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-- Posted by chelseyhunni at 3:55 pm on Sep. 15, 2008
i think ppl need to realize i just lost someone really important to me yeah i'm gonna try to drink away some of this pain. but i dont know if i am too much... i woke up and had no idea where i was what i had been doing. too much?

-- Posted by Public Enemy 69 at 3:57 pm on Sep. 15, 2008
Drinking is never good for pain. Its a depressant. Ive never understood that.

-- Posted by shutter bugs at 3:57 pm on Sep. 15, 2008
yes...try only drinking half a bottle of wine at the most and tell someone what is happening so you can get help

-- Posted by LEONIDOS at 4:04 pm on Sep. 15, 2008
drinking never works

-- Posted by RockerTori106 at 4:06 pm on Sep. 15, 2008
Drinking doesn't get rid of the pain. It only suppresses it for a short amount of time. You should embrace it. It'd be a lot less difficult.

-- Posted by MushroomSatsujin at 11:09 pm on Sep. 15, 2008
Quote: from RockerTori106 at 4:06 pm on Sep. 15, 2008
Drinking doesn't get rid of the pain. It only suppresses it for a short amount of time. You should embrace it. It'd be a lot less difficult.
This. Dont try to escape reality because it will always catch up to you

-- Posted by hokie at 1:05 pm on Sep. 16, 2008
I agree with drinking is only escaping reality for a short period of time, and the only way you can truly get over it is to deal with it yourself and embrace it.
But I also think that drinking until you're ready to face it is OK, as long as you WILL do that or don't prolong it for an absurd and unhealthy amount of time. Sometimes facing something unexpected right off the bat is a struggle that might be eased by "escaping" it for just a small amount of time until you can prep yourself up enough and be ready to embrace it yourself.
Usually though, if you're the kind of person who is drinking to escape something, more than likely you aren't going to have enough reason in the first place to "responsibly hold off reality until you're better prepared." But if you are, I think that's fine. That's my opinion though, I know some will disagree.