JEFE
07-09-2007, 10:12 PM
Barry, here's one for you.
I went to the beach all last week. Saturday to Saturday. I took my drunken friend with me and, for the first 4 or 5 days he didn't act out of the ordinary at all. He spent all day just like he regularly does, angry and pissed off and treating everyone like shit, recovering from a hangover but, at night, when the rest of us all went to sleep, he'd drink himself stupid and wander around the halls of the hotel, meeting other drunk people on their way home from the bars and generally acting like an idiot. A happy idiot but an idiot none the less.
On Wednesday, he said he felt tired and didn't drink hardly anything. He had about six beers and went to sleep.
For the rest of the vacation he said he felt tired but still didn't drink very much.
On Thursday he had about 4 beers and went to bed fairly early (around 1) and on Friday he woke up and said he felt great.
That evening, the day before we had to head home, he had 2 drinks and fell asleep at midnight and woke up at 8 and packed up and drove home.
We stopped at a friend's house and he drank three beers, then a Red Bull, then he sat and talked to everyone until 11 and then drove home.
Normally he power-drinks and relies on someone else getting him home.
Sunday he said he was anxious to get back to his normal routine, lifting weights in the evening and then anesthetizing himself until he falls asleep.
He said his left arm and shoulder were sore because he was lifting so much and so on Sunday night he didn't go to the gym. He went to the movies, came home, drank about 4 beers and fell asleep at 11 and woke up this morning at 6 and worked all day until about 6 PM.
Tonight I was sure he was going to make up for it by getting totally annihilated but, instead, he went to the store and bought a six pack (instead of his usual 12, when there are still a few beers in the fridge) and he had 5 of them and fell asleep on the couch.
He woke up about an hour ago and all the guy wanted was chocolate chip cookies and milk. He drove to the store and bought some Chips-s-hoy and a granola bar and ate the granola bar on the way back.
When he got back I asked him it he wanted a drink and he said, "No."
He went outside and smoked a cigarette, came back in, opened another beer and took a sip and then put it down and went in and got some cookies and milk.
He is sitting there, eating milk and cookies like they are the greatest thing in the World and watching the Discovery Channel and he looks totally content.
I pretty positive he's going to eat them and then fall asleep.
What the hell happened to him, is what I want to know?
He just felt bad and didn't drink for one night at the beach and now all the guy wants to do is eat cookies and get to bed at a reasonable hour. Is that normal? Can people just quit like that?
Normally.... "normally", he drinks like an 18-pack and then passes out but lately he's acting like a regular person.
What can I do to make that stick for the guy?
Oh yeah, and I think I told you in another thread. We went fishing one day and I caught a 21" flounder. I'll show you the pics when they post them.
Martin wasn't there for the fish, so I don't think that had anything to do with it.
I went to the beach all last week. Saturday to Saturday. I took my drunken friend with me and, for the first 4 or 5 days he didn't act out of the ordinary at all. He spent all day just like he regularly does, angry and pissed off and treating everyone like shit, recovering from a hangover but, at night, when the rest of us all went to sleep, he'd drink himself stupid and wander around the halls of the hotel, meeting other drunk people on their way home from the bars and generally acting like an idiot. A happy idiot but an idiot none the less.
On Wednesday, he said he felt tired and didn't drink hardly anything. He had about six beers and went to sleep.
For the rest of the vacation he said he felt tired but still didn't drink very much.
On Thursday he had about 4 beers and went to bed fairly early (around 1) and on Friday he woke up and said he felt great.
That evening, the day before we had to head home, he had 2 drinks and fell asleep at midnight and woke up at 8 and packed up and drove home.
We stopped at a friend's house and he drank three beers, then a Red Bull, then he sat and talked to everyone until 11 and then drove home.
Normally he power-drinks and relies on someone else getting him home.
Sunday he said he was anxious to get back to his normal routine, lifting weights in the evening and then anesthetizing himself until he falls asleep.
He said his left arm and shoulder were sore because he was lifting so much and so on Sunday night he didn't go to the gym. He went to the movies, came home, drank about 4 beers and fell asleep at 11 and woke up this morning at 6 and worked all day until about 6 PM.
Tonight I was sure he was going to make up for it by getting totally annihilated but, instead, he went to the store and bought a six pack (instead of his usual 12, when there are still a few beers in the fridge) and he had 5 of them and fell asleep on the couch.
He woke up about an hour ago and all the guy wanted was chocolate chip cookies and milk. He drove to the store and bought some Chips-s-hoy and a granola bar and ate the granola bar on the way back.
When he got back I asked him it he wanted a drink and he said, "No."
He went outside and smoked a cigarette, came back in, opened another beer and took a sip and then put it down and went in and got some cookies and milk.
He is sitting there, eating milk and cookies like they are the greatest thing in the World and watching the Discovery Channel and he looks totally content.
I pretty positive he's going to eat them and then fall asleep.
What the hell happened to him, is what I want to know?
He just felt bad and didn't drink for one night at the beach and now all the guy wants to do is eat cookies and get to bed at a reasonable hour. Is that normal? Can people just quit like that?
Normally.... "normally", he drinks like an 18-pack and then passes out but lately he's acting like a regular person.
What can I do to make that stick for the guy?
Oh yeah, and I think I told you in another thread. We went fishing one day and I caught a 21" flounder. I'll show you the pics when they post them.
Martin wasn't there for the fish, so I don't think that had anything to do with it.