I have one after the baby goes to bed but maybe because I don’t have it until 9pm or so I feel exhausted the next day…
Edit It’s bourbon but I’m counting standard US drinks.
Alcohol does affect sleep, maybe it’s interfering and your sleep isn’t as good? Though having a baby is exhausting, regardless.
Personally if it’s 9pm I won’t have a drink, that’s too late for me because it will affect sleep, and yes, feel too tired the next day. Maybe something else would be better, a cup of tea, or pot/THC?
My guess is that the reason why you are exhausted is the baby, not the drink
It’s gotten to the point where it’s easier but still hard. I’m thinking my habit of 报复熬夜 doesn’t help. Thanks for the obvious point, that I didn’t consider, though, that tells me I should sleep earlier :)
It will get better at the age of 4, and then get worse at 14… so maybe just start drinking again in 3-4 years
Alcoholic drinks are neurosuppressors. The social extroversion that people feel is a result of it suppressing higher functions first, mainly impulse control and shame. But any sufficient amount of drinking will send you to unconsciousness fast.
People are recommended to eat a full meal of carbohydrates and fat rich food, and a good rest before drinking to protect both the intestine and the nerve system. Slowing down absorption, and keeping up cognitive skills. No matter how you see it, objectively and biologically speaking, alcohol is toxic. It’s treated as such by the body. It strains the liver and gastrointestinal system. But more importantly for your question, it halts the neural upkeep that the brain does during sleep. As in, you’re unconscious but not asleep, your brain doesn’t rest, busy getting rid of the alcohol.
Now, that’s the extreme version when people binge drink. But it’s the same principle and proportional effect with small doses like a single drink or two. You sleep, but this sleep is not 100% as effective as it should be with sober sleep. Specially if you drink already sleep deprived and exhausted from a long day of taking care of a baby. Do it daily and the body never gets a chance to fully clean the toxin out.
The longer you keep up the habit, the worse you’ll feel everyday. People who drink often develop a mild tolerance for a while, up until a point when the body can longer keep up, and their tolerance then drops off a cliff. This is why longterm alcoholics get absolutely hammered with a single strong drink.
If you want to truly rest, just skip the drink. Use something else like light reading, soft music, smart screen fasting, massages, etc. To relax at the end of the day. Definitely stop drinking daily, find help. A strong support network is the easiest way to stave off a bad habit. Daily drinking is the fast lane to alcohol dependence.
Your bit about tolerance having a cliff is super interesting, I never knew that. I used to be a heavy stoner, and weed does have a never ending tolerance curve, so I just assumed alcohol was the same. But I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, they’re processed by totally different parts of the body
The effects of alcohol can be seen in various biometrics too. For example, in has a negative impact on heart rate variability, resting heart rate, deep sleep, restlessness, duration of sleep and sleep efficiency.
source: Pulse blog
Interesting, for some reason i find that i usually wake up very relaxed when i go to bed after having a drink or two. I think i’m allergic to alcohol though, so i’m sure that plays a part
I’m allergic, too. Every time I drink, I get a headache about 5-7 hours later. Still not enough to make me stop. But I do frequently wake up with headaches, which doesn’t help me feel rested.
Interesting! I find when I’m at my parents or in laws and have the same amount I sometimes have the best sleep of my life. But at home that’s not the case.
You know what is my strongest temptation to problem drinking?
Teetotallers lecturing.
Kind of like how vegetarians lecturing gives me the urge to chow down on a massive pile of raw hamburger.
I’m not a teetotaller. I drink socially, I have no problem with people drinking. But if you drink every single day of your life—even if it is only a beer or a single cocktail glass—you are by definition an alcoholic. Sorry to break the news that way, but investing a significant amount of time procuring, drinking and recovering from drinking is the main symptom of alcohol dependence, and daily drinking qualifies.
I guess if we’re redefining words willy-nilly, did you know if you write long, unrequested lectures on things that makes you a lifetime scold?
Like I need ten more.
Ugh, I feel you. One is too many, 12 isn’t enough.
Yeah, the thread title made me laugh. I can’t answer it because that’s never come up. For me, having 2 drinks is like doing half a poo. It just doesn’t make sense. When drinking, I would drink until I run out or pass out.
Thankfully I’m well over 2 years without a drink today, that life was hell for me.
Good for a while, and then less good for a longer while. I also get to observe all of my health metrics going sharply in the wrong direction after - resting heart rate shoots up, heart rate variability plummets, etc. This can last for multiple days as well.
It’s gotten to the point where I no longer really feel like it’s worth it to drink many times. I still do on occasion, but I take up the offer far less times than I used to as a younger man.
Yep last time I got drunk was a couple of years ago, I was only mildly drunk. Had heart rate go up and felt rough the next day. Not worth it
One or two within an hour doesn’t do much for me, three might give me a buzz, but I’m also a few pounds overweight so I guess I’d need a little more alcohol to get that buzz.
Based on standard US drinks, 1-2 drinks does absolutely nothing. 6-7 is enough for a decent buzz with no noticeable effects the following morning. At around 10 it starts to get uncomfortable and by 12 the room starts spinning. At basically any of those levels I’ll have no real hangover beyond a dry mouth at the extreme end, unless the drinks were overly sugary, like a sweet wine or sugary mixed drink. In which case I’ll have a mild headache as well.
The only real exception to that is tequila (in any amount), or anything with agave in it. I am allergic to agave and it leaves me with a sore throat and a headache that makes suicide seem like a perfectly reasonable thing to do. Though in terms of intoxication it acts like any other alcohol of comparable strength.
I also don’t drink often, 3-4 times a month at most. I have a fairly high baseline tolerance. That also extends to a lot of meds, particularly anesthetics and anxiety meds, which has been a problem in medical environments.
Well, I’m right at the bottom of my second pint of beer tonight.
There’s a very slight numbness to my lips, nose and eyelids which for some reason I kinda like. Apathy is at normal levels but it’s maybe a little more good natured? Like I’m in a “Maybe we can just shoot and bury the rich” kind of headspace right now.
I want some fried cheese. Cheese curds, mozarella sticks, something. Salt encrusted fat please.
Then maybe I’ll go lay on the couch, watch that documentary about neutron stars again, probably the cat will cuddle up in my armpit. Somehow laying on that couch makes my knee hurt though. Need to figure that one out.
Disclaimer: Not a doctor, just guessing from life experience here.
Knee sideways/unsupported + gravity = achy knee. I’m absurdly tall, so my knees are never supported by chairs. After an hour or so of that, I’m in dire need of a proper stretch.
Hot (literally temperature wise) and red. I have the asian flush, so just one drink if drank too fast makes me red quickly. There’s not much of a difference anymore by the second drink, other than my hearing getting a little worse (due to said reaction to alcohol).
That sounds horrible
It’s manageable. As long as I nurse my drink and drink the same amount of water alongside it, I can usually get through 2 drinks with just looking red but not drunk.
I haven’t consumed any alcohol for years, there’s no point. I’ve never been an alcoholic or problem drinker. I did some of the typical young adult binge drinking which I had a normal tolerance level, did feel buzzed etc, otherwise I was a sporadic social drinker until about 10 years ago.
I can’t get drunk now. I can drink alcohol until I puke (I do get a terrible hangover from drinking a lot) but I don’t feel drunk, don’t stagger, slur my words, feel or act buzzed in any way. I think it’s because I have a chronic illness, but it’s a very strange side effect.
Drunk and tired AF. I hardly drink anymore because it leaves me feeling absolutely exhausted for a long time.
Yes, totally different pharmacokinesis. Weed is slow to break down, so it accumulates on the body. On the fat tissue and myelin of neurons. Long term use makes you get used to a base level amount of THC.
Alcohol is metabolized very fast by the liver, which can adapt to get more efficient by changing enzymatic production. But it also suffers tissue damage that is very hard to recover. With long term use, at one point the damage overruns adaptation. Then you lose your entire ability to tolerate alcohol. Which for alcoholics is harsh, since their dependency doesn’t go away.
Two, I’m fine. But I’m a giant. Four, especially if they’re beers, and my sleep quality tanks. Either unable to fall asleep altogether or terrible quality sleep. So I usually stay below that amount.
ive been completely sober for years and i like it way better. if I’m with friends that are drinking though, I can blend in and pretend to be drunk. I just start scream-laughing and waving my arms around falling over and saying really stupid shit then I’ll be embarrassed about later
Literally nothing. I probably drink too much.
