Being Drunk

i become more talkative with a few drinks. hmmm and probably a bit more daft and playing more practical jokes and being childish and so on lol went out with martial arts group one time and they took drinks away from me before i could get properly drunk, i think i was laughing too much for no reason so they thought i drunk enough when i could have easily had like 4 or 5 more pints safely lol

I found I could not ride my motorbike or drive a car as safely even after a small amount of drink, and being available to ride or drive was more important to me. I like DOING rather than talking (although that is softening as I get older) so drinking socially or otherwise is pretty much out for me.

Cannabis is far less debilitating in that way. I measure my success in life fairly holistically, which means that my personal "victory conditions" include other people's well being as well as my own. Drinking alcohol for me is not conducive to my objectives. Neither for that matter, are any other drugs that I may have tried in my past. I don't want to be "high", I just want to be harmless and happy. I'm getting there much faster now, post diagnosis.   

I used to drink a lot when I was younger, now hardly ever. I only drink when I'm invited to birthday parties etc. It's a bit of a lose-lose situation: if I remain sober, I don't tolerate big groups of people or busy venues for long without getting tired, but when I do drink, I get quite silly and boisterous (which my friends find amusing, but it's a bit much for people who don't know me!) and my hangovers last 2 days, and are quite intense. Drunk me likes to laugh, crack jokes, play pranks, boop people on the nose and generally act like a toddler haha

I become less autistic after a few drinks. I become more gregarious, talkative, silly and spontaneous. I become something approaching the person I would like to be in general. Thankfully, I do not become belligerent or maudlin. I do suffer from bad hangovers, though. The three-day hangover is not an impossibility. I don't drink cask-beer, due to an intolerance of yeast. The very worst hangovers are port hangovers, closely followed by whiskey.

I found that alcohol disabled me, allowed me to make really stupid decisions that brought trouble to my door, was expensive and made me feel unwell.

Then I discovered cannabis, is cheaper, does none of those things, and made me generally more thoughtful and reserved and made my choice.

Admittedly I successfully concealed it from my kid, unlike most of my fellow pot smokers, I didn't want my kid to automatically take to the stuff, because super cool dad (I'm sorry, but I was such a creature) smokes the stuff. 

All my friends who drink alcohol regularly are way more unhealthy, after the forty year test we all ran, so I'm not convinced I made a bad call. Hopefully they will legalise it soon.

It is as savagely addictive as anything that really does improve one's experience of life, although some people do not tolerate the experience well at all, like me with alcohol. There's also a learning curve where one learns about dosage, and minimising unwanted effects. BIG WARNING for the kids, don't let peer pressure make you use higher doses, learn how much suits YOU and stick to it. I stop it regularly for a while just to remind myself that I can but I do like the effects, and unless I'm actually in an employment where cannabis use is inappropriate, I see no reason to discontinue my use.   

Well everyone likes something or doesn't like something I like to drink from time to time occasionally not often but when I do I drink a lot but I don't smoke it's very unhealthy I don't want to catch some lung cancer one day

No, Jacob. I don't drink alcohol. I don't like the feeling and it makes me ill afterwards.