A 'Fresher Perspective' blog: alcohol definitely affects my mood

Alcohol is a depressant. This definitely became apparent on Saturday night, I went to a ‘geek’ house party yet I was there for barely an hour.  My drinks had caused me to simply stand and think.  I’ve heard the old wives’ tale that gin makes you cry. It must be true.

I’m gutted that I missed the night, once I get into that state of mind it’s definitely hard to snap out until the alcohol units have started to shift from my body.

We have a few depressing characters at the bar I work at part time, I see them regularly on their own with a pint staring out of the window with drink after drink. It’s sad to think that most of them have become alcohol dependent as I’ve seen a few in other local pubs, they must just do a circuit each day until last orders.

Sunday night on the other hand, I handled it much better. My night was spent spontaneously in my local pub with a friend, which coincidently was the night the pub quiz was on. Considering there was only two of us we didn’t do too bad… but I must admit a few vodkas had stopped me from paying attention to answering the questions and I’d become far too absorbed in origami with leaflets than anything else.

My friend and I both had the same amount of drinks, yet once again it always seems to effect me so much more. Whilst I was clearly influenced, he remained ‘cool as a cucumber’ as always. Maybe it’s a gender thing. 

I’ve also noticed that after a few drinks I lose spatial awareness. Not in a clumsy way but as in, what’s in front of me is everything and nothing else is going on around me - like tunnel vision. So if you stand in front of me on a night out you will have my full attention, yet stand behind that person or to the side of me, jump around, shout… I probably won’t notice you. Then I wake up in the morning and panic that people think I’m rude!

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Matthew Bateman, 10 May 2010.

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