Is drinking actually fun, or is "fun" just kinda overrated?

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This is me. Once I start I have to drink until completion. I'm like a car on a steep hill and that first drink is the parking break being released. The second that first drink hits my tongue I'm already craving the next one. I go zero to blackout in less than an hour.

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BigCaregiver7285@reddit

I’m like this but I don’t black out and stay relatively lucid until 6am when I’m looking through my garage for more beer in old coolers

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redcurrantevents@reddit

I feel bad for people like this, I only ever have 1 or 2, usually just once or twice a week. But I really enjoy my 1 or 2.

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Indubitalist@reddit

I think it comes down to tolerance. Some people are built to tolerate a lot without feeling badly. I start to feel badly after a couple. My body basically tells me to stop.

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Thanks. Same here.

Hopefully alcohol will be more out of fashion when my daughter is an adult than it is now with young people. It’s so much worse for our health than it was made out to be when we were young. Even in “moderation “.

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AUCE05@reddit

The millennial and younger folks get shit on, but the one major contribution they are giving to our culture is breaking the smoking and drinking sins the Boomers passed to us. I am thankful for them.

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ShillinTheVillain@reddit

That's me. I don't have a beer. I have none beers or all the beers.

So I just have to have none beers. And after a while I realized I'm not actually missing out on anything.

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National_Side_4938@reddit

forprojectsetc@reddit

The big physical one is the lack of hangovers. Even whenI was young and strong, my hangovers were rough. Now they’re absolutely brutal.

Being able to do stuff with my family on weekend mornings without feeling like death itself is nice.

Also my sleep is a little better. Not great, but better.

Yeah, like, I love this one type of cookie so much that I never buy them unless I'm totally okay with bingeing the entire package in a day or 2. Seriously.

Alcohol was never a big temptation to me that way. I like to have a drink every now and then, but it's literally like one drink, maybe 2 tops. And then I'm fine with that.

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Planetofthought@reddit

Tell me about the cookie. It's okay. You're amongst friends.

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CuriousLands@reddit

XD Alright haha. They're the Arnott's Mint Slices that you can buy at like every grocery store in Australia. I grew up in Canada where the only similar cookies are the mint chocolate Girl Guide cookies, which everyone loves, but you only could get them occasionally cos they were just a Girl Guide thing. So I was so excited when I came to Australia, to learn about mint slices, and that I could buy something like the Girl Guide cookies any time I wanted! But then I just can't stop once I open up a package. And mint slices are everywhere here, and they're so so good. Chocolatey, minty, a little crispy, just a touch of salt.... ugh now I really want some mint slices lol

These days I mostly buy them for long-haul flights to visit back home. I figure, it's a long flight, a girl needs her snacks on a long flight, so that means I can eat as many mint slices as I want... right? XD

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Legitimate-Produce-1@reddit

I'm in the US, and befriended an Aussie. I was fortunate enough to have been sent a care package of Oz snacks that included mint slices. I got stuck on timtams and violet crumble, but no mint slices were found in the US . I can only dream about them now

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CuriousLands@reddit

Tim Tams are also great. Especially when you do a Tim Tam slam! (please tell me your Aussie friend suggested that to you! Haha).

That's super nice that they sent you a care package too!

And yeah, they're pretty great. Hehehe, you're all like, "I got a care package from Aus once, and now I miss mint slices... hint hint" 😂

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Legitimate-Produce-1@reddit

Oh no please don't think there is a hint wrapped up in there. As lovely as that would be that's not what I was angling for, only commiserating that the only comparable thing for me are thin mints from our local girl scouts as well. Mint slices or mintier and even more chocolatey. I wish the United States would get its snack game together. Everything seems more flavorful abroad.

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CuriousLands@reddit

Oh I know you weren't hinting, I'm just teasing you a bit haha. No worries!

Yeah I have to say, growing up in Canada I often heard about how this or that thing from the States was so awesome, only to finally try it out and be underwhelmed. Not that we don't have our share of fake-flavoured crappy snacks in Canada or Aus, it's just our best stuff is actually good lol.

You guys get some food points back for Tex-Amex and Cajun food though, haha. Especially Cajun, it's one of my favourites!

Oh no, I'm sorry your friend had such a tough go of things! I'm glad she's okay though.

Well, if you do manage to track down some Tim Tams - a Tim Tam Slam is where you make yourself a hot drink, nibble the corners off the cookie on diagonally-opposing corners, and then sip the hot drink through the cookie corners like a straw. You don't need to sip it for for than like a few seconds.

It's all the best things about dunking a cookie, but on steroids, especially if you get a flavoured one (they tend to have slightly chewy stuff in the middle that melts nicely). Though, you do go through cookies a lot faster that way! Haha.

You could see if it's easier to order some from Canada too; they started stocking Tim Tams in basic chocolate and caramel flavours at major grocery chains there years ago. Last I saw those were the only flavours they had, so no fancy flavours like you could get in Aus. Still though, they're both good flavours of course!

I was kind of the same way. I would never say I was addicted. If I got tired of drinking I could stop any time without any problem, and I never felt like I HAD to drink. But if I did drink I wanted to keep the party going and not stop.

So I stopped completely for a little while, and then later on I had a brain aneurysm and was told to limit my drinking to one or two drinks because of blood pressure. Nowadays, I'll have a drink or two from time to time. I limit it because of the health reasons, but honestly I find I enjoy my time stone sober better anyway, and when I do have a glass or two of wine or a beer with my wings, it's plenty enough for me.

I get very productive on the weekend if I’m outside drinking or start a project, kind of like an 80’s dad. I make my own fun. I drink because I love the way beer tastes. I do think I drink too much because I’m getting chubby in my belly but I don’t go out and be reckless. I stay home and watch the birds.

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Confident-Pace4314@reddit

There is a level where it is an upper and then at a higher percentage it becomes a downer

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Same exactly here man

If I drink one, drinking 30 And I'll be on a week long drinking spree.

If I just don't drink,.could care less Been a long ass time since I've drank and won't ever....it's not worth the nonsense

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Esteban_Rojo@reddit

Yep. Took me two decades of boozing to make that connection myself. At 43 I figured out I’m part of the “one is too many, 1,000 isn’t enough” crowd.

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IwantRIFbackdummy@reddit

Switch to liquor. You can still have just three. You just need to buy bigger glasses.

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ContactHonest2406@reddit

How the hell does someone drink 30 beers in one night?! A six pack, and I’m done lol

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ParadiddlediddleSaaS@reddit

Very well stated. It can ruin people’s lives and kill them in several ways, depending on the circumstances and the person and how it affects you at 20 compared to 40 might be very different.

Owww_My_Ovaries@reddit

My truck worked for me.

Gonna drink?

I down a bottle of water

Then a bottle between drinks.

Cake? Call the hospital, I'm literally dying.

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Self-Translator@reddit

Friday night is my go to. Drinks over pizza making with my wife. Saturday maybe as well, maybe not. Yes I enjoy it.

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kimchiman85@reddit

I’ve noticed over the years that this site is very anti-alcohol and many people assume all drinkers like to get drunk like college kids. That’s just not true.

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RocktoberBlood@reddit

Yea this sub is full of people who seem to hate drinking and feel like they're better than others for not doing it.

Personally, I rarely play video games but nothing beats having a six pack of some good craft beer and playing video games for a few hours on a weekend night by myself. Drinking and Mario Kart online is a great time.

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Oh my word thank you. I'm very much against recreational drug use, always have been, but I thought legalizing it made sense from a practical standpoint - in terms of potential damage it's similar to alcohol or smoking, and both those things are legal for practical reasons, right. So I thought, well, if it's practical, why not - as long as they pair it with a good public health campaign to educate people about safe usage and risks.

I'm Canadian, so they did actually legalize it... and oh man. For one, they never did the health campaign thing, which is actually dangerous - apparently there's been a big uptick in seniors getting side effects from gummies and it's been one thing adding strain to the health care system. I actually know people who still think you can't drive intoxicated while you're stoned, and even my gung-ho-weed-user friend couldn't argue with me on that one lol.

But I didn't even consider the social aspects of it - like now you really smell weed everywhere cos nobody is trying to hide it anymore, and people get so freakin' uppity when you complain about it or say you're against it. Almost like they're thinking, "didn't you know it's legal now, so now you're not allowed to be unhappy with it?" It's so annoying!!!

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Rare-Opinion-6068@reddit

How can you be against people doing what they want for themselves? Are you also against candy and fat food? Any kind of sedentary activity like watching movies or playing computer games?

To not want to be exposed to the smell I can understand, because that affects you. But that you have something against what I do in the privacy of my own home is absurd to me. Fucking hell, even the junkies do what they do because according to their judgment, that is more appealing than not doing that. The vast majority of ill effects I have had from using cannabis revolves around how people treat me for it. Not the effect of cannabis itself.

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CuriousLands@reddit

Yeah, this might surprise you, but I'm allowed to have opinions on what I think is good or bad.

And thanks for proving my point. My whole complaint was about how weird people get about it when you say you're not into it, and you went on some big rant about it cos it made you so pissed off.

I dunno where you live, but when I was a young adult, nobody got that weird about it. That all started when it was legalized. And yeah it all affects me. And even when it's just one lone guy in an abandoned closet smoking up, I'm still allowed to think that it's not a good thing for him to do that. Deal with it.

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Rare-Opinion-6068@reddit

Then I am against you being against that. Deal with it.

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CuriousLands@reddit

Oh no, you sure showed me lol.

I've been openly against it since I was a teenager, man. Only back then, nobody used to care. Not when I lived in a small town, not when I was in college. They were just like, "Oh okay then, I won't do it around you" and I was like "Thanks" and that was the end of it.

Now that it's legal, everyone thinks they're entitled to me supporting them in it, and that they're obligated to tell me I can't be against it anymore. But that's not how this works.

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Rare-Opinion-6068@reddit

I don't think people should be fat, but to be against it makes no sense to me.

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CuriousLands@reddit

Well a) that's not even the same thing cos being fat isn't a choice, and b) it makes total sense to be against being fat because it's often associated with health issues (either being fat is the result of health issues, and/or the cause of them). Heck, I'm overweight cos I have underlying health issues, and I wanna drop these pounds asap lol. Go ahead and feel the same way, I don't care.

Also, how can you think something shouldn't happen, and not be against it? That doesn't make sense. I think car thefts shouldn't happen - I'm against them. I think people being child soldiers shouldn't happen - I'm against that. I don't think people should tie rollerskates to their heads and try to skate on their heads down the biggest hill in town; I'm against doing that. Generally speaking, if you think something shouldn't happen, it's because you're against it. If you're not against it, then you probably don't care enough to care whether it could happen or not.

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Rare-Opinion-6068@reddit

Yes. Yes it is. It has to do with the food you eat. If you can be against me eating edibles, I can be against you eating cake.

Because I understand that fighting it only serves to make the thing more attractive. And I recognize that there might be other aspects of it that I do not know. Personally, I would have killed myself if it was not for cannabis. I was sucidal, by happenstance, cannabis took me out that because it helped me reframe my world view. You call it recreation. To me it was medicinal. But people abuse me for it and call me an addict. If I were to call the people who were fat and called me and addict for food addicts, that would obviously be offensive. But because it is illegal here in Norway they feel justified abusing me for it. Again. The way people have treated me for using cannabis has done way more harm to my mental health than the cannabis itself.

Car thefts affects other people. Me eating edibles when I am home alone does not.

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CuriousLands@reddit

Oh no, no it's not at all. For some people it's juat about the food they eat - and in that case I'd be against them overindulging in the things that are making them fat. But for a lot of people, it's a lot more than just eating and exercise, and I'm honestly really sad that it seems to be not very common knowledge. Being fat can be due to things like stress, hormone imbalances, illnesses, chronic conditions that make it hard to exercise, even your gut microbiome. It's not always just "you eat too much junk and don't exercise enough".

"Fighting it only makes the thing more attractive" is not a good reason to allow anything. You wouldn't apply that same logic to all kinds of things out there. If a klepto feels a strong urge to steal all the time - well, fighting it just makes it more attractive! So have at 'er! Sure, bud.

So, you're saying I should be for recreational drug use because you used it as a medicine? that doesn't even make sense.

And I'm sure you're probalby not lying, but I'm so freaking over everyone and their dog telling me I can't have a negative view of whatever think they like because they were suicidal at one point. It's ridiculous and manipulative.

And you're shifting the goalposts on top of it. For one, I still think you doing pot alone at home as a way of coping with mental health issues is not good- it's a crutch at best, and you should work on the underlying problems. For two, people treating you badly doesn't justify any given response as a good thing nobody can criticize. For three, you eating edibles alone is not what I talked about in my original comment you flipped out at me for. Maybe you should go re-read the whole thing clearly instead of having a knee-jerk response and flipping out at me for thinking recreational drug use is bad and that I hate that now that it's legal, nobody lets me have my opinion anymore and they get all self-righteous about it - cos that was my point, and it's literally what you're doing to me right now. Even when you say it's illegal in Norway so people give you a hard time for it - you're implying that if it were legal, they should not be allowed to give you a hard time for it, which is exactly the self-righteous and uppity mentality I was complaining about.

So kindly shut up about it and let me have my opinion. I'm not obligated to support anything you or anyone else does. And being legal, being bullied, whatever, none of that means I have to support it.

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Rare-Opinion-6068@reddit

You're making excluded and I am against you eating cake as a crutch.

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The interesting thing to me about liquor, like whiskey/whisky/scotch/bourbon is this: is this: would you still drink it if it didn't have alcohol in it?

Unlike beer (in my opinon based on what I've tried, which is not much), where NA options have come a long way, there's really no solid non-alcoholic version of a spirit that I've tried and liked.

With beer, I actually would. I genuinely like the taste of hops and malt, and NA beers and hop waters do it for me.

I drink it for the taste because I like the taste of beer, plain and simple, but I would be lying if I also didn't like the buzz. You just don't always need or want the buzz, so I’ll switch between alcoholic and non-alcoholic beers all the time depending on the situation/day/time of day/etc.

I can easily crush a six-pack of NA stuff and be glad it wasn’t real beer. Like I have to hold back on that too because it would get expensive! I could also just as easily drink 6 real beers in a night, which is scary, so I usually get 6 real and 6 fake and make sure I keep it at a ratio of like 2 NAs to every 1 legit.

I don't think you can match whiskey though. The aging, the barrel, the heat, the richness - t’s all bound up in the alcohol itself. I’ve tried the fake whiskeys, and they taste like spice water with a woodchip floating in it. It just doesn't deliver most of the time.

Some of them are kinda good at being an interesting and complex beverage, but you couldn't pass any of that off as whiskey like you can with NA beers. Like hop water, it's not trying to be beer, it's its own thing, and it's great. I guess you could think of those fake whiskeys like that. Maybe I should try more...

Historically, aging liquor wasn’t even about flavor at first. It was just a byproduct of storing and transporting the stuff in barrels, but people started noticing that the longer it sat, the smoother and better it tasted. So aging went from accidental to intentional. That whole world of complexity comes from that process, and it only works because of the alcohol pulling all that character out of the wood over time. You can’t really fake that.

So yeah, I’m not drinking to get obliterated. If that was the goal, I’d just get Everclear, McCormick’s vodka, or Kentucky Deluxe, but those are horrible. At the same time though, I’m also not just drinking for the taste. I don’t think anyone is, if we’re being real.

It’s the combo of flavor, feel, ritual, and the effect it has on your brain that makes it what it is.

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Only_Jury_8448@reddit

Is that supposed to be Matt Walsh?

What's the message here? I used to drink a lot, by myself; it wasn't fun, and it wasn't aspirational, I was just an alcoholic.

Quitting alcohol is the second-best thing I ever did for myself, the first being quitting cigarettes after 20 years.

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aRealPanaphonics@reddit

Scrolled down for this exact comment.

Except it says "you don't need fun"?

I guess I'll never be "mature"

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Ya, this cartoon just looks like someone trying to justify their alcoholism.

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ammonthenephite@reddit

Or someone that just enjoys it, but is a bit of an ass about it.

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snate13@reddit

Agreed. People are taking this comment a bit too seriously.

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Therealfern1@reddit

I saw it as a play on the old “you don’t need alcohol to have fun “ saying

Drinking stopped being fun during COVID.

Depends if you get the shits the day after. Is it worth it? I call it Exorcising the Demon.

I feel the need to cut back on drinking now a days. So instead of getting black out drunk...just get comfortable and drink when you know you can hit the bed when you are lit enough.

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Ambitious_Violinist6@reddit

I sometimes miss it, the quiet pleasure of it. That euphoria one gets instantly. But, alas, it ended up drinking me. Lost a liver, too.

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Living-Ad5291@reddit

This sounds weird but I was never a good drinker. I either have to stop at 2 beers or I’m getting wasted. For me it was the hangout with friends vs the actual drinking

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farbeyondriven@reddit

No longer does it for me like it used to.

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walter_grimsley@reddit

I’m to the age now where my so-called social life is seriously endangered. One by one my ‘friends’ have either moved away, or changed their priorities, or both. My last drinking buddy is moving away this year. Fun’s over basically.

At this point should I continue to drink, Im basically doing it alone, and I don’t see any point to doing that. My wife doesn’t drink unless I do. I don’t want to be the drunk dad sitting around. I’m finding other ways to deal with my unholy stress levels at work and at home but it’s hard. And no I won’t smoke weed.

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cathode-raygun@reddit

The older I get the more things hurt and the world irritates me. Downing a half dozen shots of whiskey really helps numb things.

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Mavlis11@reddit

Alcohol is a dull sedative. Being all-in on arguably the worst of all drugs is beyond dumb.

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zoominzacks@reddit

Yup! There’s a few different ones. But there’s brewery in Minnesota called Modest that has a line of 10MG seltzers called “Modest Melt” that are my favorite. One is a Ginger/Lemon-Lime, and on a warm night it’s damned refreshing.

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ZarquonsFlatTire@reddit

I smoked twice on a camping trip because we ran out of beer, and was worried about a surprise drug test for weeks.

I would call myself paranoid , but after passing a drug test for my new job, a few weeks later we all had to go get another one for a new contract.

So apparently I can get tested at any time, even if I don't fuck up.

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zoominzacks@reddit

God forbid the employees relax a little bit while the company owners do piles of coke and ketamine 😂

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ZarquonsFlatTire@reddit

We did have two or three guys guys who just refused. Said fuck Microsoft send me one other jobs.

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SingleinGVA@reddit

Fuck that fun doesn’t start until I’m a joint and half a sixer in….

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Tamases@reddit

Personally. I've never enjoyed it. Even beer. Never liked the taste. Not fun being the DD everytime.

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rinky79@reddit

I don't like beer or wine, and my taste in alcohol is basically what a toddler would drink if it weren't frowned upon for toddlers to get boozy: sweet and fruity. So I'll get the occasional sweet and yummy cocktail at a restaurant. But I'm also usually driving and I would never have more than 2 when driving. I honestly can't remember the last time I had more than 2 drinks.

Also, basically my entire family on both sides except for me and my dad were alcoholics. Partially due to that, I find drinking alone to be really questionable. And I live alone, so that's like 95% of my evenings where I won't be drinking.

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MichaelsFormanGrill@reddit

I used to drink a lot when I was younger and I realize a lot of it was self medicating. I cut back a lot in my 30’s when I was in therapy and on SSRis and i barely drink now. Honestly I start to feel like shit after two or three. It’s just not worth it anymore.

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PhantoWolf@reddit

I've got ADD and lots of anxiety. Drinking shuts the internal dialogues down and removes the self-loathing so that I'm free to feel normal among my peers.

Then the anxiety is twice as bad the next day. 😅

Then it's back to remembering everything I've ever seen or thought and talking to myself about it incessantly from sunrise to sunset until the next Friday when it feels socially acceptable to get drunk again.

I've quit drinking before and waited for that moment all ex-alcies talk about. 'Life has never been better' etc, but for me, it's just full blast ADD and exhaustion being sober.

I'm 43 and comfortable with the fact that a couple twelve packs of whiteclaw a week is what I'll need to get through life if I'm to wear a human face.

In short- I can't have a good time without a few a drinks. Even hitting a Dave n Busters or a Top Golf with buddies- It takes three beers to make me wanna play games or drive balls. Otherwise, the activities feel like chores.

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Giffmo83@reddit

peeping_somnambulist@reddit

I quit alcohol purely for health reasons in 2016, and I am not nearly as much fun. And it's not just me thinking I was fun because I was drunk. Many of people told me so, including other non-drinkers.

I figured I'd rather live longer and not get old-man hangovers than be fun, but it has been an eye opener for me.

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Worried_Bat8194@reddit

I enjoy drinking my bourbon and doom scrolling through reddit. Get some good chuckles and pass by the dredge I see.
🤣👍🥃

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goater10@reddit

Alcohol was no longer worth it when the hangover takes 2 days to get over.

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TheThrivingest@reddit

Drinking is overrated.

I’ve worked in healthcare long enough that I can spot a habitual drinker from a mile away.

I quit last year. I’ve never felt better in my entire life.

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FlyingAnvils@reddit

I’ve definitely gotten past the drinking for “fun” stage. I can have insanely more fun now and never need to take a drink. I’m actually about with drinking at all. If I do have a drink, it’s only to appreciate the actual drink itself. And I always stop at 2 drinks. Nothing good ever happens after 2 drinks in my opinion.

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chance_carmichael@reddit

Fun is expensive and we don't have time for it

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JustLikeABeatUpTruck@reddit

I just get awful headaches and heartburn from drinking now. Was always a bourbon and beer drinker. Even one beer and I’m grabbing the tums. It’s a bummer but I don’t really miss it.

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ThrowRA2023202320@reddit

There are a lot of people and situations that are… just not very interesting without alcohol. I’d love to stop doing those things but if I’m going to do them (I have to for work) drinking helps. Golf. (Good god people golf sober???). Baseball. Networking events.

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Deep-Grape-4649@reddit

It’s obviously more of a poison to my body nowadays, much easier to be a stoner at our age

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Blackbird136@reddit

I’m genuinely perplexed by how often I see this statement as I’m the exact opposite.

Weed was fun and relaxing when I was around 18-25. Now?? I’ve tried it maybe 3-4x in the past decade and it makes my heart race and gets my anxiety up so high that it’s absolutely miserable.

I always felt that way to begin with lol. I decided people think alcohol is fun cos it lets them lower their inhibitions to the point where they do things that are objectively fun, but they feel too awkward to do it without alcohol. So, you don't need the alcohol to loosen up lol, you just do the fun thing.

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Live_Barracuda1113@reddit

I've been sober for 300 days. Turns out alcohol makes me think everything is OK, and leaves sober me the dumpster fire

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CuriousLands@reddit

Congrats!

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willworkforwatches@reddit

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Why is AI zeroing in on Matt Walsh?

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MojoHighway@reddit

Was trying to think of that losers name. Was the exact person I thought of as soon as I saw this post.

Thank you, friend.

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dukefett@reddit

It looks AI and also makes no sense given he’s holding a whiskey lol

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Garthim@reddit

Why does that not make sense?

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NBKiller69@reddit

I seldom ever drink anymore, and if I do, it's just to enjoy a relaxing evening on the front porch with a cigar and listening to good music. I would describe it as "meditative" rather than "fun".

That said, once every few years, meeting up with old friends, getting totally blitzed, and doing something that is any combination of stupid/dangerous/illegal is absolutely fun, and I think it's good for the soul, too.

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aceless0n@reddit

Once I took a 3 month cycle of semaglutide to try it out. That is what single handily killed my appetite for alcohol.

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TofuTofu@reddit

I've had zero effect from it on my drinking, but food portions and snacking went way down. Unfortunately the alcohol calories keep my weight in stasis.

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Notchersfireroad@reddit

One evening about 5 or 6 years ago my system decided that halfway through a beer it was no longer going to accept alcohol whatsoever. Spent the rest of the night thinking I was dying. I wasn't that heavy of a drinker but definitely enough to raise eyebrows. Haven't had even the tiniest craving since that night.

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dkinmn@reddit

Also, there is no safe amount of drinking. Particularly chronic drinking.

Is drinking really so great that it's worth raising your risk of worse quality of life and shorter quantity of life?

I don't think so. It's among the most clear single point decisions any human being can make. Do you minimize or eliminate drinking or not?

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Rabum-Alal616@reddit

It's only great if I know people like you in real life. Because I damn sure want a shorter life if I have to listen to you preach from your high horse all day.

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dkinmn@reddit

Meh. Facts are facts. I still have an occasional beer.

Drinking and smoking are bad for our bodies and minds. You aren't a fuckin superior being turning it into a sign of masculinity to not care about the latest research on these topics.

Hope this helps.

Again, you are not impressing anyone or intimidating anyone, and your characterization of my position is both unfair and embarrassing. Facts are facts. It isn't a sign of virtue to not care about those facts.

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TheGhostofChuckPyle@reddit

For me (43, M), especially as I get older, it's the conversations that drinking facilitates that are an absolute blast. It's not even about me and my wife or my friends becoming unfiltered or anything of that sort, it's just that feeling of comfort, where folks are feeling good and you know no one's in a position to judge anyone else.

Of course, also as I get older, I personally don't need alcohol to create that feeling. But if it helps create it, sure, I'm down to have a beer or two.

Almost died 6 years ago from being a closet alcoholic (you drinking secret and get trapped by your addiction to fend off the shakes) ended up in the emergency room. Got medically off and have never looked back. Don't miss it one bit!

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ShiraPiano@reddit

I love it in the moment. I also don't have a stop switch when I start. I try to really not do it too much anymore because of that. Also the older I get the worse the next day is. Usually hungover, spent a lot of money on whatever I might've been talking about the night before, or even booked a hotel in Vegas (which I do a lot).

My consumption is moderate and mostly related to activities and social interaction. I like a cold beer after mowing the grass. I like a nice scotch by the fire. Camping I always drink rye. Usually just one drink, sometimes two. I don’t feel anything from beer anymore. Get a light buzz off whiskey. I usually get drunk 3-4 times a year in social gatherings.

Yeah.. it’s fun. I don’t get stupid. Never get hungover (this is an odd thing about my 40s.. maybe because I hydrate better?) and I actually like the taste.

But again, not for everyone.

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CannedDuck1906@reddit

Overrated. Both my father and grandfather were alcoholics. It took years for my dad and I to rebuild our relationship because of the drunk abuse I dealt with as a kid. I warned him all those years ago that if he ever drank again, I'd walk out of his life and never look back. He's been sober for 20 years now.

I'm very cautious with my alcohol use. I drink very rarely, and when I do, it's no more than one or two drinks. The last time I was drunk was over a decade ago. It's never been fun. It removes control, and that never ends well for my family.

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GamesCatsComics@reddit

Alcohol lowers your inhibitions and amplifies your mood.

If you're doing something fun it's great, if you're sad it's bad.

KaXiaM@reddit

Spot on. Enough of us can drink when we want and just stop. I know some people can’t fathom having this, but it’s not my problem and u don’t care about their judgment.

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ontha-comeup@reddit

The drinking part is fun, it's the negatives that come with it that aren't as fun.

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DonnyBoyCane@reddit

Absolutely can be true. The negatives are just relative to the individual. In some instances, there really aren't any for a lot of people. I just don't think saying that negates the validity of those who realize they can't drink in any (or most) situations without always feeling the weight of negatives after.

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birds_2_bogey@reddit

I quit back in December, shortly before Christmas. It was getting overrated so I figured why not.?! Up til now, not a drop.

It was fun getting drunk with gorgeous women. Not because of the alcohol but because they would dance and flirt and such. I never took advantage of anyone even while drunk, don't misunderstand my post. Just that the alcohol allowed them to let go of their inhibitions and be a lot of fun.

I stopped drinking except for social events and then I have a drink limit for most events and 3 if I’m going to be out for several hours. If I’m just having dinner with friends it’s one cocktail with appetizers.

Drinking anymore than this is just inviting me feeling like shit the day after. The buzz from drinking isn’t worth that. Plus it’s pretty clear that binge drinking has some significant negative side effects and the number of drinks that qualify for binge drinking is shockingly low 4 for women and 5 for men. Many cocktails have enough alcohol to equal 1.5-2 drinks and the same is true for a pint of a high ABV beer.

I’m more willing to get high than I am drunk but I don’t like smoking and I don’t keep edibles in my house so it’s pretty rare that I get high either.

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Ilovefishdix@reddit

Overrated. I still enjoy the occasional beer, but I'd rather have a joint after a long, productive day.

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intrinsic_idioms@reddit

Sober 8 years now. I could not be happier.

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wpotman@reddit

At Xennial age...eh. It tastes good with some meals, and a light loosening with 1-2 drinks is nice. Anything more just makes me sleepy (not fun) and likely to have a headache the next day. And sometimes the headache comes from 1-2 alone.

Not terribly fun.

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YogurtclosetDull2380@reddit

That's when I took a big step back from alcohol. Everyone I know who always has a beer in their hand are physically miserable.

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Bookofdrewsus@reddit

Dunno. Fun for me changed in the pandemic. So this looks fun to me. I’m too old to go out anyways. But, I had my day in the sun.

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Matt-J-McCormack@reddit

I’ve always seen inebriation as the cost rather than the goal.

Drinking is for survival, not fun. When you reach a certain age.

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BRAIN_SPOTS@reddit

Drinking is over rated

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Toilet_Reading_@reddit

I have found that since I turned about 40, even one beer makes me feel really crappy the next day.

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Impossible_Green18@reddit

I'm happy to have one drink at a time. I drink the things I genuinely enjoy for the taste, not for the alcohol content. For me, that's a nice port, or a dram of single malt, or a good imported or craft beer. My days of drinking to get drunk are behind me but I still enjoy a good drink on a regular basis. It's more about quality than quantity now.

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I never found partying fun. But having a couple drinks is relaxing. I really enjoy it.

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SteakJones@reddit

Wife and I have been drinking a lot less. Hangovers suck.

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MrNice1983@reddit

I was the Michael Jordan of drinking. I was so good at it that I had to retire early just to level the playing field. I went back and regained my championship form only to be forced to retire once more

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WhysAVariable@reddit

I was one of those people who couldn’t pace myself and would just get blackout drunk way too often. I took a long break and just wasn’t feeling it anymore afterwords. I didn’t quit but I rarely drink now. When I do I can do 2-3 and call it a night, but hangovers are a lot worse so I don’t really like drinking.

I just take edibles occasionally now.

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Drinking is fun, but at around 44 I realized that waking up feeling great is even more fun. A night of turbo heart rate, high body temps, and the inevitable headache no matter how much hydration I consume is just no longer worth it. That it's a carcinogen doesn't help, either.

I'll have a few every now and then, but it's nice to have moved on.

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opinionofone1984@reddit

Have not enjoyed drinking in a long time. Every time I drink, I sleep like crap. Every once in a while I will be like hey, I’ll get some beer have a few enjoy my day. There no enjoyment, it don’t taste as good as I remember, I don’t feel as good as I thought I would.

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NextBestHyperFocus@reddit

My dad and uncle were both alcoholics. This has led to me always being conscious of looking out for what I drink.

This hit a head for me while at uni. It was common to go out drinking regularly and I woke up one morning figuring it would be a good idea to just continue drinking. Freaked me out and I didn't drink for about 6 months afterwards.

I feel a better person since I got sober.