Today, after much coaxing, I finally got my roommate to loosen up and have a couple of beers with me and my friends. It was only later in the evening that he admitted the real reason he hadn't wanted to drink: he's an alcoholic and had been sober for six months, until now. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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, my roommate gave me a self-help book on alcoholism for my birthday. He's an alcoholic. I gave him that book around 8 months ago. FML
Today, my alcoholic friend, who is now sober, told me I was a lot more fun when he was drinking. FML
Today, my mom celebrated a year's sobriety by having a couple of beers with her boyfriend. FML
Today, I celebrated my friend's 5-month sobriety milestone with her by getting absolutely wasted. FML
Today, I decided to be the sober housemate for the first time in a while. I drove my drunk friends to the bar and back, even buying them pizza before they passed out in the living room. I got repaid by catching my wasted housemate in my room, peeing all over my floor, bed, and nightstand. FML
Today, my fiancé refused to talk to me because I'm "an alcoholic". I only started drinking like this after we moved in together and he brought me alcohol every day, because he's an alcoholic. FML
Today, for the first time in two years, I met my ex-girlfriend. I was drunk. FML
Today, I told my boyfriend that I was going to stop drinking, since I have been having some problems with alcohol and some of my relatives are alcoholics. He later broke up with me, saying he couldn't be with someone who "chose to be boring." FML
Today, my boyfriend introduced me to his family. They were drinking and having fun, so I joined in. I had one too many, got really goofy, and then suggested the farting game. "Sorry, I can't hold my liquor!" I quickly explained. My boyfriend's mom shot me a cold look and said, "It's non-alcoholic." FML
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Top comments
redheadedasian 2
That's why when someone doesn't want to drink, you just ******* drop it. YDI
RZB 11
F His Life
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Comments (224)
SoultheWolf 19
Never try and force people to do something they don't want!
Kitsi 14
YDI for not respecting his choices and breaking his will. You should feel ******* awful for this. Also, you may need help yourself if you think you can only "loosen up" with booze.
andrejba69 14
It's not the OP's fault because the roommate did not say that he was an alcoholic and in the end it was the roomate's choice to drink it
PrivateSunshine 5
So what you're basically saying OP is that if someone doesn't drink, they must be uptight, and that the only way for people to be cool is to drink? YDI.
stupidpplsuck 33
i dont even know how you are getting that from the post
twaumat 28
OP, you my friend are a dick.
Yodelmeister 18
I feel really bad for you OP. You did a good thing and it's really unfortunate that things turned out the way they did. I'm sorry that everyone's labeling you some kind of pressuring douchebag, but I really think you did the right thing, and I hope you'd do the same in the future.
charvisioku 22
Why would you 'coax' someone into drinking in the first place? I can tell you didn't mean anything by it, but even if he wasn't a recovered alcoholic, it's still out of order to put pressure on him... for all you knew, he might just have not been into drinking, or he might have had some kind of bad experience with it in the past. Don't pressure people into doing shit. It's always going to end badly.
RogueWarrior869 23
I can't really blame the op here. Had the other just admitted they were a recovering alcoholic from the get go than this could have been avoided. I doubt op meant any harm since quite a few people loosen up over a beer or so. I await your thumbs down for the unpopular input.
BobbieH 19
Why would you pressure someone to drink if they didn't want to in the first place? Are you 15? However I have a hard time with this because they are responsible for themselves and alcohol will always be around.
BlackBlazeCobra 16
He didnt think to mention it before?