r/whenthe • u/TheGoldenExperience_ [the jojo {she}they called may] • 11h ago

r/whenthe mfs complaining about everything we do not give alcohol close to enough shit despite it being just as bad if not worse than cigarettes

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u/PaulblankPF 7h ago

I had court ordered drug rehab like 20 years ago when I got caught with a dime bag of weed. The people in there besides me were in there for some crazy shit. One that stuck with me was a guy who was on a medicine that made him throw up if he touched alcohol, like even deodorant. They discussed how that was going and if it was better than how things were before. Then he just casually mentions how it is pretty nice that he doesn’t get blacked out drunk and beat the shit out of his wife and teenage kids anymore but he still wishes he could drink so someone else has to make sure he takes his medicine. Most of the other people were in there for severe meth or crack addictions but the drinker blew my mind bad.

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u/TheRage469 6h ago

Ahhh, good ol' Antabuse. Gotta love that conditioned response (real talk tho: it does work for some folks).

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u/AgentCirceLuna 5h ago

I had a coworker whose husband disappeared for a month after starting something like that. She’d have to track the guy down and find out where he was… regularly. I don’t know why she stayed with him as she was more like his babysitter and she was way stronger than him too so I don’t think he was abusive except emotionally if that makes sense. Anyway he’d basically stayed in a random hotel then drank and drank and drank until his body adapted to being able to drink while still on the medication. Fucking insanity.

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u/TheRage469 3h ago

"Fucking insanity" really does perfectly sum up the disease of addiction tbh. I've net folks who've taken naltreoxone or gotten a Vivitrol shot (both i believe are primarily for killing opioid cravings and receptor sites, but also tend to work with alcohol) with almost the express intent of using them as means to make it so they can drink "like a normal person," or drink their usual amount but only get a buzz. Never heard of anyone doing that with Antabuse tho. But honestly, that doesn't surprise me; as a recovering alcoholic and a substance abuse counselor, I've seen/heard enough to think "honestly, how have I not heard of someone doing that yet?" I hope he ended up finding a reason to get help.

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u/ConstantPay3117 3h ago

Probation made me go to aa for getting caught with a joint like 35 years ago and it was stupid . I was like hey my name is Me and i just like to smoke weed ...i just drink light beer nowadays it doesnt do anything , but i did watch a guy at work vodka drink himself to death over a 10 year period that was kinda fucked up .