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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

giving up the drink

I'm giving up alcohol. Not because someone staged an intervention. Not because I woke up with (another) lame tattoo. Not because I hit rock bottom. I'm giving it up because I'm a wimp.

It's the hangovers. I get them when I take Advil PM and I get them when I smoke a hookah and I get them every single time I drink without fail. I drink often enough. Social situations breed cosmopolitans and my job consists mostly of social situations lately. And I do like cosmos. I was in Vegas last week for Adultcon. The first night I had a few drinks. A few means 3. I didn't finish two of them. I woke up with my head pounding and didn't touch alcohol for the rest of that trip.

From there I went to New Orleans. Of all the cities in the world to give up alcohol I think New Orleans was the most taunting one I could have chosen to test my will against. A coy tease if you will. But I did it. Kinda. I did it until the last night when I was forced to order a Hurricane from a famous bar. I had to try it he said. I'd get to keep the glass. I ordered the Hurricane while dueling pianos playing ominously in the background.

30 minutes later I had sipped a half inch off the top of a 9 inch glass. I was done. We dumped out the rest and boxed up my souvenir "I drink in New Orleans and here's my proof" glass. 4 hours later my alarm went off and as I packed for the airport I cursed hurricanes and cosmos and all things alcoholic and once again worked through the undeserved pounding in the back of my head.
posted by Kayden Kross on 6:09 PM :: 7 comments

7 Comments:

I frequent Sacramento's top night club for dancing in Sacramento if some of my young women friends text me and want to meet me there, as they drive down from Yuba City which is 60 miles away. They are young Sikh women who recently graduated from UC Davis and they car pool down in a group because they love to dance and party.
I head down to the Park Ultra Lounge across from Capitol Park and to meet them and offer to buy Tali a cosmos. She is pretty high after one and later wants to order another cosmos and then she is looped and dancing without abandon. I order my Corona light and watch her get tanked. I hug her as the night ends and wave to her across the room (Sikh women have the most beautiful eyes) and watch her wobble out the door.
Here's what I would like to say to Kayden. Giving up drinking is admirable, but it's not a lot of fun in a social setting to be the only one not drinking. And it sounds like Kayden is more of a social drinker (I am also, it is extremely rare I would drink alone).
So Kayden, why not limit yourself to one drink and sip it or leave part of it in the glass. Your friends will not think you unsocial and you will feel better at the end of the night. After one drink order something nonalcoholic. If you find you really don't want to give up social drinking, moderation is the key.

By Blogger Glenn, at November 10, 2009 11:47 PM  

Why don't you just admit it: giving up alcohol is a way of giving up porn (in your mind) without having to give up porn (in your body). Of course, the creme de la creme - the money of the money - doesn't come when you're drunk, but without all of the drunken escapades, none of the creme de la creme would be so... creme da la creme.

So you're giving up drinking. Woo hoo! You'll coast off of your reputation for a few years, and those around you won't be able to pick up what your plan is, and once you have enough $$$ to "retire", you'll be able to graciously - without being a known as a drunk - or a bitch (with a brain).

In an industry that thrives on deception, I don't expect you to say it to "fans" (I expect this post to be read and deleted before it's posted, as is usual nowadays) - but I still can't figure out why you all need to decieve one another.

Drop the pretense. Just say it: you can't stand one another. You can't get along - you can't write all of the "fun" posts and make all of the "crazy" interviews without alcohol. I mean seriously, you're locked in a contract. You'll get paid for the next 730 days no matter what (right?). Wouldn't it feel much better, inside your pussy, to lay back in 2011 and know that you've got all their money, but you've still got a shred of your brain left (even if it's the alcohol part), without having to say that that part is all alcohol's fault?

By Blogger Grant, at November 11, 2009 1:15 AM  

Drink more water. Not sure if you are a smoker but they don't help either.

Grant is a disturbed individual.

By Blogger mark, at November 13, 2009 3:24 AM  

I have to agree with Mark, especially about Grant.

I, for one, am proud of you for quitting. It's not a moral issue, but you clearly understood that whatever "benefit" you derived from drinking was not worth the downside, so you made the mature choice.

I'm not naive about the industry; I know there are and have been plenty of actresses who had esteem or other psychological issues and need(ed) chemical enhancement to do some of the things they do. I'm hoping, however, that you have been (relatively) candid in your blogs and are one of the level-headed "exceptions to the rule".

By Blogger rob, at November 15, 2009 6:03 PM  

Kudos to you, but chugging water is a big help if you decide not to stick with it. Also sugary drinks and wine can give you worse hangovers than less sweet mixed drinks or beers. With the craft beer industry flourishing in the Us like it is right now, it might be worth finding a tasting.

By Blogger Chris, at November 23, 2009 1:02 PM  

Nice Kayden! I'm the same way, hangovers are a drag. Good for you!
x!

By Blogger Levi, at November 26, 2009 6:51 PM  

i stopped drinking the day u posted it....and im doing good.just stopped it. thanks.:)

By Blogger Ujwal B., at December 30, 2009 5:58 PM  

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