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Sunday, December 19, 2010

Bad Habits

I am currently sitting in my cousins apartment in Boston after a heck of a weekend.  Last night was a pretty crappy night all in all, but for me at least one moment sticks out above the rest...

For a long time now I have been trying to control my alcohol intake.  When I drink its either drinking socially, or drinking to rage and get drunk.  There is no middle ground for me... bad habit #1.  If I am just drinking socially I do really well, I have a beer or two, enjoy the taste, enjoy my company, enjoy the night, but if I am drinking to party it's sometimes quite a different scenario.

I don't mean that everytime I party I drink heavy and fast, but sometimes I do, and that is still too much.  Last night I started our night in Portsmouth with 2.5 shots of Bacardi 151, about 2 beers and once at the bar had 2 shots of Jager and more beer.  That is way more then I should have had, and I ended up getting really drunk and very loudly arguing with my cousin.  That is the one moment that I regret from last night.  The funny thing is it wasn't even a bad thing, but that's just not who I am.  I was yelling about how I always would have his back no matter what and that it was rediculous that he would ever think that I would take someone elses side above his, which I definitely feel, but the problem was that I don't even really know why I was so loud about it.  I was in his face about it when really there was very little if any reason to actually be addressing that issue.  This is the first time I have ever gotten in someones face, and it wasn't because I was going to fight him or anything, of course not.  But I was basically daring him to accuse me of choosing someone over him.

That was only one, and one of the worst, experiences that I have had because I had drank to much way to fast.   Sometimes I just drink an entire bottle of Jagar of Vodka (750mls) and its really just stupid.  I can handle it fine, meaning I don't throw up or anything but I brown or black out. Another kicker is that I do not need alcohol to have a great time when I go out.  I have gone out many times and just danced, and had a better time then if I had been drinking...Good Habit #1

So here is my thoughts, alcohol, when consumed as fast and as much as I consume sometimes, is terrible for my mind and body.  I really have no reason to drink aside that alcohol is so prevelent in our society that it seems to be bordering on brainwashing us with it.  I am extremely rarely a bad drunk, but when it happens it makes me stop and wonder.  So my plan for now is to continue to try to stop the times when I just pound alcohol.  I have better times drinking socially and I need to keep working on that.

The solution to this is that nope, I am through with being like a frat boy with alcohol.  I am going to enjoy it responsibly from now on.

On a side note, I tend to be very all or nothing.  With food, I sometimes just gorge on it.  I eat fine 90% of the time, but 10% is either me skipping meals or me gorging on what I have.  These two things are two of the only vices I have and am going to work on.  And no, I am not worried about either of them.

Mood: Trying to be determined

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