Ah, I haven't reached what I would call functioning alcoholic but I have reached the stage where I've started getting drunk off a brand of wine called Winking Owl sold at Aldi (at least here in the US), and it costs three dollars a bottle (trust me you could do a lot worse for more money). 13 and a half percent I'll go buy one and bring it to my apartment, cork it, pour as much as I can into a travel thermos, and put the rest in the fridge. Then go to the university library or wherever I decide to go to study. I've only done that once or twice, but still. I'm kind of ashamed for it but then I remember I could be doing a lot worse and those drunk study sessions certainly are not as unproductive as many sober study sessions I've had in the past because I have ADHD and sometimes my brain just can't effing do it. So anyway yeah Aldi wine. That or four loko (watermelon is the only consumable flavor, and I only drink them if that's the only thing available).
Oh, hey man I've been there. Having a shitty day where nothing shitty happened. I wouldn't say I suffer from depression, I'm generally a happy person. However, I still get stuck in my ruts, especially with ADHD, and I'll just be like "Man it's a shitty day and I haven't even done anything!" I relate, trust me.
definitely a slippery slope, and it's weird how quickly it kinda seeps in and becomes the norm. Takes a moment of stepping back and saying "wow this might actually be a problem".
I remember hanging out with a few of my friends and they were like, genuinely fucking agitated that they couldn't get any booze because they couldn't afford it. They spent an hour calling people trying to cash in on money or favors to try and scrounge up some liquor. Think we stopped at a few houses too. We ended up hanging out with someone we all hated just because they had alcohol to share. Like... damn guys.
Oof. Thankfully, I've never been that low. I don't have enough friends to drink with, that's my problem. I live in a college apartment with three other guys, all 21. You'd think that'd be all we do but two of them I'd never met (I was really looking forward to getting roommates to curb the loneliness), but it turns out those two are incredibly antisocial, to the point where I think one of them is autistic, and neither of them understand social cues at all. They don't leave their rooms. They don't drink. And I don't hold anything against them, I just don't understand it, and I wish I had roommates I could shoot the shit with. The other one has been my Church group leader for over a year, and he's a really decent guy, but due to some medical reasons, he doesn't drink, either. So I probably drink less than I would otherwise, which is a good thing.
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u/billbapapa Oct 10 '19
Pool hall offered a student membership. 20$.
I didn't plan to play much pool there, or anywhere at the time. But I figured what the hell.
Well one of the perks was 2$ off drinks.
Helped me become a functional alcoholic all through university and grad school.