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Getting buzzed feels good. Not healthy, but feels good. After a couple of beers I get extremely fired up and creative/motivated, but it’s like walking on a tig

Getting buzzed feels good. Not healthy, but feels good. After a couple of beers I get extremely fired up and creative/motivated, but it’s like walking on a tightrope - a bit too much, and I’m past the productive phase. If cannabis or hallucinogens were allowed, I suspect more people would pick those over alcohol for evening fun at home…but, alas, at most places alcohol is the only option. So that’s what we’re stuck with.

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wavemode 2y ago
I'm one of those weird people for whom no amount of buzzedness or drunkenness, small or large, feels good. Doesn't feel bad, per se. I suppose it just feels kind of neutral, and strange. Like my senses have lost a bit of clarity.
- midiguy 2y ago
  I'm one of those weird people for whom alcohol feels nice but also makes me incredibly sleepy to the point that I become way less social. Thus I will enjoy a beer at home but if I'm going out I will choose other substances (or abstinence).
candiddevmike 2y ago
Alcohol doesn't give me crippling anxiety and heightened awareness of all the weird things my body does.
- bobthepanda 2y ago
  It does for some people. Either way, hardly a reason to make it illegal.
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  - paulryanrogers 2y ago
    > Either way, hardly a reason to make it illegal. Indeed. Plenty of other good reasons like healthcare costs, increased physical violence, DUIs, neglected families, etc.
    - bobthepanda 2y ago
      Alcohol also does all of these things, and probably to worse degrees than marijuana, and is still legal.
- Workaccount2 2y ago
  I had this problem until I bought gummies and took comparatively very small doses. Now I can enjoy the warm fuzziness and giggling, without freaking out about what people think of how I am placing my left hand on my lap. I buy 5mg gummies and cut them in half, 2.5mg is plenty for me.
  - InSteady 2y ago
    Less is definitely more. There really could be a stronger culture of moderation like there is with alcohol (one glass of wine / beer with dinner crowd). I almost gave up on cannabis until I started aiming to just barely hit the threshold of feeling it and eventually learned how to consistently land on the perfect mild buzz. It's way easier for me to stick to moderate use and take breaks with cannabis than it is with alcohol. Dialing in dosages with edibles is a bigger learning curve though because the feedback is so delayed. I prefer smoking for this reason as well as the shorter duration of effects. I'm using such tiny amounts, it can't be any worse for the lungs than exercising outside in a city full of car exhaust and tire particles. Or so I tell myself, ha.
- Spod_Gaju 2y ago
  I am this way as well. People do not realized that the cannibinol (CB1, CB2) receptors can be overly sensitive in some people. Haveing a lot of ATP and GTP will tend to do this since ATP and GTP sensitize all the g protein coupled receptors. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6461403/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6461403/ Smoking pot makes me literally curl up into a ball on the floor in panic and anxiety.
- InSteady 2y ago
  Alcohol is definitely bad for anxiety in the long run if you are using frequently (even in small amounts). It does a real number on your GABAergic system.
  - midiguy 2y ago
    Sure, it increases anxiety overall particularly when going through withdrawals or hangovers. But I have never heard of its usage directly triggering fully-fledged panic attacks as weed so commonly does.
steve1977 2y ago
> Getting buzzed feels good. Not healthy, but feels good. Does it though? I did not drink for a while now, but basically, if anything, it just attenuated feelings that felt bad a bit. But it never made me feel good per se.
- PaulDavisThe1st 2y ago
  I don't really drink anymore, and before that I used to drink enough (3-4 glasses of wine most nights) that I rarely hit the sweet spot. But if I could hit it, that buzzy feeling was really pretty damn good (although ... it didn't last very long, and was incredibly easy to overshoot).
- Mashimo 2y ago
  If not, why do you think people drink?
- kagakuninja 2y ago
  People respond to alcohol differently because of genetics. I don't get much euphoria from it, but others do.
globular-toast 2y ago
This must be a genetic thing. I've definitely heard other people saying alcohol has a "buzz". But for me it's nothing like that. Any amount will only slow me down and desensitise me. It does lower inhibitions, but never in a desirable way. I realised at some point I was only drinking because of the social obligation and not because I enjoyed it for its own sake.
- InSteady 2y ago
  It could be non-genetic as well. Various vitamin, mineral, and enzyme deficiencies, brain chemistry (that part of it that isn't genetically determined), and other health stuff could all play a role. I am sometimes like you describe, where booze basically just makes me feel kind of slow and loopy but not in a way that is pleasant (kind of reminds me of how benzos felt). If I keep pushing to try and force the good feeling with more drinks I only end up tired and irritable, like when you wake up from a nap feeling all out of sorts. Other times I start getting a nice pleasant "glow" or buzz going within the first half of a drink and can ride that for hours with steady imbibing. Pain is numbed, body feels lighter (paradoxically, because there is also a certain heaviness with drinking), have an easier time focusing and socializing, stress and anxiety are relieved, etc. Too bad alcohol is so damn addictive and harmful, the latter effects are quite nice.

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wavemode 2y ago

I'm one of those weird people for whom no amount of buzzedness or drunkenness, small or large, feels good. Doesn't feel bad, per se. I suppose it just feels kind of neutral, and strange. Like my senses have lost a bit of clarity.

midiguy 2y ago
I'm one of those weird people for whom alcohol feels nice but also makes me incredibly sleepy to the point that I become way less social. Thus I will enjoy a beer at home but if I'm going out I will choose other substances (or abstinence).

candiddevmike 2y ago

Alcohol doesn't give me crippling anxiety and heightened awareness of all the weird things my body does.

bobthepanda 2y ago
It does for some people. Either way, hardly a reason to make it illegal.
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- paulryanrogers 2y ago
  > Either way, hardly a reason to make it illegal. Indeed. Plenty of other good reasons like healthcare costs, increased physical violence, DUIs, neglected families, etc.
  - bobthepanda 2y ago
    Alcohol also does all of these things, and probably to worse degrees than marijuana, and is still legal.
Workaccount2 2y ago
I had this problem until I bought gummies and took comparatively very small doses. Now I can enjoy the warm fuzziness and giggling, without freaking out about what people think of how I am placing my left hand on my lap. I buy 5mg gummies and cut them in half, 2.5mg is plenty for me.
- InSteady 2y ago
  Less is definitely more. There really could be a stronger culture of moderation like there is with alcohol (one glass of wine / beer with dinner crowd). I almost gave up on cannabis until I started aiming to just barely hit the threshold of feeling it and eventually learned how to consistently land on the perfect mild buzz. It's way easier for me to stick to moderate use and take breaks with cannabis than it is with alcohol. Dialing in dosages with edibles is a bigger learning curve though because the feedback is so delayed. I prefer smoking for this reason as well as the shorter duration of effects. I'm using such tiny amounts, it can't be any worse for the lungs than exercising outside in a city full of car exhaust and tire particles. Or so I tell myself, ha.
Spod_Gaju 2y ago
I am this way as well. People do not realized that the cannibinol (CB1, CB2) receptors can be overly sensitive in some people. Haveing a lot of ATP and GTP will tend to do this since ATP and GTP sensitize all the g protein coupled receptors. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6461403/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6461403/ Smoking pot makes me literally curl up into a ball on the floor in panic and anxiety.
InSteady 2y ago
Alcohol is definitely bad for anxiety in the long run if you are using frequently (even in small amounts). It does a real number on your GABAergic system.
- midiguy 2y ago
  Sure, it increases anxiety overall particularly when going through withdrawals or hangovers. But I have never heard of its usage directly triggering fully-fledged panic attacks as weed so commonly does.

steve1977 2y ago

> Getting buzzed feels good. Not healthy, but feels good. Does it though? I did not drink for a while now, but basically, if anything, it just attenuated feelings that felt bad a bit. But it never made me feel good per se.

PaulDavisThe1st 2y ago
I don't really drink anymore, and before that I used to drink enough (3-4 glasses of wine most nights) that I rarely hit the sweet spot. But if I could hit it, that buzzy feeling was really pretty damn good (although ... it didn't last very long, and was incredibly easy to overshoot).
Mashimo 2y ago
If not, why do you think people drink?
kagakuninja 2y ago
People respond to alcohol differently because of genetics. I don't get much euphoria from it, but others do.

globular-toast 2y ago

This must be a genetic thing. I've definitely heard other people saying alcohol has a "buzz". But for me it's nothing like that. Any amount will only slow me down and desensitise me. It does lower inhibitions, but never in a desirable way. I realised at some point I was only drinking because of the social obligation and not because I enjoyed it for its own sake.

InSteady 2y ago
It could be non-genetic as well. Various vitamin, mineral, and enzyme deficiencies, brain chemistry (that part of it that isn't genetically determined), and other health stuff could all play a role. I am sometimes like you describe, where booze basically just makes me feel kind of slow and loopy but not in a way that is pleasant (kind of reminds me of how benzos felt). If I keep pushing to try and force the good feeling with more drinks I only end up tired and irritable, like when you wake up from a nap feeling all out of sorts. Other times I start getting a nice pleasant "glow" or buzz going within the first half of a drink and can ride that for hours with steady imbibing. Pain is numbed, body feels lighter (paradoxically, because there is also a certain heaviness with drinking), have an easier time focusing and socializing, stress and anxiety are relieved, etc. Too bad alcohol is so damn addictive and harmful, the latter effects are quite nice.