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Originally Posted by Bruno
For me I've simply never felt that lightly pickling my brain was relaxing, or reduced social anxiety. I don't associate alcohol with "relaxing with friends", because it's not relaxing for me, and my friends have caught on to that. I think part of the problem is that there's an overlap in the symptoms of alcohol and the symptoms of my brain damage; I can feel my brain malfunction on a day to day basis, and so I'm super-uncool with how booze makes my brain malfunction even more.
I know this is contrary to how the majority interacts with alcohol. It's still jarring to hear people articulate that alcohol is "relaxing" or that it "helps" with anything in particular.
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Hm, I find this interesting as what you describe kinda reminds me of how pot effects me. The few times I've gotten high (mostly contact high at indoor concerts), I don't feel "buzzed"... I just feel confused and and annoyed at how I can't focus. It's all the bad parts of drinking w/o the good. Among my friends, I'm pretty unique in this (it seems).