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Hardawn
Mar 15, 2004

Don't look at the sun, but rather what it illuminates
College Slice
You deffo need some antihisstamines right now meooow

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dad gay. so what
Feb 18, 2003

by FactsAreUseless
you idiots are loving retarded

Second Hand Meat Mouth
Sep 12, 2001

hahaha take some herbal supplements for your alcohol allergy

Second Hand Meat Mouth
Sep 12, 2001

maybe some essential oils are more up your bullshit alley

Nooner
Mar 26, 2011

AN A+ OPSTER (:
i hate this allergy why cant there be medicine for it like claritin :sigh:

SpaceClown
Feb 13, 2016

by FactsAreUseless
If u think u like alcohol u r basically lying to yourself tbh

Second Hand Meat Mouth
Sep 12, 2001

Nooner posted:

i hate this allergy why cant there be medicine for it like claritin :sigh:

medicine only works for real allergies, unfortunately

you need fake homeopathy medicine for fake allergies like alcoholism

Jim Barris
Aug 13, 2009
That allergy idea is loving stupid. Lol

Jim Barris
Aug 13, 2009
Addiction is a disease of the mind that results from a combination of inherited predispositions and environmental influences. It's not the result of a goddamn allergy ffs

Nooner
Mar 26, 2011

AN A+ OPSTER (:
I prefer to think allergy, not my fault im drunk, i got allergies

SpaceClown
Feb 13, 2016

by FactsAreUseless
Listen, im not high on heroin and if i was, its not my fault!

Its an allergy, you see...

Second Hand Meat Mouth
Sep 12, 2001

isnt the allergy thing an even better reason to trust science to fix alcoholism over some higher power bullshit?

also, through god everything is possible so why not ask him to fix your allergy so you can drink normal?

unless your higher power's power limit runs out just short of being able to fix allergies

Nooner
Mar 26, 2011

AN A+ OPSTER (:
The Lord works in mysterious ways 500 Good Dogs

Jim Barris
Aug 13, 2009
I spent all of last night shooting coke. I have an allergy, you see. An allergy that compels me to buy cocaine and inject it into myself.

Second Hand Meat Mouth
Sep 12, 2001

Nooner posted:

The Lord works in mysterious ways 500 Good Dogs

yeah it's sad that He brings people back from the dead and cures cancer and stuff but can't fix a simple allergy for dgsw so he can drink again :(

Hardawn
Mar 15, 2004

Don't look at the sun, but rather what it illuminates
College Slice
The higher power thing is just a way to get people to understand that things are way out of their control, and to forgive and seek forgiveness going forward.

ham_sanitizer
Jul 12, 2014

professional swine bather
dad sober. so what

Amarcarts
Feb 21, 2007

This looks a lot like suffering.
Mental illness is not fully understood.

Aging Millenial
Nov 24, 2016

by zen death robot
I'm an not addict, but I have the potential to be one because I do have an addictive personality and I'm entirely open to using drugs in a recreational fashion to lessen the pain of existence and the endless spiritual suffering.

Today after I go home after work I'll find myself agonizingly bored -- so bored that I could just stay in bed.

There's always this gnawing sense of dissatisfaction, of something missing, to which alcohol/etc seem like a perfect solution.

Maybe there's just too much stimulation going on all the time -- too much porn, gaming, netfix etc such that I need to get comfortable with less stimulation so that mild stimulation can make my day --- a decently cooked meal, an episode of this or that, a job well done at work etc.

It seems like there has to be a deeper cause to addiction issues beyond self-control. Maybe it's because life kind of sucks.

CaptainSarcastic
Jul 6, 2013



There is a heritable component to addiction - exactly how much of it is nature versus nurture is not entirely known. Genetics play some role, though. If you look at family history it is often a pretty clear generational line - I can easily trace alcohol back up my family tree on my dad's side.

dad gay. so what
Feb 18, 2003

by FactsAreUseless
I have alcoholism but it isn't real despite every bit of evidence to the contrary yay

Aging Millenial
Nov 24, 2016

by zen death robot

dad gay. so what posted:

I have alcoholism but it isn't real despite every bit of evidence to the contrary yay

I can't figure out your posts, everyone else is pouring their hearts out but you're like lol alcoholism

Pennywise the Frown
May 10, 2010

Upset Trowel

King Possum III posted:

Set small, realistic goals for yourself and don't aim for something impossibly overambitious. Otherwise, you set yourself up for failure and disappointment. You might even lose what you've already achieved.

I'm a loving master of the latter.

CaptainSarcastic
Jul 6, 2013



Pennywise the Frown posted:

I'm a loving master of the latter.

Hell, I was a goddamn artist when it came to that. Working on mindfulness and reworking my internal dialogue helped improve matters. I realized that one of my tells for going really off the rails was when I started talking to myself in the second person. "You this" and "you that." Was a bit of an epiphany at the time. I still talk to myself a lot, though. Probably too much. The cats seem to appreciate it, at least.

satanic splash-back
Jan 28, 2009

Aging Millenial posted:

I can't figure out your posts, everyone else is pouring their hearts out but you're like lol alcoholism

Get this: one person's reactions are not always like another person's reactions.

dad gay. so what
Feb 18, 2003

by FactsAreUseless

Aging Millenial posted:

I can't figure out your posts, everyone else is pouring their hearts out but you're like lol alcoholism

its compicated rat gently caress

TheSpamalope
Dec 30, 2008

by sebmojo
Lipstick Apathy
Seems like you aren't taking recovery seriously then

dad gay. so what
Feb 18, 2003

by FactsAreUseless

TheSpamalope posted:

Seems like you aren't taking recovery seriously then

what are you? the recovery police? go play with your toys, bitch

ham_sanitizer
Jul 12, 2014

professional swine bather
when did you get sober dad gay, and how long were you a low down drunk

what was your bottom dad gay

dad gay. so what
Feb 18, 2003

by FactsAreUseless

ham_sanitizer posted:

when did you get sober dad gay, and how long were you a low down drunk

what was your bottom dad gay

that would take a lot of words ham sanitizer

TheSpamalope
Dec 30, 2008

by sebmojo
Lipstick Apathy

dad gay. so what posted:

what are you? the recovery police? go play with your toys, bitch

I'm sensing some hostility. Do you have a hard time accepting criticism? We are all here to share and heal. Now.... Let us pray.

*The circle all link dicks*

ham_sanitizer
Jul 12, 2014

professional swine bather

dad gay. so what posted:

that would take a lot of words ham sanitizer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGV8nB_EEAU&t=47s

ham_sanitizer fucked around with this message at 02:15 on Mar 15, 2017

ham_sanitizer
Jul 12, 2014

professional swine bather
is there any way to embed a video but link to a specific part. help me, im a forums dumb rear end.

dad gay. so what
Feb 18, 2003

by FactsAreUseless

ham_sanitizer posted:

is there any way to embed a video but link to a specific part. help me, im a forums dumb rear end.

who cares about anything

Pennywise the Frown
May 10, 2010

Upset Trowel

ham_sanitizer posted:

is there any way to embed a video but link to a specific part. help me, im a forums dumb rear end.

Get the youtube video at the time you want. Right click and it will say "copy at current time" or something.

Also, to embed a youtube video just post the link directly. No need for URLs or anything. Copy, pastey.

ham_sanitizer
Jul 12, 2014

professional swine bather
i guess the old something awful browser extension i had was loving with the link when i pasted it. anyway thanks.

Hardawn
Mar 15, 2004

Don't look at the sun, but rather what it illuminates
College Slice

Pennywise the Frown posted:

Get the youtube video at the time you want. Right click and it will say "copy at current time" or something.

Also, to embed a youtube video just post the link directly. No need for URLs or anything. Copy, pastey.

Doing the Lord's work :pray:

Pennywise the Frown
May 10, 2010

Upset Trowel

Hardawn posted:

Doing the Lord's work :pray:

I like to be helpful instead of being a horrible dick on the Something Awful forums.

Hardawn
Mar 15, 2004

Don't look at the sun, but rather what it illuminates
College Slice
Zin & Zang, the absolute truth

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Second Hand Meat Mouth
Sep 12, 2001

dad gay. so what posted:

I have alcoholism but it isn't real despite every bit of evidence to the contrary yay

no one is saying alcoholism isn't real. there's just no bullshit allergy component to it...

nor is there a god to help you, everything you ascribe to god or a higher power is your own doing (good or bad)

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