i want the embroidery sign that says 'GO FUCK YOURSELF.' i used to do cross-stitch to pass the time when i was bored. it's quite relaxing. i know it probably sounds ghey.
i'm meant to go for a blood test to see how my liver is because last time it was 'fatty' (not good) and the doctor was like, "well, at least it's not cirrhosis of the liver," but then i kept drinking. so who knows, could be cirrhosis now.
anyway, i think some ppl aren't "getting" this thread. ronette CANNOT drink. not even in moderation. her stomach's fucked and unless she wants to end up 6 feet under, she needs to give it up totally. sorry, not trying to be a bitch or sound like a cunt or whatever.
my psychologist said to me, "do you think you can just drink socially, instead of alone?" ummmmmm. no? and then she told me to drink something other than goon because apparently goon gives you the worst kind of hangover.

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don't do it. but i know what you mean. it's day four sober for me, but, knowing me i will probably get sloshed tonight. maybe instead of 4 litres of goon, i should just buy a 6 pack of beer or something. ugh, who knows. fucking alcohol.

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Or come over and watch 90210 with me.. I seriously bought it
That is my plan for tonight.

I just bought a white dress for my band photoshoot and I feel all virginal and pure. I better not drink and ruin it.

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I don't drink, and haven't since I was 19. My health is fucked, so its not a good idea. I go out with all my drinking friends, but luckily they are *mostly* at the stage where they get drunk, but fun drunk and we go dancing and its all fun. Other than that, why don't you try asking your drinking friends to meet up for something at a time of day they DON'T normally get drunk at. Like for lunch at the weekend, or for coffee and cakes? Then maybe win them over. Or try asking them to do something on a Sunday night when people don't normally go out and get wasted.

why is your health fucked?

Took too many drugs, got viral meningitis, fucked my balance forever. Also have a heinous type of asthma called Brittle Asthma, which is basically the kind you die of. So am now on a combination of medications that have written over several of them DO NOT TAKE WITH ALCOHOL, so I don't for fear of the irregular heart rhythms and potential death they promise.

i have the exact same problem, but no answer. only anytime i try to hang out with old friends i discover that that i hate them sober and end up relapseing and reverting back into a drunken mess. i only hung around them because they make me feel ok about my own drinking binges. i could say well at least im not a tan in a can meth addicted bimbo. maybe we should join a cult or something.

If you chain them to the wall in your basement you don't have to worry about them drinking.

im in the opposite situation. NOONE wants to drink here. its like friday evening and id be like afterwork drink anyone? and everyone will mumble some excuse. and i dont even drink that much. and now my highschool friend who i sort of count on going out for a beer with when she gets back from overseas has gone gotten knocked up.

bloody. fucking. hell. and you know i only have like 2 drinks once every couple of months. hardly excessive. thats all i want to drink and still noone wants to go drinking with me.

I hardly ever drink (I might get drunk like once a year) and I drink less now because I live outside the city and get worried about getting home alone safely or even getting home with friends who are absolutely fucked.

I still go out and dance all night and crawl home in the morning I just don't drink? I'm always up for a night out.

I know it's a big part of your social scene to drink but it's the same in mine and I don't let it get weird. I've had to get on with it, alcohol is such a cultural thing over here, there's no escaping it.

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All I do is hang out with people who drink pretty much every weekend. I managed to quit drinking though (but I wasn't really drinking heavily when I quit)
Being the only sober person with a bunch of people who're smashed can be a little intense sometimes, but when I'm in the right mood it's nothing.
I have no friend's that don't drink?

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i dont drink very often. maybe two or three days a month sometimes less than that. most of the other people i know who dont drink are in aa, maybe go there even if you dont actually neeed it just to met other people that aren't drinking?

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this is jack's wasted liver

hmmm most people in general drink or at least do binge stuff, but maybe get involved in community theatre? the only drinking that goes on is social drinks or cast party after the show...but it would mean weekends at rehearsal and stuff.

you could do stuff like costuming or sound or set stuff.

i barely drink at all. i had one fucking tequila sunrise tonight..well like three sips tonight and my stomach started hurting :-( i should go to a doc. sometimes a tequila sunrise is okay and other times not...it must be the sweet grenadine or something. it was girls night out so we were having mexican and then went to brunswick st but i had to go to a pub to take pics of bands for my folio so we all got seperated and then some left early. so i ended up walking into the city and then hung around for the 2am pony slot, shot a couple of songs but i just wanted to fuck off out of there as there were drunk guys trying to talk to me the usual boring small talk - like how my jacket was red and so was my camera bag hell even drunk i'd find them annoying.

anyway...my point is some in my group were aiming to get spastic...well one but i don't think she did in the end and she's a cool chick she just wanted to celebrate finishing the semester and even then it was at dinner and it was such that people were having just a few margeritas but no one was being annoying so really it was a good night if you wreen't a drinker. hell i stopped after three sips, i should've just gotten a beer. but anyway i think its shitty of your friends to not even want to hang out in a way that you could also participate...like instead of drinking they could think of something else like afternoon tea party or go to the cool places in canberra like the museum and art gallery...shit like that.

i'm sure out there katie are friends in cuntberra who like similar things.

basically i've got folio due june 12 which means i have to be very good and concentrate on that. for me its easy because i've done my dash with chucking or being hungover the next day. i don't mind the odd beer or wine or champers but i set limits. strict ones.

jo come to koko black with me - hot chocolate is divine...and the chocolate is goood to.

oh yeah - what about yoga class?? you might meet some interesting people if you just become a regular and go to a good studio which has a nice vibe.

you're an artist - what about art society stuff?

go to church. you're bound to meet some fun loving people there.

whoo, go jesus.

hm, i like the idea of inviting your friends out at lunch time or in the day. that could work, when they're all soberish.

i find drunk people really boring when i'm sober as well, really irritatingly. you just wish theyd stop being idiots.

you could go to drive in cinemas?? then you dont have to put up with them being loud and obnoxious and could possibly even get someone to drive so they aren't drinking??? i don't know.

this wasn't any help at all, im sorry. luckily my friends drink, but not excessively and none mind being the designated driver for a night.

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Maybe you could send him like a coat hanger or soup mix in the mail with a post it-
"when you paint with your eyes closed, you never become picasso, you just become an ironic narcissist with uncomfortable shades".
Throwing people off is thrilling.

-ktlr

Wow, things are changing. I'm with you but not quite at the t-total stage yet. Thing is, you can do everything that you once did, you just can't drink. Or stop at 2, sip instead of gulp.

I've become a gym fiend. I also like cooking, reading, cycling in the Peak District. But it is hard to find people to do it with you so to speak. We have a lot of dinner parties these days. Just hanging out in general is great even without the booze. I just discovered wii the other night - how much fun is that?! Make anyone with one of those your new friends. Comedy clubs are fun too, just get your sugar high off of coke rather than alcohol. It's hard but I promise you you can do it.

I have the same dangers ahead of me but it's difficult to get out of bad habits. I'm bored of the day after but the night before is pretty good.

Where abouts are you? I'm always up for exploring the peaks some more. Cinema is another enterprise. If you come across anything that blows your mind in a non-pharmcuitical manner, let me know x

you know what? my favourite activity ever with friends, drunken or no, is gta and also boggle.
try that?

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Maybe you could send him like a coat hanger or soup mix in the mail with a post it-
"when you paint with your eyes closed, you never become picasso, you just become an ironic narcissist with uncomfortable shades".
Throwing people off is thrilling.

-ktlr