When I’m on a night out, I get to a point when I can’t drink anymore because it’ll make me sick… and then in the morning you can’t even look at drink!
How can people who are considered alcoholics keep drinking constantly and not get that feeling?
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Two parts to your answer as there are actually more than one type of alcoholic. There’s functioning alcoholics who do as you noted, get drunk and then go to work the next day as if nothing has happened. This is primarily because they build up a tolerance to alcohol. So they can function during and the day after better than someone their same body mass who drinks the same amount. They get used to a certain level of tired and sickness and just feels like normal to them. They also don’t mix usually so that helps a bit. I think this is a level you reach from many reasons, happens in all levels of society and social circles, but essentially the person thinks it is normal and not damaging at all, and even if they are convinced now otherwise, it’s too late, they’ve become dependent and it’s part of their lives.
Then there’s the blackout drunk alcoholics. They don’t usually function. A bit of the above about building a tolerance, but these people usual have issues that they don’t want to face in their lives and drinking helps them numb the bad feelings. So even though they feel sick the next day, they do it all over again because to them it’s better than facing their reality
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