#Effects Of Drinking Alcohol

[baldurs-gate-official]

Thinking about how Astarion insisted on staying up to keep watch in the beginning of the game

Yeah, it could be because he needs to go hunt at night without anyone noticing, or because he's keeping an eye out for Cazador/his minions. But... It could also be because he's scared of sleeping/trancing in general?

He's got severe C-PTSD. I have that too. And one of the things I experience from it is a fear of falling asleep.

Sleeping is vulnerability. You're completely defenseless. It's terrifying to fall asleep when you're used to danger! And some abusers will purposefully do things to you when you sleep. I wouldn't put it past Cazador to have done something like that.

It's especially terrifying when you're sleeping somewhere unfamiliar, or as out and open as a forest. With strangers.

Add in the elvish reverie (if we assume Astarion still experiences it as he would if he were alive at his current age)... and he might even be reliving horrible memories every time he tries to rest.

(If you're unfamiliar with elvish trancing/dreaming, I made a post about it and some ways it might affect Astarion as a vampire spawn a while ago)

One of the reasons I think this could be the case is actually the other spawn, specifically what I noticed when we first meet Dalyria and Petras. At first I thought Astarion's eye bags were just a product of being undead. But... Petras, the very human looking spawn, doesn't have that. Dalyria is an elf as well, and like Astarion, she's got some of that tired sleep-deprived purple under and around her eyes.

So all this considered... I think it's very possible that Astarion has a fear of sleeping too. Or at the very least, trouble resting. Him and the other elvish spawn.

It also makes me wonder if he sleeps any better later on in the game. By Act 3 he probably feels more comfortable with you and the group. Sleeping near familiar people (especially people you're very comfortable with, but that's very dependant on your own choices in your game), and having established night time routines can make sleeping feel a little safer.

Plus by that point he's made many new memories he can visit in his reverie. Maybe instead of remembering the terrible things, sometimes he dreams of sun bathing, the first time he bit you or that bear, or any other happy memory he's created since being tadpoled.

Maybe for the first time in centuries, sleeping isn't such a terrible prospect.

[kaizokuniichan]

Oh yeah today marks two months since I had my last drink of alcohol 👏👏

I figure I’ll wait until til my birthday next month/move into my place to celebrate. But it’s been surprisingly easy

[snarp]

Apothecary Diaries needs a very firm large-text disclaimer like "The author of these books did no research and is dangerously-wrong about a lot of the medical "facts" presented."

[inky-evergreen]

some concept drawings of what a more feral and mutated Anthony would look like

[marimayscarlett]

Rereading Flake's "Heute hat die Welt Geburtstag" ('It's the world's birthday today') and like. They were so chaotic back then.

Practicing in a run down basement filled with old beer, which they happily drank even though it was expired for years probably. Threatening each other with having to eat a Kebap from the dingy and shady shop next door as a punishment if someone's late to the rehearsal. Still wondering how they came this far where they are now

[vampthropologist]

"Alright, Alright, It's a hell of a feeling though!"

My 69th song of the list this year. You heard that right. P!atD was one of my childhood bands. Requested by @galaxyempire-lilith

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Took big inspiration from the lyrics and those pinterest images of young adults/teens in shopping carts in empty parking lots.

[katkalis-the-fanartist]

Never trying alcohol again...

[dragongirlbunny]

so like. im not necessarily drunk but i am more than just tipsy

[penaconys-hound]

Mr. Gallagher, I demand a drinking contest between you and me! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

…Non-alcoholic drinks, of course ( I can’t hold my liquor that well so-)

Well, Penacony banned anything alcoholic/containing alcohol anyways. So even if you wanted to do alcohol you couldn’t.

But I’d rather not since most drinks can still have a drunk like effect on individuals and it’s not recommended you try them if you can’t handle the effects of real alcohol very well.

[hedonists]

if alcohol makes you behave like a violent asshole, you shouldn't be drinking 🤷‍♀️

[scientologisabethmoss]

toying with the idea of giving up drinking completely. i already do not drink frequently at all - like, once every few months when i’m out and feel like a cocktail, and very rarely at home - but i wonder what it would be like to just say no to alcohol permanently. i’m genuinely wondering what there is to gain from saying no to booze completely, or to keep on being the person who drinks every few months, and has at most two drinks when she does go out and chooses to imbibe. on one hand, there is a particular tequila cocktail that i love at a nice restaurant in my city, and it’s a treat to order one the few times a year i might go to the restaurant for a family member’s birthday. on the other hand, just saying no to alcohol takes the guesswork out of getting a drink. i just wouldn’t drink! ever! easy peasy!

[wellnesscard]

every morning im like im on my deathbed like fr this time im noooot having vodka for dinner again im taking a month off MINIMUM! then by 1pm im chillin again and im like ooooo vodka yummy

[beskad]

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[wewontbesleeping]

i'm so glad i didn't inherit the alcohol enjoying gene

[sunmontuewrites]

Reading fanfic where a grown man drinks three beers while watching a movie and is then 'drunk' tells me the writer doesn't have experience drinking. That they're then so hungover in the morning from these three beers would have me wondering whether the beers were spiked...