Drinking heavily one day a week would pretty much be the definition of binge drinking, wouldn’t you say alex?
That was meant to be the joke. If you didn’t get, don’t worry too much. There’ll be another one coming along shortly.
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Yeah ok it wasn’t clear. You’d be surprised how many people are complete idiots when it comes to alcohol and think that going off their rocker once a week is considered safe or innocuous.
I am glad you are not one of those idiots.
Carry on.
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The mental health toll with this will be huge. Take care all.
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Why is life so ■■■■■■■ ■■■■ ?
Lost a god job last year now work in a ■■■■ hole, llost my gf , god i miss that girl and miss the sex now all i got is my hand. NOw this ■■■■. Don’t have mch money saved too. Just can’t be bothered with life anymore i hope i get corona wouldn’t care about dying. ■■■■ this. worst part is no one legit cares about me so i have to go on forums like this and jut ramble on depressng things then have a tonne of people inbox me offering to help that just makes me feel worse and i just feel depressed ■■■■ this ■■■■.
Yeah my Girl isnt around me as much. When she is I hold off on the booze.
Hang in there chief - maybe lay off the grog also.
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only thing that numbs the pain
And that’s a big issue for a lot of people with mental health issues that have anxiety and introverted. Most of them want to go out and meet people and be fun in social situations, but most have social anxiety and feel weird and isolated in public, and so all the want is to go to the comfort of their home. Then when they’re home they feel terribly guilty and miserable. It’s a bad cycle to be in.
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can relate. I used to be a real outgoing person, I’d always be up for a adventure, go down the pub. round a mates for beers etc
I am the complete opposite now. I rarely leave the house, I don’t want to socialize or go to anything. good friends have told me they don’t bother asking me to do anything anymore because they know the answer. there is no comfort for me like home and a few beers by myself. no one else. the only time I like going out, is if I’m on holiday.
I don’t make plans and if I do have plans, I’ll lie to get out of them. I’ll fake sickness, or a family emergency etc.
it’s a terrible cycle
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Stuff with work not going better…no issues for 3-4 weeks but this week same.old ■■■■ again despite doing everything the same as I had been doing the previous 3-4 weeks when there apparently wasn’t an issue.
Does my ■■■■■■■ head in.
Got sent home at 3:30 today. Just sent the Union a long message which I probably should have done before now, but things seem to have been going better.
Mate of mine is isolated in hospital from an incident earlier this year, he is wheelchair bound (Car accident at 21) and took himself into the local river. He was attempting suicide, but survived and now feels even worse because of this virus. So yesterday he tried again…he was found…he asked them to just let him die. Ive reached out to him but I get no answer or reply. I feel so bad for the guy.
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Bugger. Keep trying. And even if he doesn’t respond, you tried.
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It’s overlooked massively.
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what about if you spread your binge drinking once a week over multiple nights ??
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I’d say there are a lot of people not coping well with this situation - especially those who’ve lost their work.
I’ll put one hand up to really struggling; and the other hand up to the alcohol thing. For me the whole thing has exacerbated a lot of other things - relationship problems/dad’s stroke etc. that preceded the Covid 19 thing.
I’ve got plenty of projects to work on in this down time that I’ve been looking forward to for ages - especially my writing and music - but in this context I feel trapped and unmotivated. It’s extremely unhealthy, but sometimes drinking is the only thing that gets me active and ‘out of my head’- by which I mean not overthinking, worrying and tending toward depression.
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I’m drinking far more to pass the time. it’s not good
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At least your posts aren’t complete jibberish
It’s been getting to me too, feeling crappy about myself and drinking too much. I’ve decided to put in a big effort towards losing some weight and gaining a bit of fitness. So far doing about 3 hours exercise a day but staying away from people. It’s having the dual benefit of distracting me and releasing endorphins. The mrs today commented that I had lost some weight, that made me feel better too.
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My garden is going to end up being manicured to within an inch of its life, the way I’m going.
It’s great that I’m getting exercise outside in the fresh air and there’s also a tangible result at the end of the session, not to mention the feel good factor.
I’ve also noticed that, if I’m working in the front garden, people out for a walk will stop and chat.
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It’s an easy trap to fall into. At least you recognise it. I’ve been drinking far more than I should the last couple of weeks, has plenty of nice wine around as we bought a few boxes expecting a full lockdown. Time to pull my head in.
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