re: Question for the non drinkers

every non-drinker I know is either a reformed alcoholic or Baptist

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kajunka6609@yahoo.com

if you need to talk

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I appreciate that.

Damn I feel like I'm the only one on here that drinks every night. I have at least a 12 pack a night, more on weekends. Don't get drunk though, just relaxed.

As several have said something similar, I felt I was on a bad path. I never really drank in high school, and not that much in college either. After college as newlyweds, we would go out with friends before we had kids, and had fun at bars and parties, but I never drank all the time. It was more a special occasion type of thing. Honestly, it was working from home during Covid that it got bad. I'd crack a beer every day around 3 PM, have a couple while finishing up work, then head downstairs to cook dinner. That would lead to some bourbon, going out in the yard with the kids for an hour, and come back in and fix another. A couple of years ago I tried to cut back, and my wife and I said we would only drink on the weekends because the during the week drinking was getting to be too much.

She realized it well before I did that we had a problem. She was also never much of a drinker, but was putting away vodka and water all the time. When we cut back, we started noticing family members when they were drunk, and that was eye opening. Didn't want our kids to see us like that, and in the fall of 2021 we started eating healthier and limiting ourselves to a couple of drinks on Friday and Saturday night. It was the first step of not having any in the week, and the second step of limiting how much on the weekends. Eventually, I didn't want to ruin the hard work of losing weight and being healthier by getting drunk every Saturday night. I went from October of 2021 until July 4th of 2022 without a beer. I'd still occasionally have some bourbon, but not buying the beer really helped. Then I went from July 4th to a vacation in October of that year completely dry. Had a couple at dinner one night, and then from there until New Year's Eve dry, where I had a couple with my Dad watching bowl games. I've been dry this whole year, and it has been great. Sleep better, don't carry extra weight, quit snoring, save money, etc.

I'm not saying I'll be dry the rest of my life, but I wanted to prove to myself I could go a whole year without anything.

I’m probably going to move to a small town around the same time, so I won’t have friends to go out with and the bars probably won’t even be fun. I already don’t drink at home, just at bars when I’m with friends.

Hell yeah, man. I am happy for you and your family.

My weakness is junk food. Never cared for drugs and alcohol

I'll have a few beers watching a ball game with friends or w/e. i maybe drink 2 or 3 times a year. If someone HAS to have a drink on a consistent basis, they should stop drinking. It's their own fault for having a problem with it even if they have a psychological and/or physical issue that makes them susceptible, still their own fault.

Way to go PJ! And others.

I find stories of recovery refreshing.