Analyzing the angry drunk

[SmartIdiot]

So if you have a friend who is totally mellow most of the time, but suddenly turns into a brawling, cursing whirlwind of fury as soon as he ingests enough alcohol, I'd suggest you have a talk with him.
Or not. That would involve feelings and shit, after all.
It could get kind of awkward.

I'll say...

But sometimes those talks need to happen no matter how unpleasant they are. I've had that talk with my friends, they in turn have had it with me. No one's a saint when it comes to drinking. Sure for the most part we can all get through the night and have a larf but every once in a while (and it happens to most people) it'll be like someone's flipped a switch in your head and the only thing on your mind is 'destroy' or 'noise up that person over there' for no apparent reason.

Oh yes and to anyone who makes it this far into the post. Stay the fuck away from whisky. That's just asking for trouble.

 

[Nickolai77]

It's 12:30am, I've stumbled home from the pubs/clubs, it's a little early but hey I've got university tomorrow (it is was tuesday). Tonight I made the terrible realization...I am becoming an angry drunk.

I've always hated those guys who get drunk and try to start fights, I had my nose broken by no fault of my own when I was 17 by a guy like that in a fight. But I worry I may become one of these people.

You see I am usually quite a pleasant drinker at home, a houseparty, function or pub. But nightclubs, they infuriate me, it may be because I've become more complacent/cynical about meeting girls there (I'd rather meet them in a bookstore, work or an old fashioned pub), maybe it's the appallingly loud music, but mainly it's the sort of guys who congregate there.

Example, tonight there was this unbelievably hot chick in a gold corset and this really annoying guy in a vest with a "popped" collar and spiked hair. A year ago the one thought on my mind would be trying (and probably failing) to pick up the girl. However tonight I couldn't shake the thought of how good it would feel to beat the livin' shit out of this douche-bag. The one rational part remaining in my brain (the same part that made me scull a litre of water) told how stupid that would be.

So my rather rambling and drunken (you know how hard it is to proof read after 2-3 litres of beer?) question is have you ever felt really angry while drinking? How have you resolved it? Have you ever (perhaps unfortunately) acted on it?

I'm in a similar situation to you, i'm a university student and my friends go clubbing as well. Altough i would have never ever even considerd trying to pick up a girl whom i have met at a night club.... i don't think i need to explain why. Also, for me night clubs usually get me bored rather than angry. The music's all the same and all your doing is dancing to crap music, you carnt talk to anyone- i only go along to be social.

The thing is though, you don't have to go clubbing if you don't want to, i myself oftentimes skip going to clubs with my university friends, but will happily go along when they decide to go to the pub or something. I say just cut down on the times you go clubbing, if you can think of an excuse, don't go, its not doing you any good.

 

[omega 616]

I never drink.

I like being in control of my actions and aware of my surroundings.

Prohibition needs to return!

You took the words right out of my mouth!

The first time I have been ninja'd, it's a sad feeling.

The worst state I have been in was tipsy, as I was walking home I could feel myself getting angry and wanting to lash out at some innocent person, after that I swore off drinking and I haven't drunk in over 2 years.

 

[More Fun To Compute]

I save my anger for things that matter like the copy protection schemes on PC games and lack of adequate car parking spaces.

 

[AnonymouZero]

I never drink.

I like being in control of my actions and aware of my surroundings.

Prohibition needs to return!

quoted for prudishness:

OT: i never drink... but i did ONCE, and it was only to make the foursome more... "amiable"

of course, it didn't work that well especially when one of the other 3 was a GUY... but... fuck it, it was kind of ok. Alcohol didn't make me angry but it sure made me dizzy.

 

[AWAR]

I never drink.

I like being in control of my actions and aware of my surroundings.

Prohibition needs to return!

When I am drunk I'm perfectly in control of my actions

What you said made me sad

 

[Zac_Dai]

Theres a reason they call Alcohol Truth Serum. If you are an angry drunk, you are an angry person in general (I am and I have come to accept that). When you are sober, you just tend to hide it better for whatever reason. Alcohol makes it so you do not care about the consequences.

Exactly this.

Drink doesn't make you angry it just brings down the barriers holding that anger you have back.

 

[khaimera]

Like others have said alcohol makes true feelings come otu but it also supresses the inihibitive part of our brain which would normally come in to help override strong emotions. If it was me at that club, I would have been annoyed too at the D bag at the bar. Why do they get all the drunk hot chicks?

 

[Random Argument Man]

Prohibition needs to return!

Are you mad?

OT: I'm rarely the angry drunk. I'm angry when I when someone ruins my fun. I try leave before I kick someone's ass.

I'm more of the over-social drunk or the really really really stupid drunk.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Prohibition needs to return!

Are you mad?

OT: I'm rarely the angry drunk. I'm angry when I when someone ruins my fun.

I'm more of the over-social drunk or the really really really stupid drunk.

That was called sarcasm.

 

[Random Argument Man]

Prohibition needs to return!

Are you mad?

OT: I'm rarely the angry drunk. I'm angry when I when someone ruins my fun.

I'm more of the over-social drunk or the really really really stupid drunk.

That was called sarcasm.

Sarcasm with a written form is the easiest to figure out. "Wink".

 

[thetwistinside]

Well, it's true what they say about your mood intensifying when you drink. I speak from experience. If you're hot under the collar with douchebag fueled rage before you pick up that bottle, stay away from it.

 

[Chewster]

I like being in control of my actions and aware of my surroundings.

Then don't drink to the point that you lose control. It's not that difficult.

Theres a reason they call Alcohol Truth Serum. If you are an angry drunk, you are an angry person in general (I am and I have come to accept that). When you are sober, you just tend to hide it better for whatever reason. Alcohol makes it so you do not care about the consequences.

Exactly this.

Drink doesn't make you angry it just brings down the barriers holding that anger you have back.

Third'd. If you really were angry when drunk, there may be underlying issues. I've gotten drunk a good number of times, and have yet to get angry while doing so, since I'm not a very angry person in general.

 

[DSEZ]

i used to be a angry drunk you know how i fixed i stopped drinking

 

[SturmDolch]

I have only gotten fully smashed drunk once. I was extremely happy, singing, pretending to be Logan from Rainbow 6: Vegas beside some door with my hands held up like a gun, and telling all my friends how much I looooove my girlfriend. It was a fun night, but I'm scared of trying it again because I had a hangover till 7:00pm the next day.

 

[JimmerDunda]

It's the environment.

Being a college student I drink often(even though I am 20 but in our country no one really gives a shit) and a lot of times end up drunk. It happens often in my state, in fact it is pretty much a culture of Wisconsin to get piss hammered.

If you don't enjoy being angry or emotionally disrupt you either need to A. Don't drink or B. find a new environment to drink in.

Drinking can be fun but you need to do with the right people.

 

[GrinningManiac]

I just don't undestand what the appeal of drunkeness is at all!

Seriously, you end up killing yourself, getting into trouble, having a bad night and waking up sick/being sick in a skip or not remembering if you had a good night at all

Whenever anyone hears that last outcome (not remembering), they say "exactly!" and laugh as if this is both witty and poigniant. I really hate those people

So yeah, I'm just aggresively indignant 100% of the time with or without a drink

 

[driveBYargument]

I'm a naturally peace loving person, even when I drink I can't really be angry at people.
The only thing I can think of to help you would be to think of why do you even care about that guy in your story? I think the heart of the matter lies in that reason, whether subconscious or conscious.

Peace and love Escapists, Peace and love.

 

[esperandote]

Noo, i'm a wuss sober and drunk

 

[Hiphophippo]

I never drink.

I like being in control of my actions and aware of my surroundings.

I'm generally the same. I'm 28 years old and have never been drunk. Not because of some sort of indignant sense of right and wrong but because it just never appealed to me. For the same reason. I'm not comfortable with the idea of not being 100% in control of myself. I'm a little irritable about the idea of even taking asprin for a headache.

But I do drink. Rarely. I'll have A drink from time to time. A small rum and coke perhaps, or a bourbon. Just one though.