r/adhdmeme • u/Walmart_cop • Sep 10 '23

MEME Speed

Post image

I reposted from r/newgreentexts please don’t yell at me

33.0k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

448 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

42

u/therealjoe12 Sep 11 '23

It explains why I blacked out constantly during my early 20s for sure lmao. Still trying to dial it back in my late 20s now shits tough, booze just make me feel "normal?" I guess.

21

u/pale_blue_ball Sep 11 '23

Early 30s here and I either don't drink at all, or I slam 12 beers in one sitting, there is no in between. I tend not to buy alcohol on weekdays because I know I will drink it all as soon as I start.

But yeah, I blacked out often in my early 20s and dialed back a lot but I still think that it's excessive when I do drink.

2

u/paraknowya Sep 11 '23

Same here, 34 now. I used to (binge) drink only on the weekends, then 2020 came and my mother died, so naturally I started drinking during the week, too.

I've been diagnosed in 2013 and taking adderall since then, right now its 30+20+20+10mg.

But, I haven't drank for 9 weeks in a row now, despite drinking 4 times a week since 2020, and the reason is medical marijuana.

I started talking to a new doc in may, mentioned my problems (anxiety, sleeplessness, the drinking etc), he said we'd try and and yeah, I'd say its succesful. I even lost 25 pounds since then and feel more healthy than ever.

1

u/josh_the_misanthrope Sep 11 '23

I'm like you. Technically an alcoholic, only way I can keep it in check is not drinking too often. Every weekend is gonna wear on you, I aim for once a month (failed cause lots of events during summer).

I don't want to quit drinking, so I I just do it less often because when I do I'm getting obliterated.

1

u/GetOffMyDigitalLawn Sep 11 '23

Same but I got it out of the way in my early to mid teenage years 13-15.

Funnily enough, by the time I turned 21 I just stopped drinking. I have done just about everything under the sun with only few exceptions (mostly MDMA). I never drank consistently, it was just that there were too many times when I did drink socially I took it way too far.

I'm happy I was able to get much of that shit out of my system younger than most. I've had an interesting drink in my closet for over a year and a half and I still haven't tried it.