How’s the head @Gary_Birtles_Lovechi
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Excess drinking is for mugs. Takes a while to suss it out but most get there eventually. I do one good session a year and spend the 3 days after self loathing and doubting my purpose. Fuck that.
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The Irish goodbye.
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We’ll what I read was @Gary_Birtles_Lovechi was asking was it wrong to leave the wedding early as he was obviously feeling like shite and the answer was yes go to bed if you feel like it and fuck what people at the wedding would think, the man needed a bit of reassurance that he was doing the right thing and he was for his own sake.
The replies weren’t a quick fix for his depression in general, they were a quick fix for the bout he was clearly having last night
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Thanks. That’s nice.
One point @Gary_Birtles_Lovechi
Alcohol is a depressant. If you’re in low spirits generally, beyond a normal dip, best kept to a minimum, or avoided altogether.
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But sure if they gave it up and regretted they’d be back drinking and not be blowing on about how great they are for giving up drink.
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I gave it up for 2 years in my early 20s. It wasn’t great to be honest. I was busy enough with a couple of jobs and training/matches 7 days a week.
As soon as I got hurt and was out for a few months there was fuck all else to do in a small enough town. I was going out not drinking and that was rotten.
Our whole culture is built around drinking
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Yup. There isnt much to do without it and when we go away we chain ourselves to it as “our culture” or norms. At least thats my experience.
Sport, etc. are a great distraction. But wont keep you occupied long enough
Irish people have serious anxiety problems and can’t let loose without alcohol.
And poor self control so we don’t know when to stop. A messy enough combination
If you ever watch the older generation at a wedding. They get right stuck into the booze early on and then just taper down from the meal and maybe a few slow pints before they go home… Younger people do the opposite… The pace of the drinking goes nuts from 11 o clock
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How’s the form @Gary_Birtles_Lovechi ? I’d say there’s not a word about your leaving early now, and the fag ends of the hangover would still be lurking in the corner
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The older generation have a chaser with their first pint usually.
The notion of drinking a heap of shorts after you get full on pints is alien to them.
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Caroline is well worth a read or a listen for anyone that does suffer from anything related to Social Anxiety and Depression.
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As a local auld fella used to say, light the fire then put it out.
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Interesting how again there’s a reference to the dread of being surrounded by a group of people … you should feel better about yourself after spending time with friends, not worse …
Assuming they’re your friends I guess
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Its very hard to reason around depression
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Drink can fuck that right up depending on your mood.
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