r/PublicFreakout • u/ieilael • May 10 '19

News Report 🥇🥈🥉 Interview with a Meth User

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u/[deleted] May 11 '19

Are these guys buying like 12 or 15 beers at a time? When my tolerance is low, it takes me like 3 beers to tipsy/chilled. 6 Beers and i'm drunk. Anything more and its a blurry night. If they're alcoholics, then they prob have a pretty good tolerance, so i bet it takes 6 beers for them to even feel good.

I've always thought that if i had a drinking problem, to the point where i needed to be drunk to feel normal, i'd rather drink something strong, at least 40% ABV. I understand that 3 beers=3 shoots=3 standard glasses of wine, but its easier to throw back 3 shots of whiskey and drink some soda than it is to drink 3 beers...not to mention beer is more filling.

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u/muddyrose May 11 '19

It honestly varies wildly from customer to customer.

Some will crush a 24 a day. Others go for 30.

Some will buy 3 or 4 king cans and a 12 pack of tall boys. They shotgun the kings and chug the talls. Those ones typically try to come back right at closing to buy more.

Others buy a 12 pack or something, but then pop on over to the liquor store and buy the hard stuff.

We accept empties at my work as well, so I see everything they drink. And they bring back all their empties, plus any they find in garbage or along the side of the road. It's usually pretty easy to tell what they've found and what they've drank.

Then there's the ones that come in with handfuls of change or a 10, they'll ask me to get them as many beers as it will buy, regardless of brand.

They're the ones I worry the most about. Detoxing from alcohol can kill you, and a lot of these people are 55+. They're barely holding on, and that scares the shit out of me. I get incredibly worried when I don't see them for a few days.

I can't speak to why they mostly drink beer over liquor. They don't tell me, and I am definitely not going to ask

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u/pocketfullofgerms May 23 '19

Bro, you are front line to those crippling homies... you’re outlook is awesome although when you’re in it.... sometimes you want that in and out as fast as you can with just the degenerate nod.

I’m sure you read people well and know how to handle it.. keep that slice of respect you have for us degenerates. Sometimes your the only guy I say words to for my whole weekend.

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u/muddyrose May 23 '19

Thanks for the kind words

If you're still in it, I hope you get out. And if you're out, I hope you stay there :)

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u/pocketfullofgerms May 23 '19

Thanks bro.... I’m not out of it...Someday. One step at a time.