Drinking alone is not a problem if you have the ability to easily quit addictive things. A lot of this may be dependent on biology. For instance, I pretty much never drink because there is are many, many alcoholics in my family history. I come from a family of filthy drunks. So much so, that my parents were very, very strict about not allowing alcohol in the house. Perhaps someone could say, "Oh, they're just hard asses!" But, if you assume a heavy genetic component of alcoholism (which is another discussion), then a very strict, teetotaler lifestyle is very rational.
I only get more depressed when I drink, or I become extremely uninhibited and put myself into situations where people will very much laugh at me, and I can't gauge the meanness of their responses so I assume the worst, because I'm drunk and not thinking too well. I have this fear of being like a pushover: people laughing at me and being really mean, and I just accept it. I don't want to be the butt of their jokes. I'm probably a "mean drunk" because of this, although all I'm really doing is putting myself into situations I can't handle.
I never drank with other weird, lonely people. Maybe sharing a drink called loneliness is better than drinking alone?
12 Jan 2013, 2:36 am
