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Drinking and Autism

Marnee101

Hi all,

Just wanted your views on drinking alcohol and autism.

  • Since my early twenties, I found drinking just eliminates my autism and anxiety.
  • I become the person I want to be, confident, can make friends easy, dance away, no shyness.
  • I always drink in moderation, until I reach that happy place.
  • Usually I feel the need to escape in to that euphoric state once a week, to escape stresses of the week.
  • I feel like I don’t need to mask.
  • But now late 30’s the recovery is too much.

I need to try new things to replace this habit. But as I do it in moderation, once a week is that bad? It’s day 5 post diagnosis.

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  • Im 68. A similar story to others through teens, then uni being sick in the London parks, then work where drinking was part of the culture. Fortunately I gradually developed horrendous hangovers on smaller and smaller quantities. I also overhauled my diet in 2020 to add years to my life expectancy and out went the alcohol. Im not T total but if I never tasted it again Id not miss it, its very occasionally with a special meal or family. 

  • in reply to Alice-nice-Alice

    I need to do this, I will slowly cut it out. For me I like that it allows me to forget that I have ASD, I can be the fun extrovert for a few hours. But I want to overhaul my life and slowly cut it out completely. Thank you, it’s very useful to hear about experiences.

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