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Not gonna lie, I did this. I know this is badposting but stay awhile and listen.
I'm 33. I've been a drug addict since I was 15. Somewhere along the line I realized I could drink and no one cares! So I don't shoot oxy anymore; no heroin, no morphine. But I drink like a fish and people praise me for being a functioning alcoholic.
No one praised me for being a functioning opiate addict. Or an Adderall addict. Even a caffeine addict. Hell, people give me shit for how much weed I smoke.
But drinking is just fine.
Of all the problems in American culture this is pretty small. But goddamn.
Hi there! Guy who nearly died from alcoholism—twice!—checking in!
This isn't a cool post, even as a bit.
I've had stints in the hospital where my internal organs were trying to kill me, and I was denied any pain relief FOR DAYS because I was, "just another drunk." My only savior was a nurse running a 72 hour triple shift—who wasn't even supposed to be there, but bUdGeT cUtS—saw me and immediately gave me diazepam and dilaudid. He wasn't allowed to do that. It was against the law. He saved my life. I wouldn't have been seen by a doctor for another day or two.
Do not minimize alcoholism.
