Has your use of alcohol changed?

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charry's thread about wine got me thinking about alcohol. In my 20s & 30s, I was on my way to become a dedicated bar fly. But I haven't touched alcohol since a sip of Champaigne on New Years Eve, 2000. It's not that I have anything about drinking, it's I just don't want to, and it's no big deal. Has your use of alcohol changed?
 

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I miss booze! Don't miss the day after...
 
I don't drink anything at all now (it's been about 35 years!), and when I did, it was mostly just beer... an occasional cocktail, etc. *However* there was one time that stopped me from trying different hard liquors. I was 21 (honest!) and I had my own apartment. Someone gifted me with a bottle of premium tequila.

Okay, about two weeks later I decided to break it open. The flavor was decent but no buzz... nothing. So I had another. Nothing... no buzz. Why wasn't I feeling ANY effects from that stupid expensive alcohol?? Uh, yeah, you can guess the rest. The next NIGHT my best friend had the cops banging on my door for a wellness check because I totally slept through the whole next day and missed an important appointment that morning. Never again... that was scary!
 
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Many years ago, I was into Single Malt Scotch, and had quite a collection. They were for occasional sipping. When I retired, I gave them away to friends at work who also liked them.
As of right now, I do not drink at all. Note: not putting a halo on me, but as you get older , your tolerance decreases.
 
I had enough of that good German beer, when I was stationed in Germany back in the 1960's, to last me a lifetime. When I came back to the States, the US beer no longer tasted good. I've never been "drunk" since. A few years ago, I found that a sip of flavored vodka allowed me to get a full nights sleep, so I keep a bottle in the cabinet, and have about 1/2 shot near bedtime....that's about all the "booze" I drink, anymore.
 
I used to have a drink or two. Later on we were friendly with a neighbor couple who liked to drink. I would sometimes have more than a glass or two of white wine on Friday night. They moved away and I quit drinking. Haven't touched alcohol in years.
 
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I haven't had a drop for 27 years. Drinking was fun until it gradually became a nightmare. Quitting took some doing, but I had to do it, because I couldn't take it anymore. I have no problem with others drinking, but my relationship with alcohol was toxic. I have no reason to expect it will ever be any different for me. Life is just too good as it is now without that burden.
 
I used to drink a lot in my younger days. It was the only way I could handle being around people, and there was also the bond I had with other drunks. They were my family, so to speak.

I rarely drink any more, but I also avoid people. It's actually good that I have this forum. Otherwise, I'd be a total hermit. I have several hobbies that keep me busy and a few friends for when I want to socialize in person, which is rarely. And that's the way, I like it.
 
My brother sneaked a bottle of dad's good whiskey out of a cabinet when I was 11 and I took a big swig from it. After that, I didn't drink alcohol until I was about 25, give or take a year. That one swig was enough til then, believe me.

At 25, I saw myself as a dedicated husband and father working 60-hours a week who totally deserved a Friday night out to get sloshed and laugh my arse off with the work-crew, and I made it a near-weekly habit. When my wife said that for every one of my Fridays out with the guys, she deserved a Saturday out with her girlfriends, I saw the logic in that...mainly because it was basically an ultimatum; "Give up your Fridays or give me Saturdays."

The real trouble started soon after our daughter was born. I'd found a better job and we moved from our quaint little town to a big city, where Shelly's nights out with a bunch of new gal-friends included lots of drugs, weed, and philandering, and weren't limited to Saturdays.

I wasn't going out drinking with the crew on Fridays. I worked late, worked weekends, and my co-workers were more, um, sophisticated, you could say. Plus, they were mostly women and mostly married. So I only drank occasionally during that time; on holidays, sometimes my birthday, sometimes at barbecues; and I didn't drink enough to get drunk. I really had to stay sober because we had 3 kids and Shelly got totally wasted nearly every day, right up til the divorce. Well, and after.

Fast-forward to today; I don't drink alcohol.
 
I drank a river in my day.

But having twin girls turned me around...can't be hung over on the couch when the little ones are up with the racoons saying, "Daddy let's do this! Let's do that!!

Daughters are adults now, and I've kinda become Joe Sixpack on the weekends. Haven't had a hard drink in over 40 years though. I never acquired a taste for liquor, thank gawd.
 
When I was young, I had a good friend who loved to drink. I held her up and picked her up off the floor many times, until I didn't. I got sick of her behavior and stopped propping her up until she finally dragged herself to AA. Forty-five years later, she's still a member and still sober.(y) I don't like being in the company of those who over-drink. In fact, I avoid them.(n)

Even at my advanced age, I still like to have a drink. I never drank to excess, even in my youth, because I don't like being out of control. I'm a one-shot wonder, and that's it for me. That's all I want.

Bella✌️
 

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