Hi all,
I recently went through my "routine" and started wondering do other people do this? Is it right? Anyways, here I go.
I didn't drink much before age 21, before then, when I tried alcohol, I didn't think much of it, and wondered what all the fuss was about. When I turned 21, I started drinking a little bit not much really.
Throughout my 20's I started drinking more during the final days of college, then I got a job and the drinking went down a little, but as my career has progressed, I've been in social situations with work more and more often where I go out with clients or visiting co-workers and it's expected to have a couple drinks. I've always done fine here, and never gotten drunk or embarresed myself, I don't worry about that, I've probably driven myself home slightly drunk, but never anything major.
However, my job has become more and more stressful during the last couple years (it turns out that the higher up you go, the more money you make, the more stress you have, the more you worry, etc...)
Anyways, my drinking has always been pretty "normal" I'd drink mixed drinks and beer, jack and coke, bloody marys, etc... But, recently, I discovered Martinis, and the more I drink them, the more I realize, I'm drinking for the buzz and slight numb feeling I get when I drink. Martinis get me there faster.
Let's cut to the last few months. Just about everyday at work has been stressful, sometimes in my situation, not to be egotistical, but I feel like Atlas carrying the earth on him back. Around 3:30 - 4:00 at work, I'm sittiing at my desk, working on the computer, and I start to crave a martini.
So I get home every night anywhere from 5:00 to 7:00 (sometimes later) and go almost straight to the liquer cabinet to start making a martini. Sometomes I don't even take my coat off before I grab the gin bottle. I've had one martini plus 1-3 beers every night for the last 3-4 months. I don't drink till i'm really drink, but I quit after I get a good buzz on.
I can't go on any longer, I have a show to watch, but do I have a problem? Is this normal?
I recently went through my "routine" and started wondering do other people do this? Is it right? Anyways, here I go.
I didn't drink much before age 21, before then, when I tried alcohol, I didn't think much of it, and wondered what all the fuss was about. When I turned 21, I started drinking a little bit not much really.
Throughout my 20's I started drinking more during the final days of college, then I got a job and the drinking went down a little, but as my career has progressed, I've been in social situations with work more and more often where I go out with clients or visiting co-workers and it's expected to have a couple drinks. I've always done fine here, and never gotten drunk or embarresed myself, I don't worry about that, I've probably driven myself home slightly drunk, but never anything major.
However, my job has become more and more stressful during the last couple years (it turns out that the higher up you go, the more money you make, the more stress you have, the more you worry, etc...)
Anyways, my drinking has always been pretty "normal" I'd drink mixed drinks and beer, jack and coke, bloody marys, etc... But, recently, I discovered Martinis, and the more I drink them, the more I realize, I'm drinking for the buzz and slight numb feeling I get when I drink. Martinis get me there faster.
Let's cut to the last few months. Just about everyday at work has been stressful, sometimes in my situation, not to be egotistical, but I feel like Atlas carrying the earth on him back. Around 3:30 - 4:00 at work, I'm sittiing at my desk, working on the computer, and I start to crave a martini.
So I get home every night anywhere from 5:00 to 7:00 (sometimes later) and go almost straight to the liquer cabinet to start making a martini. Sometomes I don't even take my coat off before I grab the gin bottle. I've had one martini plus 1-3 beers every night for the last 3-4 months. I don't drink till i'm really drink, but I quit after I get a good buzz on.
I can't go on any longer, I have a show to watch, but do I have a problem? Is this normal?