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[JonLP24]

My post probably wasn't clear due to misunderstandings. My post meant to focus on blackouts and the hidden dangers behind them which was as good as reason for me to either slow down or quit (I practically have--alcohol use is very rare for me)

[Skittles]

1. sorry, I do not think you should drink at all

I think you're flirting with disaster each time you drink

[jmowreader]

2. You do that after just a couple of beers?

Quit drinking. If you're that sensitive to it, it could very well kill you.

[JonLP24]

3. In response to both posts

I say I only drink a couple now when I do, usually just to watch a game.

The blackouts I describe took place in 2008.

[raccoon]

4. I don't think you should drink at all either.

I only drink these days to spend time at a bar (to watch a game for example) or to relax every now and then as I'm often stiff due to a lot of stress and anxiety I experience these days but the side effects from heavy drinking doesn't ever make it desirable.

I've heard of too many who did that...and ended up drinking heavily again.

[JonLP24]

6. I have a name removed here

Basically I took stock one night thinking of some notable life moments.

All this was from 2008. I'm at a very low risk for developing a drinking problem, its just that at-the-time there were times were I was a basket case socially so I sometimes drank just to have normal social interactions, it isn't so much of a problem any more.

I think 1 time I got I overextended myself drinking when the summer heat kicked my ass--see I never came across another substance that made me feel so ill quit like alcohol, too much I'm slurring, can't walk straight, my day ends. If I'm a little too drunk, I quickly want to be sober again.

Alcohol is nice but the problem with alcohol is too much alcohol. Even then, I'll drink once in a blue moon but it isn't something I seek out. My mom's roommate was an alcoholic who always had vodka in stock and always offered me drinks which is why the summer heat + hangover was an issue, other than that it's usually been a 24 ounce.

Its not that I'm trying to justify my drinking, I hardly ever drink. I don't like alcohol very much, so many other substances don't effect my memory, judgment, coordination, and aren't as nauseating.

I really don't know why I did share what I did but the thing is I can't do anything to change what happened and it is a one sided view against me, there were so many stressors and was badly unfairly mistreated, and I was far from the only one to develop a drinking problem almost immediately following deployment.

Like I said, I can't change anything but I would do things differently, a big reason why it is personally unlikely for me to a develop a drinking problem is I like to be in control of my actions. I don't want to wind up in a prison cell or worse over something I can't remember.