I've started drinking Listerine

Yes. Get help. Thread finished.

I like the blue one, Liza. Call me.

Well, maybe I am, but I feel REALLY good right now.

You sound fine to me.

You should filter it through bread first. Same with isopropyl.

OP's an alcoholic, but his issues are nothing compared to R5's.

Listerine is about 54 proof with 26.9% alcohol content, I am not a drinker, but doesn't Vodka not linger on your breath has a higher alcohol content.

Vodka lingers on the breath, that it doesn't is a myth. It's even noticeable in body odor, and if you drink, you sweat.

R5 Do you go behind a hedge to do that that or do you stay sitting on the sidewalk?

Stick to white wine in the daytime, move to vodka at night.

Op, if you've gotten to this point, people around you probably already know or suspect that you have a drinking problem. Even if they don't, you deserve a better life than this. Go to an AA meeting. It saved my life. I had hardly hit bottom but was well on my way too. Alcoholism snuck up on my fairly late in life. There was a time I could not imagine never drinking again. Now, I can't imagine drinking again.

If you go to AA, make it work FOR YOU. I never did the steps, but I went to meetings, listened, made some friends and learned a lot. Good luck.

Op, Great Idea! I'll try it too

I worked with a guy who injected vodka into oranges that he'd eat at his desk. Maybe OP should go down the alcoholic fruit route.

R13: What a hostess!

OP, if you have to ask, then you probably are.

You can also try vanilla extract, say you were baking.

Hairspray, aftershave, and Lysol will work like a charm with no one the wiser.

Marachino cherries are always an option.

What flavor, op?

But is it working on your gingivitis?

Cool Mint, R18.

I'm a bit cash-strapped at the moment, R10.

Bitch stole my schtick.

OP, your future.

Get help!!!!!

That's the wonderful thing about creme de menthe: It's minty fresh both coming up and coming down!

R13 My brother did that. Then he got fired. And was unemployed for 25 years (that pesky statutory rape thing!). And then he died. See how it works?

[quote]This morning I even dissolved half a Xanax in one of those tiny bottles.

It makes them work faster.

Oh, OP, I am so sorry to read this. Yes, you are an alcoholic. Read R11 again, and good luck!

OP is Kim Richards

Pretty sure you'd vomit before you actually got drunk off of vanilla extract, R16.

I don't understand alcoholics or drug addicts.

And yes OP, you are an alcoholic.

R30... Your understanding is irrelevant!

R32: Sorry that you are an addict.

OP, try straining Sterno through a piece of cheesecloth, then drinking the liquid.

Well that is hardcore. My dad was an alcoholic and even he didn't resort to OP's extreme.

Amateur.

If you are worried about your breath, try wine enemas or vodka-soaked tampons which can be inserted into either front or back holes.

Mouthwash smells like booze on your breath.

I'd think that drinking Listerine would be very bad for you. I mean, much worse than just drinking alcohol.

Dammit, r36!! I wanted to make the Kitty Dukakis reference that would confound people under the age of 45!!

What’s the problem?

Might I suggest you douche with the listerine? Same effect and you’ll be saving time for later

My grandmother was a terrible alcoholic who did shit like this. Mouthwash, rubbing alcohol, hairspray, furniture polish, shoe polish...anything that had alcohol in it, or anything she thought might have alcohol in it, was fair game.

She drank peroxide once. It bleached her tongue, but did not provide the desired buzz.

Fruity alcohol hand gel is the sweet of the day for me.

It’s impressive how substantive this article is despite appearing in People magazine. Multiple experts are quoted, the nature of addiction is discussed.

Journalistic standards really have changed since 1989.

Antifreeze is quite sweet - you should try it OP

Drinking mouthwash can cause ORGAN FAILURE!

Get help NOW!

YES, you are an alcoholic. Please get help. I met two people like you in my AA group. Didn't believe people could become alcoholics with mouthwash or cough medicine but it's true. AA can be wierd but PLEASE find some kind of group to get help. Maybe try Smart Recovery?

OP -- I am fighting an addiction and am amazed at all the help/good advice I've received on this site. YES, we're all snarky and crazy but we do care about each other. Please get help. If you don't have any family or friends to talk to, please seek out a therapist. I care about you and want you to be healthy.

You can stop and there are lots of ways and reasons. Most people stop by themselves if you look at the stats. In my case it was the reality principle. I truly recognised (after 20 years) that alcohol was threatening something essential to me - namely my privacy and freedom. I had/have a good job but alcohol (and what it leads to for me, gambling addiction) meant that I was perpetually broke. It was also seriously diminishing my mental capacity with real risk of unemployment. In my fifties I recognised that if I didn’t stop I would have no money for my retirement and be forced to rely on welfare, undergo tests, suffer indignities, comply with rules and so forth just to survive. So I stopped two years ago and that’s that. I still feel pretty miserable actually but the alternative is unthinkably worse. Not at all thirsty or craving. Also, no gambling. Only side effect is that I eat a lot more but strangely I haven’t put on any weight. To fill in the time I exercise 4 or 5 times a week - something I enjoy rather than what is good for me. I have not resumed ‘dating’ nor do I expect to, in fact my dick is rather limp nowadays. Oh well. Also of course I read data lounge.

So while remaining on the edge of misery I no longer partake.

We don’t care.

The fact is that people are desperate to get away from this disgusting society. Americans, in general, are a bunch of fat, angry assholes who don't give a shit about anyone but themselves. If Listerine and Xanax get you there then have at it. However, it won't make anything better.

"The chemicals in mouthwash may include chlorhexidine gluconate, hydrogen peroxide, or methyl salicylate, which are all toxic to ingest. Ingesting these ingredients by drinking mouthwash can cause mouthwash overdose, liver failure, and gastrointestinal damage. Drinking methyl alcohol can cause blindness, organ failure, or death."

Please get help.