014-07-03T20:40:57+00:00

I hardly drink at all; just out of interest, how many of you are the same?

FrontTooth · 2014-07-03T23:30:39+00:00

Im actually confused on the issue. I know im an alcoholic, a pretty functional one, and i quit drugs so I know I have some control. I never drink too much anymore, I might get drunk but Im done with binge/vodka drinking. Now I just drink til I get the goodfeel and some increased courage, thats enough for me. But I also know its hurting me. It makes you fat. It lowers your testo. I worsens the next day. But how would I quit? Everyone does it. Its a great way to make friends. We germanians have done it for as long as we can remember, its our greatest tradition and an esteemed one. I wish that fking drunkpill would come soon so I can do it but stay healthy.

/rant

RedArgonaut · 2014-07-03T22:17:31+00:00

Some of the greatest writers that ever lived were raging drunks.

daktardoom · 2014-07-04T00:00:28+00:00

Never really had an addictive personality. I used to drink a lot when I used to go out a lot, but once I starting focussing on my career I left that immature shit behind. Now I just like having a drink with friends every now and then. Getting shitfaced as an adult is just sad.

Night--Writer · 2014-07-04T02:26:55+00:00

I've cut back on my drinking but I still sip a bit of scotch a few times a week. Everything in moderation, including moderation.

JonFrost25 · 2014-07-04T02:36:13+00:00

It’s interesting to note that drugs which make you more confident, contemplative, open to experience, intelligent, and masculine – i.e., Cocaine, Hallucinogenics, MDMA

Uhh... lost me there.

itsarusko · 2014-07-03T21:21:45+00:00

This is bullshit.

I like to drink once in a while when I go out to a party, or a big kick back or something like that. I drink 3-8 shots throughout the night, maybe sometimes a couple beers, but I never get WASTED. I maintain a nice 'fucked up' buzz, where I feel good, maintain frame really well, and just have a good time not giving a fuck.

This is about once every two weeks.

I'm not 'turning blue'. I'm not losing frame, i'm not being a retard, i'm not being lazy with the gym. It's not detrimental to my life in anyway. Don't blame the substance, the type of person that would be a fucking retarded drunk, is the type of person that's a fuck up sober too.

Same thing with weed. If you're lazy, stupid, slow, boring without weed, you're going to be lazy, stupid, slow, and boring with weed.

socio_j · 2014-07-04T02:46:16+00:00

Didnt really read the whole article. IDK, at least FOR ME, alcohol is not something positive. Or to be more specific, frequently drinking or binge drinking. Im sure there are people that can have a drink and not have certain problems (I have yet to meet someone that heavily drinks and doesnt have some sort of dilemma in his/her life). But for me, when i used to drink heavily, i was a complete emotional mess. I messed up relationships with some friends, some women and more importantly myself. Later, i realized that even having a few drinks, made me go all bonkers (feeling depressed and filled with self hatred). What I find really saddening is that alcohol is a prerequisite for social interaction. If you dont drink, you are a pussy, not a man, etc. I sometimes get the feeling that people are so emotionally blocked that the need to drink to be able to communicate.

I read an article of a anthropologist that said that alcohol and other legal drugs, are legal because they are functional to the system, there consumption on the wide majority of the population does not pose a threat to the system, unlike, for example, psychedelics that to pose a threat to the system as people who have consumed psychedelics like ayahuasca, go through "change" and free themselves from their traumas and become quiet critical of the system. The anthropologist also stated that alcohol is pretty much a drug for slaves. As it does not elevate you conciousness, nor allow deeper spiritual connections.

Now while I do not think that alcohol consumers are slaves, however, one must question this whole culture that bases its interaction on alcohol. Anyways, in short, if alcohol is not helpful for your development and you still drink heavily then that is really blue pill.

tallwheel · 2014-07-04T08:16:42+00:00

Heavy drinking will also shrink your brain, weaken your heart, and eventually lead to chronic fatigue and dementia.

Yes, but not drinking will shrink your balls, weaken your dick, and eventually lead to chronic mangina.

Seriously, no offense to the redpillers here who choose to not drink, but can you imagine Clint Eastwood or John Wayne's characters not drinking and smoking? Men should do what they want. Obviously, moderation is the way to go. If you can get by without alcohol, then good for you. More power to you. I'll keep my beer and whisky though, thank you very much.

Dreamtrain · 2014-07-03T21:17:30+00:00

I would care about it if I was immortal. I don't really see myself hitting old age where I have to have someone else to wipe my shit anyways

Title	Alcohol is Hurting You
Author	JonFrost25
Upvotes	27
Comments	37
Date	July 3, 2014 7:24 PM UTC (12 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/TheRedPill
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