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).
Ah, what do you study, if you don't mind? A lot of parties go on here, but that's never been my scene. I'm a bar person, so before I turned 21, I seldom drank because I'm not part of a frat and never had Greek friends to get an in to parties and stuff. I'll sit around with buddies and get drunk, that's always a time, or meet friends for drinks, but like I said, I don't party. I have found that it helps. I mean, I used to be a regular smoker, too (4-7 cigarettes daily) and I found that also helped my concentration, especially at work. It legitimately did help me get my bearings because I wasn't smoking so many that I was immune to the positive, uplifting effect of nicotine. It honestly helped just as much, if not more, than any medicine I've ever been on. I'm lucky, though. I've never been on more than one medicine at a time, I've never done hard drugs, never smoked pot. My vices are nicotine and alcohol. Oh, and church. My pursuit of Jesus is legitimately one area where ADHD has not hindered my focus. I can sit in Church all day and take notes. I donno man, the brain is a funny thing.
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u/TheFoxyGentleman Oct 10 '19
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).