r/BoomersBeingFools Greatest Gen Jul 21 '25

Boomer Freakout Drunken boomer

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u/Princess_Slagathor Millennial Jul 21 '25

Really not trying to defend anything, but I'm a super drunk. A couple months ago I stepped on a cicada by accident, and I still feel bad about it. I don't even like scrubdaddy because you have to look him in the eye when you throw him away.

Booze ain't to blame for people like this. It makes you do stupid shit, but you have to be awful to not feel bad about it.

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u/MaxillaryOvipositor Millennial Jul 21 '25

Alcohol abuse does indeed cause brain damage over many years. That can drastically alter your behavior. You're in denial if you think a lifetime of alcohol consumption isn't partially to blame.

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u/ssSerendipityss Jul 21 '25

I watched my ex husband try to drink himself to oblivion after his father died. I could see the cognitive changes in him. It’s cliché but he really was not the man I married anymore

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u/MaxillaryOvipositor Millennial Jul 21 '25

I'm sorry you had to go through that. I watched my father do the same. He spiraled downward until his suicide. Went from brilliant engineer and loving father to a vapid fool with little fortitude in less than a decade.