Introversion and Alcohol
what if
to be or not to be,that is the question,what if one were both,i can see me as both,drinking or not drinking,no wonder they put me in the loonie bin,hahaha,i like what doggy lady said,NORMAL,what is normal,that question is known only from the one looking to the inside,or is it from the one looking from out wards,master jung,was quoted as saying there is no hope for these kinds of people,hopeless,Us more or less,or did he mean for primitive man and women,what youer asking is for the intellectual woman or man,many addicted mindeded are very intelligent in one way or another,but not intelligent to figure out drinking is not normal ? good thread :goodjob::thanks:gyco
what if
HoldingPattern;954922 wrote: The term "introversion" was coined by Carl Jung, along with its antonym, "extraversion", as described in this quote from wikipedia (bolding emphasis mine):
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From as far back as I can remember, I've been an introvert. I'm talking as a child, way back before AL ever entered the picture. Notice that "introverted" does not equate to "shy" or "social anxiety". I'm not shy and have very well developed social and communication skills... but I really like being alone. I'm talking almost to hermit levels. I enjoy (prefer, actually) doing lot's of "normal" activities alone: playing computer games, going to the beach/surfing, cooking, playing music, etc.
Anyway, while thinking about my alcohol use, I started realizing how much more time over the past decade I was spending alone drinking at home, which seemed also to be increasing with time. I was still doing the above sorts of activities, with the outdoorsy ones being during the day while not drinking. I had always been in touch with my introveted tendencies and it never really bothered me.
But then I began wondering if my alcohol use was making me even more introverted/isolated. At first, it seemed like the obvious answer was, "yeah, duh! addict brain defending its drinking time". But now I'm not so sure. During recent days and weeks when not drinking my introverted tendencies don't feel any different at all-- I still want to be alone, but I read or worked or played games or whatever instead of drinking. And as I mentioned in the beginning, I was like this before I had ever experienced alcohol. Hmm.
So, I started this thread for couple reasons:
- to explore for myself whether alcohol and introversion are at all linked within myself (being introspective!
)
- to see if any people here could relate-- most of you all seem crazy-extraverted to me! (maybe that's just your online personas?)
- to see if any other interesting ideas/discussion would come out of it.
Anyone care to weigh in?
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From as far back as I can remember, I've been an introvert. I'm talking as a child, way back before AL ever entered the picture. Notice that "introverted" does not equate to "shy" or "social anxiety". I'm not shy and have very well developed social and communication skills... but I really like being alone. I'm talking almost to hermit levels. I enjoy (prefer, actually) doing lot's of "normal" activities alone: playing computer games, going to the beach/surfing, cooking, playing music, etc.
Anyway, while thinking about my alcohol use, I started realizing how much more time over the past decade I was spending alone drinking at home, which seemed also to be increasing with time. I was still doing the above sorts of activities, with the outdoorsy ones being during the day while not drinking. I had always been in touch with my introveted tendencies and it never really bothered me.
But then I began wondering if my alcohol use was making me even more introverted/isolated. At first, it seemed like the obvious answer was, "yeah, duh! addict brain defending its drinking time". But now I'm not so sure. During recent days and weeks when not drinking my introverted tendencies don't feel any different at all-- I still want to be alone, but I read or worked or played games or whatever instead of drinking. And as I mentioned in the beginning, I was like this before I had ever experienced alcohol. Hmm.
So, I started this thread for couple reasons:
- to explore for myself whether alcohol and introversion are at all linked within myself (being introspective!
)- to see if any people here could relate-- most of you all seem crazy-extraverted to me! (maybe that's just your online personas?)
- to see if any other interesting ideas/discussion would come out of it.
Anyone care to weigh in?
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