Posted by Larry Hoover on May 31, 2005, at 18:58:13 [reposted on June 2, 2005, at 3:42:19 | original URL]
In reply to Alcohol ... again!, posted by AMD on May 31, 2005, at 18:32:34
> I keep drinking ... two weeks without, and then I went out last night and got more-or-less hammered. Well, I didn't black out, but the night is definitely fuzzy.
What made last night different than the 13 nights that came before?
> Thank god I didn't do anything else.
I suppose.
> I am getting out of New York -- it is just not healthy for me here.
The geographic cure doesn't work, ya know. No matter where you go, it so happens that you come along.
> I know I've asked this before, but can a few months of heavy drinking -- say once or twice per week -- cause permanent brain damage, dementia, or other long-lasting side-effects?No. Unless you try to drive, or something, and have a wreck.
> I'm worried now because I feel like crap today, and have felt a bit "off" lately in general.
You're supposed to feel like crap after a binge. <wink>
> It's probably just a hangover, but I hope I didn't do any permanent damage this time...
>
> amdHave you been near a 12-step meeting yet? Or equivalent?
Lar
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