I'm eating Morin and Tylenol while I'm driving down the road. Of course I get stuck in traffic. Of course.
I get home and I'm about delirious from the pain.
I immediately pour about 3 shots of 100 proof vodka with a splash of vermouth into a glass with some ice cubes and down it. Within 5 minutes, my pain level is decreased from an untolerable 9 out of 10 to a semi-tolerable 5 out of 10. I do it again and I'm down to 3 out of 10. Working on third martini now my pain is barely noticeable.
This isn't meant to be humorous. The analgesic effects of alcohol are real and they are potent.
I sympathize and empathize with anyone suffering from chronic pain. I post this only to relate my own experience.
Alcohol appears to be a highly effective painkiller.
I don't want to get started on narcotics and I don't like having to drink to kill pain but it does seem to work quite well.
I’ll drink to that.
Although the finding that alcohol results in reduced pain might seem obvious to many people.....
D@mN, Who could have seen that coming ?!
Study finds ‘robust evidence’ that alcohol is a very effective painkiller
Anybody who writes or listens to Country Western songs knows that!
What’s the source of your pain? Maybe dilating your blood vessels helps.
Ditto, Everclear is a great pain reliever.
To: jennysungglobal
No kidding?
Really?
This needed a study?
Proverbs 31:6
King James Version
6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
I’m actually quite stunned, long figured alcohol had been studied clinically, but apparently not, or least the original author didn’t find such studies... That’s a pretty interesting study.
And yes, fully comprehend where you’re at, and sorry to hear about it. Though I’d try to work towards resolving that chronic pain through restorative treatments like PT or other therapies and surgical options if available. I know that’s not always an option, but man, I’m more than willing to combine the therapies of a TENS unit and three fingers of scotch.
They needed a “study” for that? Haven’t they seen any of those movies where the doctor is about to cut off a limb, or remove a bullet, and they make the patient drink a crapload of booze to numb the pain? That would have been a lot cheaper than money wasted on a “study.”
I agree with your assessment. I am sorry for your pain. I once suffered with the “devil’s pitchfork” as I called it but my pain has subsided.
Go for a one hour walk about 9,starting about noon (I am retired) I have a shot of vodka with 2 parts tonic and 2 parts tea, have two of those, eat lunch and do it again about 5 - 4 shots of vodka per day, feel very little pain and sleep well.
In the American Civil War it was common to give several shots of brandy or whiskey to a wounded soldier before the amputation.
“Heartache Medication” ...
So sorry you’re in such physical pain.
I am not sure that enough actual study has been conducted to support the conclusion.
They obviously need a double blind study with thousands of elderly Freepers.
Where do we sign up?
STOP THE PRESSES!!!
“Feeling no pain”
Alcohol is actually a pretty inferior painkiller since its mode of action is general anesthetic sedation rather than interrupting pain centers the way opioids do, and at doses to be effective is quite toxic.
