How to become NT for an hour

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I would never drink alcohol for such a reason. I find alcohol as purely a celebratory drink for special occasions and never drink it otherwise; after all there's absolutely no outweighing benefit from drinking in my opinion.

Besides from experience, I still have autistic tendencies while I'm drunk.

Drinking sometimes gives me a wonderful feeling of ability to communicate.

However after an hour or so in a group I tend to get overwhelmed, constantly pulling apart every conversation to understand it, overwhelms me completely while drunk.

I really love the feeling of being slightly drunk - physically it gets rid of the adhd restlessness so I can relax. It also takes care of my tactile hypersensitivity, calms my obsessive thinking patterns, and I'm more talkative, more sociable... the only downside is that it tends to bring out more of the outward physical autistic signs - movements, mannerisms, etc. And not only is there more of that stuff, I become a lot less concerned about trying to supress it. So the alcohol may make me more normal overall but I definitely look more autistic.

With every loss comes a gain, with every gain comes a loss.


Emotional regulation must be my number one concern, when I'm drunk I'm either totally exploding with passion and joy for music or certain topics, or I'm totally disinterested and run away.

I will not advocate getting dangerously drunk. But having a few does numb some of my Aspie tendencies and I'm more like an NT.

Ah yes, the juice. I've been addicted for years. But not because it makes me NT. I like the feeling of being in the moment, and not thinking about what a crummy situation life is.

Greater concentration - I actually use it to help meditate. Pictures/ideas/thoughts are a lot more focused for me

As well, it DOES help with anxiety and depression. I dont like smoking and running out into public, well, not normally. I think it depends on my mood.

Marijuana, while high, needs to be controlled and CAN be controlled (much like your mind can be controlled). Ever wonder why people are more creative while high (or can be)? Some studies claim Marijuana actually kills brain cells but a new study is claiming it may potentially promote brain neuron growth. I, personally, feel something that may relate to that in regards to the deeper concentration and heightened sense of creativity.

I cannot tell people to smoke pot but I'd prefer they use marijuana over their prescripted drugs. The side effects to marijuana pale in comparison to some anti-depressants. THC does more then get you high, yahoo! studies reported it actually blocked the formation of lung cancers and brain tumours. Other studies have shown that Alzehemiers development (brain decay) may actually be best prevented by Marijuana (study comparing pot smokers to cigarette smokers).

Honestly, if you compare the side effects of Marijuana to even Viagra, the side effects pale in comparison and most cannot be proven. After all, I've never heard of a Marijuana related death but I've heard of lots of alcohol related, cigarette related, heroine related, hell, even tylenol related.

Marijuana is an interest of mine - I do not use it to "get high" or "giggle" - I use it because it helps and feel society is neglecting a potentially beneficial, NATURAL remedy. If you do look it up, look at as many different resources you can

Everyones experiences differ, however, so I do not recommend it unless you are interested in it. When I first tried it, I studied it briefly rather then just listen to hearsay so consider me hearsay, but keep an open mind - THC and other chemicals in the plant do have a lot of potential (studying illegal "plants" is difficult because of the legality issue which is a shame)

Alcohol does a small bit make you act more NT, but only a very small bit.... It's actually moreso that when you and your peers are drunk, they tend to not notice social cues and stuff as much, and can focus more on the conversation. And if you overdo it, you'll go into AS overdrive.
I prefer weed too, though I do also drink (ALOT here lately).... I prefer liquor because I can drink it better than beer. But I prefer weed though because it's better, I am quite a pothead...... So much that only top quality mid grade and dank will even get me a buzz anymore. Thus far I'm not really into doing any other drugs, though i am considering going on a binge and starting other drugs again.
Weed makes socialising easier at first, but once you start to feel burned out it becomes harder to socialise (this is often when a conversation will grind to a halt because I have nothing to add to it).

I don't drink for two reasons: I'm already on a crapload of medication as it is, and I don't need another unhelpful drug flushing the good stuff out of my system - and two, I hate myself when I'm even moderately drunk. I either get VERY LOUD, or extremely maudlin.

Sometimes both.

As for pot, no thanks. The increased risk of schizophrenia is not one I'd like to run - and quite aside from that, my lungs are so bloody sensitive to smoke of any kind that I'd likely end up choking to death right after the first few molecules of the stuff hit the back of my throat.

No, I'm quite happy with Coke. And if me being myself makes people look at me in an odd way, it's their problem, not mine...

If your "Asperger's syndrome" is due to social inhibition and anxiety, it's not Asperger's. With Asperger's, you aren't even aware of many social cues and conventions, and so you act the only way you know how: as if they don't exist. The disapproval, hints, and unexpected reactions of others eventually let you on to the fact that there is a lot going on you just aren't aware of that almost everyone else around you can see clearly. This may lead to some social anxiety and inhibition, but becoming disinhibited will do nothing to make you know what you don't already know. It might make you more willing to behave in ways you do know, though.

Also, alcohol intoxication will do nothing to change the fact that your interests, the things you know about, are probably not at all what the "guys" and "girls" at the bar like to talk about. It probably will have no effect on any hypo- and hypersensitivities you have.

Basically alcohol will impair your judgment enough that you think you're behaving more normally whether that is objectively true or not.

Thats an interesting splitting of the hair.

What about a passive awareness or a delayed awareness without appropriate response? What is your take on that situation?

Increased risk of schizophrenia!? Whaaaa!! !!????

And by "Coke" do you mean soda or nose candy?

liquor does help me but I think its more in terms of shutting down anxiety, ocd, or whatever else. When I'm in that state and either chillin with NT friends or playing beerpong with em its like I can take that shape easier and be my best 'NT' self around them easier. It has gotten easier to do sober as well but like some of you already mentioned - getting f'd up with people is a gateway to inclusion in and of itself because when you are drunk with some people, stoned with em, tripping with em, or whatever, your all on a similar page in the same place and a lot of times that takes precidence. My roommate pointed out that when him and our other friend were staying with our friend's girlfriend's family in Kyoto Japan that when they all got drunk together the language barriers actually went down, probably because "Weeeee!! ! I'm wasted!! !" is pretty universal in any language .