... I drank too much... haven't done that in a while... haven't traded shots with the bartender or had stupid-fun drunken conversations with new folks in a while, either, so... it's a wash...

I'm not a drunk or an alcoholic, but I could very easily become one. It's in my genetics something fierce, and it turns off my anxiety and paranoia damn qvick. Alcohol, to me, is like weed is to a lot of y'all... it relaxes me and calms my brain; everything is far more humorous and easier to handle; I don't panic at social potentials and I dance in the moment... I was singing loudly to 80s mixes, and enjoying everything...

... but I can't live like that... low-level drinking all the time to cure my depression and paranoia...

... kinda scares me to think I could...

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@JulieSqveakaroo This Feel: I know it *really really* well. :| I've skirted the edges of being alcoholic a couple of times in my life, because my brain *loves* it. fortunately (??) my body generally doesn't, and punishes me harshly afterwards, which has proven to be an effective brake on my consumption...

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