the state i am in
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Physically, I don't handle overindulgence well which is the reason why I could easily do without alcohol. I never drink for the effect. If I do drink, two is my limit. I only drink if I am socializing. I like a good glass of red if I am having a nice steak. I like going out for cocktails to cute, little places but that is more about the destination than the drinking. And I like having half a beer if I am watching a band.
Basically, I don't ever like to feel unwell and that is how drinking regularly would make me feel.
i'm currently trying to balance this. i don't think my constitution handles overindulgences well either, yet i continually find myself over-indulging. or perhaps more accurately, what would not be overindulgences for others do feel like overindulgences for me.
i like to drink bc it improves the quality of my life (socially). i can easily not drink, but i find it does help as a catalyst to speed some things up (time is of the essence!), create a more open type of mood, loosen us up, etc. and like i said before, it's a good ritual to go thru with people/new people.
it is a difficult balance trying to lose one's center and finding it again. it seems like an ongoing process that is very necessary, i don't ever want to be solely encapsulated in only myself and my imagined world again. no matter how much i mature/grow up, i'll always be proven wrong time and time again, and rationality is only part of the world's story anyway. various chemicals make your brain talk to itself in new and different ways. how you use that experience to improve yourself and get out of ruts (hardened pathways) and maximize your life is up to you (and yes, many people use them in ways that are not productive or conducive to their own self-development). there's no one size fits all one right answer in life.