Stupid(est) reasons (excuses) to drink.

[BelleGirl]

When I woke with a sore throat this morning, I was reminded of my medicinal uses for vodka. I am sure we all have had dumb reasons to drink. Here are 2 of my faves:

1) A shot of vodka (or 2 or 3 or...) will kill whatever germ is in my throat making it sore. I did this once with strep throat, and let me tell you...it did not work.
(note: I did not do that today)

2) After my kid puked, I thought to avoid catching the bug I would "disinfect" my stomach with vodka. I did not get sick that time...maybe it worked??? But I am ashamed to say I was not a very good Mom that day.

...anyone else?

[rubywillow]

Stupid(est) reasons (excuses) to drink.

Belle, al actually irritates your entire digestive system and erodes it, makes it susceptible to disease. Good post.

[Supercrew]

Stupid(est) reasons (excuses) to drink.

One of my dumbest excuses to drink that I used often over the years was it would help calm my nerves and improve my performance. I used this excuse to play pool, to bowl, to play golf, to play softball and any other competitive thing I did. Basically I used alcohol as a performance enhancer. Suffice to say it didn't really work, but I believed alcohol made me better. Now I have been playing and competeing sober for the last year and I realized that alcohol had a much more negative effect on any skillful thing that I did. I did have a problem with nerves during a big shot or before a big play, but I found that I can handle the nerves with some deep breathing and some positive visualization. So for methe stupidest thing I used alcohol for was performance enhancement, because it really dulled my senses and made me worse.

I also drank while sick numerous times which normally made my sickness even worse coupled with a bad hangover.

[BelleGirl]

Stupid(est) reasons (excuses) to drink.

Supercrew (hey, up until now I thought your name was SuperScrew...:H), you reminded me of one.

Years ago while playing golf, my golf partner and I were paired up with a couple of "good ole boys" as a foursome. They were drinking plenty of beer, and called beer a "Necessary Golf Lubricant". I never forgot that one.

I confess that I also used beer in my golf league "career" as a performance enhancement. Once you have a bad shot, or bad hole you have to "shake it off" with a beer. Didn't help that I was on a men's golf league and they were all heavy drinkers except for one ex-alkie that quit cold turkey one year...and is still off of it 15+ years later. He's my hero!