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Friday, November 04, 2005

I Hate Alcohol

No, not on general principle or anything.  But last night, I thought I’d have a tasty mint chocolate cookie boozy beverage and all it did was make me feel crappy.  Alcohol is almost always a huge disappointment to me.  No joyous drunkenness, just a slight feeling of nausea and a headache.  I wanna be like the cool kids and have a drink every now and then, but it just makes me feel lousy.  But just now, I downed a bottle of Gatorade (original flavor) and I feel great.  In fact, I want more.  Perhaps someone should study my genetics, because maybe it could be injected into alcoholics to help balance out whatever alcohol-enjoying genetics they have.  I’m serious.  Even in my younger days, when my parents would go away for the weekend and I had access to the bar, I’d think, “Here’s my chance, I’ll have me a Screwdriver.” I’d make one, take one sip and pour it out.  Then, I’d go get myself some soda and watch tv.  I think I have a light version of Antabuse running through my system at all times.

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1. I decided to drink last night as well, and forgot that I still had Xanax in my system.  It wasn’t pretty.

   Jack's Raging Mommy  on  11/05  at  08:28 AM

2. I used to enjoy alcohol a lot and now I’m a terrible lightweight and I hardly enjoy it anymore.  I miss enjoying it.  I’m a lousy drinking companion now.

   Nancy  on  11/05  at  03:59 PM

3. a tasty mint chocolate cookie boozy beverage

   Good god, that makes me nauseous just thinking about it!  You call that drinking?  It sounds like the beverage of choice for a 10-year-old alcoholic (you could call it the Drew Barrymore?).

   If you don’t want to *explore* what sort of wine you might embrace—have you considered adding some Amaretto or Kahlua to an evening decaf?  You could even add a dollop of whipped cream, if you must…

    on  11/06  at  04:32 AM

4. I remember the days when you drank that scary stuff w/the gold flecks in it. Maybe the gold stuff is still in your body and causing some problems now when you drink. That’s the kind of stuff I worry about.

    on  11/06  at  06:40 PM

5. Yes, I’ll let all of the people from AA know that ten years after drinking small amounts of Goldschlager, they will be unable to properly enjoy alcohol like other good drinkers.  Although, come to think of it, I’ve always had that problem.  The Goldschlager probably didn’t hurt.

   And hey, there’s nothing wrong with good cinnamon-y drinks or mint chocolate cookie boozy drinks either, for that matter, Ms. Nn.  Oh, and I’ve yet to find a wine that I like, unless it’s something crappy like Boone’s Farm that tastes like punch.

   I guess we must face facts, I will never enjoy alcohol like the other grownups.  In fact, even Xanax just puts me to sleep.  I’d make a terrible bad girl.

    on  11/06  at  06:53 PM

6. Mint chocolate cookie - that would be my kind of drink.  And that reminds me of something I really love about Canada - it pretty much makes up for their freakish pronunciation of the word “scone” - and that’s The Kids In The Hall’s “he’s a girl-drink drunk” sketch. 

   I used to go to this restaurant for lunch that would tempt me with colorful picture ads of its drink specials, and the most appealing one contained ice-cream and a whole, intact Milky Way bar.  Because I don’t just like to get drunk - I like to get really, really sick, too!  But, I mean, seriously, that looked so delicious.  I never had one, though.

   Nancy  on  11/07  at  09:08 AM

7. We would be awesome drinking buddies.  We’d pick sickeningly sweet pretty drinks, then feel kinda sick afterwards.  But, we’d do it together.

   But seriously, http://www.bevmo.com/productlist.asp?area=spirits&N=-8822 - these are the drinks for you.  The Chocolate Chip Cookie liqueur is truly spectacular for bad drinkers, who are candy/cookie lovers.

    on  11/07  at  09:18 AM

8. Alcohol good.
   Salt on rim of margarita bad.

   Drink make talk use small word like Bush.
   Put food on children practice my love with OBGYN.

   Where pretzel?

   Silent Leanne  on  11/08  at  12:03 PM

9. I hate alcohol too! (-:

   “They ask you concerning alcoholic drink and gambling. Say: “In them is a great harm, and some benefit, but the harm of them is greater than their benefit.”

   this is a verse from the Quran.

   and here is a poem by Rumi, who was drunk on his love for God - that is the wine of Muslims - love of God:

   You don’t have enough patience to give this up?
   But how do you have enough patience
   to do without God?

   You can’t quit drinking the earth’s dark drink?
   But how can you not drink from this other fountain?

   You get restless, you say, when you don’t sip
   the world’s fermentation. But if for one second
   you saw the beauty of the clear water of God,
   you’d think this other was embalming fluid.

   Nearness to the Beloved is the splendor
   of your life.
   Let the thorn of the ego slide from your foot.

   When you stay tied to mind and desire, you stumble
   in the mud like a nearsighted donkey.

   Don’t be satisfied with borrowed light.
   Let your brow and your face illuminate with union.

   (IV, 3189-3240)

    on  01/11  at  06:15 AM