Let me begin by saying, I drink very rarely; few times a year.
When I drink, i get the feeling that my brain in running on powersaving mode; only the most basic functions are operational. It’s a fun feeling when I’m drinking, but I can’t imagine doing that regularly.
I’m not sure if this constitutes as bragging but I am proud of the fact that I can recall information quite well, and any activity which hinders this is not to my liking. The hangover is also bad, where the brain is slow for the next entire day.
I want to know the community thinks about drinking and how it effects/doesn’t affects their work and life and how they get around it. Any alternatives and tips?
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I think anyone drinking daily has a problem, and anyone doing more than 3 drinks once a week or more (bingeing) also a problem.
I do like a cocktail on the weekend, usually do about 3 per week, and take 2 months off completely each year. It does seem to affect me but not much & I really don’t want to be obsessive about health, just overall healthy. As long as I wake up feeling good I figure it’s ok.
When I see movies and people are in situations so dangerous, they need their wits about them, and they show these people drinking, I always think that is the last thing I would want right then.
Why do so many people in here think you have to get drunk every time you drink alcohol? You can stop at one. There are some studies suggesting a glass of wine might have health benefits. You could also just eat a handful of grapes.
I drink almost every night, one or two beers, often leave the second unfinished. Sometimes if I run out of beer I’ll go a few days without drinking because I’m too lazy to walk across the street and buy more.
I like the taste of beer, so many styles, so many flavor combos. What am I supposed to drink at night? I drink water all day. I don’t like soda, or tea, or milk. What am I supposed to drink with my burger? Soda? Pizza and tea? I don’t really like being drunk and hate hangovers. Has no effect on my work.
Why does there have to be alternatives? Don’t want to drink? Don’t. Worried about being judged? Fuck em. The people in here on their moral high horse that think if you drink you’re a drunk driving alcoholic, fuck them too. Or if your friend group are staying out at one place, get a Guinness. It’s a dark beer so people assume you’re going to be sipping it and it’s one of the least alcoholic beers you’ll find on tap most places.
Worried about your health? Stay active, get a dog.
With you. Love beer, cocktails, whisk(e)y, amaro, etc. And I really don’t like getting drunk (I do sometimes, but always regret it).
2-3/night is my usual. Usually a beer after work then another 1 or two throughout the evening. Add an afternoon beer or cocktail on the weekends. Well-spaced. Almost never more than 5 drinks in an entire day.
You’re literally poisoning your body when drinking and increasing your risk of getting many different cancers down the line (you have to drink less than you probably think for this to be the case).
So yeah…I just don’t drink.
all that and it tastes like shit, has tons of calories, makes you feel bad after, and the high is really mid and doesn’t last very long
I think everyone is going to have their own opinion on this. Obviously it’s not great for health. Just like any substance, it feels good for some… Not so much for others. Some people get dependent, others not. I think it’s a very personal thing. If you can have a few drinks here and there without it causing problems… More power to you! If it becomes how you function or a daily habit, take a fucking break man. Or stop entirely.
This message was written after drinking a couple drinks.
as an alcoholic myself (10 years sober) if you can have a few drinks once and awhile and it doesn’t affect your life in any way whats so ever then power to you. If it’s fun for you every now again but not on the regular, then again, power to you.
For people like me we can’t do that. we don’t know where the stop button is and in many cases don’t care to find it. for otherx saying “drinking is bad full stop it has health issues even if you have one drink every month” oh let the baby have their bottles and ignore them. if you can drink and it’s not destroying anything and you can still function then have at it.
I have one drink most nights. At most it relaxes me a little, but mainly I just enjoy the flavor /sensory experience.
I understand the pleasures of the experience of getting drunk, but pursuing that is a losing proposition. Over time it gets harder to achieve the pleasurable effects and the negative effects come on faster.
(I meant to post this as a top level comment. Since I left it here I’ll just add that I’m lucky enough to be someone who can stop, though there have been many times I didn’t have the sense to. After drinking too much, my body tells me No the next day. I’ve known people who’s body tells them to have another drink the next day. I’ve been lucky.)
10 years sober Keep on keepin’ on. I’m on year 4.
No one is suggesting that the “baby can’t have the bottle”.
It’s fine unless it’s a problem for you. It’s also fine if you don’t.
Everyone self medicates in some way.
The medical community recognizes alcoholism and drug addiction as diseases, not moral failings.
I believe that the statistic is that 10% of all drinkers account for over half the alcohol sold.
It’s sobering (pardon the pun). As a rule any industry that can advertise help programs, or “responsible use” only exists because of the lives it ruins. They know that, financially, those that keep it going can’t and won’t stop regardless of what is said.
There was a novel.
Guy promises to help a gal get clean. He sets her up in a cabin fifty miles deep in the woods and leaves her alone with plenty of food.
When he comes back a few days later he says he’ll cook them a meal.
No gas. The gal had no booze or drugs, so she huffed a sixty day supply of cooking gas.
Alcoholics will find a way.
As an alcoholoc in recovery that math sounds accurate.
I stopped drinking alcohol two years ago. Only after quitting I realized that I self-medicated my undiagnosed adhd by drinking regularly and almost developed an alcohol addiction by doing so.
Tips? It started with dry January for me. One month turned into three the first year. When I was at six months sober two years ago, I decided that it’s better to just continue staying sober.
Alternatives? Non-alcoholic beer is quite good. You have something to do at social gatherings and you can still do the cheers! thing with the others.
Only after quitting I realized that I self-medicated my undiagnosed adhd by drinking regularly
This is true with any kind of addiction. Alcohol, social media, doom scrolling, all hide some sort of neurodivergence as it provides a form of escapism.
Hope your sober streak continues.
As a recovered alcoholic, not a big fan of it.
If you want to do drugs do them sparingly and if there are any you can’t do then sparingly don’t do those ones at all.
Live and let live.
I only care about other people in so far as their habits are disruptive to other people’s peace.
3 years sober this august. Eventually the amount of drinking you need to do increases to an unbearable degree for the same amount of “fun”.
Life is much better now. But being an addict sucks, don’t go there.
Congrats, I’m 3 months. Drinking was killing me.
Fuck yeah! My four years is coming up next week 💪 Life really is better without it
The brain gets tuned to the increasing amount of alcohol. Congratulations for the 3 years!
I enjoy good beer. I have one almost every day - I don’t believe it’s the effect alcohol has on my brain, but the taste. I found a non-alcoholic beer that I liked and drank it for months. Then the store ran out so I got some of my old favourites as a treat and from the very first sip it was just - better. So I’m back to drinking alcohol - one beer a day and a small Jägermeister once or twice a month.
I understand that it’s poison, but I feel like unless you’re living a totally subsistence lifestyle in the middle of nowhere then everything you do is a potential poison to some extent and our bodies will deal with it or not - we’re all playing Russian Roulette with everything we ingest, breath and touch.
but I feel like unless you’re living a totally subsistence lifestyle in the middle of nowhere then everything you do is a potential poison to some extent and our bodies will deal with it or not
I can respectfully disagree with that. I think there are some hobbies which can both bring joy to one’s life and not cause any harm (unless you take it to a crazy extreme). Example; collecting stamps. Doesn’t cause anyone any harm. Can be be harmful? If you spend thousands of dollars to get one rare stamp and ignoring your family duties, yes it can be harmful. However, such examples are extremely rare.
Drinking can be done moderately, I agree. But saying it’s the same as any other activity is a no from me.
But thanks for sharing. I may try some non-alcoholic beer.
I think there are some hobbies which can both > bring joy to one’s life and not cause any harm
I was thinking more of the other stuff we put in our bodies - processed food, the polluted air in most cities etc.
I’m in this boat.
I don’t drink a beer every day, but probably 2-3 times a week, I crack one while making dinner.
Not for any buzz, just because I genuinely enjoy the taste.
If I’m out, it’s fine, and it also happens that I don’t drink any for a couple of weeks because I need to be able to drive the kids somewhere.I rarely ever party and get drunk. At most a couple of times a year.
I really enjoyed the drinking and weed combo (getting wasted all the time and skipping most of the hang over with weed felt like a life hack), thought i could do it forever - but then it just felt normal at some point. In the end alcohol gave me gout attacks and weed gave me random anxiety attacks.
I miss them like toxic lovers, but i know they’re shit and totally not worth it. Learning how to “be sober” was really hard as a result of doing it for so long.
I do like the moralizing opinions of those who use cannabis often. Very interesting.
Personally I find nothing wrong with it. Everything in moderation and it’s your life.
