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braunshade
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 Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:15 pm Post subject: Do you have blackouts?? |
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I do not remember the trip home last night!! I hate that because I hope I did not do anything stupid.
Too much soju. |
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Junior
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| Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Probably when I leave korea it will all seem like a blck hole that my subconscious opts to forget. |
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bnrockin
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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Repression- A defense mechanism that is used for hiding memories or feelings. these can still affect you!
Dissociative Amnesia-partial or total inability to recall information that occured during a traumatic time.
Happens to the best of us. Thanks college Psychology book. |
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Clutch Cargo
Joined: 28 Feb 2003
Location: Sim City 2005
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| Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:25 am Post subject: |
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I do not remember the trip home last night!! I hate that because I hope I did not do anything stupid.
Too much soju. |
Blackouts are one symptom of alcoholism and should not be ignored. They are often followed by excessive feelings of guilt and remorse which may last for days.
The good news is that experiencing a blackout as a result of too much drinking doesn't mean you're alcoholic. It's pretty common among heavy drinkers too.
The warning signs of the disease of alcoholism are:
a mental obsession with alcohol (obviously),
an overpowering physical craving for more once drinking has begun (getting the taste and kicking on even if your friends want to go home or drink coffee),
trying to conceal the amount you drink (sneaking drinks in the kitchen at parties),
trying (and failing) to control or stop drinking,
feeling that no one must know about it,
among other symtoms.
This can go on for quite a while, depending on your circumstances and tolerance over time. |
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wheek
Joined: 08 May 2006
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| Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:08 am Post subject: |
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| bnrockin wrote: |
Repression- A defense mechanism that is used for hiding memories or feelings. these can still affect you!
Dissociative Amnesia-partial or total inability to recall information that occured during a traumatic time.
Happens to the best of us. Thanks college Psychology book. |
Actually, this is an entirely separate phenomenon from alcohol-related memory impairment (although if you do something stupid enough while blasted, you may have this too�)
Just to give the biological overview: blackouts are just a malfunction in memory storage and retrival due to chemical interaction. Normally, sensory information proceeds from basic sensory memory to be transferred to short term storage where it is �rehearsed� and then encoded into long-term memory if the conditions are right (neurological arousal, level of rehearsal, depth of processing, etc.). Long term memories are then retrieved back to the short term memory for usage when needed. Alcohol primarily interferes with the transformation and encoding of information from short-term to long-term memory (although occasionally, it can be the other way around; information is encoded in long-term, but in a way that interferes with later retrieval).
And while blackouts are more common in alcoholics, this is usually attributed to the fact that alcoholics consume in higher quantities and more often than others. It's not a symptom perse; it could happen to someone drinking for the very first time (and often does). That's similar to saying that vomiting while drunk is a symbol of alcoholism; yeah, it happens more often to alcoholics, but generally because they're plastered more often...
Bottom line, OP, don't freak out too much; you're not necessarily repressing thoughts of things you did that are too horrific to remember or heading full steam ahead for a rehab clinic. Just take it easy on the soju; even if a blackout doesn't signal immediate distress, excess consumption will still fook you up in the long run.
(Apologies if this sounded pretentious; I'm a bit of a psych/neuro geek, so I get a little excited about this stuff...) |
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joyfulgirl
Joined: 05 Jan 2006
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| i don't remember the ends of most heavy-drinking nights. i get a few snapshots of memory, and if someone reminds me of something, it might stir a fuzzy memory, but for the most part, the ends of nights like those are gone. i somehow get home, get my contacts out, etc....but can't really remember doing it. |
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jacl
Joined: 31 Oct 2005
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| I blacked out this week. Drank a bunch of beer and had some whiskey at my co-teacher's. I missed a call from my Korean friend while I was there and couldn't dial back because the display is messed up on my cheap cell phone. Anwyay, must've passed out early. I was supposed to meet my friend for dinner. Woke up early in the morning, still drunk. Went through most of my day and noticed a smell in the evening. I had unplugged the fridge to plug in the rice cooker to make dumplings. Solved the problem for what to eat for dinner. |
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chest rockwell
Joined: 16 May 2005
Location: Sanbon
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| Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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I do not remember the trip home last night!! I hate that because I hope I did not do anything stupid.
Too much soju. |
Blackouts are one symptom of alcoholism and should not be ignored. They are often followed by excessive feelings of guilt and remorse which may last for days.
The good news is that experiencing a blackout as a result of too much drinking doesn't mean you're alcoholic. It's pretty common among heavy drinkers too.
The warning signs of the disease of alcoholism are:
a mental obsession with alcohol (obviously),
an overpowering physical craving for more once drinking has begun (getting the taste and kicking on even if your friends want to go home or drink coffee),
trying to conceal the amount you drink (sneaking drinks in the kitchen at parties),
trying (and failing) to control or stop drinking,
feeling that no one must know about it,
among other symtoms.
This can go on for quite a while, depending on your circumstances and tolerance over time. |
Is a beer-belly also a sign of alcoholism? |
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Clutch Cargo
Joined: 28 Feb 2003
Location: Sim City 2005
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| Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 6:04 am Post subject: |
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| Is a beer-belly also a sign of alcoholism? |
I'm not sure. Maybe that's just a sign of gluttony and sloth. |
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