Do you drink? Do you smoke?

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

but the rest of y'all need to cut loose.

*shrug* People have different ideas of what cutting loose is, or simply no interest in doing so.

I prefer remaining a relaxed state of a clear, sound mind... No interest in purposely making my mind anything but normal. Pisses me off enough just being dizzy from a cold virus, I don't want anything else making my head weird. (edit: I even despise 'laughing gas' at the dentist because of it and won't use it.)



Between this and the other thread though, I'm kind of surprised reading other comments about losses of grandparents that were likewise contributed to smoking and drinking. Though I guess if they were the same or close enough generations, I guess it was the times.

Definitely some alcohol addiction on my father's side and he himself had to watch it. (Fortunately his "on call" job pretty much forced him to have to behave.) Just not really anything I have any interest in repeating.

Smoking just seems gross, and alcohol... though I don't criticize or condemn moderate drinking, it's just a dumb beverage to me and I don't get the lame fascination and obsession some have with it. Like the daughter of my mom's friend who was at one time so proud of herself for how much alcohol she thought she could handle. Um... okay... "go you," I guess? If that's what you're proud of in life, it's time to reevaluate things.


What little I will drink now and then, I drink it because I like it flavor-wise, not for what it could do to me if I drank more of it.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

*shrug* People have different ideas of what cutting loose is, or simply no interest in doing so.



Between this and the other thread though, I'm kind of surprised reading other comments about losses of grandparents that were likewise contributed to smoking and drinking. Though I guess if they were the same or close enough generations, I guess it was the times.

Definitely some alcohol addiction on my father's side and he himself had to watch it. (Fortunately his "on call" job pretty much forced him to have to behave.) Just not really anything I have any interest in repeating.

Smoking just seems gross, and alcohol... and, though I done criticize or condemn moderate drinking, it's just a dumb beverage to me and I don't get the lame fascination and obsession some have with it. Like the daughter of my mom's friend who was at one time so proud of herself for how much alcohol she thought she could withstand. Um... okay... "go you," I guess? If that's what you're proud of in life, it's time to reevaluate things.

My maternal grandfather had his first cigarette ever at the age of 9. Yes, nine years old. Granted it was the 30s, but still He died early in his 60s... gee no wonder.

No deaths related to alcohol abuse in my family. I couldn't imagine what it's like to live with an alcoholic. It must be hell. Plus kicking alcohol addiction is apparently even more dangerous than kicking heroin cold turkey.

[IndigoErth]

Fortunately I don't think my paternal grandfather was a bad drunk. That side seems to result in the happy sort of drunks, rather than the angry type, so there's that, I guess. If my uncle reflects how my grandfather was, then there's at least some measure of self control when responsibilities required laying off of it. (Though I know much of my uncle's habit probably stems from his own father's death to begin with.)

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Wow, I can't believe I'm the only person on the whole board that smokes cigarettes.

[Prowler]

I'm kinda surprised by that as well.. I don't keep track but so many of my classmates smoke. As do/did many people I've went to school with/worked with. It's like once you get to 10th grade smokers start popping up like mushrooms after rain.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

I don't smoke tobacco and can't even be AROUND anyone who smokes weed- because I'm allergic to it. Violently so, in fact. Even a faint whiff makes me almost nauseous and makes me choke and cough.

I drink on occasion, mostly wine or mixed drinks. Beer tastes like crap to me though I like mead and hard cider. I can drink vodka, rum, schnapps, or whiskey straight (hey, I'm IRISH lol) but prefer it with something else. Won't touch cognac or straight tequila though. My drinking is usually confined to one or two drinks on special occasions or holidays though when I was younger it was much more frequent. My 21st birthday I had nearly an entire 5th of vodka BY MYSELF and got plastered. Turns out, you can't DM a D&D game when you're plowed. Who knew?!

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

Turns out, you can't DM a D&D game when you're plowed. Who knew?!

THIS is what I'm talking about. Nerds can party too, people.

[Prowler]

I've definitely played co-op online with friends tipsy/drunk before.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

THIS is what I'm talking about. Nerds can party too, people.

I'll take that as a compliment. We used to stay up all night running games and then work the next morning. And there was usually alcohol involved. But that was the first time I had tried to run a session completely sh*tfaced. I couldn't even think of a plot for the adventure lol!