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fizzgig

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Reply to pokerfan (Reply #19)

Wed Dec 14, 2011, 01:16 PM

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I don't get why people LIKE drinking themselves unconscious. [View all] Odin2005 Dec 2011 OP

i don't know. i don't drink at all. DesertFlower Dec 2011 #1

Obviously you are not an alcoholic. So luckily you will never "get why". 1620rock Dec 2011 #2

Because being conscious sucks worse MannyGoldstein Dec 2011 #3

I had a drinking problem in 9th grade babydollhead Dec 2011 #4

I've never understood it. Being aware in some situations is very painful, so I guess that's why. freshwest Dec 2011 #5

Alcoholism, to numb pain, cause some think it's "cool" slay Dec 2011 #6

Being really drunk can be fun. laconicsax Dec 2011 #7

This. I can't do it anymore, but when I did that was the reason. Sirveri Dec 2011 #8

Well that explains that, I HATE losing my judgement, which is why... Odin2005 Dec 2011 #15

I used to when I was young and reckless. progressoid Dec 2011 #9

Alcoholics crave more and more, they can't help it. It's not necessary that you "get it". Lil Missy Dec 2011 #10

^ this ^ geardaddy Dec 2011 #18

To combat insomnia- Dragonbreathp9d Dec 2011 #11

cuz they got shit to forget, man! pnwest Dec 2011 #12

I binge drank as a teen because i was so shy and I really didn't want to be socializing applegrove Dec 2011 #13

Texts From Last Night (dot com) saras Dec 2011 #14

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

Good, it means you're not an alcoholic pokerfan Dec 2011 #19

<3 leo fizzgig Dec 2011 #20

What a wonderful show with amazing writers. n/t MiddleFingerMom Dec 2011 #22

Maybe Leo Was On To Something RobinA Dec 2011 #30

Because it takes some a few years to learn you can have more fun on a couple of drinks Major Nikon Dec 2011 #21

Alcoholics are stupid? pokerfan Dec 2011 #24

As a group, I'd say alcoholics are probably as intelligent as everyone else Major Nikon Dec 2011 #38

I can't drink that much because I'll throw up long before I get drunk. Demoiselle Dec 2011 #23

Most people don't LIKE drinking themselves unconscious - though the people who drink to escape might MiddleFingerMom Dec 2011 #25

I think people who become real assholes when they drink... LynneSin Dec 2011 #26

In vino veritas pokerfan Dec 2011 #27

That always used to amuse/confuse me when I was younger... CJCRANE Dec 2011 #28

Because work is just so fucking boring sometimes, and I'm not allowed to hunt co-workers PVnRT Dec 2011 #29

It's the only thing that calms the bees in my head. WilliamPitt Dec 2011 #31

There is a rabid squirrel that lives in my skull that I can only silence by soaking him in beer Throd Dec 2011 #34

Okay, Will mwdem Dec 2011 #35

Meditation will fix the bee-in-your-head problem! Odin2005 Dec 2011 #37

they like the voyage getting there reggie the dog Dec 2011 #32

It's an adventure CJCRANE Dec 2011 #33

I wrote a poem on the subject once. Prisoner_Number_Six Dec 2011 #36