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In reply to the discussion: I don't get why people LIKE drinking themselves unconscious. [View all]Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)10. Alcoholics crave more and more, they can't help it. It's not necessary that you "get it".
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I've never understood it. Being aware in some situations is very painful, so I guess that's why.
freshwest
Dec 2011
#5
Alcoholics crave more and more, they can't help it. It's not necessary that you "get it".
Lil Missy
Dec 2011
#10
I binge drank as a teen because i was so shy and I really didn't want to be socializing
applegrove
Dec 2011
#13
I don't drink much anymore, but I could always tell when I reached the "cut-off point";
LeftinOH
Dec 2011
#16
As someone who has drunk herself unconscious but is not a drunk, I have this to say
LynneSin
Dec 2011
#17
Because it takes some a few years to learn you can have more fun on a couple of drinks
Major Nikon
Dec 2011
#21
As a group, I'd say alcoholics are probably as intelligent as everyone else
Major Nikon
Dec 2011
#38
Most people don't LIKE drinking themselves unconscious - though the people who drink to escape might
MiddleFingerMom
Dec 2011
#25
Because work is just so fucking boring sometimes, and I'm not allowed to hunt co-workers
PVnRT
Dec 2011
#29