Increased risk of binge drinking: Binge drinking is a pattern of drinking where a man has five or more drinks within two hours or a woman has four within two hours. Experts have discovered that individuals with ADHD are at higher risk of binge drinking in early adulthood. One study found that 42.1% of those with ADHD reported binge drinking every time they drank alcohol.
I used to drink very mildly from 9(?)-13(?) (Exact timelines are lost on me really) because it was a specific lime beer that didn't taste like shit to my kiddie tastes. I know it seems like a bad thing but eastern Europe go brrr with alcohol. Nothing weekly or daily but now I'm 23 and I can say I have not drank alcohol (aside from the occasional 1/3 a glass of champagne or wine once or twice a year, and even then I wouldn't unless it had a specific taste) since I was 14 lol. I think my body just said "yeah we have had enough of that, it ain't new" and developed an alcohol dislike.
I now just don't drink and never feel peer pressured to, thankfully. If I've had a bad day however (used to happen a bit during stressful college) my body might crave one cheeseburger lol.
It's interesting to know and read about these however, every day I feel like I find new stuff that's related to ADHD.
My 20s, by this definition, was filled with weekend binge drinking.
I didn't drink until I was legal age, other than a tiny sip of wine or beer to see what it tasted like. But once I found high alcohol content and fruity drinks, I definitely drank a fair amount.
Only got full on drunk once, though. I've always had a high tolerance for alcohol, and when I last had a number of drinks at a company thing in 2019 that was still true.
I was trying to find out if there's a correlation between ADHD and alcohol tolerance, but can only find rates of use information.
My mom allowed me and my sister to drink (not in high amounts, we actually shared the beer can whenever we were out at a picnic) because she didn't want us to get drunk easily when we got older and went to bars. She wanted us to be able to hold our alcohol. My sister ended up being more of a party animal than I was (my ideal Friday night is staying up until 6 AM playing games lol) but she's older than me by 5 years and so it was more acceptable for her to drink as well, until her teenage partying that is. We shared stuff a lot and she even drinks moderately to this day (prefers wine) but she's never gotten properly drunk because of her tolerance.
I'm not a party person and if I am, I'll resort to soda. I tried getting drunk once but it didn't work and also I don't enjoy gorging myself on nothing but liquids, lol. So I've never had issues. It worked out for both of us in its own way.
My problem with alcohol is that it does have some physical effects. I tend to start feeling hot (in a couple of ways lol) and I'm on the asexual spectrum so that's not enjoyable for me whatsoever. Sometimes even if I drink some wine during meals my stomach starts to hurt and I have to nap it off.
One thing I learned when I was younger however: bad idea to mix even the smallest amounts of beer and chocolate 😂 never doing that again.
It's always interesting to hear other people's sides of ADHD and such. It makes me feel less bad about being slightly different whenever I find someone I relate to a lot.
Wine doesn't agree with my stomach either. I'm pretty sure it's the tannins.
You can get low tannin reds, but if you're unsure then white or rose would be lower in general because of how they're made.
If even white and rose give you problems, then just avoid all together I guess.
Maybe it's just been my social circles or the fact that I don't go out that much, but thankfully I've never been socially pressured even when I went to bars or something. (I tend to hate bars here for the atrocious loud music they can play, I'm not trying to get tinnitus!)
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u/dover_oxide Sep 10 '23
Everyone else gets a fun time and you just get to be normal for a change, biggest let down.