Posted by Mark H. on March 1, 2002, at 20:18:02
In reply to Re: Alcohol Question » Mark H., posted by Elizabeth on February 28, 2002, at 17:00:52
Hi Elizabeth,
Thank you for your response. That was just my point as well. I have not had a drink now in a little over 20 years, and to this day, I cannot imagine why someone would enjoy drinking "socially" when they could get drunk instead.
That's part of why I believe it really is a "gene" and not a character trait or personality flaw. I see people walk away from their drinks and forget they are there -- when I drank, if other people left drinks lying around, I tended to finish them.
I think that those of us with the gene need to abstain. It's too bad, because it changes everything, but in the end, how else can we live responsibly? By the time I quit, I was having blackouts. Those who haven't experienced them sometimes think they're imaginary, but I can assure you that they are quite real.
One second you are in one place doing something, and literally the next second you are somewhere else, and the clock says several hours have passed. The first time it happens you think someone is playing a trick on you, setting your watch ahead. Slowly you have to face that you have literally "lost" that time, and you have no idea what you did, where you were, what you said... anything.
Do I now think I had a problem with alcohol back when I still drank? You bet I do.
Warm regards,
Mark H.
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