Topic: Curious about drinking and alexis'

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Curious about drinking and alexis'
17.03.2017 by questions

I am married to an Alexi.
Have any of you noticed to have any more (or less) feelings or emotions come out in a state of drunkiness??

sure thing
18.03.2017 by kat3lb

yes, Questions. When I am under light influence of alcohol (I rarely get really drunk), I feel that I am capable of compassion, love, hapiness, satisfaction of life. I even sense some negative feelings - like being hurt or offended by someone. Its like when a shortsighted person puts on glasses - all that was fuzzy suddenly clears up and you are wondering why it cannot be like that when you are sober.
I guess to some extend it works like that with everyone - even non-alexis - because I witnessed several times people confessing love when being drunk. But I think there is a slight difference. With non-alexes, the case is that they knew what they felt even before being drunk; they only were afraid to say it aloud. While we alexes actually dont realize what we feel until getting under influence and then saying it aloud is never a problem - drunk or sober. So in case of an alex, it can happen that he confessess love the morning after getting drunk - provided he still believes what he sensed last night...

Absolutely
23.04.2017 by raymcardle

This is the only way I have been able to feel anything at all for over 15 years. Seriously, it's getting to the point where I think some form of dependancy has formed; wherever possible, try to help your SO not to go down this road. My father and I are very similar psychologically, and he has become a full-blown alcoholic over time.

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