[im_not_anxious]

Does anyone else drink copious amounts of alcohol at social events in an effort to mask anxiety and a feeling that you don't belong?

I know I feel fine until I'm at a party or some night life scene where everyone is being crazy, yelling, and dancing. Then I get the first alcoholic beverage I can find, and i don't stop until I'm blind. The saddest part of it is that I have such a good time, then I black out and do something incredibly embarrassing!

 

[hiimnotcool]

lol.

this is a given :b

i even feel the need to get drunk or take a benzo if i was going to hang out with someone other than my best of friends.

I've done many embarrassing things. Heres a little story..

So I was in the military and always stayed in my room. I didn't talk much at all to anyone except for with the people who worked in my section. They have this Military Ball which is a big decadent dance sort of like the high school prom. It's super fancy. I thought it would be a good idea to drink half a bottle of jager with red bull right before I went.

haha so I ended up FREAK DANCING with higher ranking people!! I don't even dance!!! I also started doing spins on my back in the middle of the floor. Apparently I was attemping to break dance. Needless to say I literally got escorted out of the buildig and driven back to the barracks. The worst part about it is that it was captured on film and I heard about it for awhile afterwards.


I didn't learn my lesson because I've done similar things since then.

 

[mixolydian]

Once I sober up I usually end up more depressed than I was before I left. At 20 I still havn't the right amount of alcohol to rid me of my SA and not make me pass out.

 

[40watta]

Alll the time. Thats why I dont go to parties if I dont plan on drinking. Sometimes I get plastered beforehand so theres no anxiety even for a little bit, no need to wait until your drunk for the sa to go away.

 

[socially inept]

Does anyone else drink copious amounts of alcohol at social events in an effort to mask anxiety and a feeling that you don't belong?

I know I feel fine until I'm at a party or some night life scene where everyone is being crazy, yelling, and dancing. Then I get the first alcoholic beverage I can find, and i don't stop until I'm blind. The saddest part of it is that I have such a good time, then I black out and do something incredibly embarrassing!

i cant attend a social event wihoutdoing that

i always drink as much as i can and eventually i reach a point were my anxiety has disapeared. i get to a point were im not even in cotrolll of my acions and behvaiour and everything just happens automatically. i become so talkative, lively and confident. im the life nd soul of the party

the only problem is time flys by too fast. 5 hours seems like 30 mins and its all over so quick and the next day im back to square one

 

[MissSA]

Although I do not have a drinking problem, (not in denial either ) I only drink when I go out on weekends. I normally do not like the taste of alcohol so I would otherwise avoid drinking at home, during the weekday or regular daylight hours.
I normally have to be a little buzzed when I'm out and around people. All my anxieties seem to disappear and I'm in so much more of a positive frame of mind. I'm happy that I'm not a sad or mean drunk but I do wish that I could feel so relaxed and laid back as I do when I'm buzzing or drunk.

 

[bunnie]

All the time. I can't participate in social events without being plastered. My resulting personality is usually unpredictable. Sometimes I'm an idiot, other times the SA is just so strong that I just remian a zombie and pass out. It also depends on who I'm around.

As a matter of fact, I went to a bridal shower last weekend with vodka n' cranberry in my purse. It did help, but also the fact that me and my bf an hour late (it cut down on social torture time).

One thing I do hate is that I sometimes say weird crap that doesn't make sense and I obsess over it for a long time (that is if I remember anything).

 

[shyshisho]

Not copious amounts, but it's true that three to four servings of alcohol is the only thing that has ever made me spontaneously outgoing. A melancholy character was described in a Terry Pratchett novel as "perpetually two beers short"; I identified instantly.