Today, it's been almost a week since I returned from my vacation to Ireland. Before I rarely drank. Now I'm pretty sure I'm an alcoholic. You might think I'm joking, but I've woken up hungover every day since I landed there. I basically paid to kill my liver and become AA's next poster child. FML
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Today, as a recovering alcoholic, I'm at a conference where letting loose is expected and, to a point, encouraged. I've been sober for 2.5 years and am pretty sure I managed to piss off just about everyone with how miserable I was listening to them describe my former favorite mixed drinks and shots. I miss wine. FML
Today, after drinking myself to an oblivion, I awoke with a massive hangover. I didn’t want to go to work, but every excuse I came up with in my head screamed of alcoholics. When I arrived, my boss asked me why I was there. It was my day off. FML
Today, I got back to work from a 3 week vacation. My boss had asked me to get him something so when I returned I presented him with a shotglass with the British flag on it. I later found out that he is a recovering alcoholic. FML
Today, I was feeling sick and ended up throwing up as soon as I got home. My mother's first question was an accusatory, "What have you been drinking?" I was returning from the AA meeting I have been attending for over a month. I go because I'm afraid I'll become an alcoholic like her. FML
Today, after a big house party the night before, I woke up with a dry mouth and a pounding hangover. I took a swig from a cup I'd left on my bedside table the night before, thinking it was water. Nope; it was vodka. FML
Today, it's not fair: I’ve seen my twin brother drink 2 full bottles of whiskey without getting more than tipsy, then go to work the next day completely fine on only 2 hours sleep, meanwhile I get completely trashed if I have more than 3 normal pints and take days to recover from the hangover. FML
Today, my alcoholic friend, who is now sober, told me I was a lot more fun when he was drinking. FML
Today, as a recovering alcoholic, I called my brother to share the news that I've been sober for a month. He invited me to a bar to celebrate. FML
Today, I woke up with the nastiest, most brutal hangover ever. I haven't had alcohol in 10 years and I only eat healthy, yet my body craps itself out because… reasons. FML
Today, I’m a recovering alcoholic. With the upcoming holiday, I have two choices; I can go over my family’s house who are all heavy drinkers and hope I don’t relapse, or I can stay home by myself and hope the crushing loneliness doesn’t drive me back to the bottle. FML
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HowieDoIt 21
So you're saying rather than take responsibility for your choices, you're blaming a stereotype to justify your problem?
Drizl 17
You should have tried to put a limit on the amount of drinks you had.
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Drizl 17
You should have tried to put a limit on the amount of drinks you had.
Garrison21 11
I got drunk in Vegas and went to a club and danced with a couple chicks. Long story short my neck has bite marks and is bruised... I think I got attacked by vampires or girls who don't know how to do a hicky
theothermeg 3
A limit it good. But you don't become an alcoholic after a week. Having hangovers doesn't make you an alcoholic either. OP is being melodramatic
JennaNGood 21
That, or OP could just MOVE to Ireland. Or Canada, come to think of it.
Ravike 17
Looks more like a YDI than a FML.. your actions after all no one force you to drink alcohol.
IWillJudgeYou 6
so bloody right mate, every hangover is a total ydi
octinate 17
You're blaming Ireland on you becoming an alcoholic? Seriously???
incoherentrmblr 21
Seems like the Lock of the Irish I guess...
jackm0920 1
Not an alcoholic because you drank. Because if you had hangovers, you didn't do it right
OysterPearls 33
3, please don't pursue any profession in which you would have to give advice, especially not in alcoholism/drug abuse. You know what, just don't get a job at all.
laden_swallow09 34
53- Now that you mention it, it sounds like the rantings of a hobo.
HowieDoIt 21
So you're saying rather than take responsibility for your choices, you're blaming a stereotype to justify your problem?
AnnaDeWitt 27
Agreed. It was your decision, OP, to drink, was it not? YDI.
oreoeater 21
Oooooh trust me, its a very true stereotype
oreoeater 21
Just like to say that IM IRISH
Khorlik 6
Umm that's not at all what this FML is saying.
expertsmilee 26
You can't go to Ireland and expect NOT to get smashed...constantly.
Hiimhaileypotter 52
Yes. Yes, you can.
detectivedipsiht 12
actually #4 is right. being from England I can safely say that it's an unwritten rule that if you go Ireland, you drink.
Zomg_Okay 26
And being from Ireland, I can safely say it's an unwritten rule that if you don't want to drink nobody will bother you about it.
foxwasalamb 24
drinking and getting smashed are very different
detectivedipsiht 12
damm it! a part of my life was a lie
emeraldisle 30
I live in Dublin and it's safe to say I don't wake up hungover everyday.
JayElleBee 15
I've lived in Ireland for seven years now, and I don't drink at all. That said, I have noticed that if the unsuspecting wander into an Irish pub, especially in a small town, the locals are so damn friendly and chatty that it's almost impossible to escape again. They'll just keep you talking for hours, and buy you drinks if you don't buy your own. >>
niftyhasdelulz 12
You don't have to drink if you go to Ireland. It's such a stereo type. Although #34 has a point, if you walk into a local, you will be bought drinks by locals at the bar, but thats just because the Irish are chatty, friendly people. I'm pretty sure every country has locals like that though. Especially in a small town. We're just up for the craic! (Craic meaning 'fun' not a type of drug)
cathrope 10
I wish I had the money to go to Ireland along with Germany and Netherlands.
cmchappy 25
Probably safe to say your an alcoholic and our country did not influence you
philipino 24
Luck of the Irish
Morning_fml 22
#5, because it's totally lucky to develop a drinking problem as well as destroy your liver.
DaJoGri 12
Read an Irish history book, we're aren't really that lucky...
whenitdidhappen 14
i can really understand that people sometimes use alcohol to escape certain problems in life.i guess that what happened to you..again.I'm just guessing
asargent 14
You might be the next std posterchild #whathappennedlastnight
foxwasalamb 24
you're new here. ill help you out. take that "hashtag" shit and leave
Flowtastic 16
#no
pwnman 33
This isn't twitter, sir.
laden_swallow09 34
Or even Facebook. Hashtags are not welcome.
twodotgirl 8
just BC u guys have a problem with them doesn't mean u need to put someone else down... personal I dislike them but it doesn't matter whether I do or don't people use them all the time get over it.
DriAA7 17
Alcoholism is when you drink alcohol to avoid feeling a negative emotion. It's used as a temporary distraction from an emotional problem. Unless you're drinking to do so, I don't think you're an alcoholic.
thevelociraptor 31
Or you could just like the feeling of being drunk. No need to lump together everyone who drinks.
Flowtastic 16
Where did you get that definition from? O_o
oreoeater 21
He got it from Wikipedia, I also don't understand why I got thumbs down so much
GentlemanBastard 15
Actually, alcoholism is defined as the inability to function or feel normal without alcohol in your system. The emotional problem thing is certainly true most of the time, but it doesn't define every alcoholic.
creativityisnt 19
#9 I agree completely.
cryssycakesx3 22
58, and you'd also be wrong.
Kewl_Kat 9
Just replace your liquor with liquorice, problem solved =D
Firewielder 17
Then you replace your alcoholism with diabetes!
1PersonIsMyWorld 22
theres low fat licorice
AnOriginalName 19
Good thing fat content in food has anything to do with diabetes, 65! (Hint: diabetes is an inability to process glucose correctly.) (Bonus hint: licorice, in the red form, shouldn't contain any fat in the first place. It's basically processed sugar.)
meladuh 16
Maybe 65 is those kind that believes only fat ppl can get diabetes.
lizlala 15
or you could mix liquor and liquorice :D
Gabilliam 19
You know...there's such a thing as having self control and saying no...maybe you should do both...
RedPillSucks 31
as in "no self control"?