http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/2009/08/31/drunk-sex-how-i-miss-you-sometimes-anyway/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:03:01 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/2009/08/31/drunk-sex-how-i-miss-you-sometimes-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-214 non-drinker Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:10:31 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/?p=551#comment-214 I gave up drinking recently too, for different reasons. I thought I would miss it more than I do. Drinking always made me feel out of control (even if it was only one or two drinks) and it's nice to know I am always in control of my faculties, and I don't get that annoying room spinning feeling anymore. What I used to like about drinking was that it made me less anxious socially (I have social anxiety), less worried (I'm always worried about something) and it made me feel a little high. But since so many social gatherings tend to take place in bars, it is a little weird. I recently ordered a few non-alcoholic drinks somewhere and the bartender looked at me like I was from Planet Weirdo. I never combined drinking and sex though. Just never thought to mix the two. Probably would have been fun though. But it's good to take charge of your life and decide there are things you don't want to do anymore because you don't like the way they make you feel. So, good for you! I gave up drinking recently too, for different reasons. I thought I would miss it more than I do. Drinking always made me feel out of control (even if it was only one or two drinks) and it’s nice to know I am always in control of my faculties, and I don’t get that annoying room spinning feeling anymore. What I used to like about drinking was that it made me less anxious socially (I have social anxiety), less worried (I’m always worried about something) and it made me feel a little high. But since so many social gatherings tend to take place in bars, it is a little weird. I recently ordered a few non-alcoholic drinks somewhere and the bartender looked at me like I was from Planet Weirdo. I never combined drinking and sex though. Just never thought to mix the two. Probably would have been fun though. But it’s good to take charge of your life and decide there are things you don’t want to do anymore because you don’t like the way they make you feel. So, good for you!

]]> http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/2009/08/31/drunk-sex-how-i-miss-you-sometimes-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-213 Positively Present Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:22:38 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/?p=551#comment-213 GREAT post. I related to this in so many ways, on so many levels. Thank you so much for writing this. Reading it made me feel a lot less alone in this whole not-drinking thing. It's so hard sometimes not to miss some parts of it, but life without it, overall, has been a much better experience and I have to keep that in mind -- even as I'm longing for some of those fun times I used to have. GREAT post. I related to this in so many ways, on so many levels. Thank you so much for writing this. Reading it made me feel a lot less alone in this whole not-drinking thing. It’s so hard sometimes not to miss some parts of it, but life without it, overall, has been a much better experience and I have to keep that in mind — even as I’m longing for some of those fun times I used to have.

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