I’ll start. I have to be careful drinking around other people, because I can get intensely motivational.

My neighbour used to be depressed and stayed at a cruddy job, despite poor pay. I was 17, and he was in his 40s. Well, one night we happened to drink together. It turned out he only stayed at that job in hopes that he would eventually get his parents approval, and that they would finally be proud of him. The job made him miserable.

I spent hours convincing him that he was worth more than his parent’s approval, and that he deserved to be happy. That he was the one living his day-to-day life, and that he should live it how he wants to. Many tears were shed that night. Dude quit before getting any new job prospects, and ended up working in a completely different field. He said thank you more than a few times, after everything was said and done.

That might not sound bad, but it was far from a one-off scenario. I eventually started to wonder what would happen if I accidentally helped lead someone to make a bad decision. It’s not like drunk people are known for making good decisions. So, I only drink around certain people now haha.

On a side note, a crazy number of people have problems with/from their parents.

  • Taleya@aussie.zone
    281·
    1 year ago

    I become an engineering genius . I mean i’m no slouch normally but i will start fixing things for people - and properly

    • flubba86@lemmy.world
      231·
      1 year ago

      You wake up the next day … “why is there so much duct tape on the fish tank? … Oh no.”

      • Taleya@aussie.zone
        41·
        1 year ago

        No, i’d somehow find the one hardware store open at 3am, and would be relocating the fish and actually using marine expoxy to repair that.

    • JPSound@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      I’ll go to the hardware and grocery stores to gather supplies if I plan on day drinking. 10 out of 10 times my workshop and kitchen will be full of activities for the rest of the day.

        • JPSound@lemmy.world
          1·
          1 year ago

          I would LOVE to get one of those. I make a lot of custom rack mount panels for audio and video carts for film/television production and there have been too many times where I thought of some special part that could open up a whole world of entirely new build options for me but that thing/part just doesn’t exist. One day I’ll have one to play with… it’s high up there on the list.