Bill. W. (Wilson) & Dr. Bob (Smith) founded AA in 1935 in Akron, Ohio. In 2001, there were an estimated Over 2 Million members in 108,000 groups meeting in approximately 150 countries around the World! AA has helped So Very Many people & if you're having a layover at an airport or bus station, you can have them page "Friends of Bill W." so you'll have another recovering alcoholic to talk with! Sane for NA, which sprang from AA, just page "Friends of Jimmy K.". Most people there won't know what you're talking about.
A rare condition when a person suddenly gains brilliance or previously unknown areas of expertise with the introduction of massive amounts of alcohol to their bodies.
Billy: "Man, those guys were going to steal your car outside the bar, but you kicked all three of their asses! Do you know karate?"
John: "I don't know anything, but when I'm drinking I'm a black belt. I'm like an alcoholic savant with bourbon in me."
The antithesis of Teetotalism; the embrace of alcohol as a life-enriching and enjoyable substance and presence in everyday life. Plays on the words alcoholic and holistic.
Can be used as an adjective (to be Alcoholistic) or a noun (to be an Alcoholistic).
"You're an alcoholic?"
"No, I just enjoy drinking. I'm an Alcoholistic."
"I don't drink or put toxins in my body. I also listen to shitty music."
"Oh yeah? I'm Alcoholistic. It makes it way easier to deal with you."
A serious physical and psychological condition arising from a short period of drinking, typically at lunch, followed by a period of not drinking. Symptoms include headache, sleepiness and irritability.
The only known cure is more alcohol.
Billy: I had a couple beers at lunch, and now I have a headache and no buzz.
John: Yeah, I noticed from your bitchy comments and yawns during the staff meeting you were suffering from Alcoholis Interuptis.
A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.
For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flyingeverywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brownwill also be accompanied by a dark soda.
When finance content creators rent out fancy cars and flexcash to seem richer than they really are in order to promote and sell their “get rich quick” courses.