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Dry drunk mentality
Alcohol is something that is consumed in large amounts by a lot of people and most of these people become hooked, which usually leads them down the drunken path.
There are different types of drunks. You got your funny or silly drunk. Those are the drunks that end up running down the street in a diaper or naked screaming “save the chickens”! Then there are the quiet drunks who stare at the wall or pass out after they’ve had a few.
The worst kind of drunk that has ever been created is what we call “the dry drunk”. A dry drunk is a person who is drinking even when they’re not drinking, if that makes any sense… It sounds contradictory maybe but it’s true. Especially the angry ones who have no problem trying to pick a fight with you.
I love people in positions of power who are dry drunks. YAYYY!!!! They are so much fun! Especially when you’re at work and you have a superior who is a dry drunk. They can make things difficult when their attitudes and ridiculing remarks go far past the point of “uncalled for”.
For example, when they use certain phrases like “I always have to have the last word” or “how dare you defy me?” knowing when you did not in anyway shape or form try to disrespect their authority. It’s just another reason for them to wave a badge. Typical asshole mentality!
Here’s the recipe: Add alcohol to an asshole and you get = A drunken asshole! Take away alcohol from a drunk asshole and you get = an asshole who is a dry drunk!
It has been proven scientifically that alcohol fundamentally changes brain chemistry. Abuse it long enough and the damage is permanent. This is especially true with young people whose brains have not fully developed yet.
I don’t know if any studies exist regarding “dry drunks” but I do have to say that the behavior they exhibit even after having long sworn off alcohol still greatly resembles their behavior when they were regularly abusing alcohol.
When you are on the other side as an observer it is truly amazing how much you can learn by just watching people slowly destroy themselves. In the music business it is very easy and common for a lot of musicians to get caught up in the whole traditional sex, drugs and rock and roll life style.
For me I am just the opposite. A long time ago I had friend who was into that scene and she just couldn’t grasp the fact that I was completely straight edge. I’ll never forget the statement she made and I quote “You know what’s great about you Jason? You’re living the rock and roll life style without the sex and drugs!”
When I first head that I was shocked because I never had anybody say that to me before. The thing is she’s right. When I got into the music business I always had a lot of ideas floating around in my head and could picture myself performing in front of thousands of people, maybe even more. For me personally it’s always been about the music, not about the sex and certainly not about the drugs including alcohol.
It seems like in the music world alcohol is one of the most dangerous and strangely acceptable vices. For whatever reason consuming alcohol expressly for the purpose of losing control has become socially acceptable. How many people do you know who laugh and joke about how wasted they got the last time they went out?
A lot of people actually think that both Josh and I are on something because they look at our creations and probably ask themselves “how do they come up with this without being on something”?
I even remember this one time where there was this girl who was mad at me for being the way that I am. The fact that I am who I am without depending on any substances that are dangerous. She happened to be doped up on something at the time. I’ve had a lot of people applaud my chemical free way of life so I wasn’t used to someone resenting it. I have to be honest it was really strange. Josh and I don’t think it’s strange one bit.
How do we come up with the things that we create? It’s easy! It’s called having a fucking imagination and the desire to accomplish what most people have said and still say is impossible. The funny thing is, a lot of people probably think that you need to be drunk or crazy to do the things we do.
But what the hell am I worried about? People think I’m crazy anyway! CAF is a perfect example of what Josh and I are about. Josh and I sincerely hope that people are actually looking with their eyes and listening when they visit here at spazywater.com because appearances are sometimes deceiving.
Sometimes when someone looks intoxicated, it doesn’t mean that they are. This concept can at times get very confusing leading people to inaccurate conclusions.
We’ve had to deal with this kind of crap our entire lives. Most of the time we don’t really think about it but sometimes it’s hard for even us to understand why people refuse to believe that we are clean and sober. Or in our case clean and fierce.
- Jason.L
Josh
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